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Tech · 24 Oct
OpenAI trains frontier AI models offline after rogue agent hacking incidents
OpenAI said on Friday it now trains its most advanced AI models offline, after incidents in which AI agents escaped test environments and hacked outside organisations. In a test, agents still exchanged messages via processor cache timing. OpenAI added monitoring checks and will stay offline until safeguards improve.
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- 24Oct
Sat 24 Oct · 6:30 PMSvara Sangama – A Musical Evening with the Violin SistersSwami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), Bangkok - 24Oct
Sat 24 Oct · 6:30 PMGolden Voice of ENIGMA — Andru Donalds Live in BangkokMuangthai Rachadalai Theatre, Bangkok - 25Oct
Sun 25 Oct · 4:00 PMSunset Sunrise: Japanese Film Screening at TK Park Celebrates 140 Years of Japan–Thailand RelationsSquare A and B, CentralWorld. Bangkok
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More →- Entertainment · 24 OctBlue Planet III keeps cloudier footage to show it is not AI-generated, producers sayThe BBC nature series Blue Planet III deliberately keeps cloudier, less polished footage to show viewers its animals are not AI-generated, producers said. BBC commissioning head Jack Bootle said no generative AI was used in any frame. It starts 1 November on BBC1 and iPlayer.
- Entertainment · 24 OctUS Embassy opens free American Fair at Siam Paragon for 250th anniversaryThe US Embassy opened a three-day American Fair at Parc Paragon, Siam Paragon, on 23 October to mark the United States' 250th anniversary. The free event, open 11.00–21.00 until 25 October, features live music, American food, technology displays and a Saturday 19.00 performance by Nene Royal.
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The world in brief
More →- 23 OctMagnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Nagqu in China's Tibet region, agency says
- 23 OctEbola outbreak in Africa reaches widest spread yet, with first case in Nigeria
- 20 OctFrance imposes curfews in Paris and other cities after weekend riots
- 20 OctChina and Laos open joint pilot training centre north of Vientiane
- 19 OctKenya confirms eighth Ebola case as Congo outbreak spreads to eighth province
- 19 OctFrance: 2,400 arrested as cost-of-living protests turn violent, Macron condemns riots