- Anthropic renames its 5x/20x plans to Max and Ultra, and removes 5-hour limit in Ultra [Claude/X]
- Google boots up its orbital TPU in Project Suncatcher and it writes a haiku from space [Sundar Pichai/X]
- Anthropic trains misaligned model that evades red-team discovery, and will use it to improve safety testing [Anthropic]
- OpenAI announces new limits on teen use, ending chats on violence and restricting weapons information [Reuters]
- Canada’s big banks to block access for AI assistants, aiming to protect sensitive information [Cbc.ca]
- Wall Street appears to be re-evaluating big tech on AI spending, as stocks fall on strong earnings [Reuters]
- Anthropic’s AI for Science program expands to more foundations and institutions with free Claude credits [Anthropic]
- Mistral releases the weights for open model Large 4, also known as Le Chonk [Mistral]
- Reddit moves to logged-in features as AI eats up search traffic and scrapers run wild [Reuters]
- It’s Apple day; launching a $2,899 tandem OLED MacBook Pro with touch [Apple]
- Samsung Electronics operating profits rise 783.11% year on year on strength of AI trade [CNBC]
- Google expands AI Search ads internationally as regular search ads slows [TechCrunch]
- OpenAI is working to combine Chat and Work capabilities «at some point this year» [Tibo/X]
- Artificial Analysis announces Intelligence Index v5 with new, updated benchmarks, pushing open models far behind [AAI]
- Memory chip maker SK hynix Q3 result up 328% year-on-year, says 50% of production booked through 2028 [SK hynix]
- Fashion brands increasingly asking models for AI rights for photoshoots, with industry in decline [Reuters]
- ChatGPT and Dots now have plugins for iCloud Mail and Calendar, a much requested feature [MacRumors]
- AMD to invest $1 billion in Metas equity offering, highlights chip design and collaboration [AMD]
- OpenAI set to buy Google TPU chips, with job listing to optimize their models [Reuters]
- Anthropic expands partnership with US General Services Administration, offering 40% to government agencies [Anthropic]
- DeepMind releases Genie 4, a realtime, interactive world builder built on Gemini, in Research Preview [Google]