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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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AI startup Lindy ditched Claude entirely for Deepseek, saving millions as cost pressure mounts on Anthropic

Anthropic better get moving on its IPO. OpenAI apparently already missed its optimal window and postponed. Now even Anthropic's explosive growth could come under pressure as companies tighten AI ...
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Half of Claude users say AI can already handle half their work according to Anthropic survey

About half of Claude users say AI can already handle half or more of their work. That's according to a survey of roughly 9,700 Claude users (Chat, Cowork, Code) by Anthropic. About 33 percent see AI ...
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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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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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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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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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Anthropic's Mythos model is reportedly powering NSA offensive cyber ops against China and Iran

The US National Security Agency is using Anthropic's Mythos AI model for offensive cyber operations, the Financial Times reports. Anthropic has placed about half a dozen engineers directly at the NSA ...
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Google's NotebookLM now runs its own cloud computer with code execution and agent-based research

Google has overhauled NotebookLM. The AI research tool now runs on Gemini 3.5 Flash and Google's coding tool Antigravity. Each notebook gets its own cloud computer that can write and run code, with ...
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Open model Kimi K2.7 Code undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude by up to 12x on price per token

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-source model designed specifically for complex programming tasks and agent-based workflows. Although the model falls behind Western competitors like ...
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Anthropic says Claude now writes over 90% of its code and wants the world to have an AI pause button

Anthropic is sharing internal data for the first time that shows how much Claude is allegedly speeding up its own AI development. At the same time, the company is pushing for the option of a ...
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OpenAI kicks off the AI price wars with flexible rate-limit resets for its Codex coding agent

OpenAI is rolling out a new feature for its AI coding agent Codex: users can now bank their rate-limit resets and use them whenever they want. Rate limits cap how often someone can use a service in a ...