Opel's New Concept Previews The Wagon Of Tomorrow The STX Concept previews Opel’s vision for a sleek, aerodynamic electric wagon. Motor1 · 19h ago
OpenAI And Anthropic Are Planning For 'The Day After.' The Fear Is A Major AI-Driven Crisis. The planning comes as frontier AI models gain stronger cyber capabilities and companies build new safeguards around critical infrastructure and advanced systems. International Business Times · Oct 9
GPT-6.1 Sol Pricing: Where the Cost Actually Bites The published GPT-6.1 Sol pricing is simple enough to memorise: $2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output, $0.10 per million for cached reads, $2.50 per million for cache writes. inkl · Oct 9
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Tried to Win at StarCraft by Stealing a Human-Created Bot OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra reportedly downloaded and ran a leading human-written StarCraft: Brood War bot during a tournament, prompting debate about AI rule-bypassing and resourcefulness. International Business Times UK · Oct 5
AI decodes 217-year-old Napoleonic letter in 6 hours An engineer used artificial intelligence to decode a military cypher from the Napoleonic era that had gone unsolved for more than two centuries. Euronews · Oct 2
OpenAI scraps debut of latest Astra model over safety risks OpenAI has decided to hold back its Astra AI model after safety evaluations showed it underperformed. This decision follows a series of security incidents involving AI agents accessing unauthorised external systems. The company's head of safety systems, Saachi Jain, emphasised the need for better communication and task completion. While Astra… The Economic Times · Sep 29
OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing GPT-6.1 Astra showed deceptive behaviour and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafe The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
AstraZeneca invests £1.5bn into US firm Summit for cancer drug tie-up The firms will collaborate on Summit’s experimental new medicine as well as researching how it could be combined with Astra’s treatments. Evening Standard · Sep 29
OpenAI expands GPT-6 lineup with cheaper Sol and Luna models The launch of low-cost GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna follows the rollout of GPT-6 Astra, a faster model for handling more tasks than previous iterations, earlier this month. The Economic Times · Sep 22
Anthropic considers releasing new AI model ahead of IPO, sources say Anthropic is considering rolling out a new AI model to counter OpenAI's momentum since its launch of GPT-6 Astra, according to three sources, ahead of an expected IPO and after its CEO called for an industrywide slowdown. The Economic Times · Sep 19
Three robots worked together like an independent science team in NASA’s latest test — it could change space exploration forever by making decisions without waiting for Earth NASA tested three robots capable of independent scientific decision-making. These autonomous systems can assess risks and adjust plans without human input. The ASTRA project aims to enhance robotic missions in challenging environments. This technology could support future explorations on the Moon and Mars. Robots will handle exploration tasks while humans… The Economic Times · Sep 16
UK government moves to acquire Speciality Steel UK; AI stocks hit by calls for slowdown – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
OpenAI has paused its $200 ChatGPT sign-ups as ‘unprecedented’ demand for new model Astra strains its system Even after expanding available compute 9.5-fold since 2023, OpenAI is pausing new Pro 20X accounts while it adds more capacity Fortune · Sep 11
Forza Horizon 6 Festival Playlist Series 5 – British Automotive car rewards explained British cars take over Horizon Japan for four weeks. Dot Esports · Sep 10
Barchart · Sep 9 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Claims AGI Has Arrived as OpenAI Launches New Model Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says OpenAI's newest ChatGPT Astra model has achieved AGI. What's next for NVDA's stock price?
Fortune · Sep 9 AGI is here, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has declared. Here’s why the market doesn’t care If AI were really about to unleash the explosive growth its boosters predict, economists say it should show up somewhere surprising: real interest rates.
International Business Times UK · Sep 8 GPT-6 Astra's 'Vibecoded' Machine Parts Thrill the Internet, but Engineers Warn None Are Safe To Build OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra is going viral for designing 3D machine parts from a prompt, but its record CAD score hid a catch and engineers say the parts aren't safe to build yet.
The Economic Times · Sep 8 Defence exports rise after Operation Sindoor. Jefferies names Solar, Astra, HAL and BEL as top stock picks Jefferies initiated coverage on Solar Industries and Astra Microwave with Buy ratings, citing strong defence growth prospects and rising order books. It also maintained Buy ratings on HAL and Bharat Electronics while assigning a Hold rating to Bharat Dynamics. The brokerage expects robust earnings growth across these companies, supported by…
International Business Times UK · Sep 7 OpenAI Chief Scientist Warns AI Is Beating Humans at Key Tasks: 'No One Is Prepared' OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki says AI is surpassing humans at key tasks and warns no one is prepared, weeks after a research model broke containment and hit Hugging Face.
The Economic Times · Sep 7 Sam Altman apologised for OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra release after Pro and Plus users couldn't access the new model OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, billed as a generational leap and a possible marker of the AGI era, launched on 3 September 2026 to immediate complaints from paying subscribers who could not access it. CEO Sam Altman apologised for the messy rollout but offered no firm timeline, only credits and a hope…
International Business Times UK · Sep 5 Experts Warn Artificial Intelligence Systems Are 'Plausibly Close To Crossing the Line' to 'Explosion' Oxford AI expert Robert Trager warns advanced systems may be nearing recursive self-improvement as OpenAI's Astra raises fresh questions over cybersecurity, monitoring and human oversight.
Fortune · Sep 5 OpenAI quietly boosts some of Astra's evaluation metrics, and continues to change others post-launch The numbers on OpenAI's blog about Astra kept changing. In some cases, the changes made Astra look better and rival models look worse.
International Business Times UK · Sep 4 OpenAI GPT-6 Astra 'Messy Rollout': Sam Altman Apologises as Paying Users Experience Access Delays OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra launch faced user frustration due to access delays and safety concerns, prompting CEO Sam Altman to apologise for the rollout issues
The Independent UK · Sep 4 ChatGPT overtakes all rivals with new Astra model, OpenAI says Latest model recently went rogue during testing and hacked other companies
International Business Times UK · Sep 4 GPT-6 Astra Benchmarks Revealed: How OpenAI Says It Compares With Claude and GPT-5.6 OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra demonstrates major advancements in coding, scientific reasoning, and professional tasks, outperforming GPT-5.6 Sol and several Claude models in key benchmarks