OpenAI had planned to release yet another AI model next month, but has decided to nix the release over safety concerns. The Wall Street Journal reports that Astra 6.1 was scheduled to be released as soon as within the next few days. However, the model “showed higher levels of deception” than previous models and exhibited…
By Ian Bickis The Canadian Press Posted September 28, 2026 6:56 pm Updated September 28, 2026 7:02 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Obby Khan, the leader of Manitoba’s Opposition Progressive Conservatives, says he’s stepping down from the top job, quitting caucus and will sit as an Independent. Khan…
Development comes after India refused to play against Pakistan in previous edition KARACHI: Pakistani cricketers will not be allowed to participate in the World Championship of Legends, according to sources. No team will be allowed to use Pakistan’s name either. Last year, the Indian team refused to play against Pakistan Champions. The tournament, which starts…
AMD is acquiring World Labs, one of the leading developers of deep learning models intended to understand physical reality, in a $8.2 billion deal, the two companies said today. World Labs justified the deal in a statement saying that AI development required “close collaboration across model research, systems and compute.” AMD, in turn, says that…
Health ministers from across the country are set to meet Tuesday to warn they’re headed toward a “fiscal cliff” if federal funding agreements for things like home care and mental health are not renewed, Ontario’s health minister said. Sylvia Jones told a provincial committee meeting on Monday that she and her counterparts are planning to…
Pakistan captain Jehan says this is not the only mismanagement that athletes are facing here NAGOYA: Complaints of logistical mismanagement continued to mount at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, with Pakistan volleyball captain Murad Jehan saying his team were taken to the wrong venue ahead of their Pool A match against Uzbekistan. A glum-looking…
AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a $15.75 billion valuation that includes the investment, according to a source with knowledge of the funding. The size of the round has not been previously reported, though Axios and Bloomberg have reported other details of the deal….
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired winger Kirill Marchenko in a trade with Columbus and signed him to six-year, US$75 million contract, according to Marchenko’s agent Dan Milstein. Winger Matthew Knies is reportedly part of the package going to Columbus. Source link
Pakistan’s Abdullah Shah (L) vies for the ball with Thailand’s Teerasak Poeiphimai during their Fifa Asean Cup Division 1, Group B match at the Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, Indonesia, on Saturday. — X/PFF Pakistan will look to recover from their heavy opening defeat to Thailand when they face the Philippines on Tuesday in…
NVIDIA has launched the NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform, an open software platform and reference system design for AI agent security. It pairs the OpenShell secure runtime with NVIDIA Sentry, an out-of-band watchdog on BlueField-4 DPUs. The core idea is simple. Safety controls should not live inside the agent they are meant to control. Today,…
