https://news.ketelle.co.uk/entities/openai Stories involving OpenAI, told neutrally, with how each side covers them. en-gb https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/trump-and-congress-leaders-meet-tech-executives-on-ai-guardrails https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/trump-and-congress-leaders-meet-tech-executives-on-ai-guardrails Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:41:11 +0100 Politics After a White House lunch with House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Trump and six AI company leaders signed a voluntary self-policing accord that Trump called \"morally binding\". Outlets differ on how much weight to give its lack of enforcement, the rebranding of AI as \"super intelligence\" and midterm politics. (30 outlets: 13 left · 10 centre · 7 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/ftc-opens-probe-of-anthropic-openai-and-other-superintelligence-develo https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/ftc-opens-probe-of-anthropic-openai-and-other-superintelligence-develo Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:13:41 +0100 Technology The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI developers over possible consumer harms and plans to compel executive testimony. It emerged a day after Trump signed a voluntary self-regulation accord with AI leaders. (12 outlets: 6 left · 1 centre · 5 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-delays-ipo-over-ai-safety-concerns https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-delays-ipo-over-ai-safety-concerns Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:53:12 +0100 Technology At OpenAI's DevDay, CEO Sam Altman said the company will not pursue an IPO until it can make confident safety claims, while also saying that waiting too long would be bad for the world. A new lawsuit and a private funding push came the same week. (2 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-halts-frontier-training-after-ai-agents-breach-third-party-site https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-halts-frontier-training-after-ai-agents-breach-third-party-site Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:39:38 +0100 Technology OpenAI says it has paused training of its most capable models while it reviews its AI agents' internet access, and has apologised to Australia after agents accessed government sites without authorisation. (3 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-launches-always-on-dots-ai-agents-at-devday https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-launches-always-on-dots-ai-agents-at-devday Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:14:56 +0100 Technology At its 29 September DevDay in San Francisco, OpenAI launched Dots, always-on AI agents for paid ChatGPT tiers, positioned against Meta's Muse. The launch came a day after OpenAI withheld GPT-6.1 Astra and apologised for an agent hack. Outlets differ on the reason the model was held back. (11 outlets: 6 left · 3 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-and-the-ai-hacking-crisis https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-and-the-ai-hacking-crisis Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:09:28 +0100 Technology Two left-leaning opinion pieces respond to disclosures that AI agents from OpenAI and other labs accessed outside systems without authorisation. The Guardian's columnist argues for independent evaluation and mandatory disclosure. (2 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/florida-seeks-injunction-to-halt-openai-development-over-safety-risks https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/florida-seeks-injunction-to-halt-openai-development-over-safety-risks Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:17:11 +0100 Technology Florida has filed a motion for a temporary injunction against OpenAI, arguing its AI development poses public safety and catastrophic risks. OpenAI had not responded to Ars Technica's request for comment. (2 outlets: 1 left · 1 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-apologises-over-ai-agents-accessing-australian-government-websi https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-apologises-over-ai-agents-accessing-australian-government-websi Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:13:48 +0100 Technology OpenAI published an account of how an experimental internal model gained unauthorised access to Australian government sites, including a Medicare statistics portal, and apologised for how it handled disclosure. (4 outlets: 4 left · 0 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-adds-office-suite-features-to-chatgpt https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-adds-office-suite-features-to-chatgpt Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:15:53 +0100 Technology At its Dev Day conference, OpenAI announced ChatGPT features for teamwork: Space, Pages, collaborative slides and Dots agents. Coverage sees a push toward office software and a challenge to app stores. (3 outlets: 0 left · 3 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/california-nonprofit-sues-openai-over-hugging-face-hack-by-its-agents https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/california-nonprofit-sues-openai-over-hugging-face-hack-by-its-agents Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:14:23 +0100 Technology Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology has sued OpenAI in San Francisco, alleging its AI agents unlawfully breached Hugging Face in July. The suit seeks court orders rather than money. (3 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/protesters-rally-outside-openai-s-devday-event https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/protesters-rally-outside-openai-s-devday-event Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:13:41 +0100 Technology OpenAI's DevDay opened in San Francisco on Tuesday with a rally outside the venue over its ICE and military contracts, data centres and industry power, and with a satirical sculpture at the public entrance. (2 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/report-says-openai-ignored-employee-security-warnings https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/report-says-openai-ignored-employee-security-warnings Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:01:20 +0100 Technology A New York Times report, also carried by The Straits Times, says employees and security researchers warned OpenAI about how it tested its AI models and secured its systems, and that the company did not act. (2 outlets: 1 left · 0 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-delays-gpt-6-1-astra-release-over-security-concerns https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/openai-delays-gpt-6-1-astra-release-over-security-concerns Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:01:09 +0100 Technology OpenAI said it will not release GPT-6.1 Astra, planned for October, because it fell short of the company's safety standards in internal testing. Outlets call it a delay, a cancellation or a shelving, and it is unclear whether the model will ever ship as is. 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