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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Costs 2.5 Times More and Matches GPT-5.6 on the Independent Index

OpenAI called the launch the start of the AGI era. Artificial Analysis, which OpenAI neither ran nor selected, scores Astra 61 — exactly what GPT-5.6 Sol scores. Where it does separate is speed.

4 Sep 2026 · 9 min read
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Six AI Releases in Three Days, and Two Were New Models

The 72-hour launch count folds together two new models, a safeguard variant, two point releases, a pricing tier and a feature that is not a model at all.

4 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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ChatGPT, Claude and Grok Failed Together. The Azure Story Is Unproven.

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok all went down on Thursday morning. Coverage has settled on a shared Azure failure that no company confirmed and the recovery times argue against.

4 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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Nvidia Confirms Its $12.93bn Hugging Face Deal, and the Seller Called First

The deal is signed, and our 1 September caution is discharged. Delangue says he went to Huang, and the same company refused $500m from Nvidia a year ago.

3 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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New York City Halts Student-Facing AI for a Year, Covering 600,000 Students

A moratorium from 2-K to grade 8, five high school pilots capped at 50,000, and a companion-chatbot prohibition that applies to every grade in the district.

3 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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A Select Committee Chair Says Keeping Both Roles Is a Clear Conflict

Dame Chi Onwurah says movement between sectors is acceptable and that remaining chair of a public research funder while working for an AI company is not.

3 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Google Pics Does Not Have to Beat Canva. It Is Already in the Tab.

Google Pics arrives inside Docs and Slides rather than as a destination. A bundled tool never has to win an evaluation, because it never gets evaluated.

2 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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OpenAI's Astra Found Two Zero-Days in a Version Built for Testing

OpenAI says Astra found and exploited two zero-days autonomously, in a version modified for testing. That is a bounded, prepared target rather than production software.

2 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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Nvidia Buying Hugging Face Is Reported, Not Signed, and Not Confirmed

Nvidia is reported to have agreed US$12.9bn for Hugging Face, against roughly US$150m of revenue. At about 86 times, the purchase is of a distribution point rather than an income statement.

1 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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An AI Super PAC Is Advertising in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin. The Fight Is Zoning.

Federal AI law is written in Washington. Zoning, water withdrawal and ratepayer cost allocation are decided in county commissions, which is where the money went.

1 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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