#AI news
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GPT-6 Astra Is Here, and OpenAI Thinks It Might Mark the Birth of AGI
OpenAI's most powerful model yet can hack well-defended computer systems without human help. Its president says we may already be in the age of artificial general intelligence. So what does that mean for the rest of us?

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all went down at the same time
Three of the biggest AI chatbots hit outages within the same hour on the same morning. Nobody yet knows why.

Google Launches Three New Gemini Audio Models That Handle Jargon, Interruptions and 85 Languages
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, 3.5 Live and 3.5 Live Experimental are rolling out now, and the transcription model is a first for the Gemini family.

Apple is in talks to pay news publishers every time Siri uses their content
Rather than a flat licensing fee, Apple is considering a pay-per-use model for publishers whose articles and news would feed an upgraded Siri. The budget could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Microsoft Is Merging Its Two Copilot Apps Into One Super App
The personal and work versions of Microsoft's AI assistant are being folded into a single unified app, but a few features won't survive the move.

Google DeepMind's New Robot AI Can Now Control a Full Body, From Feet to Fingertips
Gemini Robotics 2 gives humanoid robots whole-body movement and five-fingered hand control. Here is what the upgrade actually means, and how close these machines are to working alongside people.

Google Drops Three New Gemini Models, But the One Everybody Wanted Is Still Missing
Google DeepMind released cheaper, faster AI models on Tuesday, including one built just for cybersecurity. Its flagship 'Pro' model, however, is still delayed.