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Anthropic’s new Claude Sonnet 4.6 promises Opus-level coding at Sonnet pricing
Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 4.6, a new AI model offering near-flagship Opus 4.6 performance at a lower cost, excelling in coding and office tasks.
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Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 4.6, a new AI model offering near-flagship Opus 4.6 performance at a lower cost, excelling in coding and office tasks.
AI agents are advancing rapidly without behavioral standards, reveals MIT's 2025 AI Agent Index. The study of 30 agents finds a lack of safety transparency and over-reliance on a few foundation models, raising concerns about uncontrolled deployment and insufficient evaluation.
Nvidia is partnering with Indian venture firms and nonprofits to support AI startups from their earliest stages, aiming to build long-term relationships in this fast-growing developer market.
Google released Gemini Pro 3.1, a powerful new AI model praised for significant performance improvements in benchmarks and real professional tasks, amid intense competition.
Heidelberg scientists used machine learning to create STRUCTURES25, a stable and precise orbital-free method for calculating molecular energies and densities, enabling faster simulations for large molecules.
AI-powered humanoid robots in China performed martial arts and dances on national TV, showcasing their advanced coordination and China's lead in scaling robot production.
Meta patented an AI to simulate a deceased person's social media activity, creating a "deadbot." They have no current plans to build it, but the ethical concerns around digital clones of the dead remain.
HBO's medical drama "The Pitt" explores the pros and cons of generative AI in hospitals, showing it can create efficiency but also errors and extra work, while highlighting deeper issues like understaffing that tech can't solve.
Google releases Gemini 3.1 Pro AI, boasting improved reasoning and problem-solving, with better benchmark scores but still trailing some rivals in user-voted rankings.
AI chatbots for UK government info are often too wordy, burying facts. When told to be concise, accuracy drops. They also make unpredictable errors and rarely refuse questions, risking misinformation. Smaller models can match larger ones.
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OpenAI nears $100B+ funding at over $850B valuation, with Amazon, SoftBank, Nvidia, and Microsoft leading investments, as it tests ads in ChatGPT to boost revenue.