OpenAI debuts gpt-6.1 sol after scrapping gpt-6.1 astra
openai rolled out a string of new products at its developer conference, including dots, its new "always‑on" agents, and a new large language model, gpt‑6.1 sol. the company had previously scrapped plans to launch gpt‑6.1 astra because the model did not meet its safety standards.
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- openai launches gpt‑6.1 sol after scrapping gpt‑6.1 astra
- ken griffin donates $3 billion to carnegie mellon university
- john harold rogers arrested on suspicion of passing feds data to chinese spy
ken griffin, the ceo of citadel, announced a donation of $3 billion to carnegie mellon university, the largest individual gift in higher education history, according to the school. in other news, john harold rogers, a former senior feds official, was arrested in january 2025 on suspicion of passing information to a chinese government spy. the article also notes that president donald trump signed a "morally binding" ai agreement and announced an executive order renaming ai to "super intelligence."
the article reports that oura, a biometric ring maker, delayed its ipo, and that the treasury department will auto‑enroll millions of children in trump accounts, potentially adding more than 60 million new accounts this year.
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CNBC Technology · 30 September 2026
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