Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 with stronger coding, long-horizon task, and image-understanding performance. It generates outputs more than 30% faster than Sonnet 5, uses fewer tokens, and can reduce task costs by up to 30% at unchanged token pricing.
The Decisions API uses GPT-6 Luna to select from predefined outcomes for tasks such as moderation, request routing, and agent action selection. It accepts text or image context, responds in about 150 milliseconds, and is initially limited to selected API customers.
AMD is acquiring Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion, with Li joining AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. The transaction is expected to close by year-end subject to regulatory approval.
Claude Fable 5.1 computed the six-particle hexagon amplitude in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills at nine loops, surpassing a 2023 eight-loop record. The result reportedly cost about $100 in credits, and a Chinese Academy of Sciences group reproduced it with GPT-6.
NVIDIA launched the Open Agent Safety Platform, combining the OpenShell secure runtime with the Sentry hardware watchdog to monitor agent actions and enforce policies across software and hardware. The platform is designed to support third-party compute platforms.
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