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GPT-Live-1 Is in the API at $0.05 a Minute, but That Buys Only the Voice Layer
OpenAI made GPT-Live-1, its full-duplex voice model, generally available in the API on 10 September at $0.05 per minute for the voice session, with telephony support. The reasoning runs on a backend model you pick and pay for separately, and OpenAI publishes no all-in per-minute cost. GPT-Live-1 stays conditional: the no-API caveat is gone, and cost is the new one.
GitSpawn: A Received Repo's .git/config Runs Code Outside Coding Agents' Sandboxes
GitSpawn: Git settings in a received repo's .git/config make coding agents run attacker commands outside the sandbox, with no prompt. Codex, Cursor, goose and Claude Code's first path are fixed. Four paths were open at Manifold's 1 September retest, and newer releases since are unverified. Clone, do not open received copies.
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Nearly 1 in 10 Public LiteLLM Gateways Wiz Scanned Accepted the Docs' Example Master Key, sk-1234
Wiz found 3,074 internet-facing LiteLLM gateways; 294 accepted the example master key sk-1234, and 191 of those required no authentication at all. That key opens every provider API key stored on the gateway. Changing it needs no upgrade. Do it today, then move to LiteLLM 1.84.0 or later.
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OpenAI's Agents API Turns the Codex Harness Into a Managed Service, With No Platform Fee
OpenAI opened the Agents API in public beta on 10 September: the Codex harness as a managed service, with no fee beyond tokens and tools. No platform fee is not the same as cheap.
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What changed and how it changes our recommendations — including what we filtered out.
The Default Is the Hole: LiteLLM's Example Key, GitSpawn's Git Config and GPT-Live-1's Voice-Only $0.05
What you inherit by default was this week's risk: 294 of the 3,074 public LiteLLM gateways Wiz scanned still accepted the docs' example master key, and a received repo's own .git/config can make unpatched coding agents run attacker commands outside their sandbox. The prices had the same gap, because GPT-Live-1's $0.05 a minute covers only the voice session and the Agents API's missing platform fee still leaves you paying for every token and tool.
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Eight Typeform alternatives sorted by the reason you are leaving, not by vendor preference. Verified pricing, standing verdicts, and the response cap that sends most people looking.
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AI Intake Software Compared: What the Term Means and What to Buy
Search AI intake software and you get two unrelated markets in one result page. Here is the split, the four things AI can actually do to intake, and verified pricing on the tools that do it.
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Best Conversational Form Builders in 2026: 9 Tools With Verdicts
Nine conversational form builders, each carrying a standing verdict from our directory. Verified pricing, the three products hiding behind one label, and which one wins each job.
Sep 7, 2026
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