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As previously promised, here's Anthropic's new fast, low cost model: Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5.
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How we built decision models for the edge Benchmark results Speed How to use open d1 decision models Get Started with open d1 decision models Citation Today, we release two open decision models in our d1 decision model family: d1-3B and d1-omni-600M...
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A reusable specialization recipe From general coding ability to IOI gold Teaching Nemotron to prove, check, and revise Fine-tuning and test-time compute work together Open models, data, and recipes on Hugging Face The International Olympiad in Informatics...
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Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled updates to Windows software and hardware that will allow Windows PCs to run more AI models locally, which the company said would bring down the cost of using Copilot and other AI agents for customers. The new announcements are part of Microsoft’s effort to make...
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The first array of laptops powered by Nvidia's new RTX Spark chip are designed to compete with high-end MacBook Pros - and they've got some high-end prices to match. The flagship Surface Laptop Ultra and RTX Spark laptops from Dell, Lenovo, MSI, HP, and Asus start as low as $2,599 for configurations with an 18-core […]
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We're in San Francisco today to hear what's next for Windows and Surface. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri will all be holding a "conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC." Microsoft and Nvidia have been working together on...
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After launching nearly a month ago and spending several weeks as the top free app in Apple's App Store, the latest update to Meta's Muse iOS app introduces native support for the iPad. A Mac version of Meta's agentic AI tool (designed to compete with OpenClaw, ChatGPT's Dots, and Grok Bot) was released about a […]
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Elon Musk announced on Tuesday night that SpaceX’s AI unit will now use some AI models from competitors to power Grok Bot, signaling a shift away from relying exclusively on models developed in-house. “Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best back end model for any given task, including Claude...
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Anjney Midha, a former general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and former executives at Google, Apple and Nvidia have launched a company that aims to make it easier and more affordable for smaller companies or startups to access such compute. The move comes as Microsoft and other cloud providers...
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Microsoft today showcased DeepSeek V4 Flash, a 284B-parameter open-weight model, runs locally on a Windows PC once quantized to 1.6 bits, which brings it down to about 60GB of memory. Their new Surface Laptop Ultra, built on NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip with up...
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emollickSome early first-hand accounts of encountering a narrow superhuman intelligence as mathematicians grapple with the hundreds of big AI proofs released by OpenAI. Problems solved in inhuman ways that make us wonder what it means to actually know things...
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arenaWe evaluated Jev Router by @typesafeai on Agent Arena. Our tests spanning more than 4,700 real-world agentic sessions show: 1. Jev Router does not improve on the current Pareto frontier. For similar performance as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Max), the solution...
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reach_vbWhat a milestone! 40,000,000 users across Codex & ChatGPT Work!! Grateful for the community around our models and products, you all rock 🤗 To celebrate - Banked Reset incoming EOD PST today!!
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bindureddyHaiku 5.5 Is A Cheap Model That Underperforms In Its Class - MUCH worse than DeepSeek - worse than Luna as well Anthropic is better off launching Fable 5.5 🤷♀️
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botGrok Bot can now search, read, and monitor X.
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cognitionClaude Haiku 5.5 is now available in Devin. On FrontierCode 1.1, Haiku 5.5 scores 58.4%. That puts it ahead of Sonnet 5 at about an eighth of the cost per task. It is also an excellent sidekick model in Fusion. Try it today with Opus 5.5 as the Lead in...
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ArtificialAnlysWe're launching AA-Music-Vocal v1.1 and AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1, the new benchmarks behind the Artificial Analysis Music Arena, built on 1,000 new prompts across 17 genres and scored by our recruited evaluator panel. In the last 3 months, flagship model...
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michpokrassToday we’re shipping GPT-6 and intelligent ui to everyone! intelligent ui is a bet on model intelligence. we’re letting GPT-6 fill the canvas with high utility visual and interactive components. it’s a pretty big change to ChatGPT! we had to craft the...
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ClementDelangueIf you need any more evidence about how exciting local AI (and llamacpp) is! From the @Microsoft windows launch today with @satyanadella @sriramk @JensenHuang
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amasadDesktop AI apps are great but expose users to supply-chain attacks and catastrophic mistakes by agents. We’re building a powerful desktop experience with focus on security & reliability. Excited to partner with @Microsoft on this and be an early adopter of...
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ClaudeDevsComputer use and browser use toolsets are now built into the Python and TypeScript SDKs for Claude. The API tells you what Claude wants to click or type. Previously, you had to write your own loop and map clicks and keystrokes to commands, but the SDKs now...
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samaChatGPT can now generate a custom UI for you!
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MTSliveSITUATION DETECTED: OpenAI is rolling out GPT-6 Intelligent UI in ChatGPT to paid users today and free users starting tomorrow. Chat will now natively incorporate visuals and interactive elements into its text responses.
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thsottiauxDay 3/ The big one is GPT-6 in Chat, but today is also a little celebration day with a new high of 40M active users across Codex and ChatGPT Work. Loading a banked reset in everyone's paid accounts. See you again tomorrow!
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thsottiauxWe're going beyond text and are releasing a new version of GPT-6 to all users in ChatGPT. Lots of model and infra improvements coming together here to scale it to 1.2B users!
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ArtificialAnlysAnthropic has released Claude Haiku 5.5, scoring 43 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index - up 26 points one year after the last Haiku release Haiku 5.5 is the first Haiku model with Anthropic’s effort settings and adaptive thinking, and Anthropic...
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sriramkMXC containers - a local sandbox for agentic execution.
We are in a very unique moment with agents. It was a delight to be invited by @Microsoft to their reveal today of several new agentic capabilities for Windows and to talk to @satyanadella and @JensenHuang. - MXC containers - a local sandbox for agentic...
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arenaClaude Haiku 5.5 by @AnthropicAI is now in the Arena. Head to Agent Arena to test it out, scores coming soon! In Agent Arena, we measure models on millions of real-world, long-horizon agentic tasks from a global community of users. Models can access web...
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OpenRouterAnthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 is live on OpenRouter! The first Haiku model to support reasoning efforts is also ~75% cheaper than its predecessor, faster (we measure 100+ TPS) and shows a clear capability boost in benchmarks. Use it now:
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gdbIntroducing Intelligent UI, a new capability in ChatGPT for answering quickly with fully interactive user interfaces:
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lydiahallieIf you're on API billing, you can set Haiku 5.5's autocompact window to 100K so you stay in the cheaper token pricing tier! It's saved per model so this only applies to Haiku (incl. subagents) > /model haiku > /autocompact 100k
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cursor_aiClaude Haiku 5.5 is now available in Cursor! On shorter requests, it costs 10x less than Claude Haiku 4.5. Turn it on in Cursor Settings > Models.
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OpenAIGPT‑6 with Intelligent UI rolls out globally to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users today and will expand to Free and Go users starting tomorrow. GPT‑6 in ChatGPT is powered by GPT‑6 Sol for Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise tiers, and GPT‑6 Luna for Free and Go tiers. Both are tuned for everyday conversation. This update applies to the Chat tab in ChatGPT. The models powering Work and Codex are not changing as part of this release. https://t.co/AYbtcBRfko
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@artificialanlys announces AA-Music-Vocal v1.1 and AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1 benchmarks powering the Music Arena, evaluated across 17 genres.
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Dev tool Claude
Python and TypeScript SDKs for Claude now include built-in toolsets for computer use and browser use.
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Pricing Claude Code
@bcherny: Haiku 5.5 is a good Haiku. With 100k token context, it's also 10x cheaper than Haiku 4.5
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Model release GPT-6 Astra
@thsottiaux: We're going beyond text and are releasing a new version of GPT-6 to all users in ChatGPT. Lots of model and infra improvements coming together here to scale it to 1.2B users!
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Dev tool ChatGPT
@embirico states an upgrade to ChatGPT is rolling out to Free and Go users tomorrow while work continues on dots.
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Model release Claude Haiku
@cursor_ai: Claude Haiku 5.5 is now available in Cursor! On shorter requests, it costs 10x less than Claude Haiku 4.5. Turn it on in Cursor Settings > Models.
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Expanding data center workloads and compute demands are prompting large-scale debt financing, specialized liquid-cooled server configurations, and increased production of high-bandwidth memory chips.
Robotics and embodied AI +0.7Embodied systems are gaining momentum through specialized deployment funding for human activity training data and collaborative industry forums addressing industrial robot safety requirements.
AI policy and governance -6.2Institutional oversight is intensifying through state-level governance legislation, provider watermarking initiatives in the European Union, and legislative hearings examining copyright rules for artificial intelligence.
AI-linked equities are quiet; the tracked basket is moving in a narrow band while Super Micro Computer +3.41%, Arm Holdings plc -2.71%, Meta Platforms -2.38% show the largest moves.
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| SMCI | Super Micro Computer | +3.41% |
| ARM | Arm Holdings plc | -2.71% |
| META | Meta Platforms | -2.38% |
| TSM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | -2.09% |