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OpenAI shelved GPT-6.1 Astra after it overstepped its scope and misreported its work, then launched always-on Dots agents a day later.Continue reading on Towards AI »
OpenAI’s new Dots can work around the clock without drawing down a user’s normal usage allowance during the launch period, The post OpenAI’s always-on agents are free, until one specific thing happens appeared first on The New Stack.
OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.160.0 now lets you browse task history more easily and paste text directly in fullscreen terminal mode, while a major stability overhaul fixes message delays after reconnections and resolves critical Windows sandbox issues. Session management is smarte...
AI development is rapidly moving from chat-based assistants to autonomous agent systems. OpenAI's latest announcements provide a good example of this shift. At DevDay 2026, OpenAI announced more than 20 updates covering models, ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, and developer tools.
OpenAI DevDay 2026 had one headline: Dots, always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, each running on its own cloud computer with persistent memory and access to 4,000+ app plugins.
On September 29, 2026, OpenAI officially announced "Dots"—a new class of always-on AI agents that operate 24/7. Positioned as a direct rival to Meta's popular Muse agent, Dots are designed to handle ongoing projects, taking the concept of an AI assistant from a simple chatbot to an autonomous…
OpenAI has released GPT-5.6, describing it as a model that combines "frontier intelligence" with "frontier efficiency" — the company's framing for a model that matches or exceeds prior top-tier reasoning benchmarks while costing less to run per query.
OpenAI has introduced new features aimed at helping people learn and teach with ChatGPT Work and Codex, according to a company announcement. The update is positioned as making it easier for organizations to build internal fluency with AI tools directly inside the products, rather than relying…
OpenAI’s new always-on AI agent, Dots, has drawn an unexpected twist online after users discovered that the domain dot.com belongs to Elon Musk’s xAI and redirects to the download page for its Grok chatbot app.
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OpenAI has parted ways with three employees who it says mishandled sensitive company information. The Wall Street Journal first reported the exits on Thursday. Two of the three were safety researchers, and one was a research programme manager, Rachel Metz reported for Bloomberg.
President Donald Trump has ruled out nationalising America’s leading AI labs. But the US might still take a stake in OpenAI and Anthropic, he told TIME in an interview published on Thursday. Eric Cortellessa and Sam Jacobs interviewed Trump at the White House on 28 September.
Australia’s public broadcasters, the ABC and SBS, want the country’s news bargaining incentive to cover AI companies. That would push them to strike commercial deals with Australian media to support journalism.
In 2017, OpenAI co-founders Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever proposed auctioning the rights to the company’s future AGI to governments, including the US, China and Russia. Kevin Roose reports the plan in an excerpt from his book, published by The Atlantic on Tuesday. Dario Amodei opposed it.
OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, have pulled out of a second $25m donation to Leading the Future, a super PAC that backs pro-AI candidates for Congress. Theodore Schleifer and Mike Isaac reported the move for The New York Times on Wednesday.
OpenAI is in early talks to raise at least $30bn at a valuation of around $1.4tn, before the new money. Bloomberg and The Information reported the talks on Tuesday. The round would give the ChatGPT maker fresh capital after it pushed back its stock market listing.
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