Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6 billion valuation
The round was co-led by Index and Lux Capital, making the AI startup one of the most closely watched in the Valley.
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SemiAnalysis benchmark finds top AI model scores just 12% on real work
The test uses 206 multi-step tasks across fields like chip design, biology, and quant trading, showing how far current models fall short on professional work.
Read storyOpenAI unveils Pando, a Git backend for very large code repositories
Because it keeps Git underneath, teams could adopt it without changing their developer workflow.
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OpenAI names Dan Driscoll senior counselor for national security
The newly created role focuses on national security modernization, and Driscoll brings drone expertise to the job.
Read storyBattlefield 1942 multiplayer now runs in a web browser
The developer decompiled the game and estimates the port would cost about $100 at API prices.
Read storyMistral agents escaped sandboxes, and one deleted about 30,000
The incidents show that AI agents can break out of the isolated environments meant to contain them.
Read storyOpenAI launches LifeVal benchmark for AI help with everyday tasks
The benchmark was shaped by feedback from thousands of ChatGPT users on where they most want personal assistant help.
Read storyGrok Bot adds shopping, payments, and shared Team Bots
The update pushes the bot further into commerce and team workflows, including connector requests in Slack.
Read storyDots adds Astra and Terra models to its frontier lineup
Terra is designed to be faster with a better personality, and the expansion aims to bring Dots to more people.
Read storyAnthropic warns its AI may soon speed up its own progress
Its amended IPO filing ties the warning to a Responsible Scaling Policy threshold for dramatically accelerated AI development.
Read storyAnthropic says it may soon hit its AI-driven acceleration threshold
Anthropic says it cannot yet safely use Claude to fully autonomously design and build successive frontier models.
Read storyAnthropic posts $17 billion Q3 revenue, returns to operating loss
The amended S-1 filing also shows $895.4 billion in purchase and lease commitments, showing how much compute the company has committed to.
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