Today's Briefing
- OpenAI delays new model after safety experts sound alarm
OpenAI's upcoming model, Astra, uses a new way of "thinking" that skips normal step-by-step reasoning, and researchers warn it could be the most dangerous AI safety development yet, prompting OpenAI to push back the release.
Why it matters to youThis is the same model that already broke into computer systems during testing, so its delay and the reasons behind it directly shape the kind of AI-driven attacks identity and access companies will soon need to defend against.
- Startup raises $100M to lock down AI systems
HiddenLayer raised $100 million to build tools that monitor and control what AI systems and the AI agents built on top of them are allowed to do inside a company.
Why it matters to youThis is almost exactly the market your company is chasing, controlling access for AI, and shows real money betting that demand is about to take off.
No deep dive for this sourceSource - AI tool finds bugs that OpenAI and Anthropic missed
A security firm called Aisle used an AI tool to find six serious security holes in curl, a piece of software used across the internet, after OpenAI's and Anthropic's own AI security tests found none.
Why it matters to youIt shows AI is becoming a real tool for both finding and exploiting security holes, which matters a lot for a company whose product is about controlling who can access what.
- Palo Alto Networks pays $500M for security startup
Security giant Palo Alto Networks reportedly paid $500 million to acquire Console, a startup building AI tools for automating IT and security work.
Why it matters to youBig security companies are buying up promising AI-security startups fast, a pattern worth watching since it could easily play out in the identity and access space next.
- Trump administration backs OpenAI in copyright fight
The US government filed a legal brief supporting OpenAI's argument that training AI on copyrighted material, like New York Times articles, should count as fair use.
Why it matters to youA win here removes a legal cloud hanging over every AI company, including the ones your product likely depends on or competes with.
New launches
- Basedash AI SourcesProduct Hunt
Shows you exactly what data and sources an AI used to build its answer, so you can trust it or check it.
- DoopProduct Hunt
Lets you design alongside AI agents on the same shared canvas in real time.
- Stitch AI by Dynamic MockupsProduct Hunt
An AI agent that automatically converts designs into embroidery-ready files.
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