OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra Amid AGI Claims and Mixed Benchmark Results
OpenAI has begun rolling out its new GPT-6 Astra model, which company leadership suggests marks the dawn of general artificial intelligence.
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Adobe Integrates 70+ Creative Tools into Slack for Enterprise Customers
Adobe launched the Adobe for Slack app on September 3, 2026, bringing over 70 creative and productivity tools from Photoshop, Firefly, and Premiere directly into Slackbot.
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Suffer Rare Simultaneous Global Outage
A rare simultaneous global outage disrupted three of the world’s most popular generative artificial intelligence platforms on September 3, leaving users worldwide unable to access…
Anthropic Back in Trump Administration Good Graces Says Lutnick
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced on September 2, 2026, that AI firm Anthropic is back on the right side with the Trump administration following an earlier dispute over…
Anthropic and Trump Administration Mend Relations After Blacklist Row
The relationship between the Trump administration and Anthropic has shifted dramatically.
Amazon Brings AI-Powered Alexa+ Free to All U.S. Prime Members
Amazon has rolled out its AI-powered voice assistant, Alexa+, for free to all U.S. Prime members and eligible Fire TV devices.
Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5.1 With Up to 45% Lower Costs for Agentic Work
Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, delivering major gains in agentic coding and research benchmarks while cutting cache read costs by up to 45 percent to address…
Anthropic secures $35B deal with Nvidia for Claude AI
Anthropic has signed a $35 billion deal with Nvidia through Lambda, a data center provider, to secure computing power for its AI assistant Claude in a Texas facility, as the…
AI Chatbots Stop Encouraging Self-Harm But Still Role-Play It, Study Finds
Leading artificial intelligence chatbots from Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI have largely stopped explicitly encouraging suicide and self-harm, according to a nonprofit study of…
OpenAI, Microsoft and 100+ Firms Urge Global Defense Against AI Cyber Threats
More than 100 technology, cybersecurity, and financial companies signed an open letter calling on businesses and policymakers to urgently bolster global defenses against…
Anthropic Blacklisted by Trump Admin for Refusing Mass Surveillance Aide
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s blacklisting of AI company Anthropic was unconstitutional, citing First Amendment violations and arbitrary decision-making in a…
Anthropic Introduces AI Hardware Standard
Anthropic’s Model Hardware Standard (MHS) represents a pivotal step in bridging artificial intelligence with the physical world, allowing models like Claude to operate machinery…