What happened
A sculpture showing a captain resembling Sam Altman and other AI leaders abandoning a sinking ship is the newest protest against OpenAI, which last week drew demonstrators to its New York City offices.
Why it matters
The protests and the sculpture suggest public criticism of OpenAI is taking increasingly creative and visible forms, and the company did not immediately respond to Ars' request for comment on Tuesday morning.
What to watch
Separately, training for OpenAI's latest model, GPT-6.1 Astra, was stopped on Monday over safety concerns, and Florida asked a court to halt OpenAI's development, calling it an "unacceptably risky product."
WHO IT HITSOpenAI's communications and public affairs teams face mounting public pressure, and its model training and legal teams must address the halted GPT-6.1 Astra run and Florida's court request.
Summaries like this, in your inbox every morning.
The sculpture is the latest in a series of protests against OpenAI, which has been the target of numerous other protests in recent months and years, including at its New York City offices last week. The article also notes that on Monday, training for OpenAI's latest model, GPT-6.1 Astra, was stopped over safety concerns, and the company apologized for accessing Australian government websites "in ways that we were not authorized to." Separately, the state of Florida asked a court to halt OpenAI's development, calling it an "unacceptably risky product." OpenAI did not immediately respond to Ars' request for comment on Tuesday morning. What the protests and the sculpture achieve may hinge on whether they draw sustained public or regulatory attention, and for OpenAI, the coming days could test how it handles both the safety pause on GPT-6.1 Astra and the legal challenge from Florida.
Pick your industry and the AI tools you use, and get news related to your work every day.
Free · 30 seconds with Google · unsubscribe anytimeWhat is AIToday? →
Ask AI anything about this article. The AI reads this article, earlier AIToday articles, and Wikipedia, and cites its sources. Q&As are published on this page for other readers too.
HBM is approaching half the cost of a GPU-HBM CoWoS package, prompting the question of whether memory remains…
DeepSeek is bringing more of the software it uses to develop its AI models to Huawei Technologies' Ascend 950…
Among respondents at companies with 1,001+ employees, 50.0% said AI is used company-wide, and 46.0% flagged AI…
Oracle invoked "force majeure" to delay payment on its Project Jupiter data center, and its 2056 bonds then tr…
Nvidia released the Open Agent Safety Platform on September 28, days after CEO Jensen Huang called warnings fr…
McDonald’s is increasingly using AI to guide menu prices in the U.S
