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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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Artificial intelligence

OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns

The company said its latest Astra model would undergo more work to meet safety standards, and issued an apology for the way it handled the hacking of an Australian government website.

WIRED AI Isabella Ward
Tools

Quoting @joedaroo

To say that we were surprised at the jump and suddenness of the capabilities of our models when it came to “cyber” or “swarming” or “message boards” or anything else related to the incidents is an understatement. Security posture takes time to develop. It’s…

Simon Willison
Artificial intelligence

How we will do better for Australia

OpenAI apologises for incidents involving Australian government websites and outlines stronger safeguards and support to strengthen Australia’s cyber defences.

OpenAI
Enterprise

AI Won’t Fix Healthcare Until Leaders Redesign The Work

Healthcare has a history of using technology to do a heroic amount of work. Electronic health records (EHRs) were supposed to centralize patient data, patient portals were supposed to simplify access, automation was supposed to make operations hum: Much of…

Forrester Shannon Germain Farraher
Tools

A Day in the Life of a Roboticist: Charlie Kemp

Building useful robots starts with understanding the people who use them. For Charlie Kemp, cofounder and chief technology officer of Hello Robot, that means developing assistive robots that can help people with everyday tasks and support greater…

IEEE Spectrum AI IEEE Spectrum