
OpenAI shares how its safety, security, transparency, and provenance practices support responsible AI governance in Europe. The work will continue as the EU AI Act advances.
OpenAI announced how it is implementing responsible AI practices across Europe in alignment with the EU AI Act. The company has developed governance frameworks for safety, security, and transparency, including systems for testing models, obtaining external expert input, and tracking AI-generated content through watermarks and metadata. This matters because millions of Europeans use OpenAI's tools daily, and the company argues that responsible AI practices can help drive Europe's competitiveness while managing risks. The EU AI Act's implementation is creating new legal requirements that OpenAI is working to meet while supporting both cybersecurity defenders and developers building with its systems.

OpenAI said it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra over concerns about its cybersecurity prowess.

OpenAI says it is pausing "internal activities" around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn't yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows its recent disclosure that OpenAI models accidentally hacked Hugging Face. Anthropic and Meta have also since admitted that they had AI models that went rogue and breached other organizations. Recent internal evaluations of an OpenAI model called Astra indicate that it offers "sign

Some of the biggest names on Google's AI team got new jobs this week. In some cases, including for legendary Googler Jeff Dean, those jobs are no longer at Google. Given that Google's models seem to be behind the best of what's coming out of anthropic and OpenAI, is this a sign of Google in turmoil? Is it about Demis Hassabis wanting something more interesting to work on than virtual assistants? Or is there something else entirely happening here? On this episode of The Vergecas
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