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OpenAI just hit the brakes on its next big model

Astra was getting so good at cybersecurity that the company can’t rule out it has “critical” hacking abilities including finding zero day exploits on its own

They’re pausing parts of development and tightening safety controls

Even OpenAI is a bit scared of what it built

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Hackers just took down a city’s 911 system

Suisun City, California declared a state of emergency after a cyberattack knocked out emergency dispatch, police & fire systems

Entire network shut down, FBI now investigating

It's scary how vulnerable this stuff still is

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xAI just dropped Imagine Image 2.0

Grok’s new image model with:
• Precision editing
• Crisp text rendering
• Better factuality
• Real world usefulness

Image 2.0 helps you make images for real work

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@janak_dipta You’re speechless right?

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OpenAI just hit the brakes on its next big model

Astra was getting so good at cybersecurity that the company can’t rule out it has “critical” hacking abilities including finding zero day exploits on its own

They’re pausing parts of development and tightening safety controls

Even OpenAI is a bit scared of what it built

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@ajs6888 Exactly! Life really is getting more interesting by the day feels like we’re living through the future we only used to watch on screen

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AMD just made a big move in the AI chip race

They’ve acquired Taalas, a startup that hardwires AI models straight into silicon for much faster performance

The fight to catch Nvidia just got more interesting

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Four men stabbed in broad daylight in the middle of Covent Garden

A 47 year old woman has now been charged. Police say it looks like an isolated mental health incident and she used a pair of scissors

All four victims have been discharged from hospital. Crazy scene in one of London’s busiest tourist spots

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Meta ordered to pay nearly $1BN over child safety rulings

A New Mexico judge has ruled Meta a public nuisance and ordered a total penalty of $942M over harms linked to young users on its platforms

Most of the money is set to go toward treatment, support and prevention services for young people

Meta has stated it disagrees with the rulings and plans to appeal the decision

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@RockstarGames @netflix Ahhh vice city been so long since we visited home

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@netflix Us on August 27 Ta-dum

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Google’s AI team just got hit with a major shakeup

Demis Hassabis is stepping back as DeepMind CEO

Even bigger: legendary engineer Jeff Dean and several top researchers are leaving Google after decades to start their own company

This one stings 🤕

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Rockstar just confirmed it 🎉

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look is coming on August 27

It will premiere first on Netflix at 3 PM ET then on Rockstar’s YouTube and the official site at 9 PM ET the same day

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Anthropic just locked in a $10 billion deal for AI computing power

The Claude maker signed a massive long term agreement with startup Volta to secure next generation GPU capacity

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@Puppieslover I mean the school did ask for it

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@Dexerto I thought people in the inside gets at least priority Answer

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@IntCyberDigest That's a headache

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@BBCNews What's the catch

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@netflix Can't wait to watch it on Netflix

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@Dexerto Bet they were upset

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@interesting_aIl Didn't even know that was even an option