OpenAI's GPT-5.5 touted for self-improvement in AI development
The new model excels at research tasks including improving other AIs, positioning it as a key tool for accelerating AI progress.
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The new model excels at research tasks including improving other AIs, positioning it as a key tool for accelerating AI progress.
Healthcare payments firm Waystar launched new AI tools to automate billing and revenue processes, showcased at their Spring event.
US officials claim Chinese entities run coordinated campaigns to extract capabilities from leading American AI models like those from OpenAI and Anthropic, exploiting US innovation.
Startup Era secured $11M to develop an OS-like layer for AI hardware, supporting 130+ LLMs for voice, multimodal agents on wearables and smart devices.
Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute published new guidelines to help organizations build, acquire, and deploy reliable AI for critical missions.
Unauthorized users accessed Anthropic's high-risk Mythos model through a third-party vendor shortly after its controlled release, sparking cybersecurity alarms. The incident underscores challenges in securing frontier AI amid rapid advancement.
The new image generator in ChatGPT reduces artifacts such as webbed or extra fingers, with improved multilingual text rendering and enterprise reliability features.
A new San Francisco convenience store operates entirely via Anthropic-powered chatbot Luna, handling inventory, customer interactions, and operations autonomously.
Reflection AI CEO Misha Laskin states top open-weight models now originate from China, highlighting shifting AI race dynamics.
AI models like Morpheus are processing massive datasets from telescopes like James Webb, driving up GPU demand and straining academic resources amid NSF budget cuts.
Morgan Stanley predicts AI will cut game dev costs and lower entry barriers; names stocks poised to benefit from AI integration in gaming.
35K Samsung workers plan 18-day strike over bonuses amid AI-driven HBM demand surge, where data centers gobble 70% of high-end memory.
Tencent unveiled Hy3 Preview, a mixture-of-experts model with 295 billion parameters (21B active) supporting 256K context, emphasizing practical deployment over benchmarks. It's now powering the Yuanbao chatbot, marking a leadership shakeup to catch U.S. and domestic rivals.
Goldman Sachs highlights 'world models' as the next AI frontier, with recent releases from Nvidia, Alibaba, and Tencent signaling a shift beyond language.
Blackstone President Jon Gray highlights AI boom as key to Q1 results and private credit growth during CNBC interview.
Mill Industries joined Google's AI Futures Fund, gaining early access to Gemini models to advance food waste characterization tech. The partnership aims to improve sustainability through AI-powered waste sorting and analytics.
Meta now lets parents view topics their children discuss with Meta AI, enhancing child safety features amid growing AI use by minors.
Tesla revealed in its Q1 10-Q a deal to acquire an unnamed AI hardware firm for up to $2B in stock and equity, with most value tied to deployment milestones. Not mentioned in earnings call or letter.
Tesla reported $0.41 EPS on $22.4B revenue (beats), but shares dipped on $25B+ 2025-26 capex for AI chips, Optimus (production late 2026), and factories. Musk cites copycat risks delaying humanoid rollout.
Taiwan's finance sector is developing a localized large language model to reduce reliance on foreign AI and enhance data security.
A new AI startup in Nashville closed over $4M in seed funding to build undisclosed AI applications, marking growing AI hub status in the region.
A new Tibetan-language AI foundation model was launched in Beijing, advancing AI accessibility for Tibetan speakers with support for text, image, and voice interactions.
AI's compute demands strain the US grid; solutions like grid modernization, renewables, nuclear, and batteries exist but face permitting delays, tax credit cuts, supply shortages, and tech hurdles.
AI startup Omni secured $120 million in Series C funding led by Iconiq, reaching unicorn status, to develop a semantic layer translating raw data into governed metrics for AI agents. Customers include BambooHR and Mercury; ARR grew 4x last year. It competes with Snowflake and Databricks in enabling reliable enterprise AI.