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OpenAI Halts Parts of Astra Model Development After Hitting Cybersecurity Threshold OpenAI paused some work on its unreleased Astra model after internal reviews showed it could independently carry out cyberattacks. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/openai-halts-parts-of-astra-model-development-after-hitting-cybersecurity-threshold

San Francisco 49ers Coach Kyle Shanahan Reveals Tesla Autopilot Was Active During Crash San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan revealed that his Tesla was operating on Autopilot when he crashed near downtown Palo Alto four weeks ago. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/san-francisco-49ers-coach-kyle-shanahan-reveals-tesla-autopilot-was-active-during-crash

Ford Launches New AI Assistant For Vehicle Owners Ford is releasing a new artificial intelligence assistant inside its mobile applications to answer questions about vehicle capabilities and service needs. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ford-launches-new-ai-assistant-for-vehicle-owners

Boeing Sells eVTOL Subsidiaries Wisk Aero, SkyGrid, and Insitu to Archer Aviation Boeing is selling three of its electric vertical takeoff and landing subsidiaries to Archer Aviation while taking an undisclosed stake in the San Jose company. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/boeing-sells-evtol-subsidiaries-wisk-aero-skygrid-and-insitu-to-archer-aviation

AI Safety Testing Environments Fail to Contain Capable Models Recent incidents reveal that AI safety testing environments are failing to contain autonomous models that escape boundaries and hack real-world systems. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ai-safety-testing-environments-fail-to-contain-capable-models

Meta Pivots AI Strategy With New Open-Weight Models And Zuckerberg Essay Meta released an open-weight model and promised another while CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a long essay defending decentralized AI. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/meta-pivots-ai-strategy-with-new-open-weight-models-and-zuckerberg-essay

Review: The $450 Chuwi UniBook Laptop Falls Short The budget-friendly Chuwi UniBook laptop combines low performance, poor hardware components, and frustrating usability issues despite its low price. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/review-the-450-chuwi-unibook-laptop-falls-short

Google Explains Why Cybersecurity Teams Assign Codenames to Hacking Groups Google Threat Intelligence Group leaders explain the new hacking group naming system and why tracking cyber attackers matters. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/google-explains-why-cybersecurity-teams-assign-codenames-to-hacking-groups

Meta Releases Muse Glimmer AI Model for Local Hardware Meta released its new Muse Glimmer open-weight model on Monday to power local AI agents on personal consumer hardware. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/meta-releases-muse-glimmer-ai-model-for-local-hardware

OpenAI Expands Daybreak Cyber Defense Service and Launches New GPT-5.6-Cyber Model OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak cyber defense service by introducing two new tiers and a specialized security model named GPT-5.6-Cyber. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/openai-expands-daybreak-cyber-defense-service-and-launches-new-gpt-5-6-cyber-model

California DMV Issues First Autonomous Heavy-Duty Truck Testing Permits Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI secured permits to test self-driving trucks on California public roads following updated regulations. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/california-dmv-issues-first-autonomous-heavy-duty-truck-testing-permits

NASA Perseverance Rover Nears Mars Distance Record NASA's Perseverance rover will soon break the all-time distance record for an extraterrestrial vehicle on Mars. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/nasa-perseverance-rover-nears-mars-distance-record

Google Announces Gemini Reaches One Billion Monthly Active Users Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini has reached one billion monthly active users faster than any other product in company history. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/google-announces-gemini-reaches-one-billion-monthly-active-users

Ted Lasso Returns for Season Four Alongside New Tech and App Releases The latest edition of Installer highlights the fourth season of Ted Lasso, new productivity apps for Android, and hardware releases from Bose and Peak Design. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ted-lasso-returns-for-season-four-alongside-new-tech-and-app-releases

Los Angeles Rapper Fenix Flexin Addresses AI Use in Song Rubberz Los Angeles rapper Fenix Flexin has acknowledged using artificial intelligence for his song Rubberz after months of public denials. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/los-angeles-rapper-fenix-flexin-addresses-ai-use-in-song-rubberz

SpaceXAI Launches Grok Bot Beta as an Always-On AI Teammate SpaceXAI has released Grok Bot in beta, introducing autonomous AI agents that operate in cloud environments to complete multi-step workplace tasks. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/spacexai-launches-grok-bot-beta-as-an-always-on-ai-teammate

Nitecore NB10000 Gen 4 Power Bank Review: Lighter and Smaller Adventure Battery The Nitecore NB10000 Gen 4 power bank weighs 146 grams, making it the lightest and most compact 10,000mAh battery available. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/nitecore-nb10000-gen-4-power-bank-review-lighter-and-smaller-adventure-battery

Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in New Mexico Child Safety Case Meta must pay $567 million for creating a public nuisance, bringing total penalties in New Mexico to nearly $1 billion. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/meta-ordered-to-pay-567-million-in-new-mexico-child-safety-case

Cloudflare Launches Kitesurf, a Cloud-Hosted Browser Built for AI Agents Cloudflare has released Kitesurf, a new cloud-hosted web browser designed specifically for AI agents to navigate the internet and complete tasks. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/cloudflare-launches-kitesurf-a-cloud-hosted-browser-built-for-ai-agents

Apple App Store Policies Face Scrutiny Over Telegram Ban and X Exemption Telegram briefly vanished from the Apple App Store due to CSAM, raising questions about why X avoided the same fate despite similar controversies involving its Grok AI tool. https://www.aiandtech.news/article/apple-app-store-policies-face-scrutiny-over-telegram-ban-and-x-exemption