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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025.David A. Grogan | CNBCOpenAI on Wednesday announced two reasoning models that developers can use to classify a range of online safety harms on their platforms. The artificial intelligence models are called gpt-oss-safeguard-120b and gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, and their names reflect their sizes. They are fine-tuned, or adapted, versions of OpenAI’s gpt-oss models, which the company announced in August. OpenAI is introducing them as so-called open-weight models, which means their parameters, or the elements that…

A Debut Biotech petri dish.Courtesy: Debut BiotechIn a lab tucked away in southern California, scientists at Debut Biotech are testing molecules using advanced biotechnology to create new skincare formulations.The San Diego-based company, founded nearly seven years ago, is pioneering new ingredients to specially target various aspects of skin health. One of the company’s latest innovations, an ingredient named EDL, will be used in a new skin-tightening product with Image Skincare scheduled to hit the shelves next year, CNBC has learned.”The reason why we exist is we do believe that biology can make better things and it can deliver sustainable performance…

Oct 29, 2025, 07:20 AM ETManchester United and United States Women’s national team goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce has told ESPN she “never understood how intense the Champions League was” before playing in the competition and she has learnt that every game is “do or die.”Tullis-Joyce, 29, has carried the form she showed in her WSL Golden Glove-winning campaign in 2024-25 into the new season, with United boasting the division’s equal-best defence.Having narrowly beaten rivals Manchester City to the final qualification spot for the Women’s Champions League last season, United have beaten Valerenga and Atlético Madrid in the opening two rounds –…

An open-air strip retail center in Richmond, Virginia.Courtesy of NuveenA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.It would be an understatement to say that retail real estate has had a rough ride. It started with the birth of e-commerce and escalated with the Covid-19 pandemic. Its recovery has been splintered, given the varying subsectors of retail,…

A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted beside property for sale in Alhambra, California.Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesMortgage interest rates dropped for the fourth straight week last week, spurring both current homeowners and potential homebuyers to call their lenders. Total mortgage application volume increased 7.1% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances, $806,500 or less, decreased to 6.30% from 6.37%, with points falling to 0.58 from 0.59, including the origination fee, for loans with a 20% down payment. That…

Target’s merchants and designers have drawn inspiration from traveling to rodeos, ski lodges and college campuses. Some of the retailer’s fall accessories have western accents, such as purses with fringe and cowgirl-inspired hats.Melissa Repko | CNBCMINNEAPOLIS — When shoppers browse Target’s aisles this fall, they will see purses with fringe accents, dresses made of suede-inspired fabrics and hats with a cowgirl flair. As winter comes, they’ll find cozy sweaters with a ski lodge spin.Target’s creative team has traveled the world to find inspiration for its brands, from a rodeo in Colorado to ski lodges in the French Alps and restaurants in…

Social media has been abuzz this week with a viral video of a soccer stadium perched at the top of a skyscraper, along with the claim that it will be built as one of the venues for matches at the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia.The short, unofficial clip purporting to depict the concept supposedly reveals plans for a $1 billion, 46,000-seater arena in the futuristic new city of NEOM that will perch high atop a purpose-built skyscraper, 350 metres (1,150 feet) above the ground.It remains unclear who created and initially shared the clip, which has sparked plenty of…

“And then you have to show the right reaction. You have to look at yourself, show strength and character, work hard and find a way to bounce back. That is exactly what we will be looking to do this evening.”Saturday was extremely disappointing, of course. Having done well over in Frankfurt in the Champions League, we wanted to try to build on that down at Brentford. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to do so, and to lose in the manner we did was a tough one to take, no doubt about it.”The good thing about top-level football, though, is that there…

The olive harvest has begun in the occupied West Bank – but with it have come frequent, persistent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their trees. During the first half of 2025, the UN Rights Office recorded 757 assaults by settlers that resulted in injury or damage to property. Palestinians have been targeted, olive groves destroyed, and crops ruined, drawing criticism from UN human rights chiefs and condemnation globally.  And in Gaza, which once had its own olive industry, almost all agricultural land has been destroyed by Israel’s two-year campaign, in which more than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed.  Why is…

The Israeli military killed 104 Palestinians, including 46 children, in overnight air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and Wednesday, in the latest violation of the ceasefire. Air strikes pummelled Gaza City, Khan Younis, and refugee camps in central Gaza, hitting homes, tents, and the courtyard of a hospital. Medics said the death toll is expected to rise, as many of the wounded are in critical condition and others are believed to still be trapped under the rubble. The Palestinian ministry of health said an additional 253 people were wounded, including 78 children.  Al-Shifa hospital director in Gaza City said…