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More from AI & SoftwareOpenAI says an unreleased model called Astra solved 10 decades-old math problems for about $2,000 in compute, with formally verified proofs. Days later, the same system was hit with a Critical cyber-risk classification. Here is what happened and why mathematicians are both impressed and wary.
OpenAI’s new Ultrafast mode runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14 times faster using Cerebras wafer-scale chips instead of Nvidia GPUs. Here’s what it means for the AI speed race.
Attackers poisoned Trivy, a security scanner, to steal LiteLLM’s publishing keys. The malicious packages were live for 40 minutes. Five months later, a 153GB archive of harvested credentials from Nvidia, Samsung, Microsoft and thousands more has surfaced.
Stockholm’s Lovable raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation, double what it was worth in December. The revenue growth behind it is real. The harder question is what happens to everyone selling software when describing an app is enough to build one.
A flaw in Zoom’s annotation feature let any meeting participant run code on another participant’s device with no clicks and no warning. The researchers who found it needed fewer than 20 AI prompts and less than a day.
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Amazon says Prime Air will reach nearly 500 US cities and towns by the end of 2026, a sixfold jump from seven states today. The drone carries five pounds and flies about 7.5 miles, which explains a lot about what will actually show up in your yard.
OpenAI’s new Apple Messages plugin lets ChatGPT read, draft and send texts from your Mac. In its own documentation, OpenAI warns against persistent send approval. Here is what the plugin does, why prompt injection makes that warning serious, and how to switch the setting back.
Epic took Fortnite offline in the early hours of August 20 for update v42.00. Chapter 7 Season 4 Override brought back Sonic, Mega Man, Tetris and Crash, plus a console anyone can grab to change the rules for the whole server.
After 13 years, Fairphone is selling a phone directly in the United States. The Gen 6+ costs $649, comes apart with one screwdriver, and carries a five-year warranty. The specs are mid-range on purpose.
A new NeuroImage study scanned 56 people while they watched short videos. When a clip landed, two of the brain’s cognitive control hubs went quiet. Here is exactly what that shows, and the four things it does not.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens on August 18 and auto-enrolls anyone it thinks is under 18. The guardrails are real, the age check is a guess, and reporters had it writing a full homework essay within hours.