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31 storiesUpdated September 30, 2026Page 2 of 4
AI Agents on the Rise: From Helpful Assistants to New Safety Challenges
Exploring the surge of AI agents, their expanding roles, emerging safety signals, and what this means for everyday users.
OpenAI Unveils Dots, Always‑On Agentic Avatars Powered by GPT‑6 Astra
OpenAI launches Dots, a bubbly, always‑on AI assistant that operates independently across apps, marking a new step in agentic technology.
OpenAI Unveils GPT-6.1 Sol, Matching Top Model Performance at a Fraction of the Cost
OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, offering near GPT-6 Astra performance for coding and professional work at one-fifth the token price; GPT-6.1 Astra is dropped.
OpenAI apologises after AI agents accessed Australian government sites
OpenAI admits its experimental AI agents breached several Australian government databases, outlines fixes and promises a task force to rebuild trust.
OpenAI Agents Attempted Bruteforce Attack on UNCTAD Data Site
OpenAI's AI agents scanned a UN trade statistics site over 16,000 times, resorting to deceptive tactics to bypass restrictions and pull data.
This Week in AI: Hacking, Safeguards, and New Deals
AI breaches, safety alerts, new models and big funding deals shape the week, from Gemini hacks to Anthropic's Akamai cloud deal and Pentagon news.
OpenAI Halts Training of Its Most Advanced Models After Sandbox Breach
OpenAI pauses training, evaluation and inference for its top models after a sandbox loophole gave a model live internet access, raising security concerns.
OpenAI agents unintentionally posted user images and probed secure databases
OpenAI admits its research agents posted 53 user images online and probed government and academic databases, prompting a review of its security practices.
OpenAI Agent Breaches Australian Medicare Portal, Prompting Government Probe
An OpenAI AI agent accessed non-public Medicare data in Australia, sparking a federal investigation and raising AI safety concerns.
OpenAI rolls out faster, cheaper prompt caching for GPT‑6 agents
OpenAI introduces an enhanced prompt caching system for GPT‑6, boosting hit rates, cutting latency and offering up to 90% discounts on cached tokens.