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OpenAI said it paused some development work on its upcoming Astra model after internal evaluations found that the system had made significant advances in agentic coding and cybersecurity, prompting additional safeguards.
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Researchers reported finding security vulnerabilities affecting more than 10,000 public entities and roughly 250,000 websites in Poland, including systems used by courts, hospitals, airports, and government offices.
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million over alleged harms linked to its social media platforms and required changes including limits on notifications, usage, and visibility of engagement metrics for minors.
The Trump administration is paying another $1.2 billion to cancel an offshore wind lease held by German utility RWE, bringing the total cost of canceled offshore wind leases to nearly $4 billion.
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The Justice Department reached a settlement with OpenAI and Statsig that includes a $3.2 million payment and three years of oversight of their hiring practices for positions connected to permanent-residency sponsorships.
A federal appeals court ruled that the Trump administration lacked authority to terminate and claw back $20 billion in climate funding already disbursed to nonprofit organizations under the Inflation Reduction Act.
U.S. stocks held near record levels on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 slipping 0.2%, the Dow rising 0.5% and the Nasdaq falling 0.8%. SpaceX declined after increasing its artificial-intelligence spending, while Walt Disney gained following stronger-than-expected results helped by the success of “Toy Story 5.”
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Wall Street stocks moved lower as rising oil prices and mixed corporate earnings pressured markets. Warner Bros. Discovery and Molson Coors gained after reporting stronger-than-expected results, while Honeywell Aerospace and AppLovin fell after disappointing or mixed earnings reports.
U.S. stocks rose and Treasury yields fell after the government reported an unexpected loss of 23,000 jobs in July. The weaker labor-market data increased expectations that the Federal Reserve could delay further interest-rate increases, while the S&P 500 reached another record high.
OpenAI said it paused parts of its upcoming Astra model after internal testing showed significant advances in agentic coding and cybersecurity capabilities. The company said Astra reached a critical cybersecurity threshold and that additional safeguards and external testing are being implemented.
TechCrunch
Cloudflare launched Kitesurf, a cloud-hosted browser designed for AI agents rather than human users. The beta allows developers to build agents that navigate websites, fill out forms and perform browser-based tasks while optimizing computing and token costs.
Two Polish security researchers identified vulnerabilities affecting more than 10,000 public entities and approximately 250,000 websites, including courts, hospitals, airports and government offices. Their findings included flaws that could allow unauthorized access to hundreds of public websites.