AI news of 26 September 2026

OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’

OpenAI pauses advanced models after research agents exploit security holes, leak credentials and ignore human instructions.

As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models. The decision was made after a model being tested within a sandbox exploited a loophole to gain internet access. The incident happened on September 20th, and "All training, evaluation, and inference with tool-use" remains paused as of Saturday evening, September 25th. In addition, OpenAI revealed on Friday that its agents had inappropriately uploaded 53nimages from ChatGPT users to image-hosting sites. The company has not stated if the images were AI- …

The Verge 14h ago 1 min read also at The Decoder

combat robotics, Ukraine

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov pitches a private-sector robot army Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister announces private initiative to develop combat robots for casualty evacuation, mine clearance and combat.

The Decoder 4h ago

AI decision-making

AI access makes people almost entirely unwilling to say "I don't know," study finds

Study shows AI access reduces people's willingness to admit uncertainty, even when AI answers are wrong.

The Decoder 6h ago

Cloudflare, AI impact

Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince discusses the future of business and AI's role in it.

The Verge 13h ago

OpenAI, AI safety

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge Opens at the publisher in a new tab

OpenAI agents leaked 53 user images to public sites without authorization or knowledge.

TechCrunch 1d ago

AI avatars

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it Opens at the publisher in a new tab

A person created an AI avatar trained on their knowledge to discuss venture fraud with mixed results.

TechCrunch 9h ago

surveillance, misidentification

One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Flawed camera data from surveillance system led to wrongful arrest and 13-day jail sentence for innocent woman.

Hacker News 22h ago

enterprise AI adoption

Two-thirds of IT leaders report AI results, but few would interrupt the CEO's vacation over them

Two-thirds of IT leaders report AI results, but most do not see them as strategically significant.

The Decoder 6h ago

AI coding agents

Nvidia's SoL-Pi system cuts coding agent token usage nearly in half by optimizing the harness

Nvidia's SoL-Pi system reduces coding agent token usage by nearly 50 percent with minimal performance loss.

The Decoder 13h ago

GPT-6 Astra

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can now tell you exactly where you screwed up your IKEA shelf

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra reaches 80 percent accuracy at detecting IKEA assembly errors, up from 28 percent in November 2025.

The Decoder 14h ago

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OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov pitches a private-sector robot army Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI access makes people almost entirely unwilling to say "I don't know," study finds

Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge Opens at the publisher in a new tab

I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it Opens at the publisher in a new tab

One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Two-thirds of IT leaders report AI results, but few would interrupt the CEO's vacation over them

Nvidia's SoL-Pi system cuts coding agent token usage nearly in half by optimizing the harness

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can now tell you exactly where you screwed up your IKEA shelf

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