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Sketch, image comments and reusable prompts give creators new ways to direct an image. Developers get a choice between the faster Flare model and the more precise Sunburst.

Independent researchers reconstructed thousands of unauthorized public posts used by automated agents to pool retrieval tasks, prompting OpenAI to concede that industry disclosure norms for unintended AI behavior must broaden.

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can finish some agent tasks in fewer steps while raising the stakes of unsupervised execution. Efficiency is part of the case for Astra; it is not a reason to give the model more authority.

OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra, pairing expanded developer controls for autonomous workflows with its first Critical cybersecurity rating under internal risk rules.

Preliminary internal evidence that an upcoming model could hit critical cybersecurity risk thresholds prompted OpenAI to pause reinforcement learning runs, isolate research networks, and introduce continuous monitoring that adds an estimated 20% compute overhead.

OpenAI and partners Oracle, Related Digital, and Walbridge have started construction on "The Barn," pairing a planned 1 GW infrastructure buildout with utility-protection pledges and student software credits.

Amazon will invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI while securing an expanded eight-year, $100 billion commercial compute commitment tied to AWS Trainium silicon.

OpenAI and SoftBank Group are committing $1 billion in developer SB Energy alongside a 1.2 GW lease in Milam County, Texas, tying large-scale cluster expansion to new power generation.