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OpenAI quietly released its GPT five point six family of models this week, but access isn't open to everyone. The rollout is restricted for now due to arrangements with the Trump administration, raising fresh questions about how government relationships are beginning to shape who gets access to frontier AI and when.
On the security front, the Linux Foundation and a coalition of nineteen organizations — including major AI labs and several Wall Street banks — have launched a new initiative called Akrites. The project is designed to protect open-source software from AI-powered attacks, essentially building a dedicated security team for the maintainers who have historically had to manage these threats alone.
And in Washington, the financial guardrails around crypto are getting tested again. Representative Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is calling on the Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal that would allow cryptocurrency into four-oh-one k retirement plans. Waters argues the risk to ordinary workers is simply too high, and her voice carries weight as she positions herself for a potential committee leadership role.
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