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- Three 'Aurora' alpha image models briefly appear in OpenAI's API and turn up in Arena tests, unconfirmed by OpenAI, per TestingCatalog
TestingCatalog reports that three model references, aurora-red-alpha, aurora-green-alpha and aurora-blue-alpha, briefly appeared in OpenAI's API and were removed shortly after, then turned up generating images in blind Arena tests. LuminaBench says it tried the red and green variants in Arena and got cat portraits from both; both outlets guess this could be GPT-Image-3, which they say is speculation. OpenAI has not confirmed the models.
- OpenAI publishes practical guidelines on securing frontier RL training
OpenAI published practical guidelines on securing frontier RL training, reflecting its current learnings, per Greg Brockman's X account.
- OpenAI in talks to raise $30B at a $1.4T valuation, per TechCrunch
TechCrunch reports OpenAI is in talks to raise a $30 billion round at a $1.4 trillion valuation, anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.
- Cloudflare greatly expands its cf CLI
Cloudflare substantially expanded the cf CLI it introduced in April, extending it from a handful of products to Cloudflare's broader developer platform.
- Reddit reports OpenAI's $200 Pro plan facing a 50% usage cut
A Reddit post reports that OpenAI's $200 Pro plan is getting a 50% usage cut.
- OpenAI brings frontier RL training into its safety-case review process
OpenAI published a safety-case approach for frontier reinforcement learning training, putting continued model training itself under safety review.
- OPENAI 🔥: “Dots” will be the name of upcoming AI agents from OpenAI, according to new strings that have surfaced in rece
OPENAI 🔥: “Dots” will be the name of upcoming AI agents from OpenAI, according to new strings that have surfaced in recent builds (via @M1Astra). > "Dots, your remarkably capable agents." You can text it, call it, Slack it, and email it, and it can buy things for you with your https://t.co/mln27IfwTG https://t.co/1Wu1bmVH3O
- OpenAI agents being positioned as “dots” and having these shapes means that they are an evolved, customer focused versio
OpenAI agents being positioned as “dots” and having these shapes means that they are an evolved, customer focused version of “aeons”, custom AI agents, originally released on Workspace ChatGPT accounts. They were released on April 22 🤖 https://t.co/tpCOiorzap https://t.co/ECPIYrYFdH
- OpenAI is working on "Spaces" 👀
OpenAI is working on "Spaces" 👀 A new announcement introducing "Spaces" was added recently. Spaces could be collaborative environments where users and agents work together on generated artifacts (speculation). Some DevDay sessions mention a "Codex run that spent more than https://t.co/pjGOKzPzm6 https://t.co/OwmprdvpAf
- OPENAI 🔥: Key insights from upcoming DevDay sessions.
OPENAI 🔥: Key insights from upcoming DevDay sessions. * This agenda is not public yet First, OpenAI will build Platform capabilities inside Codex, enabling users to develop plugins, agents, and apps right from a dedicated DevDay page, which is quite cool! Highlights from https://t.co/K5r3kDz7ld https://t.co/lwQMTGq6iI
- OpenAI teases '1 day. 20+ launches.'
OpenAI's official X account posted '1 day. 20+ launches.', teasing a wave of launches.