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Microsoft has shattered its own record for monthly security patches, pushing out fixes for nine hundred seventy four vulnerabilities in a single Patch Tuesday — nearly double August's already alarming four hundred twenty one. Two of those bugs are already being actively exploited in the wild, which means the window for updating is not a suggestion.
Turning to artificial intelligence, OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra has topped a benchmark from Andon Labs measuring whether AI models can manage real retail operations without cutting corners. The model outperformed Anthropic's Fable five point one on both effectiveness and integrity metrics. It's a notable distinction — not just can it sell more, but can it do so honestly.
And in a quieter corner of the AI landscape, Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a database holding a petabyte of predictions covering the effects of nine billion genetic variants. While competitors trade headlines over model escapes and chatbot drama, DeepMind continues building tools that could meaningfully advance medicine and our understanding of human biology.
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