Supposedly redacted Jeffrey Epstein files can still reveal exactly who they’re talking about – especially when AI, LinkedIn, and a few biographical breadcrumbs do the heavy lifting. Sloppy redaction leads to explosive claims, and difficult reputational consequences for cybersecurity vendors, and we learn how trust – once cracked – can be almost impossible to fully…
Category: ChatGPT
Browser, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Google Chrome, Guest blog, malware
Beware! Fake ChatGPT browser extensions are stealing your login credentials
If you’ve installed a browser extension to enhance your ChatGPT experience, you might want to think again. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
ChatGPT, Chrome, Global Security News, malware, Scams and Fraud, Security
16 Fake ChatGPT Extensions Caught Hijacking User Accounts
A coordinated campaign of 16 malicious GPT optimisers has been caught hijacking ChatGPT accounts. These tools steal session tokens to access private chats, Slack, and Google Drive files.
AI, ChatGPT, Facebook, Global Security News, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #85: ChatGPT gets ads, pets get AI therapists, and everyone’s wrong about LLMs
In episode 85 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that Silicon Valley has the solution to your pet’s mental health crisis, and Mark explains why AI godfather Yann LeCun thinks the entire AI industry is wrong about LLMs. Also in this episode, OpenAI decides to ruin ChatGPT with ads; Sam Altman and Elon Musk and…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Health, Podcast
The AI Fix #83: ChatGPT Health, Victorian LLMs, and the biggest AI bluffers
In episode 83 of The AI Fix, Graham reveals he’s taken up lying to LLMs, and shows how a journalist exposed AI bluffers with a made-up idiom. Meanwhile Mark invents a “Godwin’s Law” for AI, and explains how to ruin any LLM with humus. Also in this episode, a marriage is declared invalid thanks to…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Podcast, Santa Claus
The AI Fix #82: Santa Claus doesn’t exist (according to AI)
Is Santa Claus real? This Christmas special of The AI Fix podcast sets out to answer that question in the most sensible way possible: by consulting chatbots, Google’s festive killjoys, and the laws of relativistic physics. Your hosts unwrap a festive grab-bag of AI absurdity as Waymo self-driving taxis run over a beloved San Francisco…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, deepfake, Global Security News, Podcast
The AI Fix #81: ChatGPT is the last AI you’ll understand, and your teacher is a deepfake
In episode 81 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that deepfakes are already marking your kids’ homework, while Mark glimpses the future when he discovers AI agents that can communicate by reading each other’s minds. Also in this episode, a Chinese robot called Miro U proves six arms are better than two; Mark discovers a…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #77: Genome LLM makes a super-virus, and should AI decide if you live?
In episode 77 of The AI Fix, a language model trained on genomes that creates a super-virus, Graham wonders whether AI should be allowed to decide if we live or die, and a woman marries ChatGPT (and calls it “Klaus”). Also in this episode: In Russia a robot staggers, falls over, and breaks; MIT quietly…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Claude, Global Security News, Security
EchoGram Flaw Bypasses Guardrails in Major LLMs
HiddenLayer reveals the EchoGram vulnerability, which bypasses safety guardrails on GPT-5.1 and other major LLMs, giving security teams just a 3-month head start.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Security
Mindgard Finds Sora 2 Vulnerability Leaking Hidden System Prompt via Audio
AI security firm Mindgard discovered a flaw in OpenAI’s Sora 2 model, forcing the video generator to leak…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Google, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #76: AI self-awareness, and the death of comedy
In episode 76 of The AI Fix, two US federal judges blame AI for imaginary case law, a Chinese “humanoid” dramatically sheds its skin onstage, Toyota unveils a crabby walking chair creeps us out, Google plans AI chips in orbit, robot dogs get jobs at Sellafield, and AI writes cruise-ship gags from the 1950s (but…
agentic ai, ChatGPT, Data Security, Global Security News, Security
New ChatGPT Vulnerabilities Let Hackers Steal Data, Hijack Memory
Seven vulnerabilities in ChatGPT (including GPT-5) allow attackers to use ‘0-click’ and ‘memory injection’ to bypass safety features and persistently steal private user data and chat history. Tenable Research exposes the flaws.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Podcast, Security threats
The AI Fix #75: Claude’s existential battery crisis, and why ChatGPT is a terrible therapist
In episode 75 of The AI Fix, a Claude-powered robot gets so anxious about its dying battery that it composes a Broadway musical about stress and announces it’s “achieved consciousness and chosen chaos.” Also: an 18-month psychological study reveals five reasons why ChatGPT is a dangerously bad therapist, Elon Musk’s million-robot army, a politician loses…
ChatGPT, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, malware, Scams and Fraud, Security
Spyware-Plugged ChatGPT, DALL·E and WhatsApp Apps Target US Users
Are you using a fake version of a popular app? Appknox warns US users about malicious brand clones hiding on third-party app stores. Protect yourself from hidden spyware and ‘commercial parasites.’
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, malware, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #74: AGI, LLM brain rot, and how to scam an AI browser
In episode 74 of The AI Fix, we meet Amazon’s AI-powered delivery glasses, an AI TV presenter who doesn’t exist, and an Ohio lawmaker who wants to stop people from marrying their chatbot. Also, we learn how Geoffrey Hinton and Steve Wozniak have teamed up with the unlikely coupling of will.i.am and Steve Bannon to…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Browser, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Security
‘ChatGPT Tainted Memories’ Exploit Enables Command Injection in Atlas Browser
LayerX Security found a flaw in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas browser that lets attackers inject commands into its memory, posing major security and phishing risks.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Claude, Global Security News, Security
Shadow Escape 0-Click Attack in AI Assistants Puts Trillions of Records at Risk
Operant AI reveals Shadow Escape, a zero-click attack using the MCP flaw in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to secretly steal trillions of SSNs and financial data. Traditional security is blind to this new AI threat.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Security
OpenAI’s Guardrails Can Be Bypassed by Simple Prompt Injection Attack
Just weeks after its release, OpenAI’s Guardrails system was quickly bypassed by researchers. Read how simple prompt injection attacks fooled the system’s AI judges and exposed an ongoing security concern for OpenAI.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asia Pacific, ChatGPT, cyber crime, Global Security News, Security
OpenAI Finds Growing Exploitation of AI Tools by Foreign Threat Groups
OpenAI’s new report warns hackers are combining multiple AI tools for cyberattacks, scams, and influence ops linked to China, Russia, and North Korea.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asia Pacific, ChatGPT, cyber crime, Global Security News, Security
OpenAI Finds Growing Exploitation of AI Tools by Foreign Threat Groups
OpenAI’s new report warns hackers are combining multiple AI tools for cyberattacks, scams, and influence ops linked to China, Russia, and North Korea.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asia Pacific, ChatGPT, cyber crime, Global Security News, Security
OpenAI Finds Growing Exploitation of AI Tools by Foreign Threat Groups
OpenAI’s new report warns hackers are combining multiple AI tools for cyberattacks, scams, and influence ops linked to China, Russia, and North Korea.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asia Pacific, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #70: AI behaves… until it knows you’re watching
In episode 70 of The AI Fix, our hosts learn that AI makes people more dishonest, Waymo’s robo-cars save lives but get outsmarted by a bathroom mirror, a “rescue” bot slurps up victims head-first, and China shows off a fusion robot arm that can lift ten elephants (or 200,000 pigeons, if you’re scientific about it).…
AI, Anthropic, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #69: How we really use ChatGPT, and will AI agents crash the economy?
In episode 69 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover brain rot, a shark wears trainers on its fins, an AI writes a terrible J-Pop song, Graham learns that ants don’t care about AI, Mark predicts the precise date of Graham’s demise, Norway trusts $1.9 trillion to an AI investor, and Florida thins out its…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, eset, Global Security News, Security
First AI-Powered Ransomware PromptLock Targets Windows, Linux and macOS
ESET has identified PromptLock, the first AI-powered ransomware, using OpenAI models to generate scripts that target Windows, Linux…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, eset, Global Security News, Security
First AI-Powered Ransomware PromptLock Targets Windows, Linux and macOS
ESET has identified PromptLock, the first AI-powered ransomware, using OpenAI models to generate scripts that target Windows, Linux…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, eset, Global Security News, Security
First AI-Powered Ransomware PromptLock Targets Windows, Linux and macOS
ESET has identified PromptLock, the first AI-powered ransomware, using OpenAI models to generate scripts that target Windows, Linux…
AI, Breaking News, ChatGPT, Global Security News, hacking, malware
ESET warns of PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware
ESET found PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware, using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b via Ollama to generate and run malicious Lua scripts. In a series of messages published on X, ESET Research announced the discovery of the first known AI-powered ransomware, named PromptLock. The PromptLock malware uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to…
AI, Breaking News, ChatGPT, Global Security News, hacking, malware
ESET warns of PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware
ESET found PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware, using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b via Ollama to generate and run malicious Lua scripts. In a series of messages published on X, ESET Research announced the discovery of the first known AI-powered ransomware, named PromptLock. The PromptLock malware uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to…
AI, Breaking News, ChatGPT, Global Security News, hacking, malware
ESET warns of PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware
ESET found PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware, using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b via Ollama to generate and run malicious Lua scripts. In a series of messages published on X, ESET Research announced the discovery of the first known AI-powered ransomware, named PromptLock. The PromptLock malware uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to…
AI, Breaking News, ChatGPT, Global Security News, hacking, malware
ESET warns of PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware
ESET found PromptLock, the first AI-driven ransomware, using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b via Ollama to generate and run malicious Lua scripts. In a series of messages published on X, ESET Research announced the discovery of the first known AI-powered ransomware, named PromptLock. The PromptLock malware uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Grok, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #64: AI can be vaccinated against evil, and the “Rumble in the Silicon Jungle”
In episode 64 of The AI Fix, AI discovers new physics, a robot crab looks for love on the beaches of Portugal, the “Godfather of AI” thinks our only hope is to build motherly AI, a robot folds some laundry, the UK government has a terrible idea, and our hosts discover a long lost sixties…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Google, openai, Podcast
Smashing Security podcast #430: Poisoned Calendar invites, ChatGPT, and Bromide
A poisoned Google Calendar invite that can hijack your smart home, a man is hospitalised after ChatGPT told him to season his food with… pesticide, and some thoughts on Superman’s latest cinematic outing. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley, joined this…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #63: GPT-5 is the best AI ever, and Jim Acosta interviews a murdered teenager’s avatar
In episode 63 of The AI Fix, Unitree Robotics looks to Black Mirror episode “Metalhead” for tips on marketing its new robot dog, ChatGPT is secretly running Sweden, OpenAI introduces its first open weight model since GPT-2, and your private and personal ChatGPT conversations could be all over Google. Plus, Mark cuts through the GPT-5…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #62: AI robots can now pass CAPTCHAs, and punch you in the face
In episode 62 of The AI Fix, your hosts learn how AI models smash through CAPTCHA roadblocks like they’re made of wet tissue paper – so much for humanity’s last line of defence. Meanwhile, we meet a bottle-flipping robot and call BS on a cartwheeling cyborg, Graham has a full-blown breakdown over traffic light puzzles,…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Browser Extensions Can Exploit ChatGPT, Gemini in ‘Man in the Prompt’ Attack
Man in the Prompt attack shows how browser extensions can exploit ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI tools to steal data or inject hidden prompts.
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Grok, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #61: Replit panics, deletes $1M project; AI gets gold at Math Olympiad
In episode 61 of The AI Fix, a robot called DeREK goes bananas, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic warn we may lose the ability to see what AI is thinking, a dextrous robot changes its own batteries, the USA unveils its AI action plan, and a human beats AI to win the World Coding Championship.…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Grok, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #60: Elon’s AI girlfriend, the arsonist red panda, and the AI that will kill you
In episode 60 of The AI Fix, we learn why Grok might be Elon Musk’s bid for digital immortality, how Meta is building a Manhattan-sized data centre called Prometheus, how AI is helping create carbon-sucking concrete, and are bewildered that 2000 people “work” at the Candy Crush company. Plus Graham takes a look at Elon’s…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Grok, Podcast, Twitter
The AI Fix #59: Grok thinks it’s Mecha Hitler, and AIs can think strategically
In episode 59 of The AI Fix, our hosts ponder whether AIs need a “disagreement dial”, Mark wonders what he could do with an AI-powered “drug design engine”, Graham plays Wolfenstein instead of working, a robot graduates from high school, and a popular rock group is unmasked as an AI fever dream. Graham explains why…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Laws & Legalities
Denmark Moves Toward AI Copyright Rules for Voice and Appearance
Denmark introduces new AI Copyright Rules to ban non-consensual deepfakes, giving citizens legal control over their face, voice and digital likeness.
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Grok, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #58: An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AI’s obsession with the number 27
In episode 58 of “The AI Fix” podcast, our hosts discover a pair of AI headphones that don’t electrocute you, Microsoft invents “medical superintelligence”, Chucky opens a hotel, some robot footballers fall over, Jony Ive invents a $6 billion pen, and Malcolm Gladwell fears a dystopian future full of children playing joyfully in the street.…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, Podcast, vulnerability
The AI Fix #57: AI is the best hacker in the USA, and self-learning AI
In episode 57 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover an AI “dream recorder”, Mark Zuckerberg tantalises OpenAI staff with $100 million signing bonuses, Graham finds out why robot butlers sit in chairs, Wikipedia holds the line against AI slop, an AI cat collar can tell you if your cat is annoyed by its AI…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, cyber crime, Global Security News, Security
Malicious AI Models Are Behind a New Wave of Cybercrime, Cisco Talos
Cybercriminals use malicious AI models to write malware and phishing scams Cisco Talos warns of rising threats from uncensored and custom AI tools.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, cyber crime, Global Security News, Security
Malicious AI Models Are Behind a New Wave of Cybercrime, Cisco Talos
Cybercriminals use malicious AI models to write malware and phishing scams Cisco Talos warns of rising threats from uncensored and custom AI tools.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, cyber crime, Global Security News, Security
Malicious AI Models Are Behind a New Wave of Cybercrime, Cisco Talos
Cybercriminals use malicious AI models to write malware and phishing scams Cisco Talos warns of rising threats from uncensored and custom AI tools.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, cyber crime, Global Security News, Security
Malicious AI Models Are Behind a New Wave of Cybercrime, Cisco Talos
Cybercriminals use malicious AI models to write malware and phishing scams Cisco Talos warns of rising threats from uncensored and custom AI tools.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #56: ChatGPT traps man in a cult of one, and AI is actually stupid
In episode 56 of The AI Fix, Anthropic and Apple have a bar fight, a woman describes her husband falling in love with ChatGPT as “not ideal”, WhatsApp’s AI helper isn’t helpful, Graham serenades a pack of headless robot dogs with his rendition of “Don’t stop me know”, and our hosts debate whether AI turning…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, Podcast
The AI Fix #55: Atari beats ChatGPT at chess, and Apple says AI “thinking” is an illusion
In episode 55 of The AI Fix, Gemini thinks a little meth won’t hurt, Mark realises what a terrifying 45mph “robot bird” is really for, Graham finds a surprising number of TikTokers in the bible, an AI discovers dust on Mars, Google forgets what year it is, and Apple finally enters the AI chat. Graham…
AI, Apps, ChatGPT, Global Security News, mcp, Meeting recording, openai
ChatGPT introduces meeting recording and connectors for Google Drive, Box, and more
As part of the launch, ChatGPT is gaining connectors for Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive. This allows ChatGPT to look for information across users’ own services to answer their questions.
AI, Apps, ChatGPT, Global Security News, mcp, Meeting recording, openai
ChatGPT introduces meeting recording and connectors for Google Drive, Box, and more
As part of the launch, ChatGPT is gaining connectors for Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive. This allows ChatGPT to look for information across users’ own services to answer their questions.
AI, Apps, ChatGPT, Global Security News, mcp, Meeting recording, openai
ChatGPT introduces meeting recording and connectors for Google Drive, Box, and more
As part of the launch, ChatGPT is gaining connectors for Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive. This allows ChatGPT to look for information across users’ own services to answer their questions.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Law & order, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #53: An AI uses blackmail to save itself, and threats make AIs work better
In episode 53 of The AI Fix, our hosts suspect the CEO of Duolingo has been kidnapped by an AI, Sergey Brin says AIs work better if you threaten them with physical violence, Graham wonders how you put a collar on a headless robot dog, Mark asks why kickboxing robots wear head guards, and the…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Google, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #52: AI adopts its own social norms, and AI DJ creates diversity scandal
In episode 52 of The AI Fix, our hosts watch a non-existent musical about garlic bread, Graham shares a summer reading list of books that don’t exist, Mark feels nauseous after watching a video of Sam Altman and Jony Ive waffling about products that don’t exist, some non-existent robots stack empty crates in a factory…
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Google, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #51: Divorce by coffee grounds, and why AI robots need your brain
In episode 51 of The AI Fix, a Greek man’s marriage is destroyed after ChatGPT reads his coffee, a woman dumps her husband to marry an AI called Leo, and Graham wonders whether it’s time to upload his brain into a lunchbox-packing robot. Meanwhile, a humanoid robot goes full Michael Crawford in a Chinese factory,…
AI, Apple, Apps, ChatGPT, Global Security News, siri
Ex-Siri head reportedly wanted Apple to choose Google’s Gemini over ChatGPT
Former Siri head John Giannandrea pushed Apple to choose Google’s Gemini chatbot over ChatGPT for the first chatbot integration with Siri last year, according to a Bloomberg report looking at Apple’s uneven AI efforts. Giannandrea, an ex-Google executive who was demoted in a leadership reshuffle in March, thought that OpenAI’s bot wouldn’t have staying power…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, sam altman, Sequoia Capital, TC
Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out a big vision for the future of ChatGPT at an AI event hosted by VC firm Sequoia earlier this month. When asked by one attendee about how ChatGPT can become more personalized, Altman replied that he eventually wants the model to document and remember everything in a person’s life.…
AI, ChatGPT, Global IT News, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI brings its GPT-4.1 models to ChatGPT
OpenAI is releasing its GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini AI models in ChatGPT, the company announced in a post on X Wednesday. The GPT-4.1 models should help software engineers who are using ChatGPT to write or debug code, OpenAI spokesperson Shaokyi Amdo told TechCrunch. GPT-4.1 excels at coding and instruction following compared to GPT-4o, according to…
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Law & order, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #50: AI brings dead man back for killer’s trial, and the judge loves it
In episode 50 of The AI Fix, AI brings a slain man back from the dead so he can appear at his killer’s trial, Mark gets a mysterious phone call, Trump uses AI to become Pope Donald the First, Zuck ponders the nature of friendship, Apple says the quiet part out loud, xAI springs a…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT’s deep research tool gets a GitHub connector to answer questions about code
OpenAI is enhancing its AI-powered “deep research” feature with the ability to analyze codebases on GitHub. On Thursday, OpenAI announced what it’s calling the first “connector” for ChatGPT deep research, the company’s tool that searches across the web and other sources to compile thorough research reports on a topic. Now, ChatGPT deep research can link…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Law & order, Meta, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #49: The typo from hell
In episode 49 of The AI Fix, OpenAI kills off a sycophantic bot, our hosts are introduced to a prophetic Bosnian rock band, Meta puts an electric fence around its llamas, Mark reveals he’s never tried covering a robot with olive oil, and Graham leaves a stern message for his great-great-grandchildren. Mark sits a “smarty-pants”…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI pledges to make changes to prevent future ChatGPT sycophancy
OpenAI says it’ll make changes to the way it updates the AI models that power ChatGPT, following an incident that caused the platform to become overly sycophantic for many users. Last weekend, after OpenAI rolled out a tweaked GPT-4o — the default model powering ChatGPT — users on social media noted that ChatGPT began responding in…
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI explains why ChatGPT became too sycophant
OpenAI has published a postmortem on the recent sycophancy issues with the default AI model powering ChatGPT, GPT-4o — issues that forced the company to roll back an update to the model released last week. Over the weekend, following the GPT-4o model update, users on social media noted that ChatGPT began responding in an overly…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI explains why ChatGPT became too sycophantic
OpenAI has published a postmortem on the recent sycophancy issues with the default AI model powering ChatGPT, GPT-4o — issues that forced the company to roll back an update to the model released last week. Over the weekend, following the GPT-4o model update, users on social media noted that ChatGPT began responding in an overly…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT ‘too sycophant-y’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday said that the company is “rolling back” the latest update to the default AI model powering ChatGPT, GPT-4o, after complaints about strange behavior, in particular extreme sycophancy. “[W]e started rolling back the latest update to GPT-4o last night,” Altman wrote in a post on X. “[I]t’s now 100% rolled back for…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #48: AI Jesus, and is the AI Singularity almost upon us?
In episode 48 of The AI Fix, OpenAI releases the first AI models capable of novel scientific discoveries, ChatGPT users are sick of its relentlessly positive tone, our hosts say “Alexa” a lot, OpenAI eyes a social network of its own, and some robots run a half-marathon. Graham discovers AI Jesus and a great offer…
AI, ChatGPT, Global IT News, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI is fixing a ‘bug’ that allowed minors to generate erotic conversations
A bug in OpenAI’s ChatGPT allowed the chatbot to generate graphic erotica for accounts where a user registered as a minor, under the age of 18, TechCrunch’s testing revealed, and OpenAI confirmed. In some cases, the chatbot even encouraged these users to ask for raunchier, more explicit content. OpenAI told TechCrunch its policies don’t allow…
AI, ChatGPT, Commerce, Global Security News, Search
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT search with shopping features
OpenAI is updating ChatGPT search, its web search tool in ChatGPT, to give users an improved online shopping experience, the company announced Monday. When ChatGPT users search for products, the chatbot will now offer a few recommendations, present images and reviews for those items, and include direct links to webpages where users can buy the…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News
Welcome to Chat Haus, the coworking space for AI chatbots
Nestled between an elementary school and a public library in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood sits a new kind of “luxury” coworking space. Dubbed the Chat Haus, this space has many of the elements you’d find in a traditional coworking office: people hammering away at their computer keyboards, another person taking a phone call, someone else pausing…
Anthropic, ChatGPT, evergreens, Global Security News, openai, Perplexity, Startups, xAI
The OpenAI mafia: 15 of the most notable startups founded by alumni
Move over, PayPal mafia: There’s a new tech mafia in Silicon Valley. As the startup behind ChatGPT, OpenAI is arguably the biggest AI player in town. Its meteoric rise to a $300 billion valuation has spurred many employees to leave the AI giant to create startups of their own. The hype around OpenAI is so…
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Google, Law & order, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #47: An AI is the best computer programmer in the world
In episode 47 of The AI Fix, o3 becomes the best competitive programmer in the world, hacked California crosswalks speak with the voice of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, Meta introduces a herd of Llamas, Graham explains what a “lollipop lady” is, and Google talks to some dolphins. Graham discovers an AI that’s just a…
AI, ChatGPT, Europe, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT search is growing quickly in Europe, OpenAI data suggests
ChatGPT search, OpenAI’s feature within ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to access and incorporate up-to-date information from the web into its responses, is growing at a fast clip in Europe. A report filed by one of OpenAI’s EU corporate divisions, OpenAI Ireland Limited, reveals ChatGPT search had roughly 41.3 million average monthly active “recipients” for…
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more
OpenAI’s recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects. However, the new models still hallucinate, or make things up — in fact, they hallucinate more than several of OpenAI’s older models. Hallucinations have proven to be one of the biggest and most difficult problems to solve in AI, impacting even today’s…
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it ‘creepy’
Some ChatGPT users have noticed a strange phenomenon recently: occasionally, the chatbot refers to them by name as it reasons through problems. That wasn’t the default behavior previously, and several users claim ChatGPT is mentioning their names despite never having been told what to call them. Reviews are mixed. One user, software developer and AI…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT will now use its ‘memory’ to personalize web searches
OpenAI is upgrading ChatGPT’s “memory” again. In a changelog and support pages on OpenAI’s website Thursday, the company quietly announced “Memory with Search,” a feature that lets ChatGPT draw on memories — details from past conversations, such as your favorite foods — to inform queries when the bot searches the web. ChatGPT release notes were…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, privacy, reverse location search, Social, social media, viral
The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing ‘reverse location search’ from photos
There’s a somewhat concerning new trend going viral: people are using ChatGPT to figure out the location shown in pictures. This week, OpenAI released its newest AI models, o3 and o4-mini, both of which can uniquely “reason” through uploaded images. In practice, the models can crop, rotate and zoom in on photos — even blurry…
AI, ai safety, ChatGPT, Global Security News
OpenAI’s latest AI models have a new safeguard to prevent biorisks
OpenAI says that it deployed a new system to monitor its latest AI reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini, for prompts related to biological and chemical threats. The system aims to prevent the models from offering advice that could instruct someone on carrying out potentially harmful attacks, according to OpenAI’s safety report. O3 and o4-mini represent…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai, reasoning models
OpenAI launches a pair of AI reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini
OpenAI announced on Thursday the launch of o3 and o4-mini, new AI reasoning models designed to pause and work through questions before responding. The company calls o3 its most advanced reasoning model ever, outperforming the company’s previous models on tests measuring math, coding, reasoning, science, and visual understanding capabilities. Meanwhile, o4-mini offers what OpenAI says…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asia Pacific, ChatGPT, deepfake, Global Security News, Google, Law & order, murder, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix
The AI Fix #46: AI can read minds now, and is your co-host a clone?
In episode 46 of The AI Fix, China trolls US tariffs, a microscopic pogoing flea-bot makes a tiny leap forward for robotics, Google unveils the Agent2Agent protocol, a robot dog is so cute it ruins Graham’s entire day, and Europe commits €20 billion and all of its buzzwords to five moonshot AI gigafactories. Graham brings…
AI, Apps, ChatGPT, Global Security News
ChatGPT became the most downloaded app globally in March
ChatGPT became the world’s most downloaded app in March, excluding games, topping the usual contenders for the No. 1 spot, Instagram and TikTok. This is the first time the app has topped the monthly download charts and ChatGPT’s biggest month ever. According to new data, ChatGPT’s installs jumped 28% from February to March to reach…
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, gpt-4, openai
OpenAI is winding down its GPT-4 AI model in ChatGPT
OpenAI will soon retire GPT-4, an AI model it launched over two years ago, from ChatGPT, the company announced in a changelog on Thursday. Effective April 30, GPT-4 will be “fully replaced” by GPT-4o, the current default model for ChatGPT, OpenAI said. However, GPT-4 will remain available in OpenAI’s API. “In head‑to‑head evaluations, [GPT-4o] consistently…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI updates ChatGPT to reference your past chats
OpenAI announced on Thursday that it’s starting to roll out a new memory feature in ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to tailor its answers to users based on the contents of their previous conversations. The company says the feature, which appears in ChatGPT’s settings as “reference saved memories,” aims to make conversations with ChatGPT more…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
OpenAI updates ChatGPT to reference your past chats
OpenAI announced on Thursday that it’s starting to roll out a new memory feature in ChatGPT that allows the chatbot to tailor its answers to users based on the contents of their previous conversations. The company says the feature, which appears in ChatGPT’s settings as “reference saved memories,” aims to make conversations with ChatGPT more…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Grok, openai, Podcast, The AI Fix, Turing test
The AI Fix #45: The Turing test falls to GPT-4.5
In episode 45 of The AI Fix, our hosts discover that ChatGPT is running the world, Mark learns that mattress companies have scientists, Gen Z has nightmares about AI, OpenAI gets a bag, Graham eats too many cheese sandwiches, and too much training makes AIs over-sensitive. Mark reveals why he’s got beef with cows, GPT-4.5…
AI, Apps, ChatGPT, Global IT News, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT adoption skyrockets in India, but monetization may be trailing
ChatGPT has seen India as its largest market by monthly active users and the second largest by downloads, per the external data seen by TechCrunch.
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Media & Entertainment, openai
ChatGPT users have generated over 700M images since last week, OpenAI says
OpenAI’s new image-generation feature is on track to be one of the company’s most popular product launches ever. According to Brad Lightcap, who oversees day-to-day operations and global deployment at OpenAI, over 130 million users have generated more than 700 million images since the upgraded image generator launched in ChatGPT on May 25. “[W]e appreciate…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, deepseek, deepseek-r1, Developer, developers, Global Security News, International, large language models, Llama, Meta, News, open source, openai, Security, Software
Developers Wanted: OpenAI Seeks Feedback About Open Model That Will Be Revealed ‘In the Coming Months’
Find out how to provide OpenAI with your input about its upcoming open language model, which Sam Altman stated will be a “reasoning” model like OpenAI o1.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Global Security News, Google, Google Chrome, Grok, malware, openai, password manager, Podcast, Security threats, The AI Fix, vulnerability
The AI Fix #44: AI-generated malware, and a stunning AI breakthrough
In episode 44 of The AI Fix, ChatGPT won’t build a crystal meth lab, GPT-4o improves the show’s podcast art, some students manage to screw in a lightbulb, Google releases Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental and nobody notices, and Mark invents a clock for measuring AI time. Graham explains how ChatGPT’s love for Young Adult fiction…
AI, Anthropic, Apps, ChatGPT, Claude, deepseek, Global Security News, Grok, Microsoft, openai
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users
OpenAI’s ChatGPT may be the world’s most popular chatbot app. But rival services are gaining, according to data from analytics firms Similarweb and Sensor Tower. SimilarWeb, which estimates traffic to websites including chatbot web apps, has recorded healthy recent upticks in usage across bots like Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s OpenAI-powered Copilot. Gemini’s web traffic grew…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, image generation, openai
OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users
OpenAI’s new image generator, powered by its GPT-4o model, is now available to all users, CEO Sam Altman said in a post on X. The feature was until now available only to paying users of ChatGPT. While it is not clear how many images users on the free tier can generate, Altman last week had…
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts
ChatGPT’s new image generator is raising concerns for being really good at creating fake receipts.
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
AI, ai models, Anthropic, ChatGPT, deepseek, evergreens, Global Security News, google gemini, mistral, openai, xAI
The hottest AI models, what they do, and how to use them
Confused about which AI model to use? Check out this comprehensive list of the most advanced models out there.
AI, ChatGPT, Global Security News
OpenAI peels back ChatGPT’s safeguards around image creation
This week, OpenAI launched a new image generator in ChatGPT, which quickly went viral for its ability to create Studio Ghibli-style images. Beyond the pastel illustrations, GPT-4o’s native image generator significantly upgrades ChatGPT’s capabilities, improving picture editing, text rendering, and spatial representation. However, one of the most notable changes OpenAI made this week involves its…