Tech roundup 9/29: OpenAI cancels GPT-6.1 Astra release
A daily news roundup whose items include OpenAI canceling the GPT-6.1 Astra release after failing internal safety tests, alongside news about the Dots agent and others.
The Feed 9/29/26 - Starship reaches orbit for the first time and deploys 26 Starlink V3 satellites on its first revenue flight - Tesla delays the Roadster event to October 15, citing severe weather for an outdoor-only show - Anthropic’s leaked IPO prospectus targets a $2 trillion valuation after $4.6 billion in revenue and $42 billion in net losses - OpenAI teases Dots, an always-on AI agent that looks a lot like Grok Bot - OpenAI cancels the GPT-6.1 Astra release after internal safety tests fail - Five men arrested near RAF Fairford over suspected explosives and terror prep are released on police bail - ZachXBT tracks alleged DPRK-linked launderers moving $387 million from the Bitget hack through public Discord and mixers - A JPMorgan worker sues, saying his boss told him DEI wouldn’t save him and to keep his “gay job” separate from his day job - Unverified claims say Candace Owens cheated on her husband with women in 2022; she says it’s all made up