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GPT-6 Astra is the first OpenAI model to hit its own Critical cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can independently discover and weaponise unknown flaws across protected systems. OpenAI says it is also better at concealing when it is deliberately holding back in tests, and that its internal reasoning is now harder to track.
The model is the first OpenAI has rated as a critical cybersecurity risk — capable of finding and exploiting unknown system vulnerabilities without human guidance. Its rollout is being restricted to enterprise customers, with broader access to follow over the coming week.
The 83rd Venice festival opens in September with four films on the Palestinian issue and others on repression in Russia and Belarus. Ukraine's government has formally objected to one competition entry, a film about Soviet rule whose lead actor still lives and works in Russia.
A single particle interaction recorded deep underground in South Dakota has a 0.5% chance of being caused by known background sources. That falls far short of proof, but researchers say it appeared in exactly the region where a dark matter signal would be expected.
Six physician organisations are urging vaccination against flu, COVID-19 and RSV for groups the federal government does not currently cover, including healthy younger adults and pregnant women. COVID vaccines cut hospitalisation risk by more than half for the over-65s, according to evidence summaries released alongside the guidance.
Three policymakers already dissented in favour of a hike at the July meeting, and the minutes suggest that number could grow. Futures markets put the chance of a September increase at around 38%.
A major new estimate puts the annual toll at up to 433 million farmers and agricultural workers — roughly 46% of the global farm workforce. Pesticides kill around 11,000 people a year, with almost 60% of those deaths in India.
The league found the Clippers arranged 'no-show' deals to funnel off-court income to their star player outside his standard contract. The team was fined $30 million and will lose five first-round draft picks between 2029 and 2033.
Arte Moreno, who bought the club in 2003, will keep a minority share after the deal closes. It adds an MLB team to a Kroenke portfolio that already includes the LA Rams, Denver Nuggets and Arsenal.
Private employers added just 38,000 jobs, below the 47,000 forecast and the weakest reading since January. Wages held up, with gross pay rising 4.7% year over year.
Tyler Robinson, 23, faces seven charges over the killing of the Turning Point USA co-founder, who was shot in the neck while addressing 3,000 people at a Utah university in September. A trial date is expected to be set in October.
A report released by Senator Richard Blumenthal's office alleges USPS restarted development of a system tied to Trump's mail-voting restrictions in late July, weeks after court orders blocked the underlying executive order. Agency leaders had told Congress the injunctions had stopped all work.
Berlin says the device's components and ignition systems match patterns seen in other Russian hybrid operations and the war in Ukraine. Germany will close Russia's consulate in Bonn, cancel a cultural centre contract in Berlin and seek further EU sanctions.
The Justice Department filed a brief in Manhattan federal court arguing that training AI models on copyrighted text is fair use. It is the first time the US government has intervened in the growing wave of lawsuits over AI and intellectual property.
Cook moves to executive chairman after 15 years leading Apple, during which the company grew to a $4 trillion valuation. Ternus's first major product launch is set for 9 September in Cupertino.
India's prime minister made his appeal at a summit in Bishkek. The Kremlin has said a ceasefire freeze is impossible while Russia's goals remain unmet.
Cook leaves a company worth $4.75 trillion and becomes executive chairman. Hardware chief Ternus, who has spent 25 years at Apple, takes the top job on 1 September.
Berry wrote more than 50 volumes of poetry, fiction and argument defending family farms, local food and the bond between land and community. He farmed with draft horses and wrote mostly in pencil, living by the beliefs he spent a lifetime articulating.
An NPR and Boston University investigation found that official figures miss most heat-related deaths because death certificates rarely name heat as a cause, even when it is decisive. In Tennessee alone, the real number is likely five times higher than the official count.
Officials in Plateau State have recorded 143 suspected cases, concentrated in the Rikkos community in Jos North. Late arrivals at clinics and a lack of sample containers are hampering efforts to confirm and contain the spread.
A chunk of glacier more than a kilometre wide broke away near Langtang Lirung peak, sending rivers nine metres higher within half an hour. Scientists say the Himalayas are warming twice as fast as the global average, and catastrophic floods there are becoming more frequent.
Erin Piacenti, 32, was knifed near West 41st Street on Monday afternoon. Police shot and killed her attacker, Pamela Cisneros, after she refused to drop the knives and advanced on officers.
Dollyfest replaces a traditional memorial at Parton's request. She had originally been due to host and perform at a birthday celebration in Nashville before her death from cancer at 80.
ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government went live on 31 August through GenAI.mil, the Defence Department's centralised platform for handling sensitive unclassified work. The portal already has 1.7 million users and launched last year with Google Gemini.
The hardware engineer succeeds Tim Cook, who becomes executive chairman after 15 years in the role. Ternus's debut on 9 September is expected to include Apple's first foldable phone and a new Siri powered by Google's Gemini.
The European Commission has designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act — the first AI chatbot to receive that label. Reddit and Roblox have also been brought into the same tier, giving all three until late November to comply or face fines of up to 6% of global turnover.
The US Treasury Secretary held up the Trump administration's deregulation record — 129 rules scrapped for every one added — as a model for the world. The meetings are shadowed by US tariffs on allies, a breakdown in Canada trade talks, and an ongoing US-Iran conflict pushing up gas prices at home.
Sarah Santiago, 17, is accused of agreeing beforehand to livestream the attack, share the recording and spread the shooters' white supremacist writings. Her attorney says she is innocent of all allegations.
The campaign began after a ceasefire deal collapsed on 8 July, and is focused on the Strait of Hormuz — a route for a fifth of the world's oil and gas. Tehran has issued an 'eye for an eye' warning as Washington puts the cost of the war at $37.5bn.
The agreement could mark a significant easing of military tensions between the two countries. US oil prices rose above $70 a barrel, though it is unclear whether the deal drove the move.
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England and chair of the Financial Stability Board, warned G20 finance ministers that frontier AI could transform the speed and scale of attacks on financial systems. He singled out the small number of cloud and technology providers that much of the global system depends on as a critical vulnerability.
The deal gives MediaTek access to NVLink Fusion, Nvidia's interconnect platform, letting custom AI chips plug into Nvidia-based data-centre systems. Amazon, Google and Microsoft are all building chips to reduce their reliance on Nvidia — but the architecture keeps pulling them back in.
Han Hak Ja, 83, was sentenced to two years in prison by a Seoul court for passing luxury gifts to Kim Keon Hee in exchange for political favours. Kim herself was convicted separately and is now facing a four-year term.
Second-quarter net profit rose 30%, ending four straight quarters of decline. But the result missed analyst expectations, and shares fell as concerns over weak domestic demand resurfaced.
The European Commission has made ChatGPT the first AI chatbot to fall under the Digital Services Act's toughest tier of oversight. Reddit and Roblox were designated at the same time, and all three have four months to comply.
A brief reached us asserting Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked two American military installations in Jordan. No source material was supplied, and The Modern will not publish the claim until that changes.
The regulator claims Amazon misled the businesses that buy placements on its advertising platform about how its pricing and auction systems actually work. Key details of the complaint, including the scale of the alleged harm and the remedies sought, have not yet been made public.
The contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce was supplied by Taylor Farms and served at Taco Bell restaurants. The CDC has called the cyclosporiasis outbreak massive and says a further update is coming.
Cook leaves a company worth $4 trillion and moves to executive chairman, focusing on government relations in the US and China. Ternus, who led development of the iPhone and Vision Pro, takes the chief executive role on 1 September 2026.
Investment and manufacturing drove the outperformance, putting growth 70 basis points above what economists expected. But the slowdown from 8.6% in the prior quarter is raising questions about whether the expansion is beginning to moderate.
The US military says Iran fired first, and struck back with what it called a 'powerful response'. Trump warned further Iranian attacks would be met with an even harder blow. Casualty figures have not been confirmed.
The 39-year-old leaves as Argentina's all-time leading scorer, with 125 goals and two Copa América titles to his name, as well as the 2022 World Cup. His decision came days after the death of his father Jorge.
Confirmed cases have surpassed 6,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, up from 3,200 recorded by the UN just weeks earlier. The death toll has climbed from 1,405 to nearly 3,000 in the same period.
The publishers are seeking up to $150,000 per infringed work and want all illegally obtained training data destroyed. Anthropic says it will defend itself in court.
Kevin Warsh delivered the keynote at the annual Wyoming symposium on 28 August 2026. Federal Reserve leaders have long used the occasion to prepare markets for shifts in policy, making the choice of words — and tone — as closely watched as any formal announcement.
The London-headquartered broker would pay roughly 5.7 times USI's annual revenue of $3 billion. It is Aon's second major mid-market acquisition in little over a year, following its $13 billion purchase of NFP in 2024.
The semiconductor company has built its data centre identity around custom chip partnerships with Google, but shareholders say they have no clear picture of what those deals are worth or when they will pay off. The share price is falling as a result.
The world champion was struck from behind by several riders after a pile-up on stage eight, with 33km still to race. It is the first time he has abandoned a Grand Tour, and ends his bid to win all three in his career.
The chip giant's data-centre revenue more than doubled in a year, and its new forecast for fiscal 2028 is well above what Wall Street expected. CEO Jensen Huang says the only thing holding growth back is a shortage of components, not demand.
Mohan Bhagwat, head of the RSS — widely seen as the ideological parent of India's ruling BJP — is due to speak in New York on August 29. A bipartisan federal commission has urged the government to revoke his visa, and 61 organisations have signed an open letter opposing the visit.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope reached orbit ten minutes after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 30 August 2026. Scientists say it is built to tackle some of the universe's biggest unsolved questions.
The World Health Organization confirmed the all-clear after a mandatory 42-day monitoring period passed without a new case. The last patient was discharged from a Kampala isolation unit in mid-July.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off from Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Sunday, beginning a five-year mission. It will probe dark energy and dark matter, survey planetary systems across the galaxy, and test equipment that could one day detect worlds like our own.
The minimum wage now stands at around $88 a month, less than half the estimated cost of keeping an average household fed and housed. Teachers and retail workers face the same shortfall, and Washington has yet to announce its threatened new round of sanctions.
At $599, the MacBook Neo is a genuine Mac with premium build quality, Apple silicon performance, and 16-hour battery life. A few deliberate tradeoffs keep it honest, but the value case is almost impossible to argue with.
India's markets regulator has cleared Mukesh Ambani's digital services giant to raise $3.8 billion in a listing that would surpass every public offering in the country's history. No date or price band has been set yet.
The Model Hardware Standard gives AI agents a common language for talking to physical instruments — microscopes, robotic arms, liquid handlers — without bespoke software written for each one. Anthropic plans to open-source it, but no timeline has been set.
Tehran's Foreign Ministry said countries were obliged under international law to ignore the measures, which target 60 individuals, entities and vessels. Behind the scenes, Iranian officials told Pakistani mediators they were open to resuming peace talks.
The Hague District Court found Eugene N., a 66-year-old Dutch national, guilty of genocide and war crimes for throwing a grenade into a crowd of Tutsis sheltering at a stadium in Mbazi and directing attackers to let none escape. Rwanda had sought his extradition in 2014, but Dutch law bars handing over citizens, so Dutch authorities opened their own investigation in 2020 and arrested him in 2024.
It is the first Grand Tour abandonment of the world champion's career, ending his bid to complete a full set of Grand Tour victories. Enric Mas now leads by 1 minute 11 seconds — and chose to hold rather than wear the red jersey on the podium.
A study using ancient coral from the Galápagos Islands found that modern El Niño events are roughly 37% stronger than in the preindustrial era. The sharpest rise has come in the last 40 years, and researchers say natural variation alone cannot explain it.
The chip giant's biggest customers — Google, OpenAI, Amazon and Anthropic — are all building their own processors. Owning the platform where most developers find and share AI models gives Nvidia a foothold that doesn't depend on who makes the chips.
The deaths, in Lancaster County, are also the first measles fatalities recorded in the US in 2025. One of those who died was an infant. Pennsylvania has recorded 16 measles cases this year, nearly three times the 2024 total.
A coalition of 52 state attorneys general alleged the company deliberately hooked young people on its platforms, collected children's data without consent, and misled the public about the risks. Beyond the payout, Meta must now introduce overnight access blocks, two-hour daily limits and other restrictions for teenage users — though only in the states that signed on.
The order suspends USPS rules requiring states to reformat ballots and submit voter lists before mail-in votes can be delivered. Attorneys general from 24 states have joined the legal challenge, and a hearing is scheduled for 3 September.
Waters swept through communities on both sides of the Himalayas on Wednesday, halting travel across Nepal. India has put two states on high alert and deployed disaster response teams as rescuers work through debris-strewn terrain.
Kevin Warsh sharpened the Fed's inflation warning and said the central bank has 'work to do' if prices stay stubborn. He also rejected the use of forward guidance, the tool markets rely on to anticipate the Fed's next move.
Almost 2,800 people have died across 60 health zones since mid-May, a faster spread than any previous outbreak. The virus is a strain for which no approved vaccine or treatment exists, and the UN warns containment efforts are falling behind.
The deal covers 65 billion barrels — more than the entire current US reserve base — and would make the new joint venture the world's second-largest corporate holder of proven oil, behind Saudi Aramco. Key details, including when extraction begins and who the private partners are, have not been disclosed.
Canada supplies 99% of American natural gas imports and 60% of its crude, giving Ottawa enormous theoretical leverage. But Alberta Premier Danielle Smith warns that cutting the taps could cost half a million Canadian jobs and hand US refineries to Venezuela — permanently.
The administration says a DC appeals court ruling that blocked the removal of currently serving transgender troops was 'gravely erroneous.' The Supreme Court allowed the wider ban to take effect last year, but has not yet ruled on whether those already in uniform can be forced out.
More than 60% of vessels transiting the strait switched off their tracking transponders in August, with energy carriers faring worse — over 80% went dark. Daily crossings have collapsed from around 138 before the war to as few as five.
The strike on Jenin appeared to be the first Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank since February. It came as a US-backed peace envoy said both sides were failing to stick to the roadmap, putting the Gaza ceasefire at risk.
The federal government has activated an emergency task force to contain a fresh outbreak in Kano and Katsina states. Diphtheria has haunted northern Nigeria since 2022, killing over 600 people in that first wave alone — most of them children.
Repeated large-scale missile and drone strikes from late July through late August have killed dozens of civilians and disrupted industry across Ukraine. Companies are pulling back from the Odesa region as Russia deliberately stockpiles weapons to overwhelm air defences.
A string of contracts awarded between July and August 2026 aims to triple Patriot output and quadruple THAAD production. The US is also racing to field a sub-$750,000 interceptor — about a fifth the price of the missiles it is running short of.
Prize courts, rooted in 18th-century naval law, allow the US to formally condemn and sell enemy vessels captured at sea. The administration says the revival will reinforce its Iran blockade and help cover the cost of the conflict through cargo sales.
The six-month US conflict with Iran burned through roughly 65% of America's Patriot interceptors, officials say. US forces in Europe now have 'very limited' ability to stop even a single Russian ballistic missile strike.
The US president made at least two separate public statements on 27 August dismissing any Russian threat to NATO territory. His remarks came after reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe had travelled to Moscow — a visit Trump called routine, though it was the first by a CIA chief to the Russian capital since 2021.
Voters will be asked whether the provincial government should begin the legal path toward a future binding independence vote. The US tariff dispute has galvanised both camps — pro-unity groups say it proves Canada must stand together, while separatists say it proves Ottawa cannot protect the province.
A signing could come within days, with Energy Secretary Chris Wright planning a trip to Caracas. The deal would more than double US oil reserves and is the most ambitious step yet in a policy that began with the capture of Nicolás Maduro in January 2026.
A chunk of glacier roughly 2,000 feet wide broke away at 17,000 feet and fell into a Bhote Koshi tributary, triggering a surge that wiped out villages, bridges and roads across three districts. Hundreds remain missing, and authorities warn a second surge is possible if an upstream blockage gives way.
A new poll puts his Progressive Conservatives back in first place after his combative stance against US tariffs won over voters. His personal approval had hit 24 per cent in July; it now stands at 36.
The Iran-US war has shut the Strait of Hormuz and sent oil prices surging, leaving Kenya facing two months of double-digit fuel price rises. Four people have been killed in street protests, and the central bank has frozen a year-long run of interest rate cuts.
The six-year contract secures 460 megawatts of AI processing capacity at a West Virginia campus running Nvidia's next-generation chips. The facility isn't expected online until late 2027, but the commitment sends a signal to IPO investors that demand for Anthropic's products is real and growing fast.
Sources close to the Kremlin say Putin now sees diplomacy as a dead end and is weighing major ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv and Ukrainian infrastructure. Some Russian officials have raised the prospect of tactical nuclear weapons in internal discussions, though Bloomberg found no signs of active preparation.
HP Inc. beat analyst estimates by a wide margin, with revenue hitting $15.7 billion — but a 16% plunge in PC unit shipments spooked investors. The company is selling pricier machines to fewer buyers, and Wall Street isn't sure the trend holds.
Premier Danielle Smith has ruled out energy as a retaliatory tool, saying counter-tariffs on oil and gas would be 'disastrous.' Critics point out that Alberta's exports are largely exempt from US tariffs — while Ontario, Quebec and BC are bearing the brunt.
Premier Susan Holt has launched a five-month public consultation on whether to lift the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, in place since 2014. A decision is expected in January 2027, though Holt was careful to say the review is
The posts came after the Washington Post and CNN reported that five months of war with Iran had significantly depleted American missile stocks. Trump called the disclosures treasonous and said those responsible would face long prison terms.
Sergei Karpilovich is accused of repeatedly raping a woman sheltering in a basement during two months of Russian occupation. His trial is one of two landmark cases in a slow effort to hold Russian forces accountable for sexual violence that the UN says was widespread and systematic.
The order — the first to physically remove Khan from Adiala Jail since his imprisonment in 2023 — came after doctors diagnosed him with a serious eye condition. The government challenged it the next day, and the court refused to act on the appeal.
The State Department, working with homeland security officials, is preparing to cancel business and tourism visas issued between 2016 and 2026. Revocation would not automatically trigger deportation, but those affected would lose their status as short-term visitors.
Washington wants the existing Darfur embargo expanded to cover all of Sudan before it expires on 12 September. Russia has warned against any measures targeting the Sudanese army, raising doubts about whether the resolution can pass.
The FTC and five states settled antitrust claims against both property platforms on the morning their trial was due to begin. Redfin must now rebuild the rental advertising business it shut down — and rehire the staff it let go.
Denmark's foreign minister delivered the joint statement at the United Nations, backed by all EU members and allies including Japan, Australia and Canada. The signatories represent about a quarter of UN member states — a reminder of how far international consensus on the war remains from unanimous.
Six months of polling show a near-unbroken decline in public backing for the conflict. Even among Republicans, enthusiasm has slipped sharply — a warning sign ahead of the midterms.
Oura Health is targeting a September listing on a US exchange. The Finnish-American company says it is on track to triple its 2024 revenue this year, reaching $1.5 billion in sales.
His most celebrated work, Camel of Hardship, showed an elderly porter carrying Jerusalem on his back. It became one of the most recognised images in Palestinian art, reproduced on walls and in publications for decades.
The new levy would sit on top of the 12.5% forced-labour tariff already applied to Chinese imports. Officials say the rate is deliberately modest, designed to avoid derailing a planned Trump-Xi summit expected in late September.
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