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OpenAI teases Astra, its next major AI model, after it solves 10 long-standing math problems 3 August 2026 at 00:31

OpenAI teases Astra, its next major AI model, after it solves 10 long-standing math problems

3 August 2026 at 00:31

OpenAI has revealed Astra, an unreleased model designed to tackle complex, long-running tasks, after an internal version produced ten significant advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science. [...]

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UK’s state investments agency hit by data breach 2 August 2026 at 08:00

UK’s state investments agency hit by data breach

Data and computer security | The Guardian

By: Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

2 August 2026 at 08:00

Security lapse leaves sensitive information and contact details of 51 government officials exposed for 40 hours

The public body in charge of the UK’s state investments has been pushed to improve its internal security after a data breach left “high-level management information” publicly accessible for nearly two days.

UK Government Investments (UKGI), the agency that manages the taxpayers’ interest in a swathe of companies including Channel 4 and the Post Office, said the security failure also left more than 50 government officials’ personal details exposed for nearly 40 hours.

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OpenAI says its new GPT 5.6 models are becoming more cost-efficient 31 July 2026 at 20:52

OpenAI says its new GPT 5.6 models are becoming more cost-efficient

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By: Mayank Parmar

31 July 2026 at 20:52

OpenAI says it has reduced the price of two GPT-5.6 models, cutting Luna's API price by 80% and Terra's by 20% as it works to make its models more efficient. [...]

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Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack 23 July 2026 at 11:55

Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack

Data and computer security | The Guardian

By: Luca Ittimani

23 July 2026 at 11:55

Hackers access Australian customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and some bank account details, company says

Origin Energy customers’ addresses, phone numbers and partial bank account data have been accessed in a hack, the company has confirmed.

The firm has 4.8m customer accounts in Australia, providing electricity, fossil gas, LPG and internet services to homes and businesses.

‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed

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By: Dan Milmo and Joe Pinner

16 July 2026 at 14:01

Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39m

The data of millions of commuters was stolen, Londoners were left out of pocket and 27,000 Transport for London staff were forced to reset their passwords.

Over four days in 2024 a pair of teenage hackers had London’s transport network at their mercy. Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers had burrowed into the heart of Transport for London’s IT systems and held the “keys to the kingdom”.

AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns

Data and computer security | The Guardian

By: Sarah Basford Canales

22 June 2026 at 15:00

Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound alarm after Trump blocks foreign nationals from Anthropic’s Fable AI model

Powerful AI models capable of devastating new cyber attacks on governments and businesses are mere months away, intelligence agencies for the Five Eyes have warned in a rare joint statement, urging leaders to “act now”.

The surprising public intervention by signals agencies for Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada comes after the Trump administration earlier this month decided to block “foreign nationals” from using a much-hyped AI model built by tech company Anthropic, called Fable.

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