AI news
Policy
FTC opens probe into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI labs
Follow-up to this morning's voluntary White House self-policing accord. The FTC confirmed an industry-wide consumer-risk probe and plans formal information demands after rogue-agent incidents.
Agents
OpenAI launches dots always-on personal agents
Persistent agents with their own cloud computer roll out in ChatGPT for Pro, Business Premium and Enterprise, with Slack and Teams reach plus specialist enterprise pilots.
Models
OpenAI ships GPT-6.1 Sol near Astra at one-fifth cost
The DevDay upgrade nearly matches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding and computer use at about one-fifth Astra standard token prices, with cached input at $0.10 per million tokens.
Policy
Trump and AI labs sign voluntary self-policing accord
A White House meeting produced a morally binding deal for internal controls, independent external audits and board oversight from Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia and xAI.