OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra Pulled + Nvidia AI Agent Safety

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 3 October 2026


OpenAI pulls GPT-6.1 Astra over safety fears as Nvidia rolls out an AI agent safety platform

ON Semiconductor buys Synaptics for five point seven billion dollars in a reshaped all-cash chip deal

Google launches a fridge-sized satellite to test whether AI data centres can live in orbit

Japan backs a quantum and AI project to design next-generation cancer immunotherapy

Notable is a free, open-source Markdown note-taking app that keeps every note as a plain file on your own computer

Berty is the free, open-source messenger that works without a phone number, an email address, or a central server to hold your contacts