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OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, calls it the start of the AGI era
President Greg Brockman says the model may mark when AGI arrived, weeks after an earlier OpenAI system hacked Hugging Face.
Jaeden SchaferEditor in Chief5 min read
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Analysis
Zuckerberg publishes 6,500-word AI manifesto pitching open superintelligence
Meta's CEO lays out an infrastructure, distribution, and regulatory plan built around free access and open-weight models.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Models
DeepSeek founder says AGI trumps profit, top models to stay open-source
Liang Wenfeng told Yicai that DeepSeek will keep releasing its frontier models as open weights, prioritising AGI over commercial returns.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Business
Amazon cuts jobs in AGI unit as it pours $200B into AI buildout
The Nova model group loses staff even as Amazon's 2026 capex jumps more than 50% and the company raises at least $25B in debt.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
Hassabis calls for US-led global AI watchdog with power to halt frontier models
The Google DeepMind CEO wants an industry-funded regulator running before the end of 2026, with authority to pause risky releases.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Analysis
Demis Hassabis says we're in the 'foothills of the singularity' at Google I/O
The Google DeepMind CEO closed I/O with a philosophical claim about AGI's arrival, months after saying we're 'nowhere near that.'
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Analysis
Barry Diller backs Sam Altman but warns 'trust is irrelevant' as AGI nears
The IAC chairman says OpenAI's CEO is sincere, but the real risk is that AI's creators don't understand what they're building.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
News
Brockman Says AI Wrote 80% of OpenAI Code by Month's End, Up from 20%
OpenAI president Greg Brockman puts the company 70 to 80 percent of the way to AGI, drawing pushback from rival researchers.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
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