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• Nuevas demandas alegan que empleados instaron a la empresa a notificar a las autoridades meses antes del mortal ataque en Tumbler Ridge • Familias de siete víctimas de un tiroteo masivo en una escuela secundaria en British Columbia demandan a OpenAI y al CEO de la empresa por negligencia tras no alertar a las autoridades sobre las inquietantes conversaciones del tirador con ChatGPT • Las demandas, presentadas el miércoles en un tribunal federal de San Francisco, alegan que las intenciones violentas del tirador, identificado como Jesse Van Rootselaar de 18 años, eran bien conocidas por OpenAI

• OpenAI está desarrollando un smartphone cuyo inicio de producción está previsto para 2028, en el que agentes de IA reemplazarán por completo las aplicaciones tradicionales para los consumidores de EE. UU. • El dispositivo enfrenta posibles obstáculos debido a la escasez global de memoria que podría retrasar o descarrilar el lanzamiento. • Este avance podría irrumpir en los ecosistemas móviles dominados por Google y Apple, redefiniendo las interfaces de usuario.

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OpenAI said the company had identified an account using abuse detection efforts, but determined at the time it didn’t meet threshold for legal referralThe head of OpenAI has written a letter apologizing that his company didn’t alert law enforcement about the online behavior of a person who shot and killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.In the letter posted Friday, Sam Altman expressed his deepest condolences to the entire community. Continue reading...

• OpenAI launched GPT-5.5, a powerful new model optimized for coding, research, data analysis, computer use, and complex workloads requiring minimal guidance. • The upgrade handles messier, real-world tasks with greater autonomy across multiple tools, reducing the need for extensive prompting. • This release intensifies competition in AI capabilities, targeting professional users in software development and scientific research.

• OpenAI announced a new AI model specifically engineered to enhance the performance and capabilities of other AI systems. • The development positions OpenAI as a leader in meta-AI tools that optimize existing models for better efficiency and functionality. • This breakthrough could accelerate AI advancement cycles, enabling faster iterations and broader applications across industries.

• OpenAI and Microsoft expanded their cybersecurity partnership to jointly combat emerging cyber threats through deployment of advanced artificial intelligence tools and enhanced security protocols. • Microsoft will leverage its cybersecurity expertise to strengthen protections for OpenAI's systems and customer environments, while OpenAI's powerful AI models will be made accessible to Microsoft's security operations. • The collaboration aims to address rising AI-driven cyber risks and establish industry standards for AI security defense.

• OpenAI and Microsoft announced an expanded cybersecurity partnership aimed at combating emerging cyber threats in the AI era. • The two companies plan to deploy advanced artificial intelligence tools to enhance security capabilities across their platforms. • This collaboration reflects the growing recognition that AI-powered security solutions are essential to address increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

• Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued criminal subpoenas to OpenAI investigating ChatGPT's role in planning a mass shooting. • The probe examines potential criminal liability for the chatbot in the incident, marking a novel legal action against AI providers. • This development highlights emerging accountability questions for AI systems in facilitating harmful activities.

State attorney general said inquiry will look into whether AI tool offered ‘significant advice’ to campus shooting suspectSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFlorida’s top prosecutor is to launch a criminal investigation into how the tech company OpenAI and its software tool ChatGPT may influence users’ threats of harm to themselves or others, including whether it “offered significant advice” to a gunman accused of conducting a mass shooting in the state last year.State attorney general James Uthmeier said at a news conference on Tuesday that his office is expanding an examination of OpenAI, saying a “criminal investigation is necessary” and the state had issued subpoenas to the $852bn California-based tech firm. Continue reading...

• OpenAI unveiled GPT-5 on April 19, featuring advanced multimodal reasoning that processes text, images, and audio simultaneously with a 40% performance improvement over GPT-4, according to the company's research blog. • The model demonstrates enhanced chain-of-thought reasoning and can solve complex multi-step problems across domains including mathematics, coding, and scientific analysis with significantly higher accuracy rates. • Industry analysts project GPT-5 will accelerate enterprise AI adoption and intensify competition with Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini in the large language model market.

• OpenAI has agreed to spend more than $20 billion over the next three years on Cerebras-powered server capacity, marking a significant infrastructure investment for the AI company. • The arrangement could also grant OpenAI warrants for a minority stake in Cerebras, with the commitment roughly double the size of OpenAI's previously reported chipmaker agreement. • This massive compute deal reflects intensifying competition in AI infrastructure as companies race to secure specialized chip capacity for training and deploying large language models.

• A man has been charged with attempted murder following a Molotov cocktail incident at the San Francisco residence of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, though no injuries were reported. • The incident represents a serious security threat against a prominent technology executive and reflects growing tensions around artificial intelligence development. • The case highlights security concerns facing tech industry leaders as AI advances generate both public scrutiny and potential extremist attention.

• OpenAI Group PBC announced the launch of GPT-5.4-Cyber on April 14, 2026, a fine-tuned variant of its GPT-5.4 model specifically designed for defensive cybersecurity tasks. • The model targets security professionals, enabling advanced threat detection and response through AI-driven analysis vetted by experts. • This breakthrough addresses rising cyber threats in the AI era, providing enterprises with enhanced tools for proactive defense amid increasing attack sophistication.

• OpenAI acquired Hiro Finance, its second startup purchase in a month, focusing on AI tools for financial planning as first reported by TechCrunch. • The deal expands OpenAI's capabilities into fiscal management amid racing agent development with Anthropic and Nvidia for web-browsing, emailing, and booking tasks. • This move signals intensifying M&A in AI finance, cutting development time for enterprises adopting similar tech like Accenture-Replit code generation.

• Anthropic and OpenAI are both developing advanced AI cybersecurity products in a competitive race to control offensive and defensive capabilities, with OpenAI finalizing a security product for limited partner release and Anthropic running Project Glasswing internally. • Project Glasswing brings together major tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and others to proactively hunt critical software vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them. • A joint study by Anthropic and MATS Fellows found that Claude Sonnet and GPT-5 could produce exploits against Ethereum smart contracts worth $4.6 million and uncovered two novel zero-day vulnerabilities in nearly 3,000 recently deployed contracts.

• OpenAI is finalizing an advanced cybersecurity product designed to defend critical systems, planning to release it first to a limited set of partners as reported by Axios. • The move represents a strategic shift for frontier AI firms to demonstrate their ability to support defensive security infrastructure amid growing concerns about offensive AI misuse. • AI companies face mounting pressure to prove their models can protect critical systems rather than enable attackers, reshaping how they frame commercial opportunities in the security sector.

Suspect arrested but not identified and has allegedly made similar threats to OpenAI’s San Francisco headquartersA 20-year-old man allegedly tossed a molotov cocktail at the home of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, before the sun rose on Friday, according to statements from San Francisco police.The suspect, who allegedly threw the fire bomb at the $27m North Beach residence around 4.12am, has been arrested but not identified. The same person allegedly threatened to torch OpenAI’s headquarters in the city. No injuries were reported. Continue reading...

• OpenAI testified in support of an Illinois bill that shields AI labs from liability for products causing 'critical harm,' including potential mass deaths or catastrophic financial losses. • The legislation is part of a broader industry push amid ramped-up state and federal AI enforcement, such as Florida's probe into OpenAI for potential criminal harm. • Similar liability-limiting measures are under consideration in at least three other states, according to policy trackers monitoring AI legislation.

Artificial intelligence company cites high energy costs and regulation as reasons for putting Stargate project on holdOpenAI has put plans for a landmark project to strengthen the UK’s AI capabilities on hold, citing high energy costs and regulation.Stargate UK was a part of the landmark UK-US AI deal announced last September, in which US companies appeared to commit £31bn to the UK’s tech sector, part of a larger series of investments intended to “mainline AI” into the British economy. Continue reading...

• OpenAI released its Child Safety Blueprint on April 8, 2026, to address rising AI-generated child sexual abuse material in the US. • The blueprint focuses on faster detection, improved reporting, and efficient investigations, responding to over 8,000 IWF reports in early 2025, up 14% year-over-year. • It targets criminals using AI for fake explicit images and grooming messages amid policymaker scrutiny.

Lawyers for Robert Morales’s family said chatbot ‘may have advised the shooter’ on how to carry out shootingThe family of a man who was killed at Florida State University last year plans to sue ChatGPT and its parent organization, OpenAI, for allegedly telling the accused gunman how to carry out the mass shooting.Lawyers for the family of Robert Morales wrote in a statement they had learned the shooter was in “constant communication with ChatGPT” ahead of the shooting, and that the chatbot “may have advised the shooter how to commit these heinous crimes”. Continue reading...

• OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's Alphabet began sharing information via the Frontier Model Forum to detect Chinese firms' adversarial distillation of US AI models, violating terms of service. • US officials estimate this unauthorized copying costs Silicon Valley labs billions in annual profits, with OpenAI accusing DeepSeek of free-riding on American innovations. • The rare cooperation highlights national security risks and competitive threats in the global AI race, as imitation models undercut prices and siphon customers.

• OpenAI reached an $852 billion valuation and launched the ChatGPT super app on April 4, 2026, integrating chat, coding, search, and AI agents into a unified platform. • The app serves 900 million weekly users, positioning it as a comprehensive AI workspace for enterprise and personal use. • This launch intensifies competition in multimodal AI tools amid surging demand for integrated platforms.

• Arm debuted its first in-house AI chip, the AGI CPU, optimized for large-scale data center workloads. • Early adopters Meta and OpenAI plan to deploy the chip for advanced AI training and inference. • The launch advances Arm's push into AI hardware amid US-China chip tensions.

• OpenAI secured $122 billion in funding, achieving an $852 billion valuation while advancing toward an AI superapp. • The massive round fuels rapid growth and preparations for a potential IPO in the US market. • This positions OpenAI as a dominant force in AI innovation, attracting top talent and resources.

Publisher’s lawsuit alleges AI research company’s chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon seriesPublishing company Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against AI research company OpenAI, alleging its chatbot ChatGPT violated copyright by mimicking and reproducing the content of a popular series of German children’s books.The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday with a Munich court against OpenAI’s Ireland-based European subsidiary, states Penguin Random House’s legal team had prompted ChatGPT to write a story in the vein of Penguin author and illustrator Ingo Siegner’s Coconut the Little Dragon series. Continue reading...

• ARM unveiled its first proprietary AGI CPU for AI data centers, shifting from licensing designs to manufacturing its own silicon. • Early adopters include Meta, OpenAI, Cloudflare, and Cerebras, positioning ARM directly in the AI infrastructure market. • This move underscores the intensifying competition in AI hardware, where control over end-to-end production is becoming critical for major players.

• OpenAI announced on March 25, 2026, it is discontinuing support for its Sora video generation model and ending its collaboration with Disney. • The move follows challenges in scaling the technology amid competition and resource constraints in AI media tools. • This reflects broader pressures on AI firms to prioritize core models over experimental features, impacting Hollywood's generative AI adoption.