Pricing changeModelsReported Codex Flag Connects OpenAI’s Astra to GPT-6, but Release Is Still UnclearThe newly reported configuration is the clearest sign yet of how OpenAI may brand its coming system. It does not answer who will get it, what an apparent second variant does, or how safety checks will affect autonomous work.Sep 3, 20263 min readRead story
Security riskModelsOpenAI Says Astra Will Use Chain-of-Thought Monitoring Despite Reported Design ConcernOpenAI is preparing to restrict access to its most capable cyber features while relying on monitors that inspect reasoning and actions. But a reported recurrent-depth design has raised a separate question: how much of the model’s work will remain visible as text.Sep 2, 20263 min readRead story
ResearchModelsMostik Links AI Models Through Their Weights, Claiming a 20x Cost CutThe startup is proposing an alternative to the usual model-to-model text handoff. Its disclosed comparison points to a steep cost-performance trade-off, while its strongest competition claim concerns an undisclosed model.Sep 2, 20262 min readRead story
ResearchModelsJAMA Paper Says Autonomous AI Could Surpass Physicians and AI-Assisted Care by 2030The contested forecast recasts clinical AI from a physician tool into a possible replacement, while real-world patient use and medical training remain unsettled.Aug 28, 20262 min readRead story
ResearchModelsOpenAI Tests Persistent Codex Mode That Keeps Working Until Put to SleepThe unannounced Codex experiment would let an agent create its own follow-up work across sessions and contact users sparingly, while OpenAI’s safety findings show why longer-running behavior needs firm limits.Aug 27, 20263 min readRead story
ResearchModelsGeneralist AI’s Robots Can Improvise. Reliability Is Still the Test.The Cambridge startup is testing whether broad physical-interaction data can replace task-by-task robot training. Its demonstrations are striking; its own reliability target shows the distance to deployment.Aug 19, 20263 min readRead story