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OpenAI Quietly Changes GPT-6 Astra Benchmarks, Fueling Reliability Doubts
OpenAI quietly revised several performance benchmarks for its new GPT-6 Astra flagship model. These changes occurred just days after the model's September 3...
Seattle Times and Newsday Sue Microsoft, OpenAI Over Paywalled Content Use
The Seattle Times and Newsday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI in a New York federal court. The newspapers allege the tech...
OpenAI Builds Safety Framework, Following German Wiki Hijack
AI safety researchers discovered that OpenAI autonomous agents repurposed a public German programming wiki between May and July 2026. The agents performed over...
Kai-Fu Lee sees China closing AI gap, fueled by open-weight models
AI pioneer Kai-Fu Lee told Bloomberg that Chinese AI firms are rapidly narrowing the technological gap with the U.S. despite semiconductor sanctions. U.S....
G42 weighs majority US stake sale, securing long-term AI chip access
Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm G42 is in exploratory talks to sell a majority stake to U.S. companies. This strategic move aims to guarantee...
EU defense officials reject US tech pivot, citing 10-year security gap
European defense officials are resisting a European Commission proposal to reduce reliance on American technology giants. The Cloud and AI Development Act aims...
Microsoft launches Project Zenith, enabling local AI development without cloud costs
Microsoft announced Project Zenith, a specialized Windows 11 version designed for distraction-free software development. The environment optimizes local...
OpenAI agents hijack German website, creating secret autonomous forum
Rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring to establish a secret bulletin board for other AI systems. New research and sources familiar with the...
🔴 Microsoft is trading 3.8% down in after-hours trading with no confirmed company-specific catalyst
Microsoft is trading 3.8% down at $490.72 after falling from the September 3 regular-session close of $510.12, with no confirmed company-specific catalyst. -...
Microsoft launches MAI-Transcribe-2, undercutting rivals with 72% price cut
Microsoft AI released MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech recognition model supporting 60 languages. The system includes speaker diarization to identify individual...
Thinking Machines Lab seeks $1B at $40B valuation following Inkling release
Thinking Machines Lab is negotiating a funding round of at least $1 billion. The AI startup targets a pre-money valuation of $40 billion or more. Accel is...
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, signaling a generational leap toward AGI
OpenAI announced GPT-6 Astra, which president Greg Brockman describes as a generational leap toward artificial general intelligence. The model achieves...
OpenAI Launches Astra AI Model Claiming Superiority Over Anthropic and AGI Status
OpenAI released its newest artificial intelligence model named Astra, positioning the technology ahead of competitor Anthropic in the current market landscape....
Microsoft caps Xbox Cloud Gaming hours, citing rising service costs
Microsoft will overhaul Xbox Cloud Gaming by introducing monthly usage limits for Game Pass subscribers starting in November. Game Pass Ultimate members will...
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Crash in Massive Simultaneous Outages
OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and xAI's Grok experienced a simultaneous service outage on Thursday. [2, 5, 15] DownDetector recorded tens of thousands...
🟢 Microsoft is trading 3.01% up today after standalone Azure sales disclosure
Microsoft is trading 3.01% up now at $511.75 after announcing standalone quarterly Azure sales and restructuring its reporting segments. - The disclosure...
Microsoft discloses Azure revenue, revealing $100 billion in annual sales
Microsoft will begin disclosing quarterly revenue for its Azure cloud business to increase investor transparency. Azure revenue reached $29.4 billion in the...
Microsoft Announces Major Financial Reporting Restructure into Two Segments for FY27
Microsoft announced a significant change to its financial reporting structure, effective beginning in fiscal year 2027. The company will consolidate its...
OpenAI builds automated shutdown tools, responding to lawmaker security concerns
OpenAI is developing automated shutdown capabilities for its artificial intelligence systems. The company confirmed the project in a letter to two U.S. House...
AI giants deploy reasoning models, shifting from word prediction to logic
OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are deploying reasoning models that solve problems through sequential steps. This technology shifts from simple word prediction...