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2026-09-25

Ringg’s AI agents resolve up to 65% of customer calls with OpenAI

Using GPT-5.6, Ringg powers multilingual agents across voice, chat, WhatsApp, and web for 90% less cost vs. GPT-4.1.

Source: OpenAI Blog

Top Stories

The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector

The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved form of lie detector, according to a Department of Defense budget request. The program, called “Polygraph+” or “Polygraph Next”, will focus on scoring algorithms that use artificial intelligence and machine learning and on a technique called “standoff sensing”, which…

Read more at MIT Tech Review

I built an Astro theme with a perfect 100/100 Lighthouse score and Enterprise SEO (Open Source)

When building a website for a B2B SaaS or a startup, everyone tells you that SEO and performance are crucial. Yet, when you look for a starter template, most of them look beautiful but fail miserably under the hood: no proper structured data, duplicate content issues, heavily bloated JavaScript, and terrible Lighthouse scores. I got tired of wrestling with Core Web Vitals and fixing missing hreflang tags on every new project. So, I decided to build the ultimate solution from scratch. Today, I’m open-sourcing Astro SEO Theme. It is a premium, 100% free, and open-source website template engineered specifically to dominate search engine rankings and generative AI engines (GEO). / astro-seo-theme Astro SEO Theme The ultimate open-source SEO theme for Astro, designed for B2B SaaS and Enterprise. View Demo · Report Bug · Request Feature Astro SEO Theme is an open-source website template built with Astro, Tailwind CSS v4, and...

Read more at Dev.to

Two years of OpenAI Academy

Marking two years of OpenAI Academy and bringing AI skills to even more communities.

Read more at OpenAI Blog

OpenAI extends cyber access to Ukraine for civilian defense

OpenAI is extending access to its Daybreak program to the Government of Ukraine to support the cyber defense of civilian infrastructure.

Read more at OpenAI Blog

Sam Altman’s remarks at the United Nations Security Council

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses AI safety, human control, and international cooperation in remarks to the United Nations Security Council.

Read more at OpenAI Blog

Quick Bytes

PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses — TechCrunch AI

Meet the next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — TechCrunch AI

OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach — Ars Technica

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