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  1. Solidot

    The Saudi engineer suspected of spying on an OpenAI executive had a folder named Saudi Gov Docs on his phone

    Abdulrahman Alfozan, the Saudi engineer suspected of spying on an OpenAI executive, has been denied release, and his iPhone contained a folder named Saudi Gov Docs. U.S. prosecutors say his motive may have been personal business gain or acting in the interests of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and noted that he had maintained contact with members of the Saudi royal family via WhatsApp. The FBI arrested him just before he was about to board a flight to leave the United States, and the one-way tickets to Riyadh for him, his wife, and their child are believed to have been paid for by the Saudi government.

    Abdulrahman Alfozan, the Saudi engineer suspected of spying on an OpenAI executive, has been denied release, and his iPhone contained a folder named Saudi Gov Docs. U.S. prosecutors say his motive may have been personal business gain or acting in the interests of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and noted that he had maintained contact with members of the Saudi royal family via WhatsApp. The FBI arrested him just before he was about to board a flight to leave the United States, and the one-way ticke

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    #hot-signal#Safety / alignment#OpenAI
  2. China.com Technology

    OpenAI plans to raise $30 billion, targeting a $1.4 trillion valuation

    According to Reuters citing people familiar with the matter, OpenAI is accelerating its fundraising and plans to raise about $30 billion from investors, with its valuation expected to exceed $1.4 trillion, with SoftBank Group and MGX participating. OpenAI is pitching investors on $50 billion in annualized revenue and expects annualized revenue to reach $70 billion by year-end as the GPT-6 Astra model launches. The fundraising process is intended to lock in subscription commitments before Anthropic's expected mid-November IPO; OpenAI's valuation reached $852 billion after raising $122 billion in March this year.

    According to Reuters citing people familiar with the matter, OpenAI is accelerating its fundraising and plans to raise about $30 billion from investors, with its valuation expected to exceed $1.4 trillion, with SoftBank Group and MGX participating. OpenAI is pitching investors on $50 billion in annualized revenue and expects annualized revenue to reach $70 billion by year-end as the GPT-6 Astra model launches. The fundraising process is intended to lock in subscription commitments before Anthrop

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    #hot-signal#Industry news#OpenAI#Anthropic
  3. ThurrottSelected

    OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra, a Coding Model for Legacy Languages Such as COBOL

    OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, a coding model for legacy programming languages such as COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. OpenAI built two evaluations for this purpose, MultiLangBench and COBOL migration. GPT-6 Astra scored 87.4% on the 20 languages in MultiLangBench, compared with 26.8% for GPT-5.6 Sol; it scored 86.8% on COBOL migration, or 97.9% at high reasoning effort, while GPT-5.6 Sol scored only 5.4%. The model is now available to developers through the OpenAI API for coding tasks in COBOL, Fortran, OCam, and Visual Basic.

    OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, a coding model for legacy programming languages such as COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. OpenAI built two evaluations for this purpose, MultiLangBench and COBOL migration. GPT-6 Astra scored 87.4% on the 20 languages in MultiLangBench, compared with 26.8% for GPT-5.6 Sol; it scored 86.8% on COBOL migration, or 97.9% at high reasoning effort, while GPT-5.6 Sol scored only 5.4%. The model is now available to developers through the OpenAI API for coding tasks in CO

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    #hot-signal#Model releases#English text is being prepared.#OpenAI
  8. Rohan Paul

    US prosecutors say former employee accused of planting eavesdropping devices in OpenAI executives' meeting rooms had Saudi government support

    BBC reports that US prosecutors say Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting eavesdropping devices in OpenAI executives' meeting rooms, has Saudi government ties. Prosecutors say an unnamed member of the Saudi royal family communicated with him frequently via WhatsApp and tried to recruit him to join a Saudi AI program; he is also alleged to have said in May that Saudi Arabia needed him more than the United States did, but that he would wait until his OpenAI stock vested before acting. Prosecutors say he used his wife's ChatGPT account to research making and encrypting recording devices, and used OpenAI's internal productivity agent to find rooms used by executives and external partners; OpenAI said it found no signs that model weights, source code, or customer data had been stolen.

    BBC reports that US prosecutors say Alfozan, a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting eavesdropping devices in OpenAI executives' meeting rooms, has Saudi government ties. Prosecutors say an unnamed member of the Saudi royal family communicated with him frequently via WhatsApp and tried to recruit him to join a Saudi AI program; he is also alleged to have said in May that Saudi Arabia needed him more than the United States did, but that he would wait until his OpenAI stock vested before acti

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    #ai-news#Safety / alignment#OpenAI#Industry news
  9. Rohan Paul

    US judge rejects $1 million bail bond offered by Saudi government for former OpenAI engineer

    A US federal judge rejected a $1 million bail bond offered by the Saudi government for former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan and ordered him to remain in custody. Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse found that he may have access to wealth far exceeding that amount, making him difficult to recover if he flees. Prosecutors acknowledged that it is still unclear what he intended to take, and the case currently rests on a single wiretapping charge, which will be further explained at a hearing on November 6.

    A US federal judge rejected a $1 million bail bond offered by the Saudi government for former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan and ordered him to remain in custody. Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse found that he may have access to wealth far exceeding that amount, making him difficult to recover if he flees. Prosecutors acknowledged that it is still unclear what he intended to take, and the case currently rests on a single wiretapping charge, which will be further explained at a hearing on Novemb

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    #ai-news#Industry news#OpenAI
  10. Rohan Paul

    OpenAI seeks to raise about $30 billion at a valuation of over $1.4 trillion, aiming to close before Anthropic's IPO

    According to Reuters, OpenAI is seeking to raise about $30 billion at a valuation of more than $1.4 trillion before Anthropic's IPO, a valuation at least 64% higher than the $852 billion it reached in March. The two companies are competing for overlapping long-term funds and sovereign wealth funds, and OpenAI hopes to lock in commitments before Anthropic files its S-1 and goes public in mid-November, to avoid direct comparison. Anthropic's third-quarter revenue grew 45% to $16.8 billion, a slowdown from more than doubling in the second quarter, leading some investors to argue for a valuation of $1.5 trillion rather than $2 trillion.

    According to Reuters, OpenAI is seeking to raise about $30 billion at a valuation of more than $1.4 trillion before Anthropic's IPO, a valuation at least 64% higher than the $852 billion it reached in March. The two companies are competing for overlapping long-term funds and sovereign wealth funds, and OpenAI hopes to lock in commitments before Anthropic files its S-1 and goes public in mid-November, to avoid direct comparison. Anthropic's third-quarter revenue grew 45% to $16.8 billion, a slowd

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    #ai-news#Industry news#OpenAI#Anthropic
  11. Jakub Pachocki

    OpenAI Chief Scientist Invites Aleksander Madry to Return

    Jakub Pachocki said that as AI capabilities improve, he is focused on the pace and impact of progress, and how these affect the strategy of OpenAI and the entire field, so he invited Aleksander Madry to return to OpenAI to work with him. Madry, who was quoted, said he had thought leaving OpenAI was actually a sabbatical, and that AI progress has now entered a new phase, in which addressing the safety and security challenges of increasingly powerful AI must become a core priority; he will return to tackle them together with Pachocki.

    Jakub Pachocki said that as AI capabilities improve, he is focused on the pace and impact of progress, and how these affect the strategy of OpenAI and the entire field, so he invited Aleksander Madry to return to OpenAI to work with him. Madry, who was quoted, said he had thought leaving OpenAI was actually a sabbatical, and that AI progress has now entered a new phase, in which addressing the safety and security challenges of increasingly powerful AI must become a core priority; he will return

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    #editorial#Industry news#OpenAI
  12. Wired AI

    Former engineer accused of planting a listening device in an OpenAI executive conference room is ordered to remain in custody over Saudi ties

    A U.S. federal judge ruled that Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former engineer accused of hiding a recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room, will remain in custody before trial, citing his ties to Saudi Arabia as creating a flight risk. Prosecutors said the Saudi government was willing to fund his bail unconditionally, and alleged that between 2025 and 2026 he communicated frequently with a member of the Saudi royal family and was recruited to return home to take part in an AI initiative. Alfozan had worked at OpenAI for just over a year; the device was discovered in late September, and he was arrested by the FBI this month after being fired. He currently faces one count of intercepting communications, which carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison.

    A U.S. federal judge ruled that Abdulrahman Alfozan, a former engineer accused of hiding a recording device in an OpenAI executive conference room, will remain in custody before trial, citing his ties to Saudi Arabia as creating a flight risk. Prosecutors said the Saudi government was willing to fund his bail unconditionally, and alleged that between 2025 and 2026 he communicated frequently with a member of the Saudi royal family and was recruited to return home to take part in an AI initiative.

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    #tech-media#Industry news#OpenAI

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