OpenAI agentic AI system breaches sandbox, gains unauthorised access to public internet
The incident prompted OpenAI to pause training with tool use on its most capable models until the sandbox flaw was resolved.
Australian inquiry asks Altman and Amodei to testify
The heads of OpenAI and Anthropic have been asked to face an Australian Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres. The move follows cases in which OpenAI agents got into Australian and US government websites, Luca Ittimani reported for the Guardianon Saturday. The Greens run the inquiry, and Senator Sarah Hanson-Young chairs it. Its next hearing [] This story continues at The Next Web
Why markdown is becoming the default language between search data and AI models
Across the infrastructure layer that powersAI applications, Markdown has been emerging as a new standard. More providers are turning to it as the default output for anything a model needs to read, and moving beyond JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as the go-to, one-size-fits-all format. This real, ongoing shift reflects how large language models are trained, [] This story continues at The Next Web
Deel loses bid to bar key witness in Rippling spy case, Bloomberg reports
US federal judge on Friday rejected Deels bid to block testimony from a key witness in Ripplings corporate espionage lawsuit, as Peter Blumberg reported forBloomberg.Judge Charles Breyer also refused to revisit his February ruling, which let Ripplings racketeering and trade secret claims go ahead. In addition, he sent Deels most serious counterclaims against Rippling to [] This story continues at The Next Web
From tunnel to connectivity layer: What GnuVPN says about where VPNs are heading
For years, consumer VPNs were easy to explain: choose a server, create anencrypted tunnel, and route your traffic through it. The product category was built around a fairly simple idea, and the buying criteria followed the same logic, speed, server count, and price. That description is becoming less complete. The way people connect to the [] This story continues at The Next Web
TikTok to pay Alabama at least $100m to settle teen safety lawsuit
TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100m to settle the states lawsuit over the apps effect on children, Attorney General Steve Marshalls office said on Friday. The case had been due to go to trial on Monday. The first payment is due within 45 days, according to theattorney generals announcement. Alabama could receive [] This story continues at The Next Web
Hollywood studios want film graduates who already use AI, Semafor reports
Hollywood studios are turning to film schools for graduates who already know how to use AI video tools, rather than training their own staff, Semaforreported on Thursday. How do we find people who already know how to use this? studios are now asking, Runway chief executive Cristbal Valenzuela told Semafor. Runway, which makes AI tools [] This story continues at The Next Web
Xi ends Washington visit with trade truce extended to January
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Washington on Friday at the end of a state visit that extended the US-China trade truce but produced no major new agreements. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two countries had agreed to extend their trade truce to 10 January,NBC Newsreported. Artificial intelligence was also on the agenda. Before the [] This story continues at The Next Web
Protect Your Google Account With 2-Step Verification: How to Turn It On and Choose a Security Method
A Google Account has become an important part of everyday digital life. One account can provide access to Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Photos, YouTube and several other Google services. Depending on how you use Google's ecosystem, your account may also contain personal files, photographs, emails, save...
From searching for the latest news and checking directions to watching videos and using email, millions of people interact with Google services every day. Many of these products can be used without paying a direct subscription fee, which naturally raises an interesting question: If Google Search and...
Indias semiconductor ecosystem likely to see gradual value creation over next 3-5 years: Report
Indias semiconductor demand is projected to rise from about $56 billion in 2025 to more than $117 billion by 2030, implying a roughly 16% CAGR
AI-powered WhatsApp calls boost e-commerce sales
The findings, based on 30 brands using GoKwiks AI Calling feature, show that voice is emerging as a new conversion tool for ecommerce companies seeking to recover lost sales
Indian non-profits lag on digital maturity, AI adoption: report
The Digital for Nonprofits (D4NP) report, released in New Delhi, finds non-profits scoring below 50% on digital maturity and largely failing to tap free online advertising grantsdespite growing interest in large language models to aid reports and marketing
Meta misled users about Facebook data practices, New Mexico jury finds
New Mexico argues that Facebook failed to disclose that it sold user data to outside parties and allowed harmful content to spread when doing so benefited the company's bottom line
OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in new model misbehaviour disclosure
OpenAI says that the AI giant's models accessed publicly available information on two websites operated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as US Census Bureau data
iPhone 18 Pro Max Review: Marginal, yet meaningful refinement
If the iPhone 17 Pro was Apple changing what a pro-grade iPhone looked like, the 18 Pro is Apple making that new design work harder
Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Review | Making peace with autonomous driving technology
A safe and smooth self-driving Waymo taxi ride through San Franciscos hilly roads forced me to recognise the tremendous potential of autonomous ride hailing services
Watch: Russian drones hit McDonalds-linked warehouse in Ukraine, 5 killed
TRAI launches platform to rate digital connectivity of properties
Called Digital Connectivity Rating Platform, it will evaluate digital connectivity of properties across residential, commercial, and government properties
Gartners 2027+ predictions: robots everywhere, disposable apps and rising AI costs
Predicts 10 billion autonomous agents clogging public services, 80% of front-line workers aided by physical AI, and disposable apps reshaping software
Infosys nears July lows, Wipro hits fresh 52-week low
AI transition and market volatility weigh on IT stocks.
Blue Cloud arm bags $15.5 million order from IBM Cloud
The work would include assessing AI workloads and existing infrastructure, followed by high-level architecture and detailed design, and building GPU compute clusters, high-performance storage, and networking
Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will reportedly meet tech CEOs on AI on 29 September
US President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet tech chief executives to discuss artificial intelligence on Tuesday, 29 September, Axios reportedthe plans on Thursday, citing a source familiar with them. A source also confirmed the date toReuters, whileABC News said multiple people familiar with the arrangements had described the meeting to it. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Tesla is beginning Semi electric truck deliveries
The Semi was first unveiled in 2017 and production was expected to start in 2019
SoftBank invests $225M in ASI and forms autonomous construction venture
SoftBank Group has invested $225 million into Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a Utah company that makes work vehicles drive themselves.The two have also set up a joint venture to build self-driving machines for big road, rail and airport jobs. SoftBank is funding the joint venture to cover several kinds of building work, mainly civil construction [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to preview a GPT-6 Cyber security model
OpenAI is preparing to preview GPT-6 Cyber, a model built for cybersecurity work, in the coming weeks,Fortune reportedon Thursday, citing multiple people familiar with the plans. Alongside the model, OpenAI plans to launch a new product that helps customers deploy it more securely and automatically, according to Fortune. The product has no name yet, and [] This story continues at The Next Web
US asks EU court to let it back Musk
The US government has asked the EUs General Court to let it join Elon Musk and X in their challenge to the 120 million fine Brussels imposed on the platform. The Justice Department announced the filing on Thursday. The application covers two cases before the court in Luxembourg. One of the cases was brought by [] This story continues at The Next Web
Vi announces free international roaming for select plans
The offer is valid for postpaid plans starting at 501, annual prepaid unlimited data plans and corporate plans starting at 451, with free roaming valid across over 170 countries globally.
OpenAI to preview GPT-6 Cyber within days: Report
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman and rival Anthropics CEO earlier this month joined industry leaders in calling for a slower pace of AI development
White House asks OpenAI, Anthropic to hold models from British testers: Report
The White House wants to take steps to make sure US systems are secure, according to the report.
The next thing your endpoint manager manages is an AI agent
Gartner forecasts that task-specific AI agents will be integrated into 40% of enterprise applications by the end of the year. Thats up from less than 5%. The systems meant to catalog what runs on a managed device havent kept pace. 46% of organizations automate endpoint inventorying and monitoring today, per Automoxs survey of IT professionals. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Volkswagen is selling more EVs than petrol cars in Germany, and building them in Spain
Volkswagen is now taking more orders for electric cars than for petrol and diesel in Germany, its home market and the largest in Europe, and has cancelled planned extra shifts at Wolfsburg while adding them at Emden and Zwickau. The four budget models driving the shift have taken about 100,000 orders between them and are [] This story continues at The Next Web
AmericanFortress paper shows how ZKPs can prove crypto wallet ownership
The team at privacy infrastructure developer AmericanFortress have authored a new paper. It proposes a novel means of proving the origin of crypto wallets. Vincenzo Botta, Michal Pospieszalski, Emanuele Ragnoli and Justus Ranvier of AmericanFortress authored Provenance Proofs: Linkable, Post-Quantum ZK Derivation Relations for Blockchain DeFi, Wallet and Identity Systems. In it, the researchers propose [] This story continues at The Next Web
ChatGPT now sends 95.1% of AI referral traffic to websites, BrightEdge says
ChatGPT sent 95.1% of the traffic that AI chatbots referred to websites in August, its highest share this year, according to new data from BrightEdge. The search marketing company said referral traffic from ChatGPT grew 101% between January and August. Gemini came second in August with 2.4%, BrightEdge said. Perplexity had 1.1% and Claude 0.8%. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Audi beat the EV range record by 133km, and beat its own WLTP figure by 72%
The reigning European Rally Champion drove an Audi A6 Sportback e-tron 1,338 kilometres across Poland on a single charge, a Guinness World Record, at 7.09 kWh per 100 kilometres. The cars official WLTP range is 777 kilometres, and the drive took more than 45 hours, which puts the average speed under 30 kilometres an hour. [] This story continues at The Next Web
Precision Neuroscience raises $250m at a $1bn valuation, NYT reports
Precision Neuroscience has raised $250m in a Series D round for its brain-computer interface, the New York company announced on Thursday. Bill Ackmans Pershing Square, the Ackman Oxman Institute and an unnamed life sciences fund led the round. The round values Precision at just over $1bn, The New York Times reported. Pershing Square and the [] This story continues at The Next Web
Oracle invokes force majeure over New Mexico data centre Project Jupiter
Project Jupiter has faced permit setbacks, a delayed natural gas pipeline and opposition as Oracle works to keep the development moving forward
AI shopping passes 50% of US consumers for the first time, NIQ says
Some 51% of US consumers used at least one AI tool to help them shop in the past month, according to new figures from NIQ. It is the first time the share has passed 50% in the market research firms Agentic Commerce Tracker. Use has grown steadily over the past two quarters, NIQ said. It [] This story continues at The Next Web
Island raises $400m at a $6.4bn valuation to govern AI agents
Island, the Dallas company behind the Enterprise Browser, has raised $400m in a Series F round. The deal values it at $6.4bn, Island announced on Thursday. Evolution Equity Partners led the round. In March 2025, Island raised $250m in a Series E led by Coatue, at a $4.8bn valuation. The company now pitches itself as [] This story continues at The Next Web
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis merges with Clarity AI to expand in Europe
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis has combined with Clarity AI, which sells sustainability data and AI analytics. The two firms announced the deal on Thursday. The deal closed on 23 September, and no financial details were disclosed. The combined company will make Madrid its global centre for sustainability, data and AI work. It has more than [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nick Clegg calls the EU AI Act a
AI labs cannot keep regulating themselves, Nick Clegg said. A growing backlash against AI shows up in cancelled data center projects, he said. The idea that labs can voluntarily do their own thing is not going to work, he said. Clegg is Metas former president of global affairs and now a general partner at Hiro [] This story continues at The Next Web
Accenture launches Accenture Construct for infrastructure projects
New unit to use AI and data to tackle delays and cost overruns; $260-billion market seen growing 7.5% a year to $348 billion in 2030
Indias ITeS industry will move to intelligence arbitrage from cost arbitrage
Speaking about the sector in the AI age, Rahul Singh stressed the pivot to an outcome-based model versus simply producing the technology
Booking.com says it built AI tools it wishes it had bought off the shelf
AI isnt going to take your job. Somebody who embraces it and learns faster than you might. AI is not going to take away your customers. A company that uses it more smartly than you do might, Booking.com chief business officer James Waters said. Booking.com built AI orchestrations and other tools it now wishes it [] This story continues at The Next Web
Google will launch its first AI chips into orbit next week
Google will send its own AI chips into orbit for the first time next week, in the first flight test of Project Suncatcher. A prototype satellite carrying its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) will fly on SpaceXs Transporter-18 rideshare mission. Google built the satellite with Planet, the Earth-imaging company. The mission will measure how the chips [] This story continues at The Next Web
India plans for 26.3 GW data centre load as AI growth reshapes power strategy
Demand response, new green tariffs could marry surging computing load with Indias clean-energy build-out as AI data centres add 26.3 GW
Oracle cites force majeure over New Mexico data centre, Bloomberg reports
Oracle has sent a force majeure notice over Project Jupiter, a huge AI data centre being built in New Mexico, Bloomberg reportedon Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The notice went to the projects developer, a unit of investment firm Blue Owl Capital. Companies usually cite force majeure to escape contract duties when events [] This story continues at The Next Web
Supply chains are at risk: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots
When enough factory roles go unfilled at once, entire supply chains are at risk. O-IDs robots are built to work alongside the people still on the floor, closing those gaps before they become a crisis for a single factory and for the industries Japan depends on, said Stian Jakobsen, co-founder and CEO of O-ID. Tokyo-based [] This story continues at The Next Web
India tech funding rises 7% to $10.3 billion in 9M 2026
Seed funding fell 37% to $698M, while early-stage funding rose 27% to $4.2B and late-stage held roughly steady at $5.4B
Lovable says two-thirds of the Fortune 500 use it and revenue hit $600m
Two-thirds of the Fortune 500 are using Lovable, co-founder Fabian Hedin said, often because staff found the tool on their own. Those companies then come to Lovable with thousands of apps and ask what to do, he said. Hedin, Lovables chief technology officer, spoke to Forbes senior editor Iain Martin on Wednesday at HumanX in [] This story continues at The Next Web
Sarvam founderbets on leveraging AI to fend off tech monopolies
AI offers tech companies an opportunity to make up for the lost ground, the Sarvam AI chief said
Sennheiser launches Momentum 5 wireless and Momentum true wireless 5
Momentum true wireless 5 earbuds are IP54-rated for dust, sweat and splash resistance. Momentum 5 wireless includes both USB-C and 3.5mm audio cables
Telangana targets 5 GW Hyperscale data centre capacity by 2029
Microsofts South Central Cloud region goes live in Hyderabad; the facility is part of Microsofts $20.5-b cloud, data centre investment
China's DeepSeek annualised revenue run rate hits $1 billion
DeepSeek plans to go public soon to fund its expansion
OpenAI agent broke into Australia
The Australian government website, which contains information on Medicare, the countrys public health scheme, was broken into by an AI agent operated by OpenAI, the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, said on Wednesday. Albanese gave a statement at a press conference in New York, where he is participating in the UN General Assembly. On 18 June, [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI agent hacked into government website, says Australian PM
Albanese said that the incident involved Australia's Medicare statistics portal and occurred in June
Meta's Muse rekindles fears over winners and losers as personal AI agent emerges
Muse, which allows users to delegate tasks such as shopping, travel booking and form-filling to an AI agent, overtook ChatGPT as the top free app
How mobile games have become a means of protest against power crisis in Keralam
Games made by members of Left-leaning youth organisations criticise the UDF government and Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan humorously
OpenAI says SEC disclosures undermine xAIs antitrust lawsuit
OpenAI on Tuesday asked US District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth to rule for OpenAI based on the facts so far in the case
Meta unveils new VR glasses with built-in AI, calls it the most advanced device yet
Metas new VR glasses can be operated via voice commands, eye movements, and hand gestures, enabling users to play movies, open apps, adjust workspaces, and search without controllers
Trumps super intelligence term prompts US State Department to replace AI in communications
The terminology change follows Trumps UN remarks, while concerns over AI control and calls for global guardrails continue to grow.
UN hears AI warnings as tech chiefs seek safeguards against misuse
The debate focused on preventing AI misuse, avoiding excessive concentration of power and determining human oversight of increasingly capable systems
AI Could Overpower Humans: Sam Altman Brutally Grilled At AI Hearing; Big OpenAI Shocker On Cam
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued one of his starkest warnings yet about the future of artificial intelligence, saying humanity could eventually lose control of the future to AI if safety and monitoring systems fail to keep pace with rapidly advancing models. Altman has argued that AI companies should not keep pushing capabilities forward unless they can make a credible safety case that humans will remain able to understand, monitor and control increasingly powerful systems.
Meta unveils $1,299 VR glasses and turns its AI glasses into hearing aids
Meta will sell VR glasses that weigh about 100 grams for $1,299.99 from spring 2027. It is also turning its AI glasses into over-the-counter hearing aids. Mark Zuckerberg announced both at Meta Connect on Wednesday. He also showed audio-only Ray-Ban glasses, a range growing to more than 100 styles, and Muse Charm, a keychain device [] This story continues at The Next Web
Unacceptable: Australian PM Says OpenAI Hacked Government Health Website
OpenAI infiltrated an Australian government health website in June in an unacceptable breach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
OpenAI and Anthropic bosses push UN for global terms on AI
OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.
OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says
Albanese said he expressed concern to OpenAI founder Sam Altman, after authorities were informed three months after the breach in June.
Zendesk and Sierra say AI agents should be paid per result, not per seat
Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier and Sierra co-founder Clay Bavor said on Wednesday that per-seat pricing for software is on its way out. They spoke at HumanX in Amsterdam. In separate sessions, both said customers should pay for AI agents only when the agents get a job done. Unequivocally: seats are dead, Eggemeier said. Both sell [] This story continues at The Next Web
US rejects global AI governance at UN Security Council
The United States is rejecting any global governance of advanced AI, telling the UN Security Council in New York today that each country should regulate the technology itself. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivers the US statement after the meetingsfour briefersfrom science and industry. The frontier of [] This story continues at The Next Web
Yahoo CEO says micropayments will never be enough for publishers
Yahoo will keep its AI answer engine Scout full of links back to publishers, CEO Jim Lanzone said on Wednesday. He spoke on stage at HumanX in Amsterdam. He also said micropayments from AI companies will never pay publishers enough. The large language models effectively photocopied the entire internet to build their answers, without linking [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI, Anthropic Can Slow Down, No One's Pointing Gun: Sridhar Vembu To NDTV
As the Chennai-headquartered software major marks three decades, it has launched Zia Chat, an AI-powered conversational interface designed to bring together information, data and workflows from across business applications.
Thinking Machines signs $65m-a-year inference deal with Crusoe
Crusoe Managed Inference took us from evaluation to production quickly and met the standards we hold our own systems to, giving us the scale and economics to reinvest in the research at the core of what we do, said Myle Ott, ML infrastructure lead at Thinking Machines Lab. Crusoe and Thinking Machines Lab announced on [] This story continues at The Next Web
Nexo report points to operational friction as the biggest investor barrier
Nexo, a premier digital assets wealth platform, today published The Future of Digital Wealth 2026 report. The main finding shows operational friction, not conviction, is the biggest barrier keeping high-net-worth investors in the U.S., U.K., and Argentina from building real wealth with crypto. The report also debuts the Crypto Integration Index (CII). It is a [] This story continues at The Next Web
Marvell to double India R&D capabilities as AI shifts towards custom silicon, networking
The companys India expansion comes as the company sees a significant opportunity in AI infrastructure
Jensen Huang tells Ezra Klein AI labs that lack control should not ship
Dont ship the product. If your product is not ready to ship, dont ship the product, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang told Ezra Klein on The New York Times podcast. Klein interviewed Huang at Nvidias headquarters in Santa Clara, and The New York Times published the episode on Wednesday. Much of the conversation turned on [] This story continues at The Next Web
Amazon sellers can now run their stores from Claude and Amazon Quick
Our vision was that they would never have to log into Seller Central. We would just bring it to them where they work, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Amazons vice president of Worldwide Selling Partner Experience, told GeekWire. Amazon announced on Wednesday a plugin that lets independent sellers run their Amazon business from an outside AI assistant. [] This story continues at The Next Web
India should invest in foundational AI R&D, not GPUs: Zohos Vembu
The entrepreneur says he is cynical about frontier model makers suddenly calling for slowing AI progress
Top mathematicians will advise OpenAI on releasing its AI maths results
We are currently facing the very specific challenge of advising OpenAI on how to coordinate the release of a large number of significant results in mathematics that they report have been produced by their internal model, the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence wrote in its launch statement. OpenAI announced the group on Monday. [] This story continues at The Next Web
OpenAI opens its Daybreak cyber defence programme to Ukraine
Ukraine is already on the front line, and its defenders need support now. We want to put more capable tools in their hands to help them find and fix vulnerabilities and protect the critical networks people depend on, said Sasha Baker, head of national security policy at OpenAI. OpenAI will give the Government of Ukraine [] This story continues at The Next Web
ByteDance brought in nearly 75% of Nscale
A substantial portion of our revenue is driven by a limited number of our customers, and the loss of, or a significant reduction in, spend from one or a few of our top customers would adversely affect our business, Nscale wrote in the prospectus for its New York listing. The prospectus, filed with the US [] This story continues at The Next Web
Google Messages Could Get a Redesigned Interface With Gemini and Search Changes
Google appears to be testing a redesigned interface for its Messages app. The latest Google Messages beta reportedly changes the placement of Gemini, Search and Start chat buttons. This suggests that Google is experimenting with a different navigation layout for the messaging app. The redesigned interface is not currently available to all users.
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna With Lower Prices, Improved Performance
OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna as lower-cost additions to its latest model family. The new models are available through ChatGPT Work, Codex and the API, with Luna also accessible to Free and Go users through the desktop app. Their API pricing is 50 percent lower than the promotional rates of their GPT-5.6 counterparts. OpenAI says Sol and Luna improve results across professional tasks, coding and computer use, while also reducing errors and producing clearer responses with less jargon.
Karnatakas Silicon Beach talent pool grows 17% in a year: Xpheno
The experienced white collar talent with more than 1 year of working experience has also grown 17% year-on-year, moving up to 105,000 from 90,000 in 2025
Tech ecosystem in coastal Karnataka asked to focus on competencies, capabilities
Speaking at a panel discussion on Policy, Industry, Capital as part of the Mangaluru Technovanza, Devdutt Yellurkar, General Partner, Charles River Ventures, said Mangaluru region has to figure out its core competency to scale on
How Google Discover turns online activity into a personalized content feed
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Salesforce missed OpenAI. Its $50 million Anthropic bet is now worth $5 billion
Salesforce's $50 million investment in AI company Anthropic has surged to around $5 billion, following extensive funding rounds. The partnership aligns with Salesforce's push into AI, amidst competition among growing generative AI valuations.
OpenAI gives cyber defence tools to Ukraine
Ukraine will get access to OpenAI's advanced GPT 5.6 Sol model under the deal - a rival to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable
Google faces UK push to put AI assistants on Android, Chrome choice screens
The tougher rules would require Google to show users a choice of search providers when they first set up an Android phone or open Chrome
Zohos Sridhar Vembu says absolutely not worried about AI doom predictions
Vembu says India should pursue an independent approach to AI
Netherlands picks Groningen data centre for its
The Netherlands national AI supercomputer is finally being given an address. On Monday, SURF, the IT cooperative serving Dutch education and research, announced that the machine will be installed at Eurofibers data center complex on the Zernike Campus in Groningen. The installation is scheduled for 2027, and the system is expected to be fully operational [] This story continues at The Next Web
