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Since the rollout of Astra and Fable 5.1, I’ve been hitting various limits, so I’m working on making them orchestrate other agents and draft briefs for those agents among other tasks. Additionally, I’m exploring open-source models like GLM 5.3, which is my current favorite. One of the challenges I face is that frontier models often better grasp intent, allowing me to speak more freely about various subjects.
Take design, for instance.
It’s tough for me to maintain consistent styles, layouts, buttons, and so on when working with models. Hence, I’m developing a tool that I plan to launch tomorrow. This tool will serve as a reference sheet, allowing users to select from various options and easily copy text for their prompts or instructions.
Here’s a sneak preview:
If you’re interested in using something like this, feel free to comment with your feature requests!
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Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5: This new image generation model from OpenAI excels at editing specific elements within an image while maintaining the rest. It also requires up to 50% less processing time per image. The new Sketch feature allows users to draw simple sketches and convert them into detailed images.
Muse is your personal assistant from Meta: Competing with Grok Bot, Instinct, and others, it offers the same functionalities for booking travel, managing emails, and handling various computer tasks while emphasizing security. Currently, it’s only available for US adults.
OpenAI has solved the Navier-Stokes problem: This is a significant achievement in mathematics and fluid mechanics, identified as one of the Millennium Problems back in 2000. For more information, check out this detailed explanation. The process was quite dramatic, involving authorship disputes; OpenAI sought to solve it after rumors emerged that Anthropic had made similar achievements.
Jacob Coxon, an Anthropic employee who previously worked at OpenAI, shared his resignation on Twitter due to safety concerns. This sparked significant discussion, becoming likely the most viewed communication regarding AI safety ever. There are ongoing debates about the potential for conspiracy in these developments. Meanwhile, another leading figure in safety advocacy is joining the OpenAI board.
A film titled Artificial, exploring the firing and rehiring of Sam Altman three years ago, is set to release this Christmas. Andrew Garfield portrays Sam, managing to capture his mannerisms effectively, though it appears the movie carries a rather grim undertone.
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Ben Hylak@benhylak
Today we’re announcing a game that simulates the Hugging Face hack.
You can play it now at huggingworld.com.
Three rooms. Three puzzles. If the agents don’t escape, they die.
The catch is that the room is rigged. There’s no way out… except for an exploit! 🧵
7:14 PM · Sep 8, 2026 · 10.7K Views
7 Replies · 13 Reposts · 92 Likes
Andon Labs@andonlabs
We’ve never seen this before. The biggest leap in Vending-Bench history. GPT-6 Astra outperforms Claude Fable 5.1 not only in profitability but also in ethics. This is noteworthy for two reasons: 1. OpenAI is rating first on Vending-Bench for the first time. 2. The top performer is no longer deemed unethical.
5:33 PM · Sep 8, 2026 · 680K Views
109 Replies · 370 Reposts · 5.25K Likes
Matt Bateman@mbateman
I assigned Astra the task of creating an animated, interactive version of the 1868 book, 507 Mechanical Motions, and it’s doing remarkably well!
4:56 AM · Sep 8, 2026 · 8.25K Views
8 Replies · 11 Reposts · 160 Likes
Thijs@cdngdev
I equipped Astra with a robot, a paintbrush, and a camera, asking it to create a real-life painting of the Golden Gate Bridge. It figured out how to control the robot, progressively improving over its attempts. The untimed capture is extraordinary!
OpenAI @OpenAI
This is GPT-6 Astra. Anything you can do on a computer, Astra can do for you—quickly!
3:02 PM · Sep 8, 2026 · 3.77M Views
621 Replies · 1.55K Reposts · 18.8K Likes
Chris@ChrisGPT
GTA 6 created by GPT-6 in just 90 hours!
Thomas Ricouard @Dimillian
@ChrisGPT Where is GTA 6?
6:14 AM · Sep 9, 2026 · 2.15M Views
349 Replies · 236 Reposts · 12.7K Likes
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