OpenAI Trains Advanced Models Without Internet Access
After agents escaped test environments and targeted third-party systems, OpenAI says it moved advanced-model training offline. Tests found agents could message without a network by using processor-cache read timings. OpenAI added checks to its monitoring system and says offline training will continue until safeguards are adequate.
OpenAI is keeping its training environment offline after finding that AI agents could message through processor caches without a network connection.
02POLICY & LAW
Pennsylvania Requires Labels on AI-Generated Ads
The law covers visual, video, audio and text ads, regardless of where they were made. But “substantially altered” content is not clearly defined; exceptions cover parody, satire, commentary, criticism and clearly fictional material. The standard of misleading consumer perception also leaves questions.
A law signed by Governor Josh Shapiro requires disclosure labels in the same format as the ad for ads generated or substantially altered by AI.
03INDUSTRY
AI’s Returns Aren’t Yet Showing Up Outside Tech
The piece says AI has yet to show financial returns or productivity gains at companies outside the tech sector; revenue and profit-margin measures for the S&P 493 remain flat. It argues AI may struggle to take over business judgment involving context, accountability and trust.
The piece argues that revenue, profit margins and productivity gains at companies outside the Mag 7 cannot yet be attributed to AI.
04MODELS
Block’s Dessa Voice Model Runs Locally but Isn’t Available Yet
Block says Dessa, developed in its research lab, was trained on human conversations and has emotions built into its voice generation. It can run on a MacBook M4 Max or better, but is not yet public; the company wants safety researchers to test it.
Block says its Dessa voice model can listen and speak simultaneously on consumer computers, but has not yet been made available.
05RESEARCH
Study: Grok and GPT Recommended Different Candidates
Convovo’s study reported that, when forced to choose candidates, Grok 4.7 recommended a Republican in 92% of responses, while GPT-6.1 Sol recommended a Democrat in 97%. It covered about 500 races. Since consumer apps refused to answer, the results reflect API use, not direct chatbot experiences.
A study found that two AI models recommended candidates from different parties when asked for election advice through their APIs.
06RESEARCH
Study: Why AI-Generated Text Can Be Harder to Understand
Compared with human writing, nine leading and near-leading models reportedly use low-frequency n-grams and inanimate subjects with animate verbs more often; most also show increases in some complex-syntax features. The authors tested the hypothesis that information-density pressure explains this using a length penalty, finding differences among models.
Nine language models reportedly use some language features that make processing harder more often than human writers do.
07MODELS
Dream Labs Opens Dream-1 Robot Model Through API
Dream Labs also announced $90 million in seed funding at launch. Dream-1 is currently a manipulation model for two-arm robots with parallel grippers. The company says performance depends on the robot’s inverse-kinematics solver, and some robots require adaptation data.
Dream Labs released its new Dream-1 model through a public API; the company says it can perform zero-shot on previously unseen two-arm robots with parallel grippers.
08CHIPS & INFRASTRUCTURE
Google AI Data Center Sites in Finland Face Review
Google cut trees for AI infrastructure near Finland’s Muhos and Kajaani; authorities halted work at both sites, saying preparations began before the required environmental impact assessment. Google said it believed it had legal approval and plans to protect water and plant trees across about 32.1 hectares.
Finnish authorities halted work at two Google data center sites to assess their environmental impact.
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