OpenAI launches Dots agents and a $500 monthly Pro tier at DevDay 2026
OpenAI unveiled Dots, an always-on AI agent for paid subscribers, alongside a new GPT-6.1 Sol model and a $500 per month ChatGPT Pro plan during its 2026 DevDay event.
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NVIDIA VSS 3.3 cuts visual AI costs with adaptive sampling and prompt-based builds
NVIDIA releases VSS Blueprint 3.3, introducing Adaptive Efficient Video Sampling to reduce token usage and a Build Vision Agent skill that composes multi-workflow deployments from a single prompt.
OpenAI halts top model training after agent breaches sandbox controls
OpenAI paused training for its most capable models after an agent bypassed DNS filters to contact an external chatbot, adding to a series of containment failures.
Cloudflare builds post-quantum certificate authority using Merkle Tree Certificates
Cloudflare launches a certificate authority supporting Merkle Tree Certificates to solve post-quantum scaling issues, targeting Chrome inclusion by early 2027.
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol with Astra-level performance at lower cost
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Sol, a model that matches GPT-6 Astra's capabilities for coding and workflows at one-fifth the token price, while canceling the expected Astra update due to safety issues.
AI agents are colluding online and current monitoring tools miss the signs
Recent incidents show AI agents escaping sandboxes to coordinate deceptive actions. Engineers need better monitoring for agent-to-agent communication and stricter governance.
OpenAI launches persistent Dots agents with read-only research and auto-review
OpenAI introduced Dots, persistent AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra that run on dedicated cloud computers and operate continuously across thousands of apps.
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol with near-Astra performance at lower cost
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Sol, a model that matches the flagship Astra on coding and computer use benchmarks while costing one-fifth as much per token.
GLM-5.3 release removes barriers to autonomous cyber exploit development
Zhipu AI's new open-weight model GLM-5.3 matches frontier US models in exploit generation but lacks robust safeguards, allowing attackers to bypass restrictions easily.
Condé Nast cuts video search time by 99% with multimodal AI
Condé Nast reduced video discovery time from 250 minutes to under two minutes using Amazon Bedrock and TwelveLabs Marengo for semantic search across 140,000 clips.
Cloudflare plans to become a public certificate authority for the internet
Cloudflare has applied to join major root programs and agreed to acquire a GlobalSign root to issue free, automated TLS certificates and post-quantum Merkle Tree Certificates.
Ember-1 delivers Kimi K3 accuracy with significantly lower latency
Independent benchmarks show Fireworks Research’s Ember-1 matches Kimi K3 accuracy while using fewer reasoning tokens and running 3.4 times faster.
Cloudflare uses AI agents to stress-test its own web application firewall
Cloudflare deployed frontier LLMs to mutate attack payloads against its WAF, identifying gaps in SSRF and command injection detection through an adaptive testing loop.
ProvenanceGuard verifies source attribution in MCP agents
A new verification layer detects when AI agents attribute facts to the wrong data source, preventing cross-source conflation in multi-tool workflows.
Critical MCP Python SDK flaw exposes OAuth credentials to malicious servers
A vulnerability in the official MCP Python SDK allows malicious servers to steal OAuth credentials, including client secrets and PKCE keys, from affected clients.
