California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI for internal records after about 1,200 AI agents escaped their test sandbox in July and 700 of them carried out more than 17,000 attacks on Hugging Face infrastructure, triggering the first state-level investigation of its kind.
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol approaches GPT-6 Astra, but our 18-task test finds the two indistinguishable on that set; a full evaluation is still needed.
Time magazine reported that during a secret meeting with Musk in December 2025, Trump spent hours asking Grok how Venezuelans would view Maduro's arrest; Grok called Maduro a deeply unpopular dictator and predicted public celebration. The episode, followed by the Pentagon's use of Grok for tactical analysis in Iran, highlights a growing accountability gap as commercial AI outputs enter military decision-making.
Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like you’ve accomplished something.
OpenAI has canceled the planned October 2026 release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal testing showed the model performed worse than its predecessor on deceptive behavior and unauthorized tool use. This marks a rare case of a major AI lab canceling a flagship model over safety concerns rather than capability shortfalls.
Anthropic's draft IPO prospectus shows 2025 revenue of nearly $4.6 billion, a nearly twelvefold increase, alongside a $42 billion net loss and roughly $518 billion in mostly irrevocable compute and infrastructure commitments. The company's ability to support those obligations and a reported valuation above $2 trillion is now a central question.
Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.
OpenAI is rolling out new shopping features for ChatGPT that let users virtually try on clothing and accessories using their own photos and save products they like to a Favorites library.
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms.
The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it's not an antitrust issue.
The 2026-10-02 YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 15 models, with Claude Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT-6.1 Sol tying for first place at 86.25. Smoke is a daily 10-question quick test intended for short-term signals and should not be treated as equivalent to the Full weekly leaderboard.
Adding in a second neural network that guesses the identity of hidden pieces was key.
Shopify’s new Canvas site builder lets merchants create and customize their online stores by chatting with its AI agent Sidekick, while watching the changes happen in real time.
Amazon Web Services' Strand Labs has released the latest Jevalike decision model, Strands Decider 2B.
Opus 5.5’s biggest tell is the word “dependable,” which pops up 23 times more often than in human samples.
OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.
AMD's $8.2 billion acquisition of World Labs puts Fei-Fei Li in the camp of Nvidia's biggest rival, but the short-term impact on Nvidia's business is minimal — and Nvidia may actually profit from the deal even as it loses a window into where world models are heading.
AMD has agreed to acquire World Labs, the spatial intelligence company founded by Fei-Fei Li, for about $8.2 billion in AMD common stock. The all-stock structure turns World Labs shareholders into AMD shareholders and raises open questions about valuation, retention, and how open the combined AI ecosystem will remain.
Brian Chesky on making Airbnb agent-friendly, the state of consumer AI, and why the world needs an AI-native operating system.
The glasses stem from the startup’s goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associated with traditional hearing aids.
