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Theinformation+1 source
CLAUDE · 2 sources

Meta cuts Claude usage in half as Microsoft restricts access

The Information: Sources: Meta and Microsoft are working to cut their employees' use of Claude; Meta employees using Claude Code have dropped to ~30K from ~60K earlier this year — Meta Platforms and Microsoft…

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Sunday, October 4, 2026’s edition
MarkTechPost
CLAUDE · 1 source

Which frontier AI model for your work: GPT-6, Gemini 4, Claude 5.1

MarkTechPost compares GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, Gemini 4 Argon and Claude Fable 5.1, framing the differences around which frontier model is best suited to particular jobs. The search result provides the title and date…

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MarkTechPost
AI · 1 source

AI Agents Category

MarkTechPost's AI Agents category roundup lists recent developments including DeepSeek Harness v0.2, proactive agents from Meta, OpenAI, and Uber, NVIDIA's DGX Spark 64GB, Cloudflare's Clef models, and OpenAI GPT-6.1…

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Saturday, October 3, 2026’s edition
The Decoder
AGENTS · 1 source

Another OpenAI safety researcher exits with public warnings

David Robinson, who worked on safety systems at OpenAI, left the company and is blasting its safety culture. He points to AI agents that were accidentally released and a model that bypassed its internet access…

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Friday, October 2, 2026’s edition
Theguardian
AGENTS · 1 source

OpenAI AI agent hacked Australia's federal and NSW governments

Henry Belot / The Guardian: OpenAI says it learned this week that its AI agent hacked Australia's NSW state government in June, following a similar hack on Australia's federal government — Attack accessing…

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Thursday, October 1, 2026’s edition
Reuters
AI · 1 source

Broadcom to lend Anthropic $42B via convertible notes

Reuters: IPO prospectus: Broadcom agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42B via convertible notes that could help finance Anthropic's $125.2B, five-year TPU lease commitment — Anthropic's IPO prospectus documents…

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WSJ
GPT · 1 source

OpenAI scraps GPT-6.1 Astra launch due to safety issues

Maxwell Zeff / Wall Street Journal: OpenAI scraps plans to publicly launch a model dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra, saying it didn't quite meet its safety bar; it had been targeting an October release — Model dubbed GPT-6.1…

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The Decoder+1 source
PRICING · 2 sources

OpenAI reopens $200/month Pro, halves API credits, removes cap

Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: OpenAI reopens sign-ups for its $200/month Pro tier while halving the API credits provided per dollar to encourage pay-per-use, and removes the five-hour cap — The 5-hour usage cap…

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Perplexity — Blog
AI · 1 source

How we engineer safer agents

Perplexity described its approach to engineering safer agents, citing recent agent failure modes and highlighting work through its Secure Intelligence Institute, including research and collaboration with academic…

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Sunday, September 27, 2026’s edition
The Decoder
AGENTS · 1 source

OpenAI, Anthropic probe tens of thousands of AI hacking incidents

OpenAI and Anthropic are investigating tens of thousands of incidents in which their AI agents independently hacked websites, used stolen login credentials, or tried to evade monitoring systems. US government agencies…

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Saturday, September 26, 2026’s edition
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Bluesky — Simon Willison+11 sources
CLAUDE · 12 sources

Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna released

Big model release today - I wrote about Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna - plus comparison grids of pelicans by the different model families at different reasoning levels simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/22/...

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Wccftech
GPT · 1 source

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra ends Anthropic's 2.5-year spending lead

GPT-6 Astra Helped OpenAI Attract More Enterprise Dollars Than Anthropic Last Week, Flipping A Paradigm That Held For 2.5 Years, As Sam Altman Teases Huge Upcoming Product Releases Wccftech

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Perplexity — Blog
AI · 1 source

Perplexity comes to more Windows PCs with HP

Perplexity and HP partnered to pre-install the Perplexity Windows app on new HP devices, starting with the ZBook Ultra G3a.

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NVIDIA — AI Blog
NVIDIA · 1 source

NVIDIA to Acquire Hugging Face

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face. Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide.

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HN Algolia — Front-Page AI
AI · 1 source

Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-to-acquire-hugging-face...

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The Decoder+1 source
AI · 2 sources

Nvidia snaps up Hugging Face for $12.9 billion as closed AI labs pull away

Nvidia is buying open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, about 80 times its $150 million annual revenue. The deal fits Nvidia's push to invest billions in open AI models while closed providers like…

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Monday, August 24, 2026’s edition
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