AI and cloud briefing: GPT-6 Astra arrives, a critical VMware VM-escape bug, and a cheaper Gemini 3.8 Flash
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, its first model rated Critical for cybersecurity capability. Broadcom patched a critical VM-escape flaw in VMware Workstation and Fusion. And Google shipped Gemini 3.8 Flash with stronger coding and agentic performance at unchanged pricing.




