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OpenAI Launches dots: Always-On GPT-6 Astra Agents That Work From Their Own Cloud Computers

OpenAI just introduced dots at their DevDay today. Dots are persistent AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra. Each dot gets its own cloud compute…

Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?

“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert.

Nebius Opens 2026 Physical AI Awards: Five $150K Compute Credit Prizes

Nebius and NVIDIA are running the 2026 Physical AI Awards for startups with products in the field. Five category winners each get $150,000 i…

OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite

OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into more direct competition with more traditional software companies.

AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’

"The chance of human extinction is about a coin flip, in my view," Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, said in a…

AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience

Wabi is repositioning its prompt-based app builder as a personal AI agent that can create interfaces on demand, combining chat, apps, and on…

OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar

Dots are meant to operate independent of any specific hardware or interface, pursuing user-defined goals continuously in the background with…

OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices

OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools, and a sec…

OpenAI expands ChatGPT’s plug-ins with app-like interfaces and automations

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plug-ins with dedicated sidebar homes, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support for aut…

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debug…

OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s Muse

These cute agents are designed to connect to your apps and tackle multistep tasks.

OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor

OpenAI is responding to Meta's buzzy Muse AI with agentic helpers of its own: Dots. During its DevDay keynote on Tuesday, OpenAI announced t…

Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay

On Tuesday, OpenAI's annual DevDay event began with protests, flyers, and chants. "Sam Altman, get off it, put people over profit," said a g…

Can a chatbot fix the government maze? The White House is about to find out

America.gov is intended to simplify the process of navigating government bureaucracy, but large language models are imperfect and remain pro…

OpenAI DevDay 2026: The biggest news and announcements

It’s OpenAI’s turn in the fall tech events calendar. The company is hosting its annual DevDay on September 29th in San Francisco, and during…

Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related

Instinct founder said the platform is growing 10% day by day, with transaction volume increasing at a similar rate.

Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger

Tech YouTuber Matt Robb says that Muse gave out his home address to a total stranger this weekend, after authorizing the bot to handle his F…

With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox

Mayer argues that if a photo is worth a thousand words, your camera roll is worth millions. By analyzing all the photos stored on your phone…

Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses

The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers.

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites

The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the…