OpenAI's Astra Is First Model Rated 'Critical' Cyber Risk
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, the first AI model rated Critical cyber risk, after it found two real zero-day vulnerabilities in testing.
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Mr. Aayush Bhatt
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OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, the first AI model rated Critical cyber risk, after it found two real zero-day vulnerabilities in testing.
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OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra calling it the start of the "AGI era," but its own benchmark scores trail Claude on core reasoning tests.
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Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber found a critical vulnerability in under 2 hours and is restricted to 650+ vetted defenders worldwide.
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OpenAI confirmed Astra is its first model rated "Critical" for cybersecurity, after it found two real zero-days and scored 100% on ExploitBench.
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The Pentagon added ChatGPT Mil and Grok to GenAI.mil for 3M personnel, days after losing a court fight over blacklisting Anthropic.
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βAnthropic posted its first-ever operating profit on $11.5 billion in Q2 revenue, roughly two years ahead of its own internal guidance.
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βOpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and 113 other rivals warned in a joint letter that a "limited window" remains to secure systems against AI attacks.
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βOpenAI's JalapeΓ±o chip beat Nvidia Blackwell by up to 1.9x on power efficiency, independently verified, one day before Nvidia's earnings.
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βUnitree lost $30 billion in value in days after its 460% Shanghai debut, as profit fell 53% and bubble fears spread across China.
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βAlibaba sold $10.2 billion in new shares for AI infrastructure, its stock fell 8.5%, and executives bought shares the same day.
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βOx Alpha appeared free on OpenRouter with a 1M-token context window, and its Java error logs may have already unmasked its maker.
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βNvidia is in early talks with Korean chip startup Rebellions over a partnership, investment, or acquisition, Bloomberg reports.
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