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Weekend roundup; expanded Sora, security research and the battle for India

For a limited time, Sora is available without invite codes for select countries, but the 30 generations per day limit may have to go.
No more invite codes for select countries in Sora 2, and bevy of new features. (Picture: generated)

Sora 2 expands, is now available without invite codes
Following the massive success of the Sora 2 video generator, OpenAI is opening up the service for those without invite codes in the USA, Canada, Japan and Korea «for a limited time.» Simultaneously, they are announcing reusable characters that can feature in more than one video and an easier way to stitch videos together. If that wasn’t enough, OpenAI is adding more video generations for power users hitting the 30-per-day generation limits and letting them pay for more gens. They are also musing about letting rightsholders get compensation for the reuse of their characters, as a means of getting paid for your work on the platform. They do warn that 30 gens needs too many GPUs and will be throttled at some stage.
More at: MacRumors and a Twitter announcement, list of available countries.

OpenAI reveals security research agent in beta
The new agent, Aardvark, will look through code repositories at scale almost like a human would, and find errors and exploits before the bad guys do. It will continually analyze your source code and find vulnerabilities. The agent has already been used to find «numerous» vulnerabilities in open source software, and OpenAI will provide pro bono scanning to «select, non-commercial» OSS systems. Aardvark is not being widely released, existing instead as a private beta inside OpenAI’s offices, kind of like Google’s CodeMender.
More at OpenAI’s announcement and ZDNet.

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OpenAI completes transition to a public benefit corporation

OpenAI will still be controlled by a non-profit, but is now easier to invest in and might go public sometime in the future.
The AI lab is now open to investments, but will have a purpose baked into its corporate structure. (Picture: Adobe)
The AI lab is now a less regulated $500 billion public benefit corporation, controlled by a non-profit arm with about $130 billion in equity.

The new governance makes it possible for them to reach for a market debut at some time in the future, and unlocks the investment of some $30 billion from SoftBank, which was contingent on the regulatory change.

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ChatGPT reports millions of troubling mental health conversations

OpenAI reports high numbers of mental health issues and says they are mitigating the issue with an update.
Once you look at actual numbers, the number of mental health issues with ChatGPT is astonishingly high. (Picture: generated)
OpenAI says remedies are being taken against three categories of troubling interactions with ChatGPT, and readies expert psychologist responses to them.

The categories are «psychosis, mania or other severe mental health symptoms,» which consists of around 0.07% of conversations — or 550,000 people in actual numbers.

Second is «self-harm and suicide,» ticking in at 0.15% of ChatGPT users — or 1.2 million in actual numbers.

And the third is «emotional reliance on AI,» accounting for 0.15% of users in a given week, also 1.2 million in real numbers.

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OpenAI said to be working on a music generation tool

OpenAI is said to be making an AI music generator, but results seem far off.
Music generation is on a tear these days, with people hardly noticing any difference from the hand made stuff. (Picture: Adobe)
The Information (paywalled) is reporting that OpenAI is well underway to create a music generator.

It could be used to generate music from a text or audio prompt — or make a guitar background to a vocal track, or add music to videos.

Recruiting at The Juilliard School
Apparently, the AI lab has partnered with students from The Juilliard School of music to annotate scores that could be used to train the generator.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas, it’s long awaited AI browser

The ChatGPT browser is finally here after about a year of development.
Comparing flight tickets on Expedia with Atlas takes a long time, but is well worth the effort: (Picture: screenshot)
ChatGPT has found a new home in OpenAIs new browser — and it comes with a powerful agent to perform tasks for you, as well.

The idea of the OpenAI browser has been in the works for quite a while and with its release today, it puts ChatGPT firmly on the web.

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Broadcom to supply OpenAI with 10 GW’s worth of custom chip capacity

With the deals annouced in just a couple of weeks, OpenAI will, along with Stargate, add a huge level of compute. It will all be online in late 2026.
OpenAI is adding an astonishing level of compute infrastructure over the coming years, and show no sign of stopping. (Picture: generated)
After first announcing their collaboration on an OpenAI designed chip in early September, Broadcom now says it’s ready to deliver.

Starting up in late 2026, just like the AMD and Nvidia deals — OpenAI will have added 26 gigawatts of capacity from these agreements alone, and one can wonder how capable the future of GPT will be.

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GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro scores Gold at International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro would make excellent research assistants, but are not yet suited for autonomous discoveries, the study finds.
One of the questions on the exams is calculating the distance of quasars. (Picture: screenshot)
Scientists and judges from the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) have given five top AI models a run through the exams from 2022 to 2025 — and top scores were awarded for the models from OpenAI and Google.

The IOAA is a top rated exam for global high school students and is held annually with some 300 participants from 64 countries, and consists of questions to demonstrate deep conceptual understanding, multimodal analysis and multi-step derivations.

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Weekend roundup: ChatGPT Go expands, Gemini Enterprise, reckognition for Genie and a familiar face

Sora 2 reaches a million downloads in five days -- faster than even ChatGPT did it.
Sora 2 has become one of the hottest app on the App Store, shattering previous records. (Picture: OpenAI)

Sora hits 1 million downloads in five days
In what may be the fastest rush to the milestone, OpenAI’s Sora chief, Bill Peebles, just tweeted that they matched it faster than even ChatGPT. This is despite being limited by invites and only being available in North America, he points out. On the other hand, the copyright «slop» shows no signs of abating. California’s Creative Artists Agency, one of the largest around, are now warning of «significant risk» from the app, and saying creators deserve to be paid for their intellectual property.
More at: CNBC, TechCrunch and Engadget.

OpenAI delivers ChatGPT Go in slew of countries
After launching in India in August, and later expanding to Indonesia, the cost-effective new ChatGPT tier now becomes available in 18, mostly Asian, countries. The subscription offers slightly more access and should give 10x more messages, image generations than the Free tier and cost around $4.5 in local currencies.
More at: Nick Turley’s launch tweet, TechCrunch.

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Altman says more, «aggressive» deals to come off heels of AMD agreement

OpenAI is going to aggressively pursue data center deals in the "coming months."
Thinking two years in the future, Altman sees a massive demand for more number crunching. (Picture: screenshot).
OpenAI recently signed deals with both AMD and Nvidia that were almost polar opposites, but their appetite for data center capacity shows no sign of abating.

Their CEO has previously said that they aim for adding 1 gigawatt per week in the future, adding about a Hoover dam every fourteen days — and says many more deals are yet to come.

In the A16z podcast by Andreessen Horowitz today, Altman says «You should expect much more from us in the coming months», as reported by TechCrunch.

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OpenAI debuts apps in ChatGPT and a bevy of developer tools on Dev Day

ChatGPT now has helpful apps in the app -- tuning in directly with their external backends.
Very useful mass market apps, but not a lot of them to start off. (Picture: OpenAI)
Noting that ChatGPT now has 800 million weekly active users, CEO Sam Altman declared you can now make playlists from Spotify, find hotels and go house hunting directly from the app.

The new app framework also supports helpful apps from Booking.com, Canva, Coursera, Expedia, Figma and Zillow to begin with.

More apps are slated for «later this year.»

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OpenAI’s 2025 Dev Day with Altman livestream incoming

Speculation is rife as to what Altman might announce at the livestream.
Will it be a browser, a new image model, or the highly anticipated AI device? It’s too soon to tell. (Picture: generated)
The October 6. stream will be an excellent moment to announce product news for the OpenAI CEO, but only a few items remain on their to-do-list.

Nothing has been announced but a cryptic tweet promising «new ships,» which could mean anything from new models to new modalities:

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Altman hints at monetization for Sora 2, protections for rightsholders

People are using Sora 2 much more than expected, leading to higher server loads and higher costs.
OpenAI is looking for ways to make money off of their astronomical success with Sora 2. (Picture: OpenAI)
In a blog post today, the OpenAI CEO says they have reached out to copyright holders about their content — and that they will «make some missteps» on the road to making money off the Sora 2 app.

— We have been learning quickly from how people are using Sora and taking feedback from users, rightsholders, and other interested groups, Altman writes in his blog.

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Weekend roundup: Sora 2 after 2 days, Comet is free and Disney on copyrights

Copyrights holders are urged to opt out of Sora 2 use, but there seems no easy way to do it.
SpongeBob is a popular character for Sora 2 users. One can wonder for how long. (Picture: screenshot)

Sora 2 spews copyrighted materials all over
After a couple of days in the wild, OpenAIs new video generator spews nazi SpongeBobs, stealing Picachus and just about everything you can imagine from Darth Vader to Mickey Mouse and other protected IPs. Apparently, OpenAI has been in talks with movie studios urging them to opt out if they disagree with their IP use. Disney did just that, but it hasn’t helped much, it seems.
More at: 404 media, Gizmodo, Axios.

UPDATE: You can get Sora 2 invite codes here, on a pay if forward-basis, if you just promise to leave some codes back where you got them. [Turns out they are empty. You could maybe try again later.]

Perplexity frees the Comet browser
Their AI agentic browser was previously only available for those who paid for a $200 monthly membership, and amassed a 2 million person queue for downloads. Now Perplexity is making it free. You can also subscribe for $5 per month to select media sources that will get paid for inclusion in the results. The browser can summarize Slack chats, get directions from maps, and even pull specific points in YouTube videos for you. It should also be better at distinguishing AI slop from genuine, human made content. You can download it here.
More at: Business Insider, Engadget.

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OpenAI launches video generator Sora 2 as a social app with «cameos»


OpenAI’s Sora 2 introduction sure looks impressive.

The idea is that people can use the latest and greatest video generation tool to insert themselves in scenes along with their friends — with so-called «cameos.»

The new video model should be significantly better at adhering to physics, and could be a «ChatGPT-3.5-moment for video,» OpenAI says.

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OpenAI introduces Pulse, an AI agent that works when you sleep

OpenAI's new feature is an autonomous agent working on your behalf while you sleep.
Pulse will proactively research for you and reach out in the morning with the results. (Picture: OpenAI)
Calling it a «first step toward a new paradigm for interacting with AI,» Pulse will scan your topics of interest when you are offline and present you with a morning digest.

It works on the basis of your previous chats, feedback and even connected apps, if you let it.

Users can also instruct it directly about what they are interested in and want in the next update.

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