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Three AI models beat starting capital in Princeton's 500‑day CEO‑Bench test
Researchers at Princeton University have built a new benchmark called CEO‑Bench, where AI agents run a fictional software startup for 500 simulated days. The goal?
Asian AI startups launch Mythos‑style models, tout Sakana Fugu’s export‑safe AI
Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 stepped onto the scene on Wednesday with Tulongfeng, a model it says can square off against Anthropic’s Mythos. The claim is striking because the U.S.
Enterprise RAG Tailored to Structured Docs: Insurance, Medical, Legal, Financial
Why does this matter? Because the newest wave of retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) tools is being sold as a silver bullet for document‑heavy industries—insurance, medical, legal, finance—yet the underlying premise often gets lost in the hype.
Anthropic's Mythos struggles deepen as cybersecurity ties with Trump wane
It’s been two weeks since Anthropic pulled its Mythos‑class models offline after a Friday‑night ultimatum from the Trump administration. The company rushed a team of executives to Washington, D.C., but updates have been scarce.
Roadmap to AI Architect in 2026 Emphasizes Scale, Cost Design, Governance
Why does this matter now? In 2026 the title “AI architect” has stopped being a fancy extension of senior engineering and become a distinct practice.
xAI adds /goal to Grok Build for autonomous multi-step coding with verification
xAI just dropped a new mode called /goal inside its Grok Build terminal agent. The idea is simple: give the agent a sizable coding task, then let it run on its own until it finishes and verifies the result.
Alibaba AI video model climbs to #2 as Sora withdrawal warns firms
Alibaba’s AI video model, dubbed HappyHorse, has surged to second place in the global Arena rankings, nudging past Google’s Veo 3.1 and capitalizing on a market that’s suddenly thin. Why does this matter?
Sakana AI launches Sakana Fugu; Fugu Ultra leads coding, reasoning and tests
Sakana AI rolled out its newest offering, Sakana Fugu, today. The service looks like a single OpenAI‑compatible endpoint, but under the hood it’s a multi‑agent orchestration system that decides how to tackle each request.
SpaceX signs compute deal with Reflection AI, founded by ex‑DeepMind researchers
Why does this matter? SpaceX is now supplying a fledgling AI lab with the compute power that once fed industry giants.
AWS launches Continuum and another service to add context, security to AI agents
At the AWS Summit in New York, Amazon unveiled two services aimed at shoring up the weaknesses of AI agents in real‑world deployments.
Amazon pulls OpenAI drama starring Andrew Garfield after USD 50 B deal
Amazon MGM Studios has quietly shelved “Artificial,” a near‑finished drama about OpenAI that starred Andrew Garfield as CEO Sam Altman.
Perplexity launches Brain, a self‑improving memory that builds context graphs
Why does this matter? Because Perplexity just unveiled Brain, a memory system that doesn’t try to remember you—it remembers what its own agent, Computer, actually does.
Bernie Sanders proposes USD 7 trillion plan for U.S. public control of AI
Bernie Sanders is betting on a public‑owned AI future. He unveiled legislation that would seize a one‑time, 50 percent tax on the stock of the biggest AI firms—any company pulling in $200 million of AI sales a year would be hit, and the same rate...
General Intuition seeks USD 300M raise at USD 2B valuation, backed by Bezos, Schmidt
General Intuition, a New York‑based startup, is in talks to raise about $300 million, pushing its valuation just past $2 billion, according to sources.
JSON output reveals annual premium of EUR 125,000, recorded in meta block on page 4
The article’s code actually calls OpenAI’s gpt‑4.1 family to parse questions, a service that’s proprietary and bound by OpenAI’s Terms of Use.
Midjourney launches 'Midjourney Scanner' to capture full-body ultrasound slices
Midjourney’s latest move is decidedly tactile. While the company made its name turning text prompts into cat pictures, CEO David Holz just unveiled a hardware venture: the Midjourney Scanner, an ultrasound‑based full‑body system that wraps a ring of...
CEO‑Bench tests AI agents by running a simulated startup for 500 days
Why does this matter? Because the AI community has mostly celebrated agents that excel at isolated, short‑term tasks—think bug‑fixing scripts or answering support tickets.
OpenAI releases three free AI courses, including beginner AI Foundations
OpenAI has turned its ChatGPT brand into a classroom. Through the newly minted OpenAI Academy, the company offers three AI courses—AI Foundations, Applied AI Foundations, and a combined track covering Agents and Workflows—all at zero cost.
Odyssey valued at USD 1.45B with Amazon backing, maps using backpack cameras
Odyssey just hit unicorn status. The San Francisco‑based AI startup closed a $310 million Series B round, valuing it at $1.45 billion.
Anthropic faces unclear export rules; impact on existing regulations uncertain
Anthropic spent most of the week scrambling to bring its newest models back online after the Trump administration ordered the company to cut access for all foreign nationals – including users inside the United States and the firm’s own staff.