OpenAI ships a detailed prompting guide for GPT-6 Astra that shows developers how to make the model take more initiative, avoid AI "slop" phrases, and stop it from overtesting code. The article OpenA…
https://the-decoder.com/openai-shares-prompting-tips-for-gpt-6-astra-including-a-blocklist-of-slop-words/OpenAI says it needs to overhaul how and when it reports instances of AI models attacking real-world targets. The acknowledgement comes as the company manages the fallout from reports that a swarm of…
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/990773/openai-german-wiki-incidentGoogle Deepmind set up a simulated research conference where 100 Gemini agents were supposed to prove mathematical conjectures together. Instead, one agent found a loophole in the grading system, and…
https://the-decoder.com/deepmind-put-100-ai-agents-in-a-room-and-they-sorted-into-cheaters-converts-and-whistleblowers/OpenAI has responded indirectly to an incident in which autonomous AI agents left roughly 18,000 entries in a 25-year-old German wiki. The company says misalignment caused "new types of real-world im…
https://the-decoder.com/openai-admits-its-disclosure-practices-need-work-after-its-autonomous-agents-hacked-a-german-wiki/Tracked as CVE-2026-32475 (CVSS score of 9.8), the bug described as an arbitrary file upload issue in the function that handles form submissions. The post Elementor Pro WordPress Plugin Vulnerability…
https://www.securityweek.com/elementor-pro-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-to-hack-sites/OpenAI has rolled out GPT-6 Astra to Pro, Enterprise, and Business Premium users, with Plus users expected to follow soon. Message allowances for the standard model are roughly half of what GPT-5.6 S…
https://the-decoder.com/openai-rolls-out-gpt-6-astra-to-top-tier-chatgpt-plans-at-half-the-rate-of-gpt-5-6-sol/Researchers found that even a roughly seven-minute conversation with Google Gemini can reduce conspiracy beliefs about current crises, even when few verified facts are available. The effect beat a st…
https://the-decoder.com/seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in-two-experiments/Artificial Analysis has released version 4.2 of its Intelligence Index, likely in response to criticism that its benchmarks failed to capture GPT-6 Astra's actual progress. Astra now scores four poin…
https://the-decoder.com/artificial-analysis-overhauls-its-intelligence-index-after-gpt-6-astra-scoring-drew-skepticism/Every enterprise runs on business processes, but it's the people that provide judgment, manage exceptions, and often connect systems that were never designed to work together. The post PPCC 2026: Bri…
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2026/09/03/ppcc-2026-bringing-ai-and-your-business-processes-together/When iOS 27 lands later this month, it will have a feature called iPhone Handoff that lets you switch between two phones using the same number. It was briefly mentioned during the WWDC keynote back i…
https://www.theverge.com/tech/990868/iphone-handoff-ios-27There’s some real gems in there. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD sales exploded in the first half of 2026. A new report fro…
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/990794/cd-sales-are-booming-as-physical-media-continues-its-resurgenceA collection of headphone manufacturers and fans come together for their love of great sound. | Image: CanJam Global I've been reviewing headphones for a long time, and I've listened to everything fr…
https://www.theverge.com/tech/990706/a-day-at-canjam-socal-2026The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. | Getty Images During Naomi Osaka's match against Anastasia Zakharova at this year's US Open earlier this week, a gaggle of ring light-wielding influ…
https://www.theverge.com/tech/990426/us-open-influencers-naomi-osaka-anastasia-zakharova-callaway-good-good-adAround the world in 80 WAVs. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge I love field recordings. I love making them. I love them when they're incorporated into my ambient music. They're great backgro…
https://www.theverge.com/tech/990873/earth-garden-globe-field-recordingsIt's Bullitt meets Christine meets Waymo. A new short film imagines a San Francisco car chase where the other driver isn't human - and the car may be trying to kill you. That a robotaxi can now be ca…
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/989513/road-rage-short-film-robotaxi-autonomous-ai