OpenAI claims GPT-6 Astra is an ethereal ‘Alien Mind’ with AGI-like qualities — company warns of alignment challenges as new frontier leader emerges

OpenAI has made bold claims with its new GPT-6 Astra AI model, and it’s certainly capable, but benchmarks suggest it has many of the usual weaknesses alongside the strengths, while cost and accessibility are still the biggest factors in widespread usage.

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Researcher reverse-engineers infamous Stuxnet malware source code, publishes it on Github for all — attack targeted Iranian nuclear facilities and was the first software of its type to cause physical damage

An anonymous security researcher has reconstructed the source code of the infamous Stuxnet worm, which was built to subtly interfere with Iranian uranium enrichment during the Bush and Obama administrations.

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Big Tech eyes glacier-strewn Patagonia for building mega AI data centers — region offers 17,300 glaciers, coldness, and cheap energy, but fiber lines are scarce
 Big Tech eyes glacier-strewn Patagonia for building mega AI data centers — region offers 17,300 glaciers, coldness, and cheap energy, but fiber lines are scarce

Patagonia, a region of Argentina with 17,300 glaciers has the potential to turn into a data center hotspot.

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More than 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’ in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are ‘gambling with our lives’
 More than 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’ in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are ‘gambling with our lives’

Anthropic AI safety researcher has warned there’s a more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans.

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TSMC to start using High-NA EUV lithography in 2030 — A10 or A11 technology prime candidates for use
 TSMC to start using High-NA EUV lithography in 2030 — A10 or A11 technology prime candidates for use

TSMC discloses plans to use High-NA EUV lithography in 2030, 6×12-inch photomasks with new scanners in 2033.

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Benchmarking Qwen 3.8 27B on RTX 5090 and beyond — VRAM capacity alone can’t overcome severe software and inference engine bottlenecks
 Benchmarking Qwen 3.8 27B on RTX 5090 and beyond — VRAM capacity alone can’t overcome severe software and inference engine bottlenecks

Following the release of Qwen 3.8 27B, we put our trusty hardware to the test to see which hardware might be best suited for running this open-weight AI model.

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NEC has quietly quit quantum computing hardware development, report claims — company says it will continue to evaluate practical applications and industrialization of quantum technologies

NEC reportedly quits development of quantum computers, but plans to explore practical applications for such systems.

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Hackers drain $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, emptying roughly 95% of federation wallet — attackers claim they’re the ‘good guys’ and will return funds after the vulnerability is fixed

Hackers claiming to be white hats drained about $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network’s federation wallet, promising to return the funds after the platform fixes the underlying bug

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Thailand asks data center operators to suspend 49 buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create ‘airtight’ requirements for large-scale data centers
 Thailand asks data center operators to suspend 49 buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create ‘airtight’ requirements for large-scale data centers

Thailand asks datacenter operators to suspend buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create “airtight” requirements for large-scale datacenters

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Belgian-Chinese semiconductor researcher arrested over alleged GaN trade-secret theft — prosecutors suspect BelGaN insiders transferred chip IP to China before the company collapsed
 Belgian-Chinese semiconductor researcher arrested over alleged GaN trade-secret theft — prosecutors suspect BelGaN insiders transferred chip IP to China before the company collapsed

Belgian authorities have arrested a former BelGaN researcher on suspicion of industrial espionage, alleging that proprietary gallium nitride semiconductor technology was transferred to a Chinese rival as the Belgian chipmaker headed toward bankruptcy.

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