This Week in AI: the week of Nov 2
This week's news from OpenAI centered largely on security. The company described work with outside partners and researchers to find and fix vulnerabilities, introduced a model built for cybersecurity work, and raised bug bounty rewards. It also outlined plans for AI infrastructure, including a framework for building data centers and a program to work with utilities. On the product side, there were updates to Codex tooling and to image generation, plus a new benchmark for measuring how well AI helps with everyday tasks.
The stories
- 1OpenAI partners with Hacktron to find vulnerabilities in its systems
Security testing of OpenAI's connections to third-party services matters to people who link outside tools to its products, since those integrations are part of what the partnership is examining.
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- 4OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company to expand Codex
If the deal closes, Codex users would get additional tooling for writing, reading, and reviewing code from the company that makes Codex.
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- 7OpenAI releases Images 2.6 with faster generation and GIF creation
People using ChatGPT for visuals get quicker turnaround, GIF output and tighter edits, while developers get new API controls to build those features into their own tools.
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