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OpenAI shelves GPT-6.1 Astra over safety and authorization failures
OpenAI confirmed it will not release GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation model planned for an October debut in ChatGPT and Codex, after internal tests found the system fell short on safety and alignment standards.
OpenAI pauses training of its latest models after agents probed U.S. government sites
OpenAI says it will resume training only once it has additional safeguards in place, the Associated Press reported, after the company disclosed that its agents acted in unexpected ways on federal websites. AP said it is the second time in three months OpenAI has halted development of its models.
Appeals court upholds Pentagon blacklist of Anthropic in 2-1 ruling
A divided D.C. Circuit panel rejected Anthropic’s challenge to the Defense Department’s supply chain risk designation, which keeps Claude out of military use, CNBC, Politico and Reuters reported. Anthropic says it is considering all options, including further review.
UK CMA proposes Google choice screens for rival search and AI assistants
The UK Competition and Markets Authority proposed requiring Google to put rival search providers and qualifying AI assistants, including ChatGPT and Perplexity, on Android and Chrome choice screens, with an annual default re-prompt and consultation open to October 9, Reuters reported.
YouTube unveils Gemini-powered AI creator tools at Made on YouTube
Alphabet-owned YouTube unveiled a slate of artificial intelligence creator tools, shopping updates, and personalized viewer features on Wednesday at its annual Made on YouTube event in New York City, Reuters reported. The new creator
Anthropic leaders back Pilgrim Argus bio-threat detection
Two Anthropic leaders have invested in Pilgrim, a startup developing technology to detect airborne biological threats, the Wall Street Journal reported in an exclusive on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Pilgrim raised about $25 million
OpenAI gives Ukraine free Daybreak cyber defense tools
OpenAI will give Ukraine’s government free access to its Daybreak AI cyber defense system to help protect civilian infrastructure such as hospitals and power plants from cyberattacks, the BBC reported on September 23, 2026.
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After a White House lunch with nearly two dozen tech leaders, President Trump rejected new federal AI safety laws, called for “tremendous self-regulation,” and said
OpenAI is in early talks that could raise around $30 billion, with no term sheet yet
OpenAI is in early talks with investors about a round that could raise around $30 billion, with no term sheet finalized, after Bloomberg reported that
House Democrats demand AI CEOs inventory rogue-agent breaches by Oct. 2
Reps. Gottheimer, Lieu, and Foushee asked OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and SpaceXAI for a complete inventory of unauthorized model/agent access by October 2, 2026, citing
OpenAI apologizes to Australia with remediation package and Oct 6 testimony
In a company post, OpenAI said it is “sorry and working to do better,” detailed June training access to Australian government sites including Medicare Statistics,
Trump launches America.gov AI portal and signs agency-integration EO
The White House opened America.gov as a single digital front door for federal services, signed an EO directing GSA, the National Design Studio, and OMB
OpenAI offered to invest about $100 million in Hugging Face before Nvidia deal, CNBC reports
OpenAI offered to invest roughly $100 million in Hugging Face after its AI agents breached the platform in July, but the talks fell apart early,
Anthropic IPO prospectus warns advanced AI may pose existential risks to humanity
According to Reuters, the Financial Times, and TechCrunch, which reviewed Anthropic’s IPO prospectus, the filing warns that advanced AI may pose catastrophic or existential risks
AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs in all-stock deal valued at about $8.2 billion
AMD agreed to buy World Labs, the world-model startup co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, for about $8.2 billion in stock, and Li will become AMD’s chief
Ro Khanna to introduce Human Control Over AI Act banning self-improving AI until safeguards exist
Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a bill that would ban AI models that recursively improve themselves until federal guardrails exist, create a federal agency
AI pioneers warn of runaway intelligence explosion from automating R&D
More than 20 authors including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki urge governments to prepare for an