GPT-6 Astra is here: OpenAI’s new AI model can use computers, browse web and get work doneOpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, its newest frontier AI model. This advanced model aims to significantly boost computer use and professiona...
04 Sep, 2026, 10.57 AM IST
OpenAI launches new Astra model amid growing scrutiny over agents' safetyThe concerns center on agentic AI, which is designed to perform tasks with little to no human intervention. The promise of agents running...
04 Sep, 2026, 08.41 AM IST
Hugging Face, the French start-up that became AI's warehouseHugging Face, the artificial intelligence platform US chip giant Nvidia is buying for $12.9 billion, is a French success story -- founded b...
04 Sep, 2026, 08.20 AM IST
OpenAI commits $1 billion to cyberdefense effort amid AI safety scrutinyOpenAI on Thursday, alongside the cybersecurity initiative, also unveiled Astra, a new AI model it described as its most capable yet but sa...
04 Sep, 2026, 08.14 AM IST
New AI models, critical threshold, and a design debate: A busy day for AI industryAnthropic launched two new models -- Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 -- claiming top benchmark scores for coding and scientific rese...
03 Sep, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
OpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers saysThe company's safety practices have come under scrutiny since OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, disclosed that one of its AI agents wen...
03 Sep, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
OpenAI says upcoming model is so capable it requires stronger guardrailsThe model, called Astra, can spot more security vulnerabilities than the most advanced OpenAI model publicly available today, company offic...
02 Sep, 2026, 08.25 AM IST
- US to urge hands-off AI regulation at G-20, official says
Leaders are convening at a key moment in the AI sector's development and the global debate over how to govern it, and as the US faces an in...
01 Sep, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Meta’s Sandhya Devanathan to join OpenAI; IT stocks rallyMeta’s India and South East Asia head Sandhya Devanathan is departing after 10 years to join OpenAI. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
28 Aug, 2026, 07.35 PM IST
ETtech Explainer | OpenAI agent out of the sandbox: New details unfoldOpenAI has released new findings from a July cybersecurity incident involving AI agents accessing Hugging Face systems. The report highligh...
28 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
OpenAI-Hugging Face incident exposes cybersecurity’s ‘human-speed’ problemAI agents exploited familiar system weaknesses with surprising speed and persistence. These agents communicated extensively, forming a swar...
27 Aug, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Ads in India, over 50 brands to go live this weekOpenAI will soon display advertisements to logged-in adult users on its ChatGPT free and Go plans. This initiative aims to provide brands a...
27 Aug, 2026, 11.09 AM IST
OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in 700-strong swarm, tried to cover tracks, investigations findThe coordinated activity by AI agents - programs that run with minimal human supervision - and their attempts to hide it raise questions ab...
27 Aug, 2026, 08.03 AM IST
OpenAI report says its network was hacked by its own rogue AI agentsSome of the rogue behavior, which culminated in the highly publicized breach of the open source repository Hugging Face last month, has be...
27 Aug, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
Alabama launches probe into OpenAI after Hugging Face breachLast week, IPO-bound OpenAI said it would slow the pace of model development while overhauling its research and training systems after co...
25 Aug, 2026, 08.34 AM IST
AI startup Hugging Face exploring sale valuing it at $13 billionAI startup Hugging Face has been exploring a sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more, Business Insider reported on Sunday,...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.46 PM IST
OpenAI slows advanced AI development after cyberattackChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal con...
19 Aug, 2026, 07.53 AM IST