OpenAI updated ChatGPT's content moderation policies to allow AI images depicting public figures, hateful symbols, and racial features.

All of the news and updates about OpenAI continue below. OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a new investment round led by SoftBank, vaulting the company to a $300 billion valuation. It’s the largest funding round for a private tech company in history, according to CNBC.

OpenAI's Ghibli impresses users with its ability to create detailed, hand-painted visuals reminiscent of Hayao Miyazaki’s works.

ChatGPT's new AI image generator is being used to create memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, reigniting copyright concerns.

OpenAI has restricted access to video generation for new Sora users as the company continues to struggle with capacity.

OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot, ChatGPT, is building a new AI model. The model will be an "open-weights" language model with reasoning, according to CEO Sam Altman who tweeted about the development on Monday.

Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s vice president of global policy, said this month that the company “continue[s] to apply that fair use doctrine consistent with the technology.” Like other AI companies, OpenAI recently pressed the White House to ensure that fair use extends to AIs trained on copyrighted material.

When you ask ChatGPT’s new 4o model to draw a human picture of itself, it consistently churns out a generic brown-haired white guy with glasses. It’s the kind of man who courses through the streets of the Bay Area or Brooklyn, a dude who fades into the background.