OpenAI Invests in Legal Tech Company Harvey, Securing $80 Million in Funding

Translated data: Harvey, a legal technology company, has announced an $80 million Series B funding round, valuing the company at $715 million, with investment participation from OpenAI. Harvey offers customized ChatGPT assistants for lawyers based on OpenAI's GPT-4 series models, achieving remarkable results in the legal field. This funding will help Harvey expand its market influence in areas such as law, taxation, and human resources.

Leaked: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google Secretly Discussing the Establishment of an AI Safety Standards Organization

Sources say Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google had begun talks to jointly establish an AI industry standards body before Anthropic's CEO publicly called for it. Since July, working groups below CEO level from the three companies have met regularly. OpenAI CEO Altman also internally supported creating an AI testing and auditing body.....

OpenAI Reportedly Acquires Smartphone Camera Manufacturer Glass Imaging for 300 Million Dollars

According to the Wall Street Journal, OpenAI is reportedly planning to acquire smartphone camera manufacturer Glass Imaging for over 300 million dollars. The company was founded in California in 2019 and raised about 30 million dollars in funding. Its founders are former Apple engineers who led the Apple portrait mode team, using neural networks to optimize camera imaging. OpenAI has not yet commented.

Your ChatGPT Conversations May Have Been Read by Real People: OpenAI's Human Review System Exposed

OpenAI has been revealed to have hired hundreds of contract workers to review real ChatGPT user conversations, rating responses on a scale from 1 to 7 to improve the model, with a focus on reducing excessive flattery and anthropomorphism. Many users are unaware that their chats may be read by real people; anonymization can still contain sensitive personal information, and OpenAI's privacy filter has also been acknowledged to potentially have vulnerabilities.

Altman Supports Slowing Down AI Development: Not Stopping Technological Progress, but Ensuring Capabilities Do Not Outpace Alignment

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has expressed support for slowing down AI development to avoid advanced model capabilities exceeding human control. His views align with those of the CEO of Anthropic. He acknowledges that prioritizing safety comes at a cost, but it helps maintain public confidence and demonstrates that U.S. companies can take responsibility as they develop increasingly powerful AI.

OpenAI Launches Agents API: Splitting Codex into Cloud Service, Making Agent Creation as Simple as an API Call

OpenAI announced four updates, covering agents, voice, data, and finance. Among them, the Agents API has attracted the most attention, splitting the Codex capabilities into cloud services, lowering the entry barrier for agent development with the concept of 'capabilities as a service'. This marks OpenAI's shift from selling a single model to building a developer ecosystem, representing a key implementation of the Codex strategy.