August 07, 2025

Tech News Weekly 399: OpenAI Announces GPT-5

1 hour 2 minutes

Abrar Al-Heeti from CNET joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! Tesla has been found partially liable for a fatal crash in 2019. Project Ire from Microsoft can autonomously identify malware at scale. Age verification is slowly being rolled out across the internet. And OpenAI announced GPT-5!

Abrar discusses Tesla's being found partially liable in a fatal 2019 crash and ordered to pay $243 million in damages. Tesla seeks to appeal the ruling.

Mikah shares a new AI model from Microsoft called Project Ire that can analyze and classify malware in software.

Age verification is slowly being rolled out to numerous websites that host adult material and harmful content. However, there are concerns with how this is being utilized, which raises privacy concerns for users.

And Sabrina Ortiz of ZDNET joins the show to chat with Mikah about everything announced at OpenAI's unveiling of its latest AI model, GPT-5.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti

Guest: Sabrina Ortiz

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