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Sam Altman is putting the brakes on an OpenAI IPO, and the reason he's giving is safety. The CEO says the company won't go public until it can make confident claims about model behavior — and with capabilities surging faster than expected, there is no firm timeline on the table. It's a rare moment of public caution from a company that moves fast.
Meanwhile, your car may be doing something you never agreed to. A new Consumer Reports study found widespread privacy failures across major automakers, with sensitive personal data flowing quietly from vehicle apps to data brokers and Big Tech platforms. Most drivers have no idea it's happening, and the report suggests the scale of the problem is significant.
On the legal front, AI companies are trying to rebuild trust with the courts. After several high-profile cases where lawyers submitted AI-generated filings full of fabricated case citations, the industry is now rolling out tools specifically designed to keep that from happening again. Whether judges and attorneys will trust them is still an open question.
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