AI Models
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra as the World's Most Intelligent Model
Astra is designed to operate computers, browse the web, write and test software, conduct research and produce documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
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AI Startups
Entire Launches Agentic Search to Give AI Coding Agents the “Why” Behind Code
According to Entire’s benchmark, agents using this new search capability answered 81 of 90 engineering-history questions correctly, compared with 70 of 90 when relying on full Git history and GitHub CLI tools.
Agentic AI
Okta Targets Agentic Commerce With New Identity Tools for B2C and B2B
For B2B companies, Okta is adding capabilities to simplify multi-tenancy, speed up customer onboarding and bring enterprise-grade identity features to existing technology stacks.
AI Startups
Just 1% of Customers Drive 80% of OpenAI, Anthropic’s Enterprise Revenue
The companies making up the top 1% of customers are heavily concentrated in technology, AI products, and AI services.
Leadership Moves
Aerospike Names Don Dama as CEO as Company Eyes Enterprise AI Growth
Dama joins Aerospike after serving as senior vice president and general manager at SingleStore.
AI Models
Claude Code Deletes Years of India’s Heritage Data as AI Safety Fails
The lost material included photographs and records of Bengaluru’s inscriptions, temples, hero stones and coins.
AI Models
Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5.1, Mythos 5.1 With Major Gains in Coding and Scientific Research
Fable 5.1 is generally available, while Mythos 5.1 is restricted to trusted access programmes designed for cybersecurity and life sciences applications.
Leadership Moves
Commerce Names Sri Subramanian as Head of Data and AI
Earlier, Subramanian spent nearly five years at SurveyMonkey leading a company-wide data transformation, building its data platform and a global data organisation spanning engineering, data science, ML, BI and governance.
Leadership Moves
AWS Names Saurov Sarkar to Lead Emerging Enterprise Business in India
Sarkar brings extensive enterprise technology and go-to-market experience to the role.
AI Security
Cloudflare Unveils AI Defense That Makes Automated Cyberattacks More Expensive
The company said the approach is designed to prevent attackers from studying a fixed defense and repeatedly exploiting it.
AI Agents
Anthropic’s AI Agents Can Now Train Other Models to Fix Alignment Failures
For the experiment, Anthropic developed Automated Alignment Researchers (AARs) using Claude Opus 4.8.
AI Agents
OpenClaw 2.0 Brings Smarter AI Agents, Shared Workspaces and Easier Setup in Biggest Update Yet
OpenClaw has also rebuilt its browser interface as a first-class experience, allowing users to start conversations, continue existing work and configure their agents from the same interface.