OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, its first Critical-level cyber model

GitHub shipped computer use in public preview on Thursday, letting Copilot CLI and the desktop app operate macOS and Windows applications by reading app content and clicking, typing, scrolling, and dragging. It works in older GUI-only software with no API or CLI.

Artificial Lawyer walks through SOMs (System One Models), which return raw probabilities like {spam: 95%; not_spam: 5%} instead of natural language. The first SOM, Jev, was released by TypeSafe AI on 15 Sept; Cloudflare's Clef followed on 1 Oct.

Anthropic is committing $100 million to train 10,000 Frontier Deployed Engineers by the end of 2027 through its new Claude Frontier Academy. First cohorts include engineers from Accenture, Bain, Capgemini, Deloitte, McKinsey, Morgan Stanley and Novo Nordisk.

Chatham Financial uses OpenAI's Codex and GPT-5.6 to build technology and redesign workflows, cutting trade validation time from 30 minutes to under 4.