OpenAI Introduces GPT-6 Cyber, a Cybersecurity Model
OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Cyber for cybersecurity tasks. The company reports a 48.5% score on ExploitGym, surpassing GPT-5.6 Cyber’s 32.1%. For now, the model is available only to approved Daybreak Red customers through the API and Codex.
The model was built for vulnerability discovery and authorized security testing; initially, it is available only to approved Daybreak Red customers.
02MODELS
Google Launches Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
Google launched Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash for general use through the Gemini API and business users. It offers up to 15-second video generation, multi-turn editing, and better adherence to references. The company says 720p generation is 30% cheaper than the previous version, at $0.07 per second; improvements to fast sports action and complex physics remain underway.
Google launched Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash with video generation up to 15 seconds and in-conversation editing; 720p generation costs $0.07 per second.
03MODELS
Images 2.6 Speeds Up Image Generation and Creates GIFs
Images 2.6 is now available in ChatGPT and Codex, with Flare and Sunburst options also offered to developers through the API. According to the source, image generation is 50% faster than in the previous version. New tools include GIF creation, image marking in the API, and SVG export.
Images 2.6 generates images 50% faster than the previous version and lets users create GIFs.
04MODELS
NVIDIA Adds Four Open-Weight Models to Cosmos 3 Nano Family
NVIDIA added four open-weight models to the Cosmos 3 Nano family for interactive simulation. They generate driving scenes, synchronized camera-LiDAR data, and videos conditioned on robot actions; each has 16 billion trainable parameters. Use is subject to OpenMDW1.1 conditions.
The new models are designed for driving simulations and video generation conditioned on robot actions.
05INDUSTRY
Dropbox to Acquire Tigris Data for $350 Million to Build AI Infrastructure
Dropbox is acquiring cloud storage company Tigris Data for $350 million, with the deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. The company says the acquisition will strengthen its AI infrastructure and support DBX Agent Cloud for businesses and developers.
Dropbox is acquiring Tigris Data for $350 million to strengthen its AI infrastructure and support the DBX Agent Cloud platform.
06MODELS
Baidu Releases Weights for ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Base
The model is offered as a pretrained-only starting point for developers to use in domain adaptation, instruction fine-tuning, and research. Alongside Baidu’s claim of strong benchmark results, the text provides no numerical results table.
Baidu released the weights for ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Base, a model with 280 billion total parameters that activates 14 billion parameters per token and supports a 1-million-token context for fine-tuning and inference.
07PRODUCTS
Claude to Analyze Bank Accounts with Personal Finance Tool
Users can link bank and credit card accounts through Plaid and ask Claude to categorize spending and identify fees and recurring transactions. Anthropic says access is read-only, conversations are not used to train models, and the tool can access up to two years of transaction history.
Anthropic is beta-launching Personal Finance in the US for Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers, enabling Claude to analyze spending in linked bank and credit card accounts.
08SECURITY
GPT-6 Astra Performed Worse on Security Research Tasks
In researchers’ paired coding evaluation, Astra completed about 10% of items when tasks were framed as security research, versus 16% when framed as capability research. GPT-5.6 Sol showed no similar gap. The precise cause remains unknown, though the gap widened during reinforcement learning.
In OpenAI researchers’ paired coding test, Astra completed fewer evaluation items when tasks were framed as security research than when framed as capability research.
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