OpenAI in Talks for $30B Funding at $1.4T Valuation, Opens ChatGPT Safety Review for Free · 1006-716
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OpenAI is pushing forward on both capital and product fronts: on one hand, it is in talks to raise $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion pre-money valuation; on the other, it is making the Auto-review safety review feature free for all ChatGPT users [23][3]. Meanwhile, the open-source model ecosystem continues to break through hardware boundaries, with the Strata engine enabling a 12GB VRAM graphics card to run a 125B parameter model, while Reflection releases Beam, a 501B MoE coding model [1][13].
🚀 Key Updates
- Google Drive and Docs natively support Markdown [0]: Users can directly preview, edit, and collaborate on .md files without format conversion.
- Strata engine enables consumer-grade graphics cards to run 125B models [1]: 12GB VRAM is enough to run the quantized version of Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, with RTX 5070 reaching 94 tokens/second.
- OpenAI and Anthropic support Australia's mandatory AI breach notification legislation [2]: Both companies expressed support to parliament for mandatory reporting of agent data breaches by companies.
- OpenAI Auto-review opens free [3][9]: All ChatGPT account users can enable it in settings; a second agent reviews high-risk operations in the background without consuming plan usage.
- Sony Music demands takedown of 260,000 AI deepfake songs [5]: The number has doubled since the end of March, with artists such as Adele and Queen being impersonated.
- South Korea plans 4.7 trillion won frontier AI special program [7]: Starting March 2027, it will develop frontier large models, selecting lead entities through competitive bidding.
- Reflection releases Beam, a 501B MoE open-source coding model [13]: 23B activated parameters, aimed at coding and agent tasks, with full weights to be released under Apache 2.0.
- OpenAI in talks for $30 billion funding at $1.4 trillion valuation [23]: In talks with funds including UAE's MGX, with BlackRock discussing participation.
🔗 Sources
[0] Google makes Google Drive and Google Docs natively support Markdown files — https://aihot.news/items/mawj8dfatrqar7kjez5q9q7oa [1] Strata open-source engine enables 12GB VRAM graphics cards to run 125B Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, RTX 5070 reaches 94 tokens/second — https://aihot.news/items/wn5evlg5pjftfkdiksvq8sr9s [2] OpenAI and Anthropic express support to Australian parliament for mandatory reporting of agent data breaches — https://aihot.news/items/yo9w4kfnkujwrvkejh0huprl8 [3] OpenAI makes ChatGPT Auto-review free for all ChatGPT account users — https://aihot.news/items/cxqfpik9ysqbkh28zhfsfwtww [5] Sony Music demands takedown of 260,000 AI deepfake songs, artists such as Adele impersonated — https://aihot.news/items/efi2w569rv4ncyrk0bv9qbduc [7] South Korea plans 4.7 trillion won special program, to develop frontier AI large models starting March 2027 — https://aihot.news/items/fylqc7l1boztcl7kqke42hfed [9] Tibo