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- LaunchMajorAnthropic warns of ‘catastrophic’ AI risks in its own IPO filing
As Anthropic gears up for its greatly anticipated public debut, a preview of the company's IPO filing reportedly details its mounting losses, leadership proposals to retain power, and how its AI development plans could "further increase the risk that our models cause harm." These
The VergeAnthropic - AnnouncementMaking AI an asset, not an expense
When customers talk about AI costs, the conversation usually starts with token prices and ends with access to the latest, most capable model in the cloud. Do they always need that level of capability? Not necessarily. But that is often where the conversation goes. As AI moves fro
MIT Technology Review - AnnouncementDevDay 2026 Recap
Explore more than 20 announcements from OpenAI DevDay 2026, including GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, security, and new tools for builders.
- Model launchMajorIntroducing GPT-6.1 Sol
Meet GPT-6.1 Sol: near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth of Astra’s standard API input and output token prices.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - Price rise+60%Hy3 API price raised
Input $0.0825→$0.132 · Output $0.33→$0.528 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+684%GLM 5.3 API price raised
Input $0.1785→$1.4 · Output $2.805→$4.4 per 1M tokens
- Price cut-15%GLM 5.2 API price cut
Input $0.6496→$0.55 · Output $2.0416→$4.4 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+45%GLM 5.1 API price raised
Input $0.9646→$1.4 · Output $3.0316→$4.4 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+25%Grok 4.7 API price raised
Input $1.6→$2 · Output $4.8→$6 per 1M tokens
- Price cut-85%Qwen3.8 27B API price cut
Input $0.42→$0.0626 · Output $3→$4.4 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+8%Qwen3 30B A3B API price raised
Input $0.12→$0.13 · Output $0.5→$0.52 per 1M tokens
- Price cut-75%gpt-oss-120b API price cut
Input $0.15→$0.037 · Output $0.6→$0.17 per 1M tokens
- Price cut-30%MiniMax M2.7 API price cut
Input $0.3→$0.21 · Output $1.2→$0.84 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+22%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 API price raised
Input $0.783→$0.9553 · Output $1.566→$1.9105 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+125%DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 API price raised
Input $0.0623→$0.14 · Output $0.1246→$0.28 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+101%DeepSeek V3.2 Exp API price raised
Input $0.1344→$0.27 · Output $0.2016→$0.41 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+20%DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 API price raised
Input $0.3995→$0.48 · Output $4.2→$4.2 per 1M tokens
- Price cut-25%Nemotron 3.5 Lightning API price cut
Input $0.08→$0.06 · Output $0.2→$0.16 per 1M tokens
- Price cut-14%DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 API price cut
Input $0.021→$0.018 · Output $0.32→$0.32 per 1M tokens
- Price rise+11%DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus API price raised
Input $0.27→$0.3 · Output $1→$1 per 1M tokens
- Price cut-52%Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 API price cut
Input $0.1→$0.0482 · Output $0.3→$0.1931 per 1M tokens
- Price cut-51%DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp API price cut
Input $0.44→$0.2156 · Output $1.32→$0.6468 per 1M tokens
- AnnouncementAnthropic's prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity
In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.
TechCrunchAnthropic - LaunchPeak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort
Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India.
TechCrunch - Model launchMajorOpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol is an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol from OpenAI, positioned below the flagship GPT-6 Astra in the GPT-6 series. It is suited for agentic coding, computer use, document-heavy professional...
- Model launchMajorOpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol Pro
GPT-6.1 Sol Pro is the same underlying model as [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6.1-sol), served with `reasoning.mode` set to `pro` for higher-quality responses on complex tasks. **Cost note:** pro mode sp
- Model launchMajorOpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol (batch)
GPT-6.1 Sol is an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol from OpenAI, positioned below the flagship GPT-6 Astra in the GPT-6 series. It is suited for agentic coding, computer use, document-heavy professional...
- Model launchMajorOpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol Pro (batch)
GPT-6.1 Sol Pro is the same underlying model as [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-6.1-sol), served with `reasoning.mode` set to `pro` for higher-quality responses on complex tasks. **Cost note:** pro mode sp
- BenchmarkEpoch AI evaluates Claude Sonnet 5.5
GPQA diamond 95.6% · FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private 88.8% · FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private 80.5% · OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 100.0%
- BenchmarkEpoch AI evaluates Claude Opus 5.5
Mystery Game Puzzles 71.0%
- Model launchMajorOpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol (unknown thinking)
- Model launchMajorOpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)
- BenchmarkEpoch AI evaluates GPT-6.1 Sol
EBR-bench 54.3%
- LaunchMajorIntroducing dots
Dots by OpenAI are proactive assistants that can keep working across complex projects and everyday tasks. Learn how dots help you stay in control while work moves forward.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementOpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns
A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for following orders.
TechCrunchOpenAI - AnnouncementRoundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreaking investigation by MI
MIT Technology Review - LaunchMajorGrok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock
xAI's Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock: a frontier model for coding, long-running agents, and knowledge work. It offers a 500K token context window and four configurable reasoning effort levels, reachable through the Responses, Chat Completions, and Converse APIs.
- FundingAMD is acquiring AI company World Labs in a deal worth more than $8 billion
AMD announced today that it's acquiring World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by the prominent researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs launched in 2024 and was valued at $1 billion in a matter of months. The startup launche
The VergeAMD - FundingSource: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation
The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup's valuation from just four months ago.
TechCrunch - AcquisitionAMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion
The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist.
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