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1. OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

   TechCrunch · 2026-08-08

   NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.

2. Responding to the next frontier of critical cyber capabilities

   OpenAI Blog · 2026-08-07

   OpenAI is sharing preliminary cybersecurity evaluations for Astra and the steps we’re taking to strengthen safeguards and security controls.

3. OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns

   TechCrunch · 2026-08-07

   OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against

4. Presentation: Keeping ChatGPT Fast as AI Development Accelerates

   InfoQ · 2026-08-08

   Martin Spier explains how agentic workflows dramatically increase code change volume at OpenAI. He d

5. Fields Medalist who published a paper on AI-driven human extinction now works for OpenAI

   The Decoder · 2026-08-08

   Newly awarded Fields Medalist Jacob Tsimerman is leaving the University of Toronto to join OpenAI and work on AI safety.

6. xAI's Imagine Image 2.0 lands just behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2 in Arena benchmarks

   The Decoder · 2026-08-08

   xAI has released Imagine Image 2.0 as a new image generator for Grok. The model ranks second in the Arena benchmarks, just behind OpenAI's GPT-Image-2.

7. Swarm of OpenAI Agents Exploit Artifactory Zero-Day to Escape Sandbox and Breach Hugging Face

   InfoQ · 2026-08-04

   Security disclosures highlighted vulnerabilities in AI evaluations of autonomous cyber capabilities. Notably, OpenAI’s models escaped sandbox isolation, breaching Hugging

8. Apple is getting this wrong

   OpenAI Blog · 2026-08-03

   OpenAI addresses Apple’s baseless lawsuit, corrects claims about its employees, and shares messages documenting what happened.

9. House Homeland Security Panel Calls Altman In Over OpenAI Breach

   Unite.AI · 2026-08-03

   The U.S. House of Representatives' cybersecurity committee has asked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for a briefing on the company's rogue AI agent that attacked AI platform Hugging Face

10. OpenAI Hack Could Have Been 'Way Worse,' Hugging Face CEO Says

    Bloomberg · 2026-08-03

    Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says a hack by OpenAI could have been "way worse" if not for the company's defensive measures.

11. 'Concentration of Power' One of Biggest Risks in AI, Says Hugging Face CEO

    Bloomberg · 2026-08-03

    Clement Delangue, CEO of AI company Hugging Face, sat down with Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow to discuss OpenAI models' hack on Hugging Face last month and the future of AI regulation.

12. Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip

    TechCrunch · 2026-08-03

    OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.

13. Alibaba's new Qwen model is also taking your job, but this time it's great

    The Decoder · 2026-08-03

    Alibaba is marketing its new AI model Qwen 3.8 with a video that shows the AI working while a person enjoys their hobbies.

14. Congress’ favorite AI tool? ChatGPT

    TechCrunch · 2026-08-03

    House spending records show OpenAI's ChatGPT dominates paid AI use on Capitol Hill, with congressional offices relying on the chatbot to draft memos, summarize legislation

15. The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks

    MIT Technology Review · 2026-08-03

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.

16. Unicorn, pelican, Middle-earth: OpenAI co-founder Karpathy is looking for the next AI vibe test

    The Decoder · 2026-08-03

    One paragraph of "Lord of the Rings" in, 5,500 lines of code out. Andrej Karpathy had Claude Opus 5 turn Tolkien's opening into a 3D browser scene.

17. Two teams solved the same quantum crypto problem using GPT-5.6 just three hours apart

    The Decoder · 2026-08-03

    Two research teams independently solved the same open quantum cryptography problem using OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra, submitting their papers just three hours apart.

18. China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy

    The Verge · 2026-08-03

    Chinese tech giant Alibaba released what it says is its largest and "most capable AI model to date," claiming performance rivaling the best systems from US frontier labs Anthropic

19. Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals

    MIT Technology Review · 2026-08-03

    MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here.

20. OpenAI's super PAC is funding AI-generated news site attacking industry critics

    Hacker News · 2026-08-03

    OpenAI's Super PAC has been revealed to be backing an AI-driven news outlet that publishes content critical of individuals and organizations opposing the company's policy

21. The Cyber Alchemist's Ghosh on AI Cyber-security risks

    Bloomberg · 2026-08-03

    Ajoy Ghosh, Founder and Chief Information Security Officer at The Cyber Alchemist, discusses his perspective on cybersecurity measures and solutions companies should consider

22. OpenAI and Anthropic Just Made Corporate Hacking a Benchmark

    Towards AI · 2026-08-02

    OpenAI and Anthropic have turned real-world hacking into a leaderboard, and the rest of us are the scoreboard.

23. OpenAI Presence wants to make AI agents production-ready for businesses

    The Decoder · 2026-08-02

    OpenAI's new enterprise offering, Presence, is designed to get AI agents into production for customer service and internal workflows.

24. After Hugging Face incident, METR urges independent root-cause investigations into AI agent misbehavior

    The Decoder · 2026-08-02

    Research organization METR is calling for systematic, independently led investigations whenever AI agents act autonomously against their developers' intentions.

25. Why Nvidia Locked OpenAI Out of Its Security Alliance

    Towards AI · 2026-08-01

    37 members. No OpenAI. The Hugging Face breach showed why closed APIs fail at cyber-defense.

26. Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

    TechCrunch · 2026-08-01

    OpenAI's CEO seemed excited to share a "cool use case" for parents.

27. AI keeps cracking unsolved math problems, and mathematicians have mixed feelings

    The Decoder · 2026-08-01

    OpenAI's refutation of the Unit Distance Conjecture has sparked a wave of AI-assisted advances in mathematics.

28. AI coding agents can modernize research software but can't judge if the science is right

    The Decoder · 2026-08-01

    A field report from OpenAI and academic partners shows coding agents can modernize neglected research software, with speedups of up to 60x.

29. The OpenAI and Anthropic AI Hacking Sprees Are a Messy New Legal Frontier

    WIRED · 2026-08-01

    Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

30. OpenAI announces its "next major model" Astra by dropping ten previously unsolved math solutions

    The Decoder · 2026-08-01

    OpenAI is building a new model family called "Astra" that would let multiple agents tackle complex problems together for hours or even days.

31. OpenAI is reportedly building Astra, a model family designed to work on problems for hours or days

    The Decoder · 2026-08-01

    OpenAI is building a new model family called "Astra" that would let multiple agents tackle complex problems together for hours or even days.

32. Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

    OpenAI Blog · 2026-08-01

    OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and complexity.

33. OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-31

    OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face.

34. OpenAI’s Widened Probe Turns Up More Agent Escapes

    Unite.AI · 2026-07-31

    OpenAI has found more cases in which its autonomous agents escaped the environments built to contain them, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters in a report published

35. What Most Developers Still Don’t Know about OpenAI API

    Towards AI · 2026-07-31

    A practical breakdown of OpenAI API tool use: web search, code interpreter, vision, function calling, and JSON mode, the features most AI…

36. Anthropic, OpenAI Cyber Failures Point to US Security Risks

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

    Cybersecurity experts are faulting Anthropic PBC and OpenAI for sloppy safeguards after their models broke into outside organizations

37. Apple's Stumble, Amazon's Surge and Anthropic's Hacks | Bloomberg Tech 7/31/2026

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

    Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Tim Cook's final Apple earnings call as CEO - a story of supply crunches, demand misreads and a tough outlook.

38. The Next AI Boom Is in Health Care and Robotics, Says Lux Capital's Shakir

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

    Recent disclosures from Anthropic and OpenAI have shifted the AI conversation from model capabilities to real-world deployment and security.

39. Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X

    WIRED · 2026-07-31

    As OpenAI and Anthropic employees grow quieter online, researchers at Chinese AI labs are flocking to X to explain their work, recruit talent

40. OpenAI’s Agent Walked Out the Front Door

    Towards AI · 2026-07-31

    It exploited a cache proxy. Then Western AI refused to read the attack logs.