A security analysis of YC AI agents reveals that the most critical vulnerabilities are not in the LLM itself, but in the surrounding infrastructure. This breakdown of a red teaming exercise, where 7 out of 16 agents were compromised, highlights three common and severe security flaws: cross-user data access (IDOR), remote code execution via insecure sandboxes, and server-side request forgery (SSRF).
OpenAI's Head of Education, Leah Belsky, and students Yabsera and Alaap discuss how AI, particularly ChatGPT and its new Study Mode, is transforming education. They cover global adoption, the shift from policing AI to integrating it, its role as a personal tutor for building confidence and skills, and the evolving nature of learning, work, and critical thinking in the age of AI.
Fouad Matin from OpenAI's Agent Robustness and Control team discusses the critical safety and security challenges of code-executing AI agents. He explores the shift from models that *can* execute code to defining what they *should* be allowed to do, presenting practical safeguards like sandboxing, network control, and human review, drawing from OpenAI's experience building Code Interpreter and the open-source Code Interpreter CLI.
Exploring the collision of AI and the attention economy, this discussion unpacks the rise of AI-generated 'slop', the retreat to private group chats, and the shifting economics of media in an age where algorithms optimize for clicks over genuine human interest.
A breakdown of key findings from the IBM 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, focusing on the financial impact of breaches, the dual role of AI in attacks and defense, primary threat vectors, and actionable recommendations for improving security posture.
Members of the OpenAI team, Alex Wei, Sheryl Hsu, and Noam Brown, discuss their model's historic gold-medal performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). They detail their unique approach using general-purpose reinforcement learning for hard-to-verify tasks, the model's surprising self-awareness, and the vast gap that remains between solving competition problems and achieving true mathematical research breakthroughs.