OpenAI says its new GPT 5.6 models are becoming more cost-efficient

2026-07-31T19:23:20Z971d4ffbb22244ada2d5665ba02aee68f4bfd3083320bd78fce794fc7e4beae2
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What happened

A BleepingComputer security feed covering active and emerging threats, including attacks on exposed water-sector PLCs, autonomous AI-assisted exploitation, critical VMware and JetBrains vulnerabilities, software supply-chain compromises, ransomware delivery through Microsoft Teams vishing, major data breaches, and exploitation of an Exchange OWA zero-day by Russian-linked actors.

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2026-07-31T19:23:20Z
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