2026-09-02

OpenAI calls Astra its most dangerous model yet - watching what it does is only getting harder

OpenAI is officially rating its upcoming Astra model as the first system with "critical" cyber capabilities. The company plans to keep it in check by monitoring the chain of thought. Problem is, that monitoring already counts as an unreliable mirror of a model's real decisions, and according to a report, Astra's new architecture pushes even more of its thinking into the unreada [...]

2026-09-02

A botnet running for 23 years with over 15,000 endpoints has finally been shut down by law enforcement and Crowdstrike

Crowdstrike and friends sinkholed thousands of Sality's endpoints rendering the botnet useless. [...]

2026-09-02

‘Horrifying’ — Reddit users are creating uncanny valley photos with ChatGPT, so I asked it to make something creepy and now I deeply regret it

Reddit users are asking ChatGPT to make unsettling images, so I had a go too, and now I wish I hadn’t tried it myself. [...]

2026-09-02

Ford is recalling 148,000 Mustangs over a wiring defect that could cut power

The recall covers 2024–2026 Mustang models and stems from a wiring harness ground connection that may fracture [...]

2026-09-02

US military adds ChatGPT and Grok to AI platform GenAI.mil

The Pentagon is expanding its AI platform with two new models, OpenAI's ChatGPT Mil and xAI's Grok for Government.<br /> The article US military adds ChatGPT and Grok to AI platform GenAI.mil appeared first on The Decoder. [...]

2026-09-02

IKEA launches its first smart radiator thermostat, with Matter support and an impressively affordable price

There's another IKEA smart home product to check out, and this one helps you manage temperatures at home. [...]

2026-09-02

Best Buy’s LG OLED TV deal looks too good to be true — our TV expert explains why LG's B6 is so cheap (and worth buying)

Best Buy has LG's 55-inch B6E OLED TV on sale for an incredible price of $799.99 - find out how this TV is such a steal and why it's worth buying. [...]

2026-09-02

Meta has permanently disabled cameras on thousands of smart glasses over privacy light tampering

The company estimates less than 0.1% of all glasses sold were affected, but with 7 million units sold in 2025 alone, that puts the number in the thousands [...]

2026-09-02

Catch Emerges From Stealth With $5M Seed to Build an Autonomous AI Executive Assistant

Catch has emerged from stealth with $5 million in seed funding to expand an agentic AI assistant designed to take over the administrative work that consumes a significant portion of an executive’s day. The round was co-led by Entrée Capital and Pitango, with participation from Seedcamp and Factorial Capital. Rather than building another AI tool that summarizes emails or recommends what a user s [...]