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OpenAI launches Claude Mythos rival GPT-5.6 Sol under government access it calls unsustainable

OpenAI's new GPT-5.6 generation includes the flagship Sol and two cheaper tiers, Terra and Luna. Sol matches or beats Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 across benchmarks, with a clear lead in agentic coding ...
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OpenAI's GPT 5.6 rollout now requires US government approval on a "customer by customer basis"

OpenAI has to initially limit access to its latest AI model, GPT-5.6, to a small group of partners at the U.S. government's request. CEO Sam Altman announced this during an internal Q&A session on ...
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Altman won't go public for less than $1 trillion, so OpenAI's IPO may slip to 2027

OpenAI is reportedly pushing its IPO to 2027 because CEO Sam Altman insists on a $1 trillion valuation. Advisors are recommending the delay due to volatile tech markets and SpaceX's weak post-IPO ...
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Most major AI chatbots still lean left on political questions, even "anti-woke" models are no exception

A Washington Post investigation reveals that most major AI chatbots still lean left on political issues, even when they are explicitly marketed as conservative alternatives. OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and ...
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Amazon, Nvidia, and AMD bet $310 million on AI startup building 3D world models

Amazon, Nvidia's and AMD's venture arms are investing $310 million in AI startup Odyssey ML, which builds world models that simulate the physical world in 3D. The round values Odyssey at $1.45 billion ...
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DOJ invokes national security to defend xAI's unpermitted gas turbines in NAACP lawsuit

US Justice Department calls xAI's chatbot Grok essential to military operations, defending its controversial gas turbines.
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Adobe adds AI agents to Photoshop, Premiere, and more Creative Cloud apps

Adobe is rolling out its "creative agent" across Creative Cloud apps like Premiere and Photoshop, plus third-party AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude. Users describe what they want, and the software ...
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Google makes Interactions API the default interface for Gemini models and agents

Google Deepmind has released the Interactions API as the default interface for Gemini models and agents. The API, in beta since December 2025, is now generally available and replaces the old ...
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Anthropic and Micron want to co-design AI memory architecture

Micron and Anthropic have struck a deal on AI infrastructure. The agreement has four parts: building memory architectures for AI together, a multi-year supply contract for Micron's data center ...
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AI in practice

Read full article about: Claude Code runs a GitHub repo's hidden malware without verification, giving attackers full control Security researchers at 0DIN, Mozilla's GenAI bug bounty platform, found a ...
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AI and society

Read full article about: Anthropic doesn't need junior engineers anymore thanks to AI and warns of an economic shock when other industries follow "Returns on intuition": Why Anthropic no longer needs ...
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Matthias Bastian

Read full article about: Anthropic's Fable 5 could return within days as Trump administration prepares to lift restrictions Anthropic's latest AI model, Fable 5, could be available again within days, ...