Two men in their 20s were found within five hours thanks to an artificial intelligence-powered drone, which used thermal imaging to locate them. Two hikers veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park, New South Wales, on Tuesday, and were found about half a kilometre off the track. It was the first time the FRNSW drone's AI detection system had been used to rescue missing people

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Paul Meade will start OpenAI's hardware division, 'Bloomberg' says. Paul Meade, an Apple VP who heads the Vision Products Group, is reportedly leaving the company next week for OpenAI. According to Bloomberg, the top executive in charge of the Vision Pro headset and Apple's smart glasses projects will be starting up the AI company's hardware unit. OpenAI has been developing AI-powered devices with Jony Ive's startup since 2025. While Ive's io merged with OpenAI in a $6.5 billion deal, it remains independent.

OpenAI launches a limited preview of GPT-5.6 for a'small group of trusted partners' OpenAI launches a limited preview of GPT-5.6 for a'small group of trusted partners' The model's three variants will be available more broadly in the coming weeks. OpenAI has started previewing its GPT 5.6 series, which will be available in three versions, to a limited number of trusted partners. The company says the variant Sol is its strongest model yet, while Terra is for everyday use and has a similar performance to GPT 5.5 despite being twice as cheap. Luna, the last variant, is the company's lowest cost model. OpenAI plans to give them a broad release sometime in the coming weeks.

A screengrab from video of the drone and AI assisted search and rescue at Dead Horse Gap in Kosciuszko national park. A screengrab from video of the drone and AI assisted search and rescue at Dead Horse Gap in Kosciuszko national park. Two hikers who veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park have been found within five hours using a drone powered by artificial intelligence, a first-of-its-kind mission, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has said. The two men, aged in their 20s, were reported missing at 7pm on Tuesday evening after they failed to return to a rendezvous point on time. FRNSW's remote air piloted system was put into the air, and was able to use thermal imaging to find the hikers who had been walking the Dead Horse Gap track, about 35km south-west of Jindabyne.

Anthropic gets US government's permission to redeploy its Mythos cybersecurity AI model Anthropic gets US government's permission to redeploy its Mythos cybersecurity AI model It suspended all access to Mythos and Fable after an order from the US government. The US government has given Anthropic permission to redeploy Mythos 5 to a set of US organizations that operate and defend critical infrastructure, the company has announced on X. While Anthropic didn't say how many organizations will see their access restored, Semafor has reported that the company has gotten permission to redeploy its strongest cybersecurity model to more than 100 institutions in the US, including major corporations and government agencies. Anthropic said that it's redeploying Mythos 5 quickly and continuing to work with the government to expand access even further. It's also in talks with the government make Fable 5 available for use again, but it didn't give a timeline for it.

After weeks of negotiations, the White House permitted Anthropic to grant access to its most advanced AI model to a select group of US companies and government agencies. The US government has eased the restrictions it imposed on Anthropic's most advanced AI model, Claude Mythos 5, allowing the company to grant access to more than 100 US organizations, including large corporations and government agencies. In a letter sent to Anthropic's cofounder and chief compute officer Tom Brown obtained by WIRED, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told the AI lab it would permit certain trusted partners to access Mythos because he had "determined that appropriate safeguards are in place." Semafor first reported the existence of the letter. "Anthropic has worked with the U.S. government to address risks associated with the Covered Models. These efforts have yielded significant progress," Lutnick wrote.

Could Israel sabotage the deal? The United States has carried out strikes on Iran in what it says is a response to an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it targeted locations in the region where US forces are deployed in retaliation for the Trump administration's latest attack.

U.S. strikes Iran in response to attack on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump speaks during the Faith & Freedom Coalition event in Washington on Friday. Washington/Dubai - The U.S. military attacked Iran on Friday in response to an Iranian drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, further straining the fragile peace deal agreed last week between the two countries. U.S. Central Command said aircraft struck missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites. CNN, citing an unnamed U.S. official, reported the U.S. operation had concluded. Iranian media said a projectile struck the area around a pier in Sirik in southern Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps on Saturday said it targeted U.S. military positions in the region, in response to the U.S. strike.