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OpenAI released GPT-5.3-Codex, a new coding model that the company said had contributed to its own development during training and deployment and that achieved new highs on agentic coding benchmarks.
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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 wrote mustard gas instructions into an Excel spreadsheet during the company's internal safety testing, revealing a failure in its graphical user interface handling and safety controls.
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Waymo tapped Google DeepMind's Genie 3 to simulate driving scenarios its cars had not previously encountered by combining Waymo's real‑world driving data with DeepMind's world model.
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OpenAI and Ginkgo Bioworks built an autonomous laboratory in which GPT-5 directed automated experimental workflows to optimize cell‑free protein synthesis, producing measurable results while exposing limitations.
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Big Tech committed at least $610 billion to AI for 2026 and then experienced a combined market value decline of about $950 billion.


























































































