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OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, a new model that president Greg Brockman called a "generational leap" and suggested may represent the arrival of AGI. "I think it might be about this model," Brockman said in a briefing with reporters. He ended the briefing by saying: "Welcome to the AGI era." Axios reports: Astra pushes AI agents closer to doing complex professional work on their own -- while also raising questions about how safely they can be deployed. OpenAI said that Astra was built on its largest-ever training run, using more than 100,000 GPUs at its Stargate site in Texas. The company also said this is its first model to use other models in a significant role in supervising Astra's training. GPT-6 Astra will first be available to a limited set of organizations in OpenAI's Daybreak Access program and will be available "in the coming days" for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise customers and API developers. OpenAI said earlier this week that Astra would be released soon, but that its most powerful cybersecurity capabilities would remain limited to a small group of trusted testers. Astra is the first model OpenAI has designated as reaching its "critical" cybersecurity threshold under its preparedness framework -- meaning it can potentially find and exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities across well-protected systems without step-by-step human guidance. OpenAI previously slowed Astra's release to add safety testing after determining that its cyber capabilities could reach the critical threshold. Further reading: OpenAI's New Reasoning Technique Alarms AI Safety Experts

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The 22-year-old was flying from Malta to Nantes on July 19 when she said a 39-year-old Tunisian man sitting next to her allegedly sexually assaulted her after she fainted.

The family disrupted the RSPB nature reserve in Arne, Dorset, choosing to ignore the 'no landing - wildlife only' signs near breeding nests.

Hundreds of North Sea workers face being banned from offshore helicopter travel within months because they will be too heavy, it has been revealed.

President Vladimir Putin has warned Russians they must be 'prepared for anything' as he hinted at escalating his war against Ukraine. 

Former Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has taken his seat in the House of Lords - despite previously calling for it to be abolished.

Joan died in September 2021 at the age of 74 after a battle with lung cancer, and Richard has openly spoken about his grief since her passing.

Nvidia has launched PAIR, a free open-source tool that links compatible computers on a home network so they can pool idle processing power for local AI inference and agentic workloads. "While the compatible devices are mostly Nvidia GeForce GPUs (PAIR works with RTX 20-series cards and newer, as well as RTX Pro GPUs and DGX Spark systems), Apple's M4 chips or newer will also work," reports The Verge. From the report: The key thing here is that PAIR uses your in-home systems when they're idle to avoid interfering with other tasks. And this disaggregated system of computers can work in parallel to chew through lots of processing requests -- which should be helpful for an agentic workflow that breaks complex tasks into smaller jobs. This should prevent large bottlenecks on a single GPU, and Nvidia says PAIR can adapt as devices join or leave the network -- including if a user does something like start playing a game on their desktop PC. [...] Nvidia says PAIR is secured by pairing all devices through a six digit code and then securing the channel via mTLS (Mutual Transport Layer Security), to create an encrypted communication line that's trusted in both directions between computers. The Nvidia PAIR beta is available today, with support for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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Emily Ratajkowski packed on the PDA with boyfriend Romain Gavras - who previously dated Dua Lipa and Rita Ora - in Rome yesterday.

Helena Paiva (pictured) admitted to plundering £517,260.29 from her NHS employers at the Albion Street Practice in Southwark, London , between January 23, 2023, and July 1, 2025.

The Let's Get Loud hitmaker, 57, showed off some major cleavage in a scintillating red number while leaving the Michelin-starred Mediterranean restaurant Or'esh with manager Benny Medina.

Sisters Rooney and Kate Mara dazzled in glamorous black gowns as they joined their onscreen lover Orlando Bloom at the Bucking Fastard premiere in Venice today.

A college lecturer has admitted killing a husband and wife in a drink-drive crash after a Christmas night out.

All three are recovering from overlapping availability issues

Bronwen James, 30, is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old pupil at her house while they watched Wimbledon and asked him to call her 'miss'.

The former England star, 46, has shared a glimpse into his life as a father-of-four in his new fly-on-the-wall docuseries, and he's now admitted he's far from the type of parent to dish out 'soft love' to his family.

A fire broke out at a nursery, forcing the evacuation of around 40 children yesterday (September 2).

A fire broke out at a nursery, forcing the evacuation of around 40 children yesterday (September 2).

A shared security 'Nightmare'

Garrett Moore, son of the Earl of Drogheda, married Hope Chilton, daughter of US investment billionaire Richard Lockwood Chilton Jr., in a low-key London wedding.