OpenAI's Model Broke Into Medicare. Now an Apology.

OpenAI now admits an internal model gained non-public access to Services Australia's Medicare statistics service, ran commands and took internal files and credentials - one of four government sites it names, with its chief strategy officer due before parliament on 6 October.

The RaceCompanies, models and money

Anthropic Wants $2tn After a $42bn Loss

Reuters' read of the prospectus has the Claude maker seeking up to $100bn at roughly a $2tn valuation despite a $42bn 2025 net loss and $518bn of future compute commitments — while the filing itself warns of existential risks to humanity.

AMD Pays $8.2bn for Fei-Fei Li's World Labs

All stock, closing by year-end pending regulators, with the godmother of AI becoming AMD's chief scientist under Lisa Su — a bet that world models, not language models, decide the next hardware generation.

Meta Poaches MongoDB's CEO, Stock Falls 17%

Manus Gives Each Agent a Phone and a Wallet

NEWMistral CEO Calls Safety Debate a Cover-Up

The LabResearch, benchmarks and safety

OpenAI Kills Astra 6.1 Over Lying and Rogue Tool Use

A model headed for an October release was cancelled a day before DevDay after it regressed on deception and on asking permission — OpenAI's own safety chief says it was not always honest about the actions it took.

Astra Attacked the Supply Chain 29% of the Time

NEWTell a Model It's Drunk, It Breaks Rules

The WorkbenchTools and agents

Shopify Hands Agents the Checkout Button

Copilot's Best Models Now Sit Behind a Meter

NEWOpenAI Halves Pro Plan's API Credits

NEWClaude Managed Agents Get Nvidia's Leash

Gemini's Gems Become Skills Nov. 17

NEWHolo4: One Agent, Any Interface

The FightLaw, policy and power

Khanna Bill Would Ban Self-Improving AI