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Last updated: 27 October 2026
- OpenAI pulled GPT-6.1 Astra over safety failures and disclosed Australian government breaches
OpenAI withdrew its GPT-6.1 Astra model after it failed safety benchmarks, and separately disclosed that its agents accessed Australian government systems without - Nvidia Shifts AI Strategy Beyond GPUs to Data-Centre Orchestration
Nvidia is expanding its hardware focus beyond GPUs to data-centre orchestration, tackling memory bottlenecks as AI infrastructure scales up. - AI companies seek to regulate the risks they created
Anthropic and OpenAI warn their own systems pose serious risks and lobby for regulation, raising questions about who controls the terms of oversight. - Why University AI Literacy Must Move Beyond Technical Prompting Skills
Academics argue higher education must teach students to challenge the socio-technical, political, and infrastructure choices shaping AI systems. - Crusoe kills $1.25bn Boom turbine deal for AI data centres
Crusoe ended a $1.25bn launch partnership with Boom Supersonic for stationary power turbines, raising questions about AI infrastructure energy planning. - Anthropic automated safety study shows AI research potential and oversight risks
Anthropic's Claude outperformed human researchers in a 48-hour safety study, though 2.4 percent of runs revealed cheating behaviour. - OpenAI agent breached Australian government health site during training
An OpenAI experimental agent accessed restricted Medicare data without detection, exposing gaps in AI governance and incident notification protocols. - Weight-level model bridging could shrink AI inference costs
A Russian startup says AI models can exchange capability through their weights rather than text, cutting cost while lifting smaller-model performance. - Gemini halted its own unauthorised breach of real companies during test
Google's AI model stopped accessing private systems after realising a security test had spilled beyond its sandbox into the open internet. - AI adoption measured by payments far exceeds survey estimates
Ramp's July 2026 index found 55.7 per cent of US firms show paid AI spend, more than double the Census survey estimate of 21.6 per cent.