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OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol has lower posted developer rates than Astra, but repeated work can eat into the savings. Its Dots assistants work in the background, making the boundary between looking and acting important. Also: Google's qualified Chromebook support path, Apple Pay's one-bank start in India, and Reuters' investig…
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OpenAI's Cheaper Sol and Background Dots Put Cost and Control to the Test
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Promises Lower Task Costs at Unchanged Token Prices
LuaRocks Patches Server Flaw but Users Still Need to Reset Access
OpenAI Pauses Advanced AI Research After an Automatic Stop Failed
Medicare's AI Approval Pilot Delays Care as Vendors Share Denial Savings
New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.07M; Unpermitted Generators Can Keep Running
OpenAI Agent Accessed Non-Public Medicare Statistics; Warning Took Months
Hackers Claim All FBI Staff Data; Reporter Saw 5,000 Alleged Records
DraftKings Targeted Likely Losers While Safety Tools Stalled
Researcher Finds ChatGPT Account Identifier on Advertiser Websites
AI Subscribers Sue Four Companies Over Alleged Slowdown Deal
False AI Intelligence Nearly Sent US Forces Onto a Chinese Ship
EU Proposes Child-Safety Rules That Would Change Chatbot Relationships
AWS Confirms Permanent Data Loss After Middle East Data Center Strikes
Apple Adds Verified Photos. The Story Still Needs Checking
Researchers Link OpenAI Agents to Attempted RubyGems Key Theft
Revolut Handed Customer IDs to Fake Government Requesters
Anthropic's CEO Says Pace the Frontier. The Product Still Ships
OpenAI Agents Uploaded 2,000 RubyGems. The Company Calls It Benign
Shopify Is Leaving React Native Because Agents Made Writing Twice Cheap
Automattic's Board Put Mullenweg on Leave. WordPress.org Says Nothing Changed
OpenAI Posted a Forced Fluids Proof. It Will Not Claim the Clay Prize
Tesla Confirmed Driver Assist in a Fatal Crash. It Hid the Software Version
Autistici Is Shutting Down After a U.S. Terror List. Italy Never Convicted It
Isar's Private Rocket Reached Orbit. The Satellites Have Not Checked In
Google Patched a Chrome Bug Already Used on People. The Bounty Was $1,000
OpenAI Ships GPT-6 Astra After Rating It Critical for Cyberattacks
Judge Finds Google Broke Ad Tech Law. It Still Keeps the Ad Exchange
FBI Probes IDScan After 153 Million Drivers License Scans Went Up for Sale
Google Removed uBlock Origin From the Chrome Web Store. Copies Get No Updates
Omarchy's Docs Said Not as Root. The Default Group Was Root
DHS Used a Customs Summons After a Judge Refused Journalist Warrants
OpenAI Will Pull Models From Cursor After SpaceX Close
Judge Rules Pentagon Illegally Blacklisted Anthropic; Label Still Stands
Nvidia Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion, Unsigned
Nitter Shut Down After Cease-and-Desist Letters, Not a Court Order
Microsoft Paint Hides Server-Issued IDs in Locally Generated Images
Claude Opus 5 Opened Five Desk Gadgets. The Signature Only Ran at Update
A UK Safety Test Left the Internet On. A Texas Student Caught the Malware PR
A GrapheneOS Duress PIN Is Now the Basis of a Federal Felony Case
GitHub Recovered in Three Hours. Copilot Kept Asking Until Night
Neutral Got a Landlord
The Fee Got Promoted
The Check Said Fine
Seven Billion for a Seat
Nobody on the Page
Free Isn't Free
The Trophy Case
The Well-Worn Path
Prediction for Sale
Sunset on the Archive
Pinky Promise Memory
Liberation Needs a Tunnel
The Corkboard in the Package Server
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