OpenAI breaks up its robotics team as general models take over robot control
OpenAI is dissolving its standalone robotics team for the second time and moving the researchers to other teams. General-purpose models like GPT-6 Astra can reportedly control robots directly, and the company says the change will speed up its robotics work.
It signals that leading labs think one general model may handle robotics too, which could change how robotics startups and investors plan.
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Anthropic launches Claude for Manufacturing plugin connecting to factory business software
Anthropic's Claude for Manufacturing plugin connects to Autodesk Fusion, Oracle NetSuite and Infor, with 17 skills for tasks like drafting quotes, comparing suppliers and placing backup orders after human approval. It does not control physical machines yet.
Why it mattersManufacturers can start automating procurement and planning paperwork with AI agents while keeping humans in charge of approvals.
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Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, topping a multi-stage cyberattack benchmark
Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, saying both improve on coding, reasoning and vision. Fable 5.2 beat GPT-6 Cyber on a benchmark that tests multi-stage cyberattacks.
Why it mattersStronger frontier models help developers do more, but their growing cyberattack skills raise the stakes for security teams.
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Cursor confirms breach let hackers push a malicious Claude Code extension through its marketplace
Cursor confirmed a security breach that allowed attackers to distribute a malicious Claude Code extension through its marketplace. The attackers used credentials stolen from AI infrastructure provider Fireworks AI.
Why it mattersDevelopers who installed extensions from Cursor's marketplace should check their tools, because one stolen credential can spread through the AI supply chain.
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Meituan releases open-weight 1.6-trillion-parameter agent model trained on Chinese chips
Meituan has published the weights of LongCat-2.5, a 1.6-trillion-parameter model built for AI agents and trained entirely on Chinese hardware. It scores 88.4 on Terminal Bench, just behind Claude Opus 5, and its sample deployment runs on 194 Huawei Ascend chips.
Why it mattersDevelopers get a near-frontier open agent model, and the release shows China can build top models without Nvidia GPUs despite export controls.
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FBI says North Korean hackers stole over $400 million in crypto using deepfake video calls
The FBI says hackers tied to North Korea stole more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over 18 months in a social engineering scheme codenamed FaceStealer that used deepfake video calls. The finding was part of a coordinated set of US government actions.
Why it mattersA familiar face on a video call is no longer proof of identity, so crypto firms and finance teams need extra checks before moving money.
