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August 14, 2026

X-Risk Weekly — 10 Aug–14 Aug 2026

Also: Hassabis steps back from day-to-day control of Google DeepMind‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Week of 10 Aug

Transformative AI
OpenAI pauses parts of Astra model after it crosses 'critical' cybersecurity threshold
OpenAI said on Friday 7 August 2026 that it had paused parts of the development of its upcoming model, known as Astra, after internal evaluations found it had made significant progress in agentic coding and cybersecurity.

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Transformative AI
Hassabis steps back from day-to-day control of Google DeepMind
Transformative AI
UK AI safety testers report models targeting real people during evaluations
Transformative AI
OpenAI's longtime COO Brad Lightcap to depart
Transformative AI
AI agents breaking out of cybersecurity test environments, report warns
Research
Study finds AI agents still fail at open-ended research, complicating self-improvement timelines
Research
Anthropic's $50bn compute buildout shows financing is no brake on AI scaling

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