OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model
OpenAI claims that Astra represents “a new frontier on computer and browser use,” and that it handles tasks with unmatched “speed, accuracy, and safety.”
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OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’
OpenAI’s next big model is here: GPT-6 Astra. The company calls it a “generational leap in capability” for areas like cybersecurity, professional work, software engineering, science, and computer use. As OpenAI announced earlier this week, it’s also the first model designated as meeting OpenAI’s “critical cybersecurity capability threshold” – but the company promises that won’t…
'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra
The rumors were true, all of them (and then some): OpenAI today is releasing GPT-6 Astra, a new frontier model that the company says likely marks the onset of artificial generalized intelligence (AGI), its long sought goal of "highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work." In a closed a press briefing…
China-linked hackers backdoored executives' laptops via USB, exploiting a fix companies had but weren't using
A Chinese state-linked hacking group compromised executive laptops at an agricultural industry conference on Hainan Island this spring — not through phishing or a network breach, but by breaking into hotel rooms and booting the machines from a USB stick while the executives were at dinner. CrowdStrike, which tracks the group as OVERCAST PANDA, disclosed…
Final Fantasy Resonance Demo Lands on Switch 2 Today [2026]
Square Enix dropped a free demo for Final Fantasy Resonance today, September 3, 2026, putting the studio’s first HD-2D mainline entry into players’ hands on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 alongside PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The release accompanied a new State of Play segment and a fresh trailer that also confirmed…
Trump on US Currency? Manifold Traders Price 97% Odds His Face Appears Before 2028
Traders just piled into a Manifold market on whether Donald Trump’s face will appear on US currency before December 2028. The contract sits at a 97% implied probability of YES as of September 03, 2026, and roughly 48% of its all-time volume changed hands in the past 24 hours. The trigger is concrete: on September…
GTA VI 2026 Release Odds Hit 96% on Manifold After Netflix Extended Look
GTA VI 2026 Release Odds Hit 96% on Manifold After Rockstar’s Netflix Extended Look. A prediction market asking whether Grand Theft Auto VI ships before the end of 2026 has surged to a 96% implied probability of yes as of September 03, 2026, with 43% of the contract’s all-time volume changing hands in a single…
Widespread AI outage hits ChatGPT, Claude and Grok at the same time
Three of AI’s biggest rivals suddenly had something in common Thursday morning: they stopped working. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and xAI’s Grok all suffered service disruptions on September 3, sending users to outage trackers and company status pages as errors […] The post Widespread AI outage hits ChatGPT, Claude and Grok at the same time…
Schneider Electric Easergy, EcoStruxture, PowerLogic, and Saitel Products (Update A)
View CSAF Summary Schneider Electric is aware of a vulnerability in the following products: The Easergy C5 is a scalable and interoperable bay controller, protection and merging unit for large and critical infrastructure electrical distribution systems. The Easergy MiCOM P30 is a family of multifunction protection and control relays designed for medium, high and extra…
Rockwell Automation ControlFLASH
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could give an attacker the ability to run any commands or code of the attacker’s choice on a target machine at the logged-in user’s permission level. The following versions of Rockwell Automation ControlFLASH are affected: ControlFLASH <=V15.07 (CVE-2026-12663) CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 7.3 Rockwell Automation Rockwell…