After the launch of Opus 4.1 last week, they have been working at a «fast clip,» to compete with Google and OpenAI, The Verge writes.
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OpenAI brings back more legacy models, ponders «personality» for GPT-5
The launch of GPT-5 has been a little bumpy, at best. The first reaction was from users missing GPT-4o, which was quickly returned — but what about the other «legacy models?»
Almost all models returned
They are all coming back, and as per now the model picker lists GPTs 4.1, o3 and o4-mini for paid users. The only one missing from before the GPT-5 launch is GPT-4.5, which Altman says «costs a lot of GPUs.»
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Elon Musk threatens lawsuit over Grok placement on App Store
He now threatens an antitrust lawsuit, claiming that ChatGPT is on «literally every list where you [they] have editorial control,» like their «Must-Have Apps» section.
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Sam Altman addresses ChatGPT psychosis, calls them «extreme cases»
In a lengthy x.com post, Altman considers the issues as «edge cases,» but welcomed both attachment and using ChatGPT as a kind of «life coach.»
Recently, OpenAI announced a wellness update to reduce sycophancy and push back against delusions, and the hope is that this can reduce some of the risks:
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Day after GPT-5 launch, OpenAI will bring back 4o due to popular demand
He also said on X.com that «We for sure underestimated how much some of the things that people like in GPT-4o matter to them, even if GPT-5 performs better in most ways.»
Reddit meltdown
Over on reddit, however, there were meltdowns on subs like r/ChatGPT and discussions were held on r/singularity and even r/OpenAI, not to mention on r/MyBoyFriendIsAI.
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Quick Friday news roundup: Opus 4.1, Grok undresses Taylor Swift, and more
In an incremental update that got lost in this week’s headlines, Opus has been «improved across most capabilities» relative to the 4.0 version. It now scores 74.5% on SWE-bench Verified, almost as good as GPT-5. Windsurf says the performance gains are similar to going from Sonnet 3.7 to 4. It’s available now and costs the same as Opus 4.0. Users are also noting a significant improvement.
Google says people are still clicking
After a Pew Research report said users are less likely to click on from AI Overviews in Google, the entire publisher scene erupted and saw doom and gloom on the horizon. They were already seeing fewer clicks from Google in their logs. Now, Google is trying to counter with a happy blog post claiming average click quality has actually increased, and that they are in fact sending more «quality clicks» to publishers than before. Not stats, studies or other underpinning for that, though.
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OpenAI launches GPT 5 — their most advanced model yet
—Our smartest, fastest, most useful model yet, with built-in thinking that puts expert-level intelligence in everyone’s hands, says OpenAI on their launch post.
All users, including the Free tiers should be getting new models directly after launch, while Enterprise and Edu users will have to wait a week.
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OpenAI announces ChatGPT 5 livestream
The rumors have hit a high pitch since Altman teased the model in a podcast two weeks ago, and various aliases for advanced models started showing up at some benchmarking sites.
It will also run longer than usual, as there is a lot to cover, says @sama:
OpenAI giveaway: All of government to get ChatGPT for a year for $1 per agency
Potentially all of government civilian employees are covered by the deal, reaching some 2—3 million in the current federal workforce. That would be a boon for OpenAI, but more in the sense of prestige than in usage, as ChatGPT currently has around 700 million weekly users.
The agreement could likely cement a full year of entrenched habits, history and preferred use if successful — basically locking in OpenAI as the preferred AI provider across federal agencies.
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Google DeepMind debuts realtime, photorealistic 3D world builder Genie 3
It builds upon its own previous version, which could only support video in 10-20 seconds at 360p, and on Veo 3 — which makes photorealistic non-interactive videos.
The result is a model that can make 720p video at a smooth 24 fps, understands physics, remembers about a minute back of previous renders for consistency, and creates a 3D world that you can move around in «for a few minutes.»
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Gpt-oss: OpenAI releases open weights model after extensive testing
Sam Altman says «We believe far more good than bad will come from it,» choosing to release the models after a series of delays and worry about the weights.
After «billions of dollars of research» and extensive red-team testing, they were found no more dangerous than the o3-model and won’t move the needle on chemistry or biology.
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OpenAI says 700 million users this week, announces wellness updates
That number spans all of ChatGPT’s accounts, ranging from free to Pro and everything in between, and is rapidly accelerating, writes CNBC.
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Reddit is betting on AI search to navigate vast trove of data
The company grew its revenue by 78% year-over-year this quarter, and now has a plan to drive even more traffic to its services; AI.
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Apple boss says AI is «as big or bigger» than internet, smartphones
— Apple must do this. Apple will do this. This is sort of ours to grab, the Apple chief said.
He also said during the Q2 earnings call on Thursday that Apple would «invest significantly» in AI projects next quarter.
— We’ve rarely been first, he added, telling employees that — There was a PC before the Mac, there was a smartphone before the iPhone, there were many tablets before the iPad, there was an MP3 player before iPod.
Together, these statements might signal a new era for Apple — attacking the AI market with some sense of renewed urgency, and investing aggressively in the process.
Go read the full scoop from Bloomberg.
Google launches Deep Think model with «parallel thinking,» for Ultra users
Gemini Pro 2.5 Deep Think features «parallel thinking,» letting it work through tens, if not hundreds, of different solutions to a problem simultainiously, test them, revise them or even combine them to return the best answer.
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