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 AI · Updated · 3 sources · 2 min
Design platform Canva has released its first in-house image generation model, Canva Craft, developed by its research team to compete with offerings from Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, and Meta. The model is available to all users through the Dream Lab tab and will also be accessible via the Canva API. |
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World · 3 sources · 3 min
The 2026 El Nino, already one of the strongest on record, is causing widespread disasters across the globe, including unprecedented fires in Indonesia, the collapse of the Peruvian anchoveta fishery, drought affecting the Panama Canal, and threats to sugar and rice crops in India and Thailand. The global economic toll could reach nearly $US1 trillion in direct initial losses, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics, with the United Nations warning that more than 347 million children face extreme floods or droughts between October and December. | | | Security · 2 min
A critical security flaw in PHP, a programming language powering an estimated 70% of the web, was discovered this August by research teams employing AI models, including OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol. The flaw, dubbed "php2shell," was patched this week after a coordinated disclosure, but not before hackers launched millions of exploitation attempts beginning October 17, according to Amazon Web Services. |
| | Editor's picks Security · A compromised release pipeline in a popular AI gateway distributes malware, threatening developers relying on open-source tools. AI · Google makes its agent infrastructure available as a cloud service, lowering the barrier for building AI agents. Business · Tesla's robotaxi service expands beyond Austin, signaling the company's push to scale autonomous rides. Business · A $25 billion jury verdict against Meta underscores growing legal risks for tech giants over consumer protection. |
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OpenAI expands distribution through Google Cloud
OpenAI says it will bring its models and Codex agentic workflows to Google Cloud’s Model Garden so enterprises can use them where they already build. AI news curator Rohan Paul says the agreement puts OpenAI on all three major US clouds and lets customers count model purchases against existing Google Cloud spending commitments.
OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud.
Customers can buy the models through Google Cloud Marketplace and count the purchases against cloud spending they have already committed, which removes a separate procurement step.
Rohan Paul, AI news curator · On X
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