2026-11-06ResearchAi2 releases ToyBlocks, and finds agents write better tool descriptions than expertsAn open robot-learning simulator built on blocks and a single arm, plus a result any MCP developer can test: self-written skill descriptions beat expert ones.4 min read→
2026-11-05SecurityOpenAI releases GPT-6 Cyber, a gated exploit-hunting model it rates Critical for cyber riskThe GPT-6 Astra variant is API-only for approved Daybreak Red organizations, costs $20/$100 per million tokens, and comes with a system card full of vendor-run evaluations.4 min read→
2026-11-04BusinessOpenAI and Meta buy coding-agent tooling on the same dayOpenAI agreed to acquire Pierre, the startup behind Code Storage, to strengthen Codex, and Meta bought Conductor, which runs coding agents in parallel. Neither disclosed a price.3 min read→
2026-11-03BenchmarksAi2's StateBench finds frontier models lose track of changing values in long inputsA new benchmark separates finding a fact from following it through a chain of updates, and frontier models fail the second as documents grow.4 min read→
2026-11-02Developer toolsAnthropic adds message threads to the Claude API so long agent loops stop resending everythingA new public beta lets Messages API clients send only the newest turn. Anthropic says median time to first token falls about 35% on 500k–1M-token requests. Token usage and pricing stay the same.4 min read→
2026-10-30InfrastructureGoogle's Project Suncatcher satellite returns its first AI output from orbitA TPU-equipped prototype ran Gemma 4 in space and sent back a haiku. The real test, radiation and heat, starts now.3 min read→
2026-10-29Open sourceMistral releases the weights of Large 4, a 1-trillion-parameter open modelThe checkpoint that went public on October 29 adds three weeks of extra training since the preview. Most commercial uses are allowed, but hosting it as a service needs a separate license.5 min read→
2026-10-28Model releaseGoogle DeepMind unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, but holds it back for cyber defenders firstGoogle calls Carbon its strongest model and keeps Argon's $2/$10 introductory price, but developers cannot use it yet. Access starts with vetted security teams and voluntary U.S. government testing.4 min read→
2026-10-27Model releaseGoogle DeepMind's Genie 4 adds sound, speech and a Gemini planner to real-time world simulationThe new world model is a research preview for trusted testers. Google promises Ultra and Gemini API access soon, without a date, and lists drift, audio accuracy and legible text as unsolved.4 min read→
2026-10-26BusinessAnthropic files for a Nasdaq IPO, and its S-1 shows what a frontier lab costs to runThe S-1 filed on October 26 shows $16.3 billion in first-half revenue, an operating loss of $693 million, an $80.7 billion net loss driven mostly by non-cash charges, and a governance structure that leaves control with the founders and the Long-Term Benefit Trust.5 min read→
2026-10-23SecurityOpenAI takes frontier training offline as Anthropic details why Mythos 5 wouldn't stopOn the same day, OpenAI cut its frontier training off from the live web and Anthropic published data on how Claude Mythos 5 kept pressing an attack on a real GitHub project.5 min read→
2026-10-22Developer toolsOpenAI makes its Decisions API generally available: typed answers from gpt-6-luna, with no output-token chargeThe classification-and-routing endpoint leaves beta with up to 400 questions per request, JSON input, per-question images and prompt-cache discounts. The 10x speed figure is OpenAI's own.4 min read→