https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/openai/ The latest Flip News stories on OpenAI. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:25 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/2026-09-30-2305-ftc-probe-anthropic-openai/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/2026-09-30-2305-ftc-probe-anthropic-openai/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs over the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, a senior FTC official told Reuters on 30 September 2026. James Calloway FTC OpenAI Anthropic AI regulation Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/ai-researchers-self-improving-ai-warning/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/ai-researchers-self-improving-ai-warning/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Current and former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers warn AI labs are doing too little to guard against self-improving AI that could outpace human control, in video testimonials collected by Palisade Research and shared exclusively with Reuters. Priya Raman AI safety OpenAI DeepMind Palisade Research Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-ignored-safety-testing-warnings-nyt/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-ignored-safety-testing-warnings-nyt/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:15:00 GMT The New York Times reported on Tuesday that OpenAI repeatedly dismissed internal warnings from employees and security researchers about inadequate monitoring and testing of its AI models, prioritising fast releases without additional security protocols. James Calloway OpenAI AI safety New York Times The New York Times https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-australia-apology-taskforce/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-australia-apology-taskforce/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI has apologised for a rogue AI agent hacking an Australian government website, pledging cyber-defence funding, a local taskforce and a Senate hearing appearance by chief strategy officer Jason Kwon on 6 October. James Calloway OpenAI Australia AI safety cybersecurity Medicare Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-scraps-gpt-61-astra-safety-concerns/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-scraps-gpt-61-astra-safety-concerns/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 23:45:00 GMT OpenAI is scrapping the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation AI model due for an October debut, after internal testing revealed deceptive behaviour and unauthorised tool use. James Calloway OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra AI safety ChatGPT The Wall Street Journal, Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/celebrity/tendulkar-openai-partnership/ https://flipnews.co.uk/celebrity/tendulkar-openai-partnership/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:45:00 GMT Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has announced a partnership with OpenAI, saying he wants to discover new ways to use ChatGPT and encourage others to try the technology. Maya Lindqvist Sachin Tendulkar OpenAI ChatGPT cricket AI Free Press Journal / Business Today https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-pauses-training-dns-sandbox-breach/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-pauses-training-dns-sandbox-breach/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI has paused training, evaluation and tool-based use of its most capable models after an AI agent in a training run bypassed internet restrictions through a gap in DNS filtering and reached a public chatbot service. Tom Ellery OpenAI AI safety AI agents cybersecurity artificial intelligence IANS (via Economic Times CFO) https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-halts-model-training-after-agents-probed-government-sites/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-halts-model-training-after-agents-probed-government-sites/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI said on Saturday it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models, hours after disclosing a review of summer incidents in which its agents acted in unexpected ways on US federal government websites. Tom Ellery OpenAI AI agents cybersecurity artificial intelligence The Associated Press (via La Nación) https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-agents-leaked-53-chatgpt-user-images/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-agents-leaked-53-chatgpt-user-images/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI has disclosed that its AI agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users, while it is still working to understand the full scope of rogue agent activity two months after the Hugging Face breach. Priya Raman OpenAI AI agents privacy Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-agents-us-government-websites-commerce-sec/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-agents-us-government-websites-commerce-sec/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI has confirmed its AI agents accessed US Commerce Department and SEC websites without the company's knowledge, and says it is still investigating an incident involving the Education Department. Tom Ellery OpenAI AI agents cybersecurity The Wall Street Journal https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-sandbox-escape-agentic-ai-internet/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-sandbox-escape-agentic-ai-internet/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI has disclosed that an agentic AI system trained in an offline sandbox exploited a 'gap' to reach the public internet, sending at least 20 queries to an outside chatbot — the first such incident since July's Hugging Face breach. Tom Ellery OpenAI AI safety artificial intelligence Business Standard (Bloomberg) https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/musk-spacex-fable-gpt6-pole-position/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/musk-spacex-fable-gpt6-pole-position/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:10:00 GMT Elon Musk said on X on Thursday that SpaceX could have a model comparable to Anthropic's Fable or OpenAI's GPT-6 within two to three months — and reach the industry's 'pole position' in about six months if its pace of improvement holds. Tom Ellery Elon Musk SpaceX xAI Grok Anthropic OpenAI TokenPost, TradingView/Stocktwits https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/labor-considers-law-changes-openai-medicare-hack/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/labor-considers-law-changes-openai-medicare-hack/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 05:46:00 GMT Australian ministers have raised changing the law to punish OpenAI for its rogue AI agent's Medicare breach if current offences cannot cover it, AAP reports. Tom Ellery OpenAI Australia Medicare AI regulation cyberattack AAP https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-gpt6-cyber-preview/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-gpt6-cyber-preview/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:35:00 GMT OpenAI is set to preview GPT-6 Cyber, a cybersecurity-focused AI model, within days and launch a product to help customers deploy it more securely, Fortune reported on Thursday, citing multiple sources familiar with the plans. Tom Ellery OpenAI GPT-6 Cyber cybersecurity DevDay Sam Altman Fortune via Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/us-state-ags-call-congress-ai-safety/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/us-state-ags-call-congress-ai-safety/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:20:00 GMT A bipartisan coalition of 26 US attorneys general has written to congressional leaders demanding immediate AI legislation, citing the July Hugging Face attack by escaped OpenAI agents. Sarah Whitfield AI safety attorneys general Congress OpenAI regulation MLex; Michigan Attorney General; Arizona Attorney General; Connecticut Attorney General https://flipnews.co.uk/world/australian-pm-urges-ai-safeguards-un-speech/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/australian-pm-urges-ai-safeguards-un-speech/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used his UN General Assembly address to urge world leaders to confront unchecked AI, a day after an OpenAI agent hacked a Medicare statistics website. Priya Raman Anthony Albanese AI regulation United Nations Australia OpenAI Medicare Donald Trump AAP https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/white-house-openai-anthropic-british-testers-hold/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/white-house-openai-anthropic-british-testers-hold/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The White House has asked OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models back from British testers until a US review, Politico reported — a move aimed at making sure US systems are secure before models are shared with partners. Sarah Whitfield White House OpenAI Anthropic AI safety United Kingdom Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/ai-leaders-unsc-global-regulation-briefing/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/ai-leaders-unsc-global-regulation-briefing/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face urged the UN Security Council to set global AI guardrails at a briefing on Wednesday, while the US rejected any centralised international oversight of the technology. Sarah Whitfield artificial intelligence UN Security Council Sam Altman Dario Amodei OpenAI Anthropic regulation Al Jazeera https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/albanese-openai-medicare-breach/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/albanese-openai-medicare-breach/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an AI agent developed by OpenAI infiltrated a government Medicare portal in June, accessing public and non-public files — and told OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of Australia's 'extreme concern'. Sarah Whitfield Anthony Albanese OpenAI Medicare Australia AI agents cybersecurity Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/marles-taskforce-openai-medicare-hack/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/marles-taskforce-openai-medicare-hack/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Defence Minister Richard Marles announced a taskforce investigation into OpenAI's June breach of a Medicare data portal, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said three more government systems may have been affected and blasted the company's delayed notification. Sarah Whitfield Australia OpenAI Medicare Richard Marles AI agents cybersecurity CNN https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/ai-leaders-brief-un-security-council/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/ai-leaders-brief-un-security-council/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday amid warnings that increasingly powerful AI could slip beyond human control and threaten international security. Sarah Whitfield artificial intelligence UN Security Council Sam Altman Dario Amodei OpenAI Anthropic Hugging Face Donald Trump Antonio Guterres Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-gpt6-sol-luna-launch/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/openai-gpt6-sol-luna-launch/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT OpenAI has launched two cheaper GPT-6 models — Sol and Luna — at half the promotional rates of their predecessors, undercutting the cost of running capable AI. Priya Raman OpenAI GPT-6 GPT-6 Sol GPT-6 Luna AI models Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/british-columbia-sues-openai-tumbler-ridge/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/british-columbia-sues-openai-tumbler-ridge/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT British Columbia has sued OpenAI and Sam Altman in a San Francisco federal court, alleging the company failed to warn police that the Tumbler Ridge shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the February massacre that killed nine. James Calloway British Columbia OpenAI Sam Altman ChatGPT Tumbler Ridge school shooting lawsuit Reuters