OpenAI Brings Codex to Mobile — Manage Coding Tasks from Anywhere
On May 14, OpenAI announced that Codex is now available in the ChatGPT mobile app. This lets developers monitor the progress of coding tasks from their smartphones or tablets, and steer and approve them in real time.
Until now, Codex assumed a desktop environment, but with this update, users can manage their workflows flexibly across devices and remote environments. TechCrunch reports that this "significantly improves the flexibility of users' workflow management."
OpenAI Prepares Legal Action Against Apple — Cracks in the Partnership
According to Bloomberg, OpenAI is preparing to take legal action against Apple. The company has reportedly hired an outside law firm and is currently weighing its options.
Many details remain unclear at this point, but the two companies have been partners, collaborating on things like ChatGPT's Siri integration. The report once again highlights how fragile major partnerships in the AI industry can be.
Richard Socher's New Startup Raises $650 Million — A Vision of "AI Building Itself"
A new startup founded by Richard Socher, former Chief Scientist at Salesforce, has raised $650 million. The company aims to build a system in which "AI conducts research on its own and improves itself indefinitely."
Socher emphasizes that the company will actually ship products, but the vision of self-improving AI has sparked debate within the industry over its feasibility.
Linus Torvalds: "The Surge of AI-Generated Code Is the New Normal"
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, has declared the surge in code volume produced by AI tools "the new normal." Submissions of AI-generated code are on the rise even in Linux kernel development, and Torvalds frames the trend as something to adapt to rather than fight.
It's a sign that AI's impact on software development is now visible even at the front lines of the open source community.
LLM-Assisted Cyberattack Hits Mexican Water Infrastructure in a First
According to a report by security firm Dragos, a cyberattack using LLMs has been confirmed against water infrastructure in Mexico. It is believed to be the first case in the infrastructure sector in which an LLM was used to plan and carry out an attack.
Concerns about AI-enabled attacks have long been raised, but with an actual attack on critical infrastructure now confirmed, the urgency of countermeasures is higher than ever.
Protests Spread Inside Meta Over Employee Surveillance Software
At Meta's (formerly Facebook) US and UK offices, protests are spreading against enterprise surveillance software that tracks employees' keystrokes and mouse movements. According to WIRED, employees have organized an opposition campaign, and it has become a major topic of discussion inside the company.
The use of data for AI training and the tightening of workplace surveillance are becoming a new source of friction in tech companies' work environments.
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