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 AI · Updated · 4 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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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. |
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AI · Updated · 2 sources · 3 min
OpenAI has opened its Decisions API to all customers, entering a market for fast, cheap AI models that make split-second choices, a category largely created by rival startup TypeSafe and its Jev model. The move pits a repurposed version of OpenAI's ChatGPT Luna against a wave of newcomers, some of which already outrank it on public benchmarks. |
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Editor's picks Business · Editor selection Security · A supply chain attack on the popular AI gateway LiteLLM shows how quickly AI development tools can become vectors for malware. Science · Physicists have directly quantified the Kondo effect from first principles for the first time, solving a 90-year-old problem. AI · AI designed viruses have been given to a human patient for the first time, marking a milestone in AI driven biotech. |
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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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