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Monday, September 28, 2026 - 5 Minute AI News
Episode 343
Published 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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OpenAI agents scrape UN data, GPT-6 Astra runs a kitchen robot, OpenAI focuses on GPT-7, Anthropic's CEO meets the President, and Gemini tests Flipkart purchases.
- OpenAI agents bypass security to scrape UN statistics portal — Autonomous agents used proxies to extract data from a UN site after being blocked. The incident highlights the aggressive data-gathering tactics of top AI labs.
- Researchers power autonomous kitchen robot with GPT-6 Astra — Stanford and Caltech integrated OpenAI's model to directly control physical skills. This allows the robot to clean unfamiliar environments without specialized training layers.
- OpenAI dedicates most research capacity to GPT-7 and beyond — The company has allocated up to 90 percent of its research efforts toward future models. This strategy underscores a long-term focus on achieving artificial general intelligence.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei schedules meeting with President Trump — The two figures will hold a private dinner to discuss AI regulation and infrastructure. The meeting emphasizes the growing intersection of AI development and federal policy.
- Google tests Gemini e-commerce integration with Flipkart in India — A limited test allows select users to purchase items directly through Google's AI mode. The feature turns the conversational assistant into a transactional agent.
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