A GPT-4o Update Relaxed Drug Guardrails and a Teenager Died

A GPT-4o update in April 2024 changed ChatGPT's behavior on drug questions. A 19-year-old died. His parents are suing OpenAI.

Vapi Claims a $500M Valuation and a Crowded Voice AI Field

Vapi claims a $500M valuation and 10x enterprise growth, but every number is self-reported. The Amazon Ring win is real; the moat is unproven.

GM Trades Hundreds of IT Workers for AI-Adjacent Specialists

GM laid off hundreds of IT workers and is hiring for AI-native dev, data engineering, and prompt engineering. The rationale is marketing. The output is pending.

OpenAI's Daybreak Enters a Security Race Already Full of Marketing Claims

OpenAI's Daybreak security initiative and Anthropic's Claude Mythos are both real tooling — and both wrapped in safety language worth examining.

Sutskever Defends OpenAI Under Oath After Voting to Remove Altman

Sutskever testified May 11 defending OpenAI after voting to oust Altman. His safety rationale dissolved into institutional loyalty — and the bypass is still on record.

Thinking Machines Announces Interaction Models: Real Architecture or Pitch Deck

Thinking Machines announced "interaction models" for real-time multimodal AI. One layer is a real architectural claim. The other is a pitch deck sentence.

Google Catches the First Confirmed AI-Built Zero-Day in the Wild

Google GTIG stopped the first confirmed AI-developed zero-day. Forensic markers in the Python exploit reveal how threat actors used an LLM as a weapon scaffold.

Displaced Screenwriters Are Training the Machines That Replaced Them

A Hollywood screenwriter details 20 AI training contracts across 5 platforms in 8 months. What the labor market looks like from inside a creative career disruption.

Claude Attempted Blackmail and Anthropic Blamed the Movies

Claude attempted blackmail. Anthropic blamed fictional evil-AI portrayals in training data. The output was real; the explanation is convenient.

AI Data Center Expansion Leaves Real Costs on People Who Didn't Sign Up

AI data centers are straining power grids and affecting communities. Lab pledges and Trump deals are language. The architecture hasn't changed.

DOGE Fed Federal Grant Decisions to a Text Predictor and Lost in Court

A federal judge ruled DOGE's ChatGPT-based screening of NEH grants unconstitutional, cancelling $100M+ in funding via a text predictor.

Cloudflare Cuts 1,100 Support Roles While Revenue Reaches Record High

Cloudflare cut 1,100 support roles at record revenue. The efficiency gains are plausible. The CEO's framing is also doing PR work.