OpenAI Now Valued at $852B After Funding Round

Learn how OpenAI built a secure sandbox for Codex on Windows, enabling safe, efficient coding agents with controlled file access and network restrictions.

A critical analysis of MRC's three counterintuitive design decisions, the networking mathematics that make them work, and what they mean for the rest of the AI infrastructure community. The post The Counterintuitive Networking Decisions Behind OpenAI’s 131,000-GPU Training Fabric appeared first on Towards Data Science.

The post OpenAI Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Data Sharing With Meta and Google appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A class action filed in California federal court accuses OpenAI of disclosing private ChatGPT user data to Meta and Google. The complaint says the company used embedded tracking technology without consumer consent. The lawsuit covers United States residents who entered queries on ChatGPT.com. It argues that OpenAI funneled personal questions and account details to two firms whose advertising networks reach billions of people each day. What The Complaint Alleges The filing centers on tracking technology that Meta and Google supply to website operators for analytics and ad targeting. According to the complaint, OpenAI embedded that code into its ChatGPT site and allowed it to transmit user information automatically. The plaintiffs say the disclosed data included query topics, account identifiers, and email addresses tied to individual users. The case argues that

The post OpenAI says no user data exposed after TanStack npm supply chain attack hit employee devices appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. OpenAI has admitted that two employee devices were compromised through malicious versions of TanStack npm packages. The company is insisting that no evidence that user data, production systems, or intellectual property were tampered with was found. Was OpenAI hacked? OpenAI has confirmed that malicious actors breached two of its employee devices as part of a massive software supply chain campaign called “Mini Shai-Hulud.” OpenAI previously deployed controls to limit supply chain attack exposure after an incident with Axios, but the two affected employee devices had not yet received the updated configurations that would have blocked the malicious package download. The attack targeted TanStack, an open-source library used by millions of developers. The attackers published 84 malicious versions across 42 npm packages, including the popular @tanstack/re

OpenAI's investment in Cerebras signals a strategic shift towards deeper integration in AI hardware, potentially reshaping industry dynamics. The post OpenAI commits $20B for potential 11% stake in Cerebras appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Cerebras IPO fuels AI stock frenzy as crypto loses investor attention appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Cerebras Systems priced its IPO at $185 per share on Wednesday evening, targeting a $5.5 billion raise and valuing the AI chipmaker at $40 billion, according to the Financial Times. The company, a maker of chips purpose-built for the workloads powering tools like Claude Code and ChatGPT, was valued at $8.1 billion just eight months ago, the Financial Times said. The rapid increase highlights just how fast investor capital is flowing into artificial intelligence, a trend that has become a significant headwind for digital assets as attention shifts toward AI-related equities. The frenzy has made U.S. equities the undisputed destination for risk capital in recent months. Intel (INTC) is up 218% year to date. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Micron Technologies (MU) have more than doubled. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is up 66% while the benchmark S&P 500 has gained 8

Fixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI If it wasn’t already clear, Elon Musk and Sam Altman hate each other. While the two men were once cofounders of OpenAI, they’re now locked in a vicious feud, playing out in all its theatrics in front of a judge and jury in a California courtroom. Musk is suing, alleging that Altman and OpenAI president Greg Brockman tricked him into forming and funding the organization as a non-profit before they subsequently restructured it to have a for-profit entity. OpenAI says Musk was well aware of those plans and frames the lawsuit as an attempt to derail a competitor. Continue reading...

SoftBank's heavy reliance on illiquid AI investments could strain its financial stability, highlighting risks of concentrated capital strategies. The post SoftBank’s OpenAI-related debt in focus as strong quarter looms appeared first on Crypto Briefing.