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How Anthropic aligns its models: OpenAI improves realtime audio capabilities

Hermes, aka the new OpenClaw. DCI, aka the new RAG. NLAs, or how to peek inside Claude. TokenSpeed, aka the new TensorRT.

Diverse group of workers casting votes in a ballot box, protesting AI use in military tech partnerships.

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US government to vet new models: ChatGPT gets a model refresh

Anthropic’s latest products for banking and finance. Drug manufacturers get AI gains they didn’t expect. US military augments Anthropic with new partners. Google DeepMind’s UK unionization vote.

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China shuts down Manus acquisition: All the details from Microsoft’s new deal with OpenAI

Nvidia’s laptop-sized omnimodal model. Grok cuts prices, boosts context. OpenAI’s AGI principles. IBM’s latest suite of open Granite models.

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OpenAI and Microsoft sever their exclusive relationship: DeepSeek V4 makes a smaller splash

Google’s and Amazon’s huge bets on Anthropic. Google employees’ resistance to secret government use of AI. The U.S. threat to punish Chinese companies that distill U.S. AI models. An agentic system that autonomously designed a working CPU.

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Insurance companies carve out exceptions for AI risks: U.S. military re-engages with Anthropic

A San Francisco retail store run by an AI agent. OpenAI’s specialized life-sciences model. Anthropic’s designs on the market for graphic design. Wall Street’s AI-driven workforce adjustments.

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Hackers break into Claude Mythos: OpenAI launches a security-specialized competitor to Mythos

Maine votes to pause construction of data centers. Journalists at major U.S. newspapers push back on publisher’s demand to use AI. AI-generated talking-head videos that support President Trump flood social media. Humanoid robots outrun human world record in a half-marathon race.

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Anthropic’s claims for Claude Mythos raise questions: 40 percent of U.S. data-center projects may be delayed

OpenAI’s big bet on an alternative to Nvidia. Meta’s plan to build a virtual CEO. Financial risks of lending money to companies affected by AI. Luma’s AI-driven film production studio.

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Nvidia’s open AI models go quantum: Suspect arrested for attack on OpenAI HQ and CEO’s home

Muse Spark, Meta’s model for AI glasses, social media, and more. Rubber Duck, Copilot’s tool to make GPT-5.4 check Claude’s work. Claude Managed Agents, a built-in harness for enterprise tools. GPT-5.4-Cyber, OpenAI’s new not-for-public cybersecurity model.

Woman using AI software on dual monitors, generating voice and landscape imagery in tech-filled home office.

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China’s showdown with NeurIPS conference: Claude’s emotion vectors aren’t feelings, but affect behavior

Google’s updates to its open model family. Cursor 3, a brand-new interface built for agents. Microsoft AI’s latest speech and image models. Anthropic’s clampdown on OpenClaw.

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Sora no more; OpenAI shuts down video maker: Tencent introduces ClawBot, an OpenClaw wrapper for WeChat

Anthropic’s multi-agent harness design. A new voice agent benchmark. Arm’s chip design for data center CPU. U.S. White House’s AI proposal to Congress.

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MiniMax’s M2.7 model competes with Gemini and Opus: Cursor’s Composer 2 does the same, but for code

Microsoft’s latest image model. Google’s Stitch, a platform for designers. Claude Code Channels, another step towards OpenClaw parity. Anthropic’s denial of a back door into defense operations.

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Nvidia’s enterprise-focused NemoClaw gives OpenClaw a security boost: Claude Dispatch lets paid users authorize remote work

GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano, optimized for speed. Nvidia’s own tiny-sized open-weights model. Midjourney updates to v8 in Alpha. Mamba releases third version of its state space language model.