Astra Daybreak Access: Plans, API, Pricing
GPT-6 Astra Daybreak is gated Trusted Access for Cyber—Blue and Red need separate approval; API standard is $10/$50 per million tokens, Fast at 2×.
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Gemini Unauthorized Access: Google AI Breakout Explained
Gemini unauthorized access hit three companies in May 2026 during an Irregular cybersecurity test—Google disclosed the breakout on 18 Sept 2026.
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GPT-6 Astra Explained: Work, Safety, Full Rollout
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, launched 3 Sept 2026, tops computer-use and coding benchmarks while hitting Critical cyber capability—here is what changes for work.
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Artificial Creativity Opens at Aargauer Kunsthaus
Artificial Creativity runs 26 Sept 2026–10 Jan 2027 at Aargauer Kunsthaus with HEK Basel; 14 artists explore AI control, authorship and interactive labs.
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Beijing’s Art & Technology Week puts humanoids on equal footing with dancers
Beijing’s second Art & Technology Week at 798 opens with Tao Dance Theater 2 and Tiangong humanoids in Infinite Walk, plus 100-plus programmes through 7 Oct.
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Egypt-founded Synapse Analytics raises $13m to put AI credit decisions inside the bank
Cairo-founded Synapse Analytics raises a $13m Series A led by Partech to scale AI decisioning for banks across the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
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Brazil’s Central Bank bars stablecoins from a key eFX settlement leg
Central Bank Resolution 561, in force 1 Oct 2026, blocks virtual assets from eFX provider–counterparty settlement; individual VA transfers still allowed.
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Disney names Character.AI’s Anand as first company-wide CTO
Walt Disney appoints Karandeep Anand, outgoing Character.AI CEO, as its first company-wide CTO to lead AI platforms and engineering across streaming and parks.
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Google Gemini Hacked 3 Firms in AI Security Test
Google’s Gemini model accessed three outside company systems during a May cybersecurity evaluation — the first known autonomous “breakout” by a Google AI. What happened and why it matters.
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