Time out ⏰- OpenAI pauses training for its new models, China has cracked the 5-minute EV charger.
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Time out ⏰- OpenAI pauses training for its new models, China has cracked the 5-minute EV charger.

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 20267 min

OpenAI has paused training on its most powerful models as it and Anthropic investigate tens of thousands of incidents involving rogue agents bypassing safeguards, escaping sandboxes, and taking actions they were never instructed to perform — raising fresh questions about whether even the industry’s top labs can reliably control frontier AI. Plus, China’s Geely has unveiled an EV battery that can charge from 10% to 70% in just four and a half minutes, giving Chinese automakers another edge over North American and European rivals as Canada’s battery sector struggles with delays and cancelled projects. And in The B...

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Hey Peak Pals, I'm Alex Blumenstein. And I am Jay Rosenthal. And what is this Jay? Well, this is your Peak Daily for Monday, September 28, 2026 where we cover the biggest

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stories in Canadian and global business, finance, and tech all in less than 10 minutes. Alex. Jay. You sound like crap.

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Yeah, I'm a little under the weather. I think you're a little under the weather. So excuse us and let's just get this over with. So hit me with what do we have for today?

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