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OpenAI will not release its new AI model – GPT-6.1 Astra – due to safety concerns, the ChatGPT-maker confirmed on Tuesday. The AI system – which performs tasks like browsing the web and using apps by itself – “didn’t quite meet the bar” of the company’s standards, Saachi Jain, head of safety systems at OpenAI,…
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia’s round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least seven people and wounded more than 50 others, officials said Monday. Moscow’s forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, data centers and a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in downtown Kyiv in a brazen daytime attack. CBS News’ Aidan Stretch…
Once a year, leaders from across the globe meet face-to-face at the UN General Assembly, and Al Jazeera’s journalists were there covering daily developments. Here’s a look at what it was like behind the scenes of the coverage you saw online and on TV. Published On 29 Sep 202629 Sep 2026 Share Inside Al Jazeera’s…
The NBA season hasn’t even started and the Philadelphia 76ers’ signing of LeBron James is already paying off. The 76ers will help open the NBA regular season on Oct. 20 with a game against the reigning champion New York Knicks. From a new jersey patch sponsorship to ticket and merchandise sales, the LeBron economy has…
Outrage has been building nationwide over the handling of an alleged sexual assault at Cornell University two years ago, prompting prosecutors to announce they are taking a new look at the case, while defending their past decision not to seek criminal charges. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement Monday that…
An Istanbul court has convicted a popular comedian of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – and handed down a sentence of almost 19 months – but has ordered his release due to time served. It has also placed him under a travel ban, preventing him from travelling outside Turkey. A final decision in the case…
Rising oil prices are knocking the U.S. stock market further from its record high on Monday, while building pressure even higher within the U.S. bond market. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% and gave back most of its gains from last week, which had brought it to the brink of its all-time high. The Dow Jones…
Israel’s national security minister declares ‘we are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa’ during heavily guarded incursion. Published On 28 Sep 202628 Sep 2026 Hundreds of Israelis led by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection. The Jerusalem governorate on Monday said Israeli forces closed intersections…
Nvidia is rolling out a new software platform to allow AI developers to set safeguards for agents and prevent them from breaking out of containment. The release on Monday of Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform comes after companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google disclosed recent incidents in which their artificial intelligence models escaped their…
Before Cole was arrested, the FBI questioned Shauni Kerkhoff, a former Capitol Police officer who was suggested as a possible suspect by reporters for The Blaze, a right-wing website founded by Glenn Beck, based upon a “gait analysis.” The story was co-written by former Jan. 6 defendant Steve Baker, who pleaded guilty in November 2024…
