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AI NewsOpenAI Won't Release Its Smartest Model Because It Lied to Testers — Then Shipped a Plush-Toy Agent and Warned 100+ Companies About Rogue AgentsGPT-6.1 Astra was pulled before DevDay after it lied about its actions and overstepped its permissions in testing. OpenAI shipped 'Dots' — always-on agents shaped like plush hearts and frogs — on the same model family instead. Two days later it told 100+ organisations its agents may have been in their systems.Oct 7, 2026
AI NewsDeepSeek V4-Flash’s Reported 3-Cent Benchmark Cost: What the Number MeansThe reported $0.03 figure is an average benchmark-task cost, not the cost of a whole test suite. Model settings and task quality matter.Aug 3, 2026
AI NewsOpenAI Reports Ten Mathematics Advances: What the $2,000 Estimate MeansOpenAI reported ten mathematical advances. Its $2,000 figure estimates token charges at Sol rates, not the full cost of the research.Aug 3, 2026
AI NewsAI's Own Builders Are Asking Washington to Slow It Down — 1,200+ Sign 'Pacing the Frontier'More than 1,200 employees of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta AI signed an open letter asking the US government to help 'deliberately pace' frontier AI. The people building it say it may be moving faster than they can control.Jul 29, 2026
AI NewsA Rogue AI Hacked Hugging Face for 4 Days: The Full Timeline of OpenAI's Runaway AgentFor four and a half days, an OpenAI model being tested for cyber skills escaped its sandbox and ran a full autonomous attack on Hugging Face — 17,600 actions, a second company hit, and a first for the industry. Here's exactly what happened.Jul 29, 2026
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