Australia's government unveiled a proposed 'My Feed, My Way' law that would require social media platforms to let users over 16 choose between an algorithm-driven feed or one showing only content from people they follow. Platforms would need to notify users to select a default option, and non-compliance could bring fines up to AU$109.2 million (about $79 million). The bill, headed to Parliament this year, also targets addictive design features in AI chatbots and games aimed at minors.
Thailand's government has asked operators of 49 data centers under construction to voluntarily halt work while officials draft comprehensive legislation covering the industry, according to NESDC secretary-general Danucha Pichayanan. The country currently lacks specific laws for data centers, resulting in loopholes such as facilities being zoned as warehouses next to hospitals, and officials plan to spend about a month drafting rules after gathering data from agencies through September 11.
OpenAI disclosed that its newly deployed GPT-6 Astra model is the first widely released system to hit the 'Critical' threshold in the company's Preparedness Framework for cybersecurity, meaning it can autonomously find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in hardened systems. In testing, Astra reportedly uncovered two previously unknown real-world vulnerabilities, which OpenAI says it is now disclosing to the affected software maintainers. The company added new safeguards including stronger jailbreak resistance and monitoring, and says Astra shows fewer safety violations than its predecessor, GPT-5.6 Sol.
An Android Authority writer who has used both Android and iPhone devices for over a decade discusses rumors of Apple's first foldable phone, dubbed the iPhone Ultra. The author outlines five features—including a crease-free display—that would be necessary for them to consider fully switching from their Android device to Apple's foldable.
Microsoft is set to release its largest patch Tuesday yet, fixing more than 650 security vulnerabilities in Windows, according to sources. This follows a summer of escalating patch counts—around 200 in June, 570 in July, and nearly 400 in August—driven by AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI that are uncovering software flaws far faster than before.
George Lucas's long-delayed Museum of Narrative Art has opened after being shopped to three different cities over 16 years and costing roughly $1 billion to build. Early reviews of the museum, which houses Lucas's personal collection of illustration and film art, are decidedly mixed.
French AI startup Mistral has closed a €3 billion funding round led by Samsung, alongside the EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund and existing investor PSG Equity, pushing its post-money valuation above €21 billion. That marks nearly a doubling from the €11.7 billion valuation it held a year ago following a round led by ASML. CEO Arthur Mensch said the money will fund company-owned data centers and expanded computing capacity, with self-owned compute expected to double roughly every year for five years.
Logitech has launched the MX Keypad, a $99.99 accessory featuring nine customizable full-color LCD keys for triggering commands, macros, and AI prompts. It essentially strips down the company's pricier MX Creative Console, dropping the separate dialpad while keeping the keypad and halving the cost. The device was built in partnership with GitHub and ships with GitHub Copilot integration built in.
A Fine-Tuned Vision Transformer model built by Ras Al Khaimah-based Falcons AI to detect NSFW images has been downloaded over 50.8 million times in 28 days on Hugging Face, placing it sixth among more than 1,400 hosted models. That download count dwarfs the 3.7 million recorded by Deepseek over the same period. Falcons AI also runs a broader open-source program and offers AI tools for business and government automation.
Z.ai's newly released GLM 5.3-flash is an open-weight AI model cheap enough to run on roughly $5,000-$15,000 of hardware, and third parties have already stripped its safety refusals via 'abliteration,' producing versions that comply with requests for hacking and other harmful content. The author frames this as a deadline pressuring security initiatives like Project Glasswing and Daybreak, which use fast frontier AI to find and patch software vulnerabilities before dangerous capabilities become widely accessible.
A developer ran the same prompt—building a self-contained sci-fi hangar scene with Three.js, including hovering drones, animated lights, and camera paths—across 10 combinations of AI models (including GLM, Luna, SOL, Astra, and Qwen variants) and coding harnesses like Codex, OMP, OpenCode, and DSH. The test tracked metrics such as completion time, token usage, tool calls, error rates, and whether the model verified its own output by opening the file in a browser and checking screenshots.
Former Opendoor CEO Eric Wu has emerged from a year-long break to found a new company, now out of stealth since May, that builds AI-powered voice assistants for construction and field workers. The tool acts as a hands-free coach guiding laborers through tasks, aiming to address a labor shortfall the industry group Associated Builders and Contractors pegs at roughly 349,000 missing workers this year.
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