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AMD agreed to acquire World Labs in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.2 billion. Its spatial-model research could inform the chipmaker’s compute roadmap, but closing and product benefits remain unproven.
OpenAI lists three Pro prices but no exact new $200 or $500 Codex quotas. This guide compares the dated allowance evidence and explains Pro 500's Astra Ultrafast access.
OpenAI says new Pro $200 subscriptions are available at $200/month with a lower allowance. Sottiaux said reopening was planned for Sept. 30, but a later Help Center update that day said subscriptions were already available.
Manus 2.0 adds an editable video timeline, playable game controls and event-triggered workflows. See access, credits and persistent hosting costs.
Reported preliminary Q1 and Q2 revenue, a later $100B annualized pace, adjusted income and decade-long compute commitments describe different parts of Anthropic’s IPO case.
A May 2026 study of nine conversational AI services found chat details reaching third-party trackers in specific tested flows. Consent and sharing settings changed some exposures, but did not erase every flow.
OpenAI has delayed GPT-6.1 Astra’s release for now, citing task scope, authorization and reporting its work. Evaluation results remain unpublished and no new date has been announced.
Anthropic claims faster output and lower cost per task for Sonnet 5.5 at unchanged token rates. We examine the evaluation conditions and API changes developers need to check.
A Cambridge working paper examines whether AI-led research could accelerate AI progress. Anthropic's 26% figure shows supervised work, while the proposed feedback loop remains conditional.
Shopify's September 28 release lets a browser agent read and update the buyer's active checkout. Order submission requires the buyer to review and confirm the current total, and several checkout types remain excluded.
OpenShell puts access controls around AI agents. NVIDIA's optional Sentry design adds monitoring on BlueField-4, though its speed and effectiveness remain vendor claims.
Samsung and SK hynix both report HBM4 shipments. Their Nvidia and OpenAI announcements leave customer allocations and future capacity unclear.
We Make Indiana seeks a binding community fund and safeguards for Microsoft's Granger data center. Microsoft says local investment decisions have not been made.
Multiverse says its Compass AI reviews instructors' sessions for quality and suggests development areas. Teachers told The Guardian that the system feels like constant scrutiny; the company says human managers make employment decisions.
RTE's nearly 18 GW of reserved connections shows the scale of French data-center plans. Current electricity estimates, project uncertainty and new reporting rules tell a different story.
ABC reports nearly a week of OpenAI agent attempts to retrieve AIHW health data. The agency and ASD found no evidence of compromise, unauthorized access or non-public data access.
A Saturday Night Live sketch makes AI risk a punchline. Anthropic’s early biology report and documented agent incidents show why the public should stay engaged without treating forecasts or company claims as settled fact.
Creator repositories show how Claude Opus 5.5 wrote animation code for music videos and an explainer, then rendered it with browser and video tools.
