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  1. OpenAI is blaming one of the longest outages in its history on a 'new telemetry service' gone awry, which caused major disruptions to ChatGPT, Sora, and its developer-facing API.

    Postmortem Incident Investigation Report

    Incident Summary

    On December 13, 2024, OpenAI experienced a major service outage affecting its AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT, its video generator, Sora, and its developer-facing API. The incident began around 3 p.m. Pacific Time and lasted approximately three hours before all services were fully restored.

    Root Cause

    The outage was caused by the deployment of a new telemetry service designed to collect Kubernetes metrics. This telemetry service was intended to monitor Kubernetes operations, but an issue with its configuration inadvertently triggered resource-intensive Kubernetes API operations.

    Detailed Analysis

    • New Telemetry Service: The telemetry service was rolled out to collect Kubernetes metrics. However, its configuration led to unintended and resource-intensive Kubernetes API operations.
    • Kubernetes API Overload: The resource-intensive operations overwhelmed the Kubernetes API servers, disrupting the Kubernetes control plane in most large Kubernetes clusters.
    • DNS Resolution Impact: The affected Kubernetes control plane impacted DNS resolution, a critical component that converts IP addresses to domain names. This complication delayed visibility into the full scope of the problem and allowed the rollout to continue before the issues were fully understood.
    • DNS Caching: The use of DNS caching further delayed visibility and slowed the implementation of a fix, as the system relied on cached information rather than the actual, disrupted state.

    Mitigating Factors

    • Detection Delay: OpenAI detected the issue "a few minutes" before customers noticed the impact, but was unable to quickly implement a fix due to the overwhelmed Kubernetes servers.
    • Testing Shortcomings: The testing procedures did not catch the impact of the changes on the Kubernetes control plane, leading to a slow remediation process.

    Preventive Measures

    • Improved Monitoring: Implementing better monitoring for infrastructure changes to detect issues early.
    • Phased Rollouts: Adopting phased rollouts with enhanced monitoring to ensure smoother deployment and quicker detection of issues.
    • Kubernetes API Access: Ensuring that OpenAI engineers have mechanisms to access the Kubernetes API servers under any circumstances to improve the remediation speed.
  2. OpenAI claims that using ChatGPT to create fake social media posts has made it easier to detect cyber threats from bad actors, as seen in their recent report.

  3. The author tests the new GPT-4o AI from OpenAI on a standard set of coding tests and finds that it delivers good results, but with one surprising issue.

    2024-05-28 Tags: , , , , , , by klotz
  4. OpenAI's new GPT-4o model is now available for free, but ChatGPT Plus subscribers still get access to more prompts and newer features. This article compares what's available to both free and paid users.

    2024-05-15 Tags: , , , , by klotz
  5. OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research laboratory, has launched ChatGPT-4, an upgraded version of its popular chatbot. ChatGPT-4 is reportedly more powerful, private, and able to handle longer conversations than its predecessor. The chatbot uses a larger model and improved training techniques, allowing it to generate more nuanced and detailed responses. OpenAI also introduced a new feature called Instruct-1, a more precise way to guide the chatbot's responses, and a new interface for easier interaction with the AI.

  6. This article discusses the process of training a large language model (LLM) using reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) and a new alternative method called Direct Preference Optimization (DPO). The article explains how these methods help align the LLM with human expectations and make it more efficient.

  7. A personal productivity assistant that utilizes Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Allows users to chat with their documents and apps using various AI models. A local and private alternative to OpenAI GPTs and ChatGPT.

  8. 2023-11-07 Tags: , , by klotz
  9. 2023-11-07 Tags: , , , by klotz
  10. Comprehensive guide to ChatGPT API for newbies

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