OpenAI to acquire Ona

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Suit filed in US alleges chatbot told Alice Carrier, 24, ‘maybe this is just the end’ as she struggled with suicidal thoughts A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in US court on Thursday, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide. The lawsuit is the latest in a slew accusing the company of failing to address dangerous conversations between users and the company’s chatbot. Kristie Carrier said in a lawsuit filed in San Francisco state court that her daughter, Alice, told ChatGPT about her suicidal ideations more than a dozen times leading up to her death but that OpenAI’s safety systems never flagged the conversations for human review or terminated them. Continue reading...

The acquisition, which is yet to be finalized, will see Ona’s team join OpenAI’s Codex initiative

Leading companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google aren’t just chasing immediate enterprise software revenue; they see AI-generated code as the ultimate fast track to achieving AGI.

OpenAI's acquisition of Ona could significantly boost enterprise adoption of Codex by addressing security and data governance concerns. The post OpenAI acquires Ona to enhance Codex with secure cloud execution technology appeared first on Crypto Briefing.