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Earlier today, OpenAI launched GPT-5.6-Cyber, a specialized model designed to perform advanced vulnerability research and exploit development for approved defenders — including categories of work that its general-purpose models will often refuse. GPT-5.6-Cyber is a fine-tuned version of OpenAI's most advanced general model, GPT-5.6 Sol, unveiled
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* Amazon revealed plans to build Gilroy, California data center were first submitted in 2020 * Gilroy citizens have accused the city council of inadequate communications concerning the development * The 438,500-square-foot data center occupies a 56-acre chunk of farmland 30 miles south of San Jose Citizens of Gilroy, California, have expressed
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In Brief 5:03 PM PDT · August 10, 2026 OpenAI has bought back $7 billion worth of shares from employees at the privately held frontier AI lab as part of an effort to provide liquidity to its workforce. The deal, reported by Bloomberg, valued OpenAI at $852 billion, the same
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Every day seems to brings fresh news of an AI agent going “rogue.” Whether that’s compromising Hugging Face, hacking a gym website, or creating its own fake profiles to socially engineer an intrusion, AI models are increasingly behaving like bad actors. So, the AI labs that make the models
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Adding more fuel to the fire over which city is actually Australia’s best place to live, those residing in the all-seasons-in-a-day city of Melbourne have a new statistic on their side — and it all relates to fixed-line broadband speed. Ookla, the company behind the hugely popular Speedtest tool that
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* Virginia now makes data centers pay for their own power lines * Virginia hosts 570 data centers, more than any other US state * Spanberger says the policy could save residents hundreds of millions The US state of Virginia is requiring data centers to cover electricity infrastructure costs created specifically by their
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Jeff Bezos is reportedly attempting to join the club of very rich Americans buying stakes in U.K. soccer teams. Bezos, alongside others including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, is looking to buy at least a 30% stake in the English soccer team Liverpool at a £1.35 billion valuation (around
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Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday'
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Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's
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Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday'
