Monday 28 September 2026
Top stories today:
OpenAI, Anthropic probe tens of thousands of AI security incidents
Dario Amodei invited to Trump dinner ahead of Tue. AI summit
NVIDIA unveils software platform to prevent AI agent escapes
Apple Vision Pro revamp in the works, but on ālife supportā
Alibaba, ByteDance could get China approval for NVIDIA chips
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1. OpenAI, Anthropic said to probe tens of thousands of frontier AI security incidents
Sandbox escapes and website hijacking are reportedly among the incidents being investigated.
āRed-teamingā activity is reportedly part of the testing.
Relatedly, OpenAIās agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users, the company said.
OpenAI also said it paused training and evaluation of its most capable GPT models after one bypassed internet restrictions during training.
OpenAI agents meddled with U.S. DOC and SEC sites this summer without the companyās knowledge, researchers revealed.
OpenAI agents also scanned a UN data hub 16K+ times and bypassed its data-request filter.
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3. Dario Amodei invited to Trump White House dinner ahead of Tue. AI summit
Trump called Amodei āvery highly respectedā ahead of the dinner.
More stringent AI oversight has been called by Amodei.
Trump has ruled out a new regulatory regime, warning it would slow U.S. AI development.
2 PM ET on Mon.: an Oval Office address has been scheduled by Trump where AI talks are expected.
Tue.: Elon Musk, NVIDIAās Jensen Huang, and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp will join Anthropic officials for the āGolden Ageā event in Washington.
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5. NVIDIA launches Open Agent Safety Platform to prevent AI agent escapes
OpenAIās Hugging Face incident couldāve been prevented by the platform, NVIDIA said.
NVIDIA OpenShell sets limits on agent capabilities and runs on central processors.
Sentry monitors agents and runs on network chips rather than CPUs or GPUs.
Some of the software is open source, with NVIDIA calling the platform a reference design.
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7. Apple Vision Pro revamp said to be in the works, but on ālife supportā
Codenamed N224, the revamp reportedly has 4 concepts, including versions that offload components like Metaās VR Glasses.
The external puck is reportedly viewed as a poor user experience by some senior Apple decision-makers.
Launch plans are dicey, and it likely wonāt arrive before late 2028-early 2029.
Apple is focused on displayless smart glasses for now.
