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OpenAI says it has expanded safety testing around its upcoming model Astra as it "cannot rule out" critical cyber capabilities, potentially delaying its launch (Axios)

OpenAI “cannot rule out” that its upcoming model Astra has"critical" cyber capabilities, a designation that has prompted …

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Reddit decides who AI recommends: what I found measuring 241 software categories

Buyers have started asking ChatGPT and Gemini which software to use instead of opening ten tabs. So over the last few weeks I ran a simple experiment 241 times: for each software category, I asked the…

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  • 1,202 individual answers were provided by Reddit in the study.
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Crypto’s infrastructure era arrives, with AI agents poised to reshape demand

Crypto companies are trying to build a second growth engine by turning agents into the next wave of users.

  • AI agents integrated into crypto wallets and payment networks to serve as users.
  • Kraken overhauls app to enable AI agents for real-time market monitoring and trading.
  • Circle expands Arc blockchain for agentic economy with AI agents handling operational tasks.