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OpenAI’s Sora, a text-to-video AI generator, has launched, showcasing impressive capabilities in depicting realistic-looking content including news anchors and news-style cutaways. While capable of generating highly realistic visuals, the AI-generated videos still exhibit telltale signs that distinguish them from real footage. Early reviews highlight the model’s proficiency in creating landscapes, people, and stylistic content; however, it has difficulties with basic physics such as object permanence.

Meta has joined Elon Musk in opposing OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit company, arguing it could have major consequences for Silicon Valley. Meta sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta expressing their concerns that this shift would have seismic implications for the tech industry. This alliance between Meta and Musk highlights the ongoing debate and scrutiny over the ethical and competitive landscape of AI development.

Former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji, who raised concerns about the company’s copyright practices related to training AI models, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment. His death has sparked discussions about the ethics of AI training data and the impact on online content creators. Balaji’s work involved gathering data for models like GPT-4, and he expressed concerns about the potential harm to online communities, particularly due to the free copying of data used in training AI models, and the implications of fair use.

OpenAI introduced ‘Santa Mode’ in ChatGPT and Advanced Voice Mode with live video and screen sharing features for ChatGPT Plus, Team and Pro users. Santa Mode is a temporary voice feature for the month of December which lets users talk to ChatGPT with the voice of Santa Claus. Additionally, the Advanced Voice Mode was expanded to include live video and screen sharing capabilities, enhancing the user interface for collaborative tasks. These features mark an advancement in how users interact with AI and its potential in practical applications. These features were launched after an earlier global outage of ChatGPT services, which was also resolved by OpenAI.

OpenAI’s new o3 model has achieved a breakthrough performance on the ARC-AGI benchmark, demonstrating advanced reasoning capabilities through a ‘private chain of thought’ mechanism. The model searches over natural language programs to solve tasks, with a significant increase in compute leading to a substantial improvement in its score. This approach highlights the use of deep learning to guide program search, pushing the boundaries beyond simple next-token prediction. The o3 model’s ability to recombine knowledge at test time through program execution suggests a significant step towards more general AI capabilities.

OpenAI’s new o1 model and its Pro version offer enhanced math, coding and image processing capabilities. The o1 model is available to ChatGPT Plus and Team users, whereas the Pro version offers more advanced features. This upgrade marks a significant step in AI model evolution, showcasing improved reasoning and multimodal functionality. The Pro version of the model appears to use multiple attempts to get better answers, and offers significantly increased usage, higher resolution, and longer duration options.

OpenAI has launched a new phone hotline, allowing users to interact with ChatGPT via voice calls at 1-800-CHATGPT. This free service offers up to 15 minutes of conversation per month. This initiative is part of OpenAI’s ‘12 Days of Shipmas’ event, aimed at expanding accessibility to their AI models. The service marks a retro approach while also being a step toward reaching a wider user base.

OpenAI has officially released Sora, its AI video generation model, making it available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers with the new ‘Sora Turbo’ version. This launch marks a significant advancement in AI-powered video creation, allowing users to generate videos from text, images, and video inputs, albeit with some limitations such as restrictions in the UK and EU. Sora offers a novel way for content creators to produce high-quality video content, enhancing creative capabilities. The model aims to serve as a foundation for AI that can understand and simulate the real world, positioning OpenAI as a leader in AI development and video generation technology.

OpenAI experienced a significant three-hour outage affecting its ChatGPT, Sora, and developer API services due to a newly deployed telemetry service. This service, designed to collect Kubernetes metrics, triggered resource-intensive API operations across all nodes, overwhelming Kubernetes API servers. The resulting DNS resolution failures and expired cached records led to widespread service disruptions. The incident highlights the risks associated with telemetry services and the importance of robust system design to prevent cascading failures.

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OpenAI has launched an upgraded ‘o1’ reasoning model, which is currently available to top developers via their API. The new model comes with enhanced capabilities, including function calling, JSON structured output, and image analysis capabilities. This upgrade signifies continued advancements in AI technology, making more sophisticated tools accessible to a select group of developers. The rollout includes fine-tuning and real-time interaction improvements. This demonstrates OpenAI’s progress in bringing more powerful AI models to market.

OpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT Pro plan with the o1 pro model, optimized for reasoning tasks, priced at $200 per month. This plan is designed for professionals requiring high-grade AI for research and complex problem-solving. The company also released ‘o1’, a reasoning model, which exhibits remarkable test-time scaling capabilities by implicitly scaling search during inference. The model leverages chain of thought and learns to correct errors.