Friday, 4 September 2026
2 stories worth five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.
HIGHLIGHT
OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, built for computer use, coding and security work
A new generation, in OpenAI's words, aimed at agents that operate computers.
OPENAI
4 Sep
The VergeGPT-6 Astra launched with businesses first, and paying users locked out
4 Sep
PerplexityPerplexity opens up how it serves search embeddings at speed
That is fri 4 sep, all of it.
These are short summaries of other people's reporting, with our own commentary. Each story names its source and links to the original. How we source and credit
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Top 3 finds.
EVERY NEW AI TOOL WE PICKED
Tool of the dayGranola
An AI notepad for back-to-back meetings: notes, actions and memory, without a bot joining the call.
4 SEPT 2026
- solves
- Quote to invoice without retyping, with recurring bills and online payment links.
- for
- Trades and small services firms still invoicing from a spreadsheet.
- solves
- The two pages a new hire needs, in one place, instead of in someone's head.
- for
- Any team of five or more where the same question gets asked every week.
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