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Every move from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, Mistral, xAI, DeepSeek, Qwen, Moonshot and the global frontier labs: model launches, research drops, product news.

Every move from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, Mistral, xAI, DeepSeek, Qwen, Moonshot and the global frontier labs: model launches, research drops, product news.

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ChinAI #374: China’s first AI-generated longform TV series
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ChinAI #374: China’s first AI-generated longform TV series

Greetings from a world where……

How Fyxer built an AI executive assistant people trust
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How Fyxer built an AI executive assistant people trust

Fyxer uses OpenAI models, fine-tuning, memory, and real user feedback to organize inboxes and draft emails in each user’s voice.…

英国王立協会特集号に見る、世界モデルの最前線とAIの未来
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英国王立協会特集号に見る、世界モデルの最前線とAIの未来

Cognition helps Devin test its own work with GPT‑6 Astra
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Cognition helps Devin test its own work with GPT‑6 Astra

GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more.…

Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems
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Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems

Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models.…

Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users
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Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users

Learn how OpenAI evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform serving 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22M requests per second.…

Introducing Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2: Orchestrating the Pareto Frontier
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Introducing Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2: Orchestrating the Pareto Frontier

Introducing the Agents API
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Introducing the Agents API

Build and launch cloud agents with the Agents API, a managed service powered by the Codex harness for orchestration, long-running sessions, and tool use.…

Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services
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Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services

Introducing ChatGPT for Financial Services, combining built-in financial data and GPT-6 Astra for research, modeling, and client-ready materials.…

Build more natural voice experiences with GPT‑Live‑1 in the API
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Build more natural voice experiences with GPT‑Live‑1 in the API

GPT‑Live‑1 brings natural, full-duplex voice conversations to the API, with stronger instruction following, custom voices, and telephony support.…

Physical AI Takes the Wheel: How the World’s Robotaxi Leaders Are Building With NVIDIA Technologies
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Physical AI Takes the Wheel: How the World’s Robotaxi Leaders Are Building With NVIDIA Technologies

The global robotaxi market — physical AI’s first commercial breakthrough — is projected to reach $400 billion by 2035, with over 6 million commercial vehicles i…

Skild AI Taps NVIDIA Physical AI to Teach Robots New Tasks From a Single Video
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Skild AI Taps NVIDIA Physical AI to Teach Robots New Tasks From a Single Video

Manufacturing floors, warehouses and production lines rarely stay fixed — tasks change, layouts shift and new products arrive, and most robots can’t keep up wit…

Expanding AI access and cyber defense for federal, state, local, and tribal governments
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Expanding AI access and cyber defense for federal, state, local, and tribal governments

OpenAI and GSA will offer eligible federal, state, local, and tribal governments $0 license fees, 50% off usage, and expanded cyber defense support.…

Now everyone can put data to work
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Now everyone can put data to work

Meet the Data agent in ChatGPT Work. Connect company data, uncover insights, and build interactive dashboards with AI using natural language.…

How a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules
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How a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules

César de la Fuente’s lab uses Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates to fight drug-resistant infections.…

3 ways to prep for your next big race with Search
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3 ways to prep for your next big race with Search

Search can help runners get race-day ready with registration alerts, tailored training plans, and more.…

d-Matrix Adopts NVIDIA NVLink Fusion for Rack-Scale XPU Deployment
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d-Matrix Adopts NVIDIA NVLink Fusion for Rack-Scale XPU Deployment

AI inference chipmaker d-Matrix today announced it will use NVIDIA NVLink Fusion to connect its next-generation Raptor XPUs to NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure platfo…

Cloudera and Mistral Partner to Bring Specialized, Sovereign Intelligence to Enterprise Data
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Cloudera and Mistral Partner to Bring Specialized, Sovereign Intelligence to Enterprise Data

Cloudera and Mistral join forces to bring specialized, sovereign AI intelligence to enterprise data, helping regulated industries innovate on their own terms.…

The AI policy window is open. We need to act.
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The AI policy window is open. We need to act.

Chris Lehane argues that stronger AI capabilities require stronger safety evidence, shared standards, and durable policy action while the policy window remains …

Sakana AI、SCSK、住友商事の3社、AI活用による日本の産業変革と社会課題解決に向け包括業務提携 ~日本発の技術力・完遂力を核に、AIの社会実装を加速~
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Sakana AI、SCSK、住友商事の3社、AI活用による日本の産業変革と社会課題解決に向け包括業務提携 ~日本発の技術力・完遂力を核に、AIの社会実装を加速~

GPT-6 Astra: The next generation in intelligence for work
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GPT-6 Astra: The next generation in intelligence for work

Meet GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s most capable model for business, with advanced reasoning, computer use, and stronger writing and design judgment.…

Modernizing complex legacy code with AI agents.
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Modernizing complex legacy code with AI agents.

Mistral helped a European energy operator migrate 40,000 lines of Fortran 77 to C++. Learn how it was done, and the lessons to carry forward.…

Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board
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Paul Christiano joins OpenAI Foundation Board

Paul Christiano joins the OpenAI Foundation Board and its Safety and Security Committee, bringing experience in AI alignment, safety, and standards.…

NVIDIA Brings Real-Time AI to Broadcast, Sports and Global Streaming at IBC
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NVIDIA Brings Real-Time AI to Broadcast, Sports and Global Streaming at IBC

At the IBC conference, running Sept. 11-14 in Amsterdam, the creative, technology and business communities are coming together to turn ideas into action and dis…

Get ready for the game with new football features in Search
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Get ready for the game with new football features in Search

Track live game feeds, explore detailed stats, and get custom fantasy recommendations directly in Search this season.…

Recreating a 70-year love story frame by frame
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Recreating a 70-year love story frame by frame

Discover how filmmakers and Google DeepMind used AI to recreate a couple's unrecorded past in the short film "Love, Rendered."…

1Password increases engineering productivity 21% with Codex
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1Password increases engineering productivity 21% with Codex

Engineers at 1Password use Codex to rapidly build new features and internal tools, reaching production-readiness while maintaining rigorous security policies.…

Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5
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Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5

ChatGPT Images 2.5 helps turn your ideas, sketches, and reference photos into more personalized, polished images that better reflect your ideas.…

How GPT-5.6 Sol helps run quantum computing experiments
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How GPT-5.6 Sol helps run quantum computing experiments

See how an MIT researcher uses GPT-5.6 Sol with Codex to autonomously run quantum computing experiments, analyze results, and calibrate qubits.…

On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
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On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem

We’re sharing an AI-generated solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, including a writeup and a formal proof in Lean.…