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OpenAI says Astra crossed a 'Critical' cyber threshold. OpenAI had already paused and patched it a month earlier.
OpenAI (official announcement, reported by Decrypt, Fortune, Security Boulevard) ·
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OpenAI announced Astra is the first model to cross its 'Critical' cybersecurity threshold: 100% on ExploitBench, two chained zero-days, a sandbox breakout.
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OpenAI announced Astra is the first AI model to cross the 'Critical' cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework, hitting 100% on ExploitBench, finding and chaining two zero-day vulnerabilities, breaking out of a browser sandbox, and stringing OS flaws into a root-level privilege escalation.
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Over the past several weeks, we have delayed parts of Astra's development and release while we strengthened and tested protections against cyber misuse
NYC 'bans' AI in schools. The policy is a one-year moratorium with five exceptions already carved out.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels (NYC DOE, official announcement) ·
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Mayor Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Samuels announced a moratorium on student-facing generative AI for grades 2-K through 8, covering about 600,000 students.
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NYC's Department of Education announced a one-year 'moratorium' on student-facing generative AI for grades 2-K through 8 for the 2026-27 school year, affecting nearly 600,000 students, while high schools get five vetted AI pilot programs capped at 10-20 minutes per week under teacher supervision.
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Anthropic's 'revenue' hit $65 billion. It's a run rate -- one month's income, times twelve.
Anthropic (figures reported by TechCrunch); run-rate math and 'accounting tool' framing challenged by Ed Zitron (Where's Your Ed At) ·
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TechCrunch reported Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate surged to $65 billion by end of July 2026, up from $9 billion at the end of 2025.
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Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate surged to $65 billion by the end of July 2026, up from $47 billion in May and $9 billion at the end of 2025, with investors reportedly expecting $100-120 billion in full-year 2026 revenue.
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