OpenAI has released Astra (opens in a new tab), the first model to meet a critical cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework, alongside stronger safeguards. The company also highlighted how AI-native firms like Basis, Clay and Exa Labs use AI agents (opens in a new tab) to improve workflows, and it now lets healthcare organisations connect EHR data to ChatGPT (opens in a new tab).

Elsewhere, Google announced its August AI updates (opens in a new tab) and launched Google Pics (opens in a new tab) for image creation in Workspace. WooCommerce’s 11.1 release has been delayed (opens in a new tab) but will include additional variation images (opens in a new tab).