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OpenAI announced that its models have produced new results on three scientific problems, including evidence that the Exponential Time Hypothesis is false. The company is sharing these results with academic communities for verification and further research.

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Kimi K3.1, a free 3-trillion-parameter open-weight model from Moonshot AI, has been released, scoring within one point of Opus on Terminal Bench. The video explores the model's capabilities and the surprising lack of explanation for its performance, making it a must-watch for AI enthusiasts tracking frontier model developments.

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OpenAI has released GPT-6.1 Terra, a new mid-range model that halves API prices compared to its predecessor. Early discussions suggest it delivers performance close to larger models like GPT-6-Astra at a fraction of the cost, setting a new standard for intelligence per dollar.

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A new study from NYU and UT Austin identifies six linguistic patterns that frontier AI models systematically overuse, making their text exhausting for humans to read. The researchers attribute this to training on code and math, which prioritizes correctness over readability.

AI Research • The Decoder

Alibaba's Amap has unveiled a new humanoid foundation model, λ0, which learns whole-body tasks from human demonstrations. The model uses first-person video synchronized with body and hand movements to teach robots coordinated movement and manipulation.

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Google announced Genie 4, its new world model for generating interactive experiences. The company says the model produces more realistic worlds, allows real-time updates via natural language prompts, generates audio, and runs on Gemini 3.8 Flash.

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Amazon is reportedly gutting its AI division after sustained failure, according to Futurism. The article notes that Amazon's flagship Nova model is far from a household name compared with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

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A federal judge ruled in a May 2026 lawsuit that Anthropic illegally scraped and pirated the work of over 10 Stanford professors to train its Claude models. In Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge William Alsup ruled on the case, which the Authors Alliance calls the largest copyright settlement involving an AI company.

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Opera introduced a new web standard called WebAI, designed to let users deploy AI locally in their browser across a variety of AI models.

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London-based Machenta, which is building an AI model that can teach robots new physical tasks after seeing them performed just once, raised a $40 million seed round.

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Anthropic's S-1 filing shows an 85% gross margin in H1 from running its models, a reality check for skeptics who said pay-as-you-go model sales wouldn't be profitable. The company also used its IPO letter to renew a pledge that Claude will never show ads.

Based on a transcript excerpt: Matthew Berman reviews Google's announcement of Gemini 4 Carbon, which the company claims is the best model on the planet. He covers the benchmarks, including its top ranking on Artificial Analysis Index V5, its efficiency and lower cost compared to Opus, and its state-of-the-art cybersecurity capabilities, while noting the model has not yet been publicly released.

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Google's Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5 with a score of 59, driven by leading performance in complex reasoning, knowledge, and scientific tasks. It ranks second only to Claude Opus 5.5 on the Coding Agent Index, with large coding and knowledge-work gains over prior Gemini models.

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