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OpenAI's Safety Systems Head Is Leaving
OpenAI's head of safety systems, Johannes Heidecke, is departing as the company restructures its safety organization under an expanded VP of research and safety role for Mia Glaese.
ChatGPT Atlas shuts down: The AI browsers people actually use
OpenAI is shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its AI-powered web browser, prompting coverage of which AI browsers users are turning to instead — and signaling that OpenAI's broader browser ambitions aren't d
Thinking Machines Lab: Mission Is Human-Shaped AI
Thinking Machines Lab publicly stated its mission is to build AI that people and organizations can shape and make their own, and that extends human will and judgment.
In response to Apple's trade secret theft lawsuit, OpenAI says "we have no interest in other companies' trade secrets" (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: In response to Apple's trade secret theft lawsuit, OpenAI says “we have no interest in other co...
Toni Schneider Named Bluesky's Permanent CEO
Toni Schneider has been named permanent CEO of Bluesky after serving as interim CEO for four months, formalizing the leadership transition that began when longtime CEO Jay Graber stepped down in March
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Hardware Secrets
Apple has filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of systematically stealing trade secrets through former Apple employees, including top hardware executives, to advance its nascent hardware efforts.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work After US Review
OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work, an enterprise AI workspace that fuses its Codex coding tool with document creation and workflow automation, after a US government cybersecurity and national s
Apple Sues OpenAI Over 400+ Ex-Employees
Apple has filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI alleging the AI lab orchestrated a coordinated campaign to steal trade secrets through hundreds of recruited former employees, targeting OpenAI's consu
Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Trade Secrets
Apple filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI on July 10, 2026, alleging ex-Apple employees stole trade secrets to help build OpenAI's AI hardware, naming chief hardware officer and former Apple VP Tan
GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra Proves Cycle Double Cover Conjecture
OpenAI says its GPT-5.6 'Sol Ultra' model proved the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture, an open graph-theory problem attributed to Tutte, Itai and Rodeh, Szekeres, and Seymour, with the writeup completed
HN Asks: Where Open Models Actually Fall Short
A Hacker News user is crowdsourcing concrete task examples where frontier AI models like Opus or GPT succeeded but open-weight alternatives such as DeepSeek or Qwen failed, putting the widely repeated
OpenAI Shutting Down Atlas Browser Aug. 9
OpenAI is sunsetting its nine-month-old Atlas browser, folding its AI features into a new agent-focused desktop app called ChatGPT Work.
Six U-Boot Bugs Let Malicious Images Hijack Boot
Binarly researchers disclosed six new U-Boot bootloader flaws—two enabling pre-OS code execution and four causing crashes—reachable through malicious images on routers, cameras, and data-center manage
EU Threatens Meta Fines Over Addictive Design Features
The European Commission found Meta in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act, ordering it to disable addictive features like autoplay and infinite scroll on Facebook and Instagram or face fines of up
Hugging Face CEO: Companies Leave AI APIs for Open Source
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says open source AI is booming as companies migrate away from frontier APIs once scaling costs bite, while warning that concentration of AI power among a few big players
Sunrun Pays Homeowners to Host AI Compute Nodes
Solar and home battery company Sunrun is piloting a program that pays its customers to host small AI compute nodes in their homes, then plans to sell the aggregate power to enterprise AI buyers as a d
From 17,000 to 1.1 Million Assets: How Lumen Technologies Rebuilt Exposure Management at Scale
Lumen Technologies used Axonius to reconcile data from 40+ disconnected systems and discovered roughly 60 times more devices than its previous inventories tracked, prompting a 10x increase in security
Fake Entra Passkey Scam Used to Breach Microsoft 365
Threat actor O-UNC-066, tracked by Okta, is using voice-based fake security requests to trick Microsoft 365 users into enrolling a malicious Entra passkey, with the aim of carrying out data extortion
Big Tech's Climate Pledges Tested by AI's Energy Appetite
Big Tech's ambitious climate pledges are under fresh scrutiny as the AI boom drives surging electricity and water consumption, testing how transparently the companies disclose their environmental foot
250g Flapping Robot Swims, Then Flies Without Paddling
A new 250-gram birdlike robot uses its flapping wings to swim underwater and then launch into flight, eliminating the need for a separate paddling or propulsion system.
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