Andrea Vallone, who led OpenAI's research on how AI models should respond to users showing signs of mental health distress, has left the company to join Anthropic's alignment team. During her three years at OpenAI, Vallone built the model policy research team, worked on deploying GPT-4 and GPT-5, and helped develop safety techniques such as rule‑based rewards. At Anthropic, she will continue her work under Jan Leike, focusing on aligning Claude's behavior in novel contexts. Her move highlights ongoing industry concern over AI safety, especially around mental‑health‑related interactions. Read more →

OpenAI has added a new capability that lets users interrupt ChatGPT while it is generating a response. By clicking an “Update” button, users can add new context or corrections without restarting the query, allowing the model to adjust its answer on the fly. The feature is aimed at heavy‑use scenarios such as GPT‑5 Pro and Deep Research, where long‑running queries can be costly and time‑consuming. Analysts say the change could streamline workflows and reduce wasted effort. Read more →

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT to better detect mental or emotional distress, presenting evidence-based resources when needed, after reports of the chatbot amplifying delusions in some users. Read more →

ChatGPT is on track to reach 700 million weekly active users, with the app having grown 4x since last year. The company has seen an increase in subscribers, with 5 million paying business users, and users are spending an average of 16 minutes per day on the app. Read more →

March 2023 will go down in history as the month that unleashed a flurry of ground breaking AI advancements. Leading tech giants, including OpenAI, Alpaca, Google, and Microsoft, have unveiled innovative tools that promise to change the way we interact with technology and enhance the user experience in many fields. How is this impacting article-factory.ai? Read more →