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The U.S. government has lifted its export restrictions on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, allowing the company to resume global access to its most advanced AI tools.
Google launched Managed Agents in the Gemini API, letting developers spin up an agent with a single API call that can reason, call tools, and execute code in an isolated Linux sandbox.
Microsoft’s Azure Quantum platform now offers a commercial quantum‑ready cloud service, enabling developers to run hybrid quantum‑classical workloads on the cloud with simplified deployment.
Amazon Web Services expands its global infrastructure with a new Local Zone in Athens, Greece, providing low‑latency compute, storage, and AI services for local data processing and compliance.
The Trump administration has urged OpenAI to limit the rollout of its latest GPT‑5.6 model, citing safety and oversight concerns.
OpenAI announced the Jalapeño chip, a purpose‑built inference processor that promises higher performance‑per‑watt than existing GPUs.
Fintech firm Quantifind secured a $200 million investment led by Summit Partners to expand its AI‑powered risk intelligence platform for financial crime and national security operations.
OpenAI announced its new GPT‑5.6 model suite—Sol, Terra and Luna—while the Trump administration requested a staggered rollout to address security concerns.
The San‑Francisco‑based startup raised $50 million to create simulated environments that let AI agents be rigorously evaluated before deployment.
OpenAI released an open‑source model distilled from GPT‑4o architecture, designed for local and edge deployment on consumer GPUs and high‑end laptops.
OpenAI and Broadcom launch Jalapeño, a custom AI inference chip designed to accelerate large language model workloads with higher performance per watt.
SpaceX will supply Reflection AI with $150 million/month of Nvidia GB300 chips, a $6.3 billion commitment that underlines the growing importance of open‑weight AI infrastructure.
NVIDIA unveiled the BioNeMo Agent Toolkit, a suite of agent‑ready tools that let AI agents run biology, chemistry, genomics and drug‑discovery workflows, promising faster, more accurate scientific research.
Groq secured a $650 million funding round and is hiring to pivot its inference cloud after Nvidia’s licensing deal stole its key talent.
Dell unveiled the PowerEdge XE8812, a high‑end AI server powered by Nvidia’s new Vera Rubin NVL4 architecture, aimed at enterprise AI factories.
OpenAI announced a new program, "Patch the Planet," partnering with Trail of Bits to improve open‑source security by using AI to identify and triage code vulnerabilities.
Tesla’s latest in‑house semiconductor, the AI5, has finished tape‑out, promising 40× the performance of its predecessor and positioning the company as a major AI hardware player.
Microsoft announces the global general availability of Copilot Cowork, an agentic AI that can execute complex, long‑running tasks end‑to‑end across Microsoft 365.
The Atlantic has opened up a massive catalog of music tracks that were used to train AI models, making it easier for researchers to audit and understand the data behind generative music tools.
Microsoft’s Azure Quantum platform will add 50 new quantum nodes across the United States, positioning it as the largest public quantum cloud provider. The rollout is part of a broader push into quantum infrastructure.