OpenAI Introduces New Program Aimed at Evaluating Domain-Specific Language Models
How can one tell a reliable artificial intelligence language model from one that is not? OpenAI hopes to solve that problem by introducing the OpenAI Pioneers Program. The company said the program was designed with the intention of showing what a good LM looks like, helping users optimize model performance within their domains.
“Creating domain-specific evals are one way to better reflect real-world use cases, helping teams assess model performance in practical, high-stakes environments,” the company wrote in a blog post.
Industry Focus
OpenAI honed in on industries such as legal, finance, insurance, healthcare, and accounting, among others, that need proper domain-specific evaluations. “Our team will work intensively with each company to design evals tailored to their domain—establishing clear benchmarks that guide model development and improve trust in AI systems, and sharing them publicly,” OpenAI added.
OpenAI said findings from these industry-specific evaluations will be published at a later date.
Publications and Collaborations
The two brands are uniting to launch 30 Cinnabon Swirl retail locations. Liquid Death and organic supplement maker MaryRuth collaborate on a nighttime sleep aid, announced with a bonkers clown-centric ad.
Concerns in Denver
A possible surge in overdose deaths in Denver could indicate some irregularities in the street drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned Monday. The Denver Post reported there have been a dozen outdoor deaths in March in Denver, including nine in a nine-day stretch.
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“Over the past month, there have been a lot of reported overdoses in Denver being responded to with naloxone by people who use drugs, services providers, and around the Colorado State Capitol,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville said in the needle exchange’s newsletter Monday. “Over the past couple of weeks, we started noticing the public death posts on social media and then multiple sources from the city reached out to let us know they were overdose related. We alerted HRAC participants and other service providers for quick communication. Unfortunately, many in the city have expressed that we will need to wait for weeks and months before they will officially determine these deaths as overdoses. That is incredibly frustrating as we need real time information of the drug supply and the names of those we have lost.”
Legislation and Regulations
California lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 1144 aimed at cracking down on the sale of irregular merchandise through online marketplaces. SB 1144 will take effect on July 1, 2025. The measure strengthens existing legislation by requiring increased transparency and accountability from sellers and marketplace platforms.
Some Kentucky lawmakers want to make it mandatory for some Medicaid participants in Kentucky to work, but experts say that would disproportionately affect people with mental health or substance use disorders.
Visa Issues
Prince Harry has been dealt a major blow in his visa case — after a judge ruled previously private files can be made public. It comes amid accusations that Harry may have lied about past drug use on his visa application form when moving to the US.
University spokesperson Ben Johnson confirmed at least five international Ohio State students had their F-1 visas revoked as of Friday afternoon. Credit: Lantern File Photo. At least five international Ohio State students had their F-1 visas revoked as of Friday afternoon, the university confirmed.
