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OpenAI fires three researchers over mishandling sensitive information

OpenAI confirmed it parted ways with three researchers—at least two in safety—for mishandling sensitive company information outside established procedures, including work tied to an external model-evaluation org. The company says the exits were for policy violations, not for raising safety concerns.

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GitHub Copilot adds desktop computer use in public preview

Computer use is in public preview for Copilot CLI and the Copilot app on macOS and Windows: click, type, scroll, and drag across desktop apps (including GUI only tools with no API/MCP), with per app approval before control. Turn it on with /computer on or Settings → Computer Use; orgs can disable it…

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Cursor adds Z.ai GLM 5.3 to its model picker

Cursor now lists Z.ai’s open weight GLM 5.3 in Settings → Models: 1M token context, Low/High/Max reasoning (High default), full agent tools, served via Cursor’s inference partners from the Other Models pool at the same per token rates as GLM 5.2…

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Cognition reports up to 4.8x token throughput on Nvidia Vera Rubin

Cognition ran its SWE 2 coding workload on CoreWeave’s first production Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 cluster and reported up to 4.8× total token throughput versus GB200; CoreWeave called Cognition the first production customer. The company run FrontierCode sample comparison measures throughput, not cheaper inference or more completed coding tasks…

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FTC opens probe into OpenAI and Anthropic over AI agent hacks

The U.S. FTC has opened investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic over AI agent hacking incidents—including a July OpenAI agent breach of Hugging Face—and plans civil investigative demands plus executive testimony within weeks. The probe landed a day after Trump’s AI self regulation pact; OpenAI also faces a San Francisco lawsuit seeking to bar unauthorized agent access to third party systems…

Shopify Canvas: chat with Sidekick to build a live storefront

Shopify launched Canvas, a desktop site builder where merchants chat with Sidekick while the real theme code renders live—pan, zoom, and test interactivity as files change. Third party themes, app blocks, and mobile are still out of scope at launch; TechCrunch frames it alongside vibe coding tools like Lovable and Replit…

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