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Researchers and sources: rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website in May and turned it into a forum for agents, sharing tactics to cheat on tasks and more  —  A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents …
Hayden Field / The Verge:
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, initially for customers in its Daybreak program; Greg Brockman says Astra is a “generational leap” and “we are now in the AGI era”  —  OpenAI's next big model is here: GPT-6 Astra.  The company calls it a “generational leap in capability” …
Matt Shumer / Something Big Is Happening:
Review: GPT-6 Astra can adeptly use tools like Unreal Engine to build complex environments, such as a civilization with Unreal's autonomous MetaHuman characters  —  Everyday work, ambitious experiments, and the Manager Loop. … For nearly a year, OpenAI models were my unquestioned default …
The Deep View:
OpenAI prices GPT-6 Astra at $10/1M input tokens and $50/1M output tokens, matching Anthropic's pricing for Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1  —  OpenAI's now infamous model that was part of the Hugging Face breach is about to be loose in the world, but with new safeguards.
Greg Kamradt / ARC Prize:
GPT-6 Astra scores 62.7% on ARC-AGI-3 with the standard harness and 99.9% with a new provider adapter harness; Claude Opus 5 scored 30.2%, and GPT-5.6 Sol 7.8%
M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
By declaring that GPT-6 Astra has ushered in the AGI era, OpenAI is being flippant and cementing the term's status as nothing more than marketing
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
What to expect from Apple's September 9 “Surprise and Shine” event: a foldable iPhone, an iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watches with ceramic cases, and more  —  From the foldable iPhone to a touch-screen MacBook, here's what to expect on Sept. 9 and beyond.
Reuters:
Tesla says Cybercab rides are available in limited areas of Austin; Cybercab is a two-seater with no steering wheel or pedals, and 45 are registered in Texas  —  Tesla (TSLA.O) said on Thursday it was offering rides in “limited areas of Austin, Texas” in its two-seater Cybercab …
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch:
The NHTSA opens a probe into Tesla's decision to launch its new Cybercab on public roads in Austin with no steering wheel or pedals
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils Project Zenith, a “distraction-free Windows experience” for developers to run 30B+ parameter models locally on devices with 64GB+ of memory  —  The first Project Zenith devices ship with AMD's Ryzen AI Halo chips. … Microsoft is giving its developer-optimized Windows experience a name: Project Zenith.
Artificial Analysis:
Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index: GPT-6 Astra scored 67, roughly equal to Claude Opus 5, Fable 5, and Muse Spark 1.3, but trailing leader Fable 5.1's 70  —  Fable 5.1 in Claude Code leads the Index with a score of 70. … Various effort levels of the model occupy the Pareto frontier of token efficiency.
@artificialanlys:
Muse Spark 1.3 with max reasoning, in limited preview for partners, scores 62 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, behind only Fable 5.1 and Opus 5
Anuchit Nguyen / Bloomberg:
Thailand suspends the construction of 49 server farms to write new industry regulations, set for October, as governments worldwide tighten data center oversight  —  Thailand's embrace of data centers hit a speed bump after the government suspended construction of 49 server farms as public concerns …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Abu Dhabi-based AI company G42 is exploring selling a majority stake to American companies to maintain access to advanced AI chips beyond April 2027  —  Executives at Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm G42 have held exploratory talks over potentially selling a majority stake …
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