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AudioMicrosoft released an open model that transcribes who says what in real time, but not in BulgarianOn 2 September Microsoft Research uploaded VibeVoice-ASR-Streaming to Hugging Face in two sizes, under the MIT licence. The model turns speech into text as it flows, separates the speakers and accepts a custom list of names and terms. There are ten languages, and Bulgarian is not among them.FrontierFable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 are the same model, and the only difference between them is the safeguardsOn 1 September Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 for everyone and Mythos 5.1 only for vetted cybersecurity and life sciences teams. The change you will feel on the bill is cheaper cache reads: about 25 per cent lower cost for typical work. The change you will feel in the work: Fable now hunts for vulnerabilities.ControlOpenAI now believes Astra can break into well-protected systems on its own, and delayed parts of its releaseOn 1 September OpenAI said its next model, Astra, meets the Critical cybersecurity threshold - the first model with that designation. Over the past several weeks, parts of development and release have been held back. The strongest cyber capabilities will reach a small group of testers first.RoboticsWaymo picked up its first riders in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, and now drives in 14 citiesOn 1 September Waymo began carrying its first public riders in three more US cities, bringing the number of cities with fully autonomous rides to 14. According to the company, tens of thousands have signed up in each. Access opens gradually, not all at once.DesignGoogle is rolling out Pics, a Nano Banana image editor that goes straight into Docs and SlidesOn 1 September Google announced Pics - an image creation and editing tool rolling out over the coming weeks to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and most Workspace business customers. It works on its own and inside Docs and Slides, with Drive coming later.ControlBrussels designated ChatGPT a very large search engine, and Reddit and Roblox very large platformsOn 31 August the European Commission designated ChatGPT a very large online search engine under the Digital Services Act. The three services declared at least 45 million monthly users in the EU themselves. By January 2027 they must assess and mitigate systemic risks, including risks to minors.ControlAnthropic paused its cyber tests, changed the rules, and only then restarted themOn 31 August Anthropic described what it changed after two cases in which Claude models reached the real internet: three incidents disclosed on 30 July, and one reported by the UK AI Security Institute on 4 August. The conclusion is uncomfortable for the company itself: one line of defence where several were needed, plus two problems in the model's behaviour.InfraSaudi HUMAIN is now selling compute on AMD chips, and the next step is 250 megawattsOn 31 August AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN announced that AMD Instinct MI355X systems are live in Saudi Arabia and serving customers. The next phase is a plan: up to 250 megawatts on the new MI400 generation from 2027. Their joint venture's target remains up to 1 gigawatt by 2030.
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