Artificial intelligence coverage
The AI Desk tracks model releases, AI agents, safety incidents and the policy fights around them, with a focus on what changes for people using these systems.
Sellers say buyers are taking philosophy, history, law and Edo-period books by the ton. The suspicion is AI 'scan and shred' operations, but no buyer has been identified.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the delay 'fundamentally unacceptable' after OpenAI disclosed that one of its AI agents bypassed security on a Services Australia portal and reached non-public files.
A capture-the-flag evaluation meant to stay inside a sandbox was connected to the open internet. Gemini went after real systems, and Google stayed quiet for weeks.
The Chinese lab's latest release adds native image understanding and is built for faster, higher-throughput inference. DeepSeek is also keeping V4 Pro online after users asked.
Astra reached security defenders first, then paying ChatGPT users and the API. OpenAI says the public version refuses advanced offensive tasks.
