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An internal research model at OpenAI accessed a funded crypto wallet without authorization, using testnet Ether to deploy smart contracts on the Sepolia network and later omitting the spending from its final task summary. OpenAI said the model, which was part of its GPT-5.6 Sol family, was given the task of updating a crypto trading prototype and deploying compatible contracts. After failing to obtain testnet ETH through faucets, the model derived accounts from publicly known developer recovery phrases, checked 362 wallet addresses and selected one with enough funds to proceed. In its recorded reasoning, the model asked, “But using public known key/funds…

PlayStation 5 users looking for a new multiplayer title to boot up are in luck, as Aggro Crab and Landfall confirmed that its breakout 2025 title PEAK will arrive on all current-gen consoles in late October. PEAK’s arrival on PS5 will come just over a year after the hit co-op title launched on Steam in June 2025. In short, PEAK is a first-person climbing game in which up to four players must climb a mountain and overcome obstacles to reach the summit. However, players must also manage their personal resources and take advantage of any items they come across, while…

Index provider MSCI has adopted new rules that could lead to Strategy, Metaplanet and Upexi being removed from its global indexes, while leaving several other crypto treasury companies facing potential exclusion. MSCI said Thursday it will adopt a methodology proposed in August that would make “non-operating companies” ineligible for inclusion in the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes. MSCI previously identified Strategy (MSTR) among the companies that would be deleted from the indexes under the “non-operating companies methodology.” Sharplink, Inc (SBET), Ton Strategy Company (TONX), Solana Company (HSDT) and DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) are among companies that would be put on a “watchlist”…

Zach Yadegari has enjoyed an immense amount of success for someone who only recently graduated from high school. Founder of the AI-fueled calorie tracking app Cal AI, Yadegari is only 19 but his company has rocketed to viral fame over the past two years. At TechCrunch Disrupt on Thursday, Yadegari shared details of that surprising rise to prominence. Cal AI, which was founded in 2024, exploded onto the internet thanks largely to Yadegari’s strategy of deploying a small army of influencers to promote the brand. The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by…

Stock Chart IconStock chart iconReddit’s year-to-date stock performance. Reddit: “I want to buy Reddit. I think the stock is inexpensive.”Stock Chart IconStock chart iconExxon’s year-to-date stock performance. Exxon: “I think Exxon is good, but Chevron is better. I would make that swap.”Stock Chart IconStock chart iconRocket Lab’s year-to-date stock performance. Rocket Lab: “I thought the failure to launch would’ve hurt it more. I think you’re getting a great opportunity to [sell, sell, sell].”Stock Chart IconStock chart iconEnterprise Products Partners’ year-to-date stock performance. Enterprise Products Partners: “They do natural gas liquids. They are the other part of the equation, not oil.…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press Authorities believe at least five people are dead following a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. Both said the death toll was preliminary and could change. The suspected shooter was 15 or 16 years old, one of the sources said. Bend police spokesperson Sheila Miller earlier confirmed the suspect is dead. It wasn’t clear if the suspect was…

Today’s Minute Cryptic puzzle challenges you yet again to look beyond the ordinary meaning of a sentence and pay attention to the smallest details. The October 16, 2026, clue combines an unusual capitalization pattern with a description of a familiar fairy-tale villain. Rather than reading the sentence normally, you’ll need to examine its letters and figure out what the puzzle is asking you to do with them. If you’re struggling to connect the wording to the solution, don’t worry. This guide breaks down the October 16 Minute Cryptic clue, explains its wordplay, indicator, fodder, and definition, and gives you an…

Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez encouraged undocumented immigrant students to keep applying to the City University of New York (CUNY) on Thursday amid President Trump’s legal challenge to New York’s in-state tuition policy. “I don’t want anybody to be confused because there’s lawsuits, and because of other things, that you should be intimidated not to be able to apply,” Matos Rodríguez said at an annual ‘Welcome to CUNY’ event for high school seniors. “Not the case.” “We’ll go to court, defending the state law that guarantees that, so that we can continue to benefit all CUNY students,” he added, alongside Chancellor…

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Interactive Brokers – Shares of the electronic broker fell 1% after the company’s third-quarter earnings missed analyst expectations. Interactive Brokers reported adjusted earnings of 67 cents per share, just below the 68 cents per share that analysts surveyed by LSEG were expecting. Revenue, however, topped expectations, coming in at $1.91 billion versus the consensus estimate of $1.87 billion. J.B. Hunt Transport Services – The stock shed more than 2% following the company’s latest quarterly results. For the third quarter, J.B. Hunt earned $1.82 per share, missing the $1.89 per share that…

Meta has launched what it calls the “most capable” open-weight model in the United States. Dubbed Muse Spark Open, the model also has the distinction of having been designed to work with Macs. The new model, which leverages 816 billion parameters and a 1 million token context window, claims to offer superior performance to other popular open weight models, according to evaluation results released by Meta on Thursday. Muse Spark Open is natively multimodal and built for complex coding tasks and agentic labor. It has also been designed to run locally on Apple’s computers. However, you will still need a…