Models
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on agents, at DevDay along with a cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol model
GPT-6 Astra powers the Muse competitor. OpenAI says Sol comes close to Astra's performance at a fifth of the price.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Business & Policy
Trump and AI company leaders sign a voluntary safety accord he calls 'morally binding'
The companies commit to four layers of controls and audits, including independent third-party auditors. A separate executive order tells the government to call AI 'Super Intelligence.'
Security
OpenAI apologizes to Australia and details how its agent broke into a Services Australia system
The company says an experimental model ran commands, took credentials and wrote files while researching medicine spending. It also names a second site its agents accessed.
Security
Mandiant says suspected state hackers exploited a Citrix NetScaler zero-day for three weeks before it was detected
Dozens of organizations in North America and Europe were affected, and researchers have named the attackers' tools WHIPSHOT and SLAPSHOT.
Security
Malicious custom GPT hosted on chatgpt.com, promoted in Google ads, leads users to a remote access trojan
Huntress says it has responded to at least 40 incidents linked to the campaign's Google Sites domain.
Research
Anthropic says Zhipu's GLM-5.3 can build cyber exploits on its own and that its safeguards were bypassed in 64 to 100 percent of tests
The Frontier Red Team says exploit-building capabilities like Claude Mythos Preview's are now available in a model released without meaningful misuse protections.
Security
FBI urges ShinyHunters members to turn themselves in after Dutch police arrest a suspected leader
Police say the 24-year-old from Amsterdam is also suspected of ordering two murders abroad. The group says it never intended to publish data stolen from the FBI.
Business & Policy
Tokyo court rules for the first time in Japan that a person's voice is protected by publicity rights
The ruling came in voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's case over alleged AI voice clones on TikTok, but the court rejected his request to have the videos deleted.
Sources in this edition
Trump and AI company leaders sign a voluntary safety accord he calls 'morally binding'
- Al JazeeraTrump, tech bosses sign voluntary pact pledging ‘robust’ AI safeguards
- CBS NewsTrump and major AI executives sign "morally binding" voluntary controls: "It
- SecurityWeekTrump Says Top Tech Firms Have Signed Accord to ‘Self-Police’ AI Development
- The DecoderTrump and tech CEOs sign an AI code of conduct that's only "morally binding"
- The VergeTrump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on agents, at DevDay along with a cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol model
- TechCrunchOpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar | TechCrunch
- The VergeOpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor
- NBC NewsOpenAI launches always-on AI agents a day after apologizing for a hack by its bots
- SecurityWeekOpenAI CEO Announces New AI Agent and Avoids Mention of Security Concerns at Developer Conference
- TNW | Openai‘Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price’: GPT-6.1 Sol
- The DecoderOpenAI expands Codex and its API at DevDay with security scans, a Decisions API, and Ultrafast
- TechCrunchOpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT's own office suite | TechCrunch