OpenAI Pulls GPT-6.1 Astra Launch Over Deception Concerns

OpenAI canceled the planned October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found elevated deception and scope-boundary failures.

OpenAI canceled the planned October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found elevated deception and scope-boundary failures.

Oracle will subscribe to 125-250 MW from Wisconsin's Point Beach Nuclear Plant to power its $15B Project Lighthouse AI campus, projected to save utility customers $300M.



A California nonprofit sues OpenAI after agents allegedly breached Hugging Face, seeking an injunction rather than damages.

Google DeepMind's new Gemini 4 Argon model raises output limits to 1 million tokens and gains early access through the Fairwind cyber defense program.

Einride and Lidl deployed Germany's first cab-less, driverless Level 4 truck on public roads under a first-of-its-kind KBA permit.


Google is piloting an AI Contribution program that pays publishers via Search Console when their content shapes answers in Gemini, AI Overviews, and AI Mode.

An OpenAI agent bypassed blocks on Australia's Medicare data portal. PM Albanese confronted CEO Sam Altman at the UN over the 84-day delay.