UPDATED: GPT-6 Is Astra. What Comes Next for OpenAI
OpenAI has officially launched GPT‑6 Astra. We examine the model's capabilities, the limits of the demonstrations and why access to the next generation is …
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What Happened Today, September 4, 2026, in AI
OpenAI launched Astra, Nvidia is buying Hugging Face, major AI chatbots suffered near-simultaneous outages, while investment in AI, biology, deep tech and infrastructure continues …
What Happened Today, September 3, 2026, in the World of AI
On September 3, 2026, the AI world is being shaped by increasingly capable and affordable models, major investments in AI security and infrastructure, and …
How AI Is Rewriting Music's Rules. Labels, Lawsuits, and Stakes
In a single month, the global music industry displayed, almost simultaneously, two completely opposite faces of its relationship with artificial intelligence. On one hand, …
AI Knows Where Nigeria Is. So Why Did It Draw It in the Sahara?
A U.S. State Department slide misplaced six African countries. Using the incident, we explain spatial and topological consistency, text-image binding and why accurate maps …
When AI Makes Your Menu and Ruins Your Appetite
A restaurant used images made with AI for its menu and obtained sandwiches that seemed to come from the biology of the future. Using …
Same Case. Same AI. Different Verdict. What “Temperature 0” Really Means
The same legal case, the same AI model, the same settings — yet different verdicts. Using real experiments, we explain in accessible terms how …
Ukraine, the World's Testing Ground. Parade, Killer Autonomous Drones, and AI Trained on Real Battlefield Data
In a single week at the end of August 2026, the war in Ukraine displayed nearly every face of artificial intelligence applied to the …
Robots Are Discovering How Hard It Is to Be Human. One Lifted 15 kg, Crashed Into the Judges and Left on a Stretcher
A humanoid robot lost its balance during a weightlifting event at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing and crashed into the judges’ table. …
AI Made His Speech “More Natural.” The Politician Read the Chatbot’s Instructions Too
AI Wrote His Speech. The Politician Read the Prompt Too