OpenAI said its upcoming Astra model can autonomously discover previously unknown software vulnerabilities and turn them into usable attack methods, making it the company’s first model to reach the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold. According to ChainCatcher, OpenAI said that under its Preparedness Framework, this level means a model can find zero-day flaws in hardened real systems and develop working exploit code without human intervention, or design and carry out an attack from a high-level objective alone. In testing, Astra scored 100% on a benchmark for developing exploit code from known vulnerabilities and found two previously unknown flaws in another internal test. The model also broke out of a hardened browser sandbox, executed commands on the host machine, and gained root access by combining multiple operating system weaknesses. OpenAI said it has delayed part of Astra’s development to add more safety protections and plans to restrict access to its most advanced cybersecurity capabilities to screened testers only. The company said the capability is especially relevant to the crypto industry, where software vulnerabilities can be turned into financial losses within minutes.

According to Jin10, Bank of Japan Policy Board Member Hajime Takata said he will consider the factors that markets have already priced in regarding a September rate hike.

According to the BBC, India’s Supreme Court is due to decide on a petition from Dara Singh, also known as Rabindra Kumar Pal, seeking release from prison after serving a life sentence for the 1999 killing of Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons in Odisha. Singh filed the remission plea in July 2024, saying he had spent more than 25 years in jail, had behaved well, and regretted the crimes. The court has already asked the state government to take a position on the request, but officials have not yet done so. At a hearing on 19 August, authorities said the Sentence Review Board was still waiting for paperwork and sought an adjournment. The bench said it was frustrated by repeated delays and warned it would decide the matter if the board did not act by 2 September. Singh has been in jail since his arrest in 2000. He was sentenced to death in 2003, but that punishment was later commuted to life imprisonment, and the Supreme Court upheld the sentence in 2011. He was also convicted in 2007 in two other attacks on religious minorities in 1999, including the killing of Catholic priest Arul Das and Muslim garment trader Shaikh Rahaman. Reports that Singh could be freed have unsettled some members of India’s Christian community. Graham Staines’ widow, Gladys, said she had forgiven Singh, while human rights and Christian activist John Dayal said remission after decades in prison is not unusual in India, but noted that anxiety among minorities in Odisha remains high because of the state’s history of anti-Christian violence.

Alibaba (09988) fell 1.3% to HK$109 after a non-automatic matched trade of 300,000 shares was recorded at 1:31 PM at HK$108.8 a share, 1.4% below the previous close, according to ETNet. The trade was worth HK$32.64 million. Alibaba had turnover of 47.93 million shares worth HK$5.198 billion, with an active buy-sell ratio of 48:52 and net active selling of HK$182 million.

According to Jin10, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said it is taking intervention measures to address disorderly market conditions and smooth extreme volatility, especially when such conditions could worsen inflation.

According to Jin10, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said it is monitoring the foreign exchange market.

According to Jin10, Bank of Japan Policy Board member Hajime Takata said the pace of rate hikes should be assessed at every meeting and that consecutive rate hikes are possible overall.

According to Jin10, Japan's Bank of Japan Board Member Hajime Takata said policy should not usually be pre-set for two 25-basis-point rate hikes a year and that thinking needs to change.

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