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AI Splits: Revolution for Coders, Smarter Search for Most
A growing "AI class divide" separates elite power users wielding agentic coding models like OpenAI's Sol and Anthropic's Fable from the average American who encounters AI as a smarter search bar, even
UN AI Summit in Geneva Forms 44-Member Commission
The UN's 10th AI for Good Summit in Geneva launched a 44-member commission co-chaired by Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, even as pro-Palestine activists stormed an Amazo
OpenAI AGI Chief Fidji Simo Steps Down, Cites Illness
Fidji Simo, OpenAI's head of AGI deployment and widely seen as the company's No. 2 executive, is stepping down from her full-time role to become a part-time adviser after a chronic-illness flare-up wo
OpenAI names GPT 5.6 preferred model for Microsoft 365 Copilot
OpenAI announced GPT 5.6 as the 'preferred model' powering Microsoft 365 Copilot during its Thursday launch, pushing back against Bloomberg's reporting that Microsoft was distancing itself by developi
OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Work Agent
OpenAI on Thursday launched ChatGPT Work, an agent inside its chatbot that executes tasks across different applications and files, in its latest bid to move into workplace automation.
OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 in three priced variants—Sol, Terra, and Luna—framing the family as its strongest cybersecurity model yet and explicitly benchmarking Sol above Anthropic's Fable 5 on coding ta
Lyzr's AI Agent Ran Its Own $100M Fundraise
Lyzr, a three-year-old enterprise AI agent startup, turned its own product on its own fundraise — letting its AI system field questions from 130-plus investors and close a $100M Series B without found
OpenAI Shutters Atlas Browser, Pushes Features Into Chrome
OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, the AI browser it launched in October, and redistributing its agentic features into a Chrome extension and the ChatGPT desktop app — betting an AI layer across existing
Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds
A team building a real-time AI tutor for kids ages 4-9 replaced the standard agent tool loop with a custom harness that streams actions while generating, splits work between a synchronous converser an
OpenAI Sunsets ChatGPT Atlas in Under a Year
OpenAI is shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its agentic browser launched in October, targeting August 9th for full deprecation as part of its shift toward the new ChatGPT Work desktop superapp.
Anthropic's J-lens reveals Claude's hidden decision space
Anthropic has developed a new tool called the Jacobian lens (J-lens) that reveals a hidden 'J-space' inside Claude Opus 4.6, exposing words related to the model's near-future output and offering an un
Google Adds AI Ad Labels to Search, Discover, YouTube
Google is adding AI-origin disclosures to ads across Search, Discover and YouTube, giving users a centralized way to inspect how ads were produced while leaving externally generated campaigns reliant
Meta Enters AI Coding Race With Muse Spark 1.1
Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI coding model priced to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic, marking the company's entry into the agentic coding market and prompting CEO Mark Zuckerberg to
Anthropic, set to add usage-based billing for Fable 5 on July 12, aims to return the model to Claude's subscription plans "when sufficient capacity allows" (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
Claude subscribers will pay usage-based fees to access Anthropic's top consumer AI model starting July 12, with the company saying it can only return the model to subscription plans once capacity allo
Mercor in Talks for $20B Valuation, Double Last Round
Mercor, the AI contractor marketplace that supplies specialized human-labeled data to train AI models, is in early talks for a new funding round that would roughly double its valuation to $20 billion.
NYT accuses OpenAI of hiding evidence in copyright lawsuit
The New York Times and The Daily News allege OpenAI concealed its ability to search training data and chat logs in their two-year copyright lawsuit, asking a court to sanction the company for allegedl
Google flags AI-made ads in My Ad Center
Google is rolling out consumer-facing AI disclosures for ads across Search, YouTube, and Discover, marking the first time synthetic or digitally altered content in non-political advertising will be fl
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia
Paris-based voice AI startup Gradium closed its seed round at $100M with Nvidia joining as a new investor, and will open a Bay Area office to recruit talent closer to major US AI labs.
Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5
Anthropic will charge usage-based fees for Claude Fable 5 starting July 12, making it what appears to be the first frontier AI lab to put a consumer AI model behind pay-per-token billing.
Anthropic's Claude Reflect Tracks Your AI Habits
Anthropic has launched Claude Reflect, a built-in dashboard that visualizes how users interact with AI — a feature that doubles as a subtle retention tool by making users confront their own dependence
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