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Researcher alleges OpenAI trained model on user chats before touting a breakthrough

A researcher publicly claims OpenAI used conversation data from its own users to train a model, then presented the resulting performance gains as a novel technical achievement. The claim, shared on Bluesky, echoes similar accusations made previously by other researchers questioning how OpenAI sources training data and frames its results.

X issues cease-and-desist to Nitter, closing off last open access to tweets

X has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Nitter, a free tool that let people view public tweets without logging in or agreeing to X's terms. Nitter initially relied on X's API, then switched to scraping public web pages after that API access was cut off; now X is treating even that as an illegal circumvention of its platform.