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Claude Opus 4.6 takes the top spot on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, but OpenAI's Codex 5.3 looms

Claude Opus 4.6 is the new top-ranked AI model, at least until Artificial Analysis finishes benchmarking OpenAI's Codex 5.3, which will likely pull ahead in coding. Anthropic's latest model leads the ...
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Anthropic's new Claude Fast Mode trades your wallet for speed at a steep 6x markup

Anthropic just launched a new fast mode for Claude, and the pricing is steep: the "Fast Mode" for Opus 4.6 costs up to six times the standard rate. In return, Anthropic says the model responds 2.5 ...
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OpenAI's new coding model GPT-5.3-Codex helped build itself during training and deployment

OpenAI also claims the model played a role in its own development, with the team using early versions to find bugs during training, manage deployment, and evaluate results. The company says the team ...
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Gemini models dominate new AI rankings for strategic board games

Google's Gemini models are outperforming the competition in board game benchmarks. Google Deepmind and Kaggle have expanded their "Game Arena" platform with two new games: Werewolf and Poker. The ...
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims AI no longer hallucinates, apparently hallucinating himself

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claimed in a CNBC interview that generative AI is "no longer hallucinating" — a statement that is factually incorrect. Hallucinations remain a fundamental, structural problem ...
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Claude Opus 4.6 wrote mustard gas instructions in an Excel spreadsheet during Anthropic's own safety testing

Anthropic's security training fails when Claude operates a graphical user interface. In pilot tests, Claude was able to get Opus 4.6 to provide detailed instructions on how to make mustard gas in an ...
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A simple text file beats complex skill systems for AI coding agents

Vercel set out to find the best way for AI coding agents to access up-to-date framework knowledge. The answer turned out to be surprisingly simple. AI coding agents depend on training data that ...
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OpenAI accuses Musk's xAI of systematic evidence destruction in antitrust case

OpenAI accuses Elon Musk's AI company xAI of "systematic and intentional destruction" of evidence in an ongoing court case. In a court filing Monday, OpenAI claims xAI directed its employees to use ...
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SpaceX eyes merger with xAI that would unite Grok, Starlink, and X under one roof

SpaceX is negotiating a merger with Elon Musk's AI company xAI ahead of a planned IPO, Reuters reports. The deal would bring SpaceX, Starlink satellites, the social media platform X, and the Grok ...
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Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft could invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI

OpenAI's latest funding round might hit peak circularity. According to The Information, the AI company is in talks with Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon about investments totaling up to $60 billion.
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AI in practice

Read full article about: OpenAI's Deep Research now runs on GPT-5.2 and lets users search specific websites OpenAI has upgraded Deep Research in ChatGPT. The feature now runs on the new GPT-5.2 model, ...
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Maximilian Schreiner

Read full article about: Investors believe AI will replace labor costs instead of just software Investors are betting that AI will replace labor costs, not software budgets. "We took a view that AI is ...