OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter
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OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

OpenAI announced that its new GPT 5.6 model family will continue to power Microsoft's Copilot 365 suite of workplace...

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OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Work, an agentic tool for automating business workflows
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OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Work, an agentic tool for automating business workflows

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, an agentic tool designed to autonomously perform actions across connected applications,...

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Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role
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Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's No. 2 executive, is stepping down from her full-time role after an extended medical leave. The...

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Mercor buys Deeptune to build training environments for AI agents
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Mercor buys Deeptune to build training environments for AI agents

Mercor.io has acquired Deeptune, a startup that builds simulated software environments for training AI agents. The...

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Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
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Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's AGI chief, is stepping down from her full-time role to become a part-time advisor due to a...

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OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down
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OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment, Fidji Simo, Is Stepping Down

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of AGI Deployment, is stepping down from her full-time role following a significant medical...

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Meta launches flagship Muse Spark 1.1 model with multi-agent upgrades
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Meta launches flagship Muse Spark 1.1 model with multi-agent upgrades

Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1, a flagship large language model designed to power multi-agent automation workflows. The...

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Token per watt becomes the defining metric as storage moves to AI’s critical path
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Token per watt becomes the defining metric as storage moves to AI’s critical path

Token per watt is becoming the key efficiency metric for AI data centers as agentic AI increases context memory...

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Meta Superintelligence Labs Releases Muse Spark 1.1: A Multimodal Reasoning Model for Agentic Tasks on Meta Model API
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Meta Superintelligence Labs Releases Muse Spark 1.1: A Multimodal Reasoning Model for Agentic Tasks on Meta Model API

Meta Superintelligence Labs released Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal reasoning model designed for agentic tasks, featuring...

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OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
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OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6

OpenAI has launched a new family of models including GPT-5.6, with improvements across multiple areas including...

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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise
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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise

Lyzr, an AI agents startup for enterprises, successfully raised $100 million in funding while using its own AI agent to...

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OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing
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OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing

OpenAI is discontinuing its Atlas AI-powered browser after less than a year of operation. The company is integrating...

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Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
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Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic

Elon Musk has praised Anthropic's AI models and promised not to restrict the company's access to hosting...

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Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?
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Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?

The article examines the ongoing debate about AI's return on investment, with discussions now involving $3 trillion...

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OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna): A Three-Tier Model Family With Programmatic Tool Calling in the Responses API
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OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna): A Three-Tier Model Family With Programmatic Tool Calling in the Responses API

OpenAI released GPT-5.6 in three tiers (Sol, Terra, Luna) on July 9, 2026, with pricing from $1-$30 per 1M tokens. The...

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AI agent startup Lyzr reportedly raising $100M at $500M valuation
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AI agent startup Lyzr reportedly raising $100M at $500M valuation

Lyzr Inc., an AI agent startup, is raising approximately $100 million at a $500 million valuation. The funding round...

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The ChatGPT browser is already dead
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The ChatGPT browser is already dead

OpenAI is shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its task-automation browser, less than a year after launch, with deprecation...

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Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI
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Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI

Google has introduced a new feature in its "My Ad Center" that labels advertisements made or edited with AI tools. The...

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Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1
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Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1

Meta has launched Muse Spark 1.1, an AI coding tool designed to compete in the crowded AI coding assistant market. The...

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