GPT-5.4’s Higher Performance, Higher Price: OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 Pro and GPT-5.4 Thinking challenge Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview as best all-around AI model
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GPT-5.4’s Higher Performance, Higher Price: OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 Pro and GPT-5.4 Thinking challenge Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview as best all-around AI model

OpenAI updated its flagship models, extending the ability to use tools and setting the state of the art on a handful of benchmarks, and priced them at the top of the market. Its coding and agentic abilities have enabled Codex, OpenAI’s competitor to Anthropic’s Claude Code, to leap ahead.

March 16, 20263 min read
Management for Agents: OpenAI’s Frontier agent insights and orchestration platform launches to select customers
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Management for Agents: OpenAI’s Frontier agent insights and orchestration platform launches to select customers

Managers need to understand how their subordinates get work done, what resources they require, and what they accomplish. OpenAI’s latest product aims to fulfill this need when the teammates are AI agents.

March 6, 20262 min read
U.S. Dept. of War Dismisses Anthropic, Embraces OpenAI: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls Claude a security risk, replaces it with GPT models
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U.S. Dept. of War Dismisses Anthropic, Embraces OpenAI: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls Claude a security risk, replaces it with GPT models

OpenAI signed a contract with the U.S. military to provide AI systems that securely process classified information, displacing Anthropic’s Claude. OpenAI negotiated limits on how its technology can be used, but they leave room for interpretation.

March 6, 20264 min read
Nano Banana 2 Ups Performance/Price: Gemini 3.1 Flash Image makes photo generation and edits easier and faster
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Nano Banana 2 Ups Performance/Price: Gemini 3.1 Flash Image makes photo generation and edits easier and faster

Google launched a cheaper, faster successor to its flagship image generator, delivering greater interactivity at roughly half the price.

March 6, 20263 min read
Investors Panic Over Agentic AI: Claude Cowork plugins trigger a SaaS stock selloff, but partnerships lead to slight rebound
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Investors Panic Over Agentic AI: Claude Cowork plugins trigger a SaaS stock selloff, but partnerships lead to slight rebound

Makers of software that runs large companies saw their share prices plunge as investors worried that AI systems could undermine their businesses. This week, their stocks rebounded somewhat as Anthropic partnered with some of the same companies.

February 27, 20263 min read
Global AI Summit Shows Optimism: Rising giant India presents itself as AI Counterweight to U.S. and China
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Global AI Summit Shows Optimism: Rising giant India presents itself as AI Counterweight to U.S. and China

The fourth global AI summit marked a decisive shift from focusing on theoretical hazards to spreading AI’s benefits throughout the world.

February 27, 20263 min read
Big AI Spends Big On Lobbying: Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia pour millions into government influence
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Big AI Spends Big On Lobbying: Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia pour millions into government influence

Top tech and AI companies spent more than $100 million to influence government policy in 2025, the first time they exceeded that figure.

February 20, 20263 min read
xAI Blasts Off: SpaceX acquires xAI, announces plans for data centers In space
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xAI Blasts Off: SpaceX acquires xAI, announces plans for data centers In space

Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired xAI, opening the door to richer financing of the merged entity’s AI research, a tighter focus on space applications of AI, and — if Musk’s dreams are realized — solar-powered data centers in space.

February 13, 20263 min read
Toward Consistent Auditing of AI: OpenAI alumni found Averi to set standards for AI model audits
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Toward Consistent Auditing of AI: OpenAI alumni found Averi to set standards for AI model audits

AI is becoming ubiquitous, yet no standards exist for auditing its safety and security to make sure AI systems don’t assist, say, hackers or terrorists. A new organization aims to change that.

February 13, 20263 min read
AI Giants Share Wikipedia’s Costs: Wikimedia Foundation strikes deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity
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AI Giants Share Wikipedia’s Costs: Wikimedia Foundation strikes deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity

On its 25th anniversary, Wikipedia celebrated with high-profile deals to make its data easier for AI companies to train their models in exchange for financial support.

February 6, 20263 min read
Shopping Protocols for AI Agents: Google’s open-source UCP (Univeral Commerce Protocol) standardizes AI transactions
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Shopping Protocols for AI Agents: Google’s open-source UCP (Univeral Commerce Protocol) standardizes AI transactions

Google introduced an open-source protocol designed to enable AI agents to help consumers make purchases online, from finding items to returning them if necessary.

January 30, 20262 min read
Apple’s Foundation Models Will Be Gemini: Apple announced a partnership with Google to power Siri and other AI features
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Apple’s Foundation Models Will Be Gemini: Apple announced a partnership with Google to power Siri and other AI features

Apple cut a multi-year deal with Google to use Gemini models as the basis of AI models that reside on Apple devices.

January 23, 20263 min read
ChatGPT Shows Ads: OpenAI tests advertisements for U.S. chatbot users in free and lower-cost tiers
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ChatGPT Shows Ads: OpenAI tests advertisements for U.S. chatbot users in free and lower-cost tiers

AI has a new revenue stream, and it looks a lot like old web banner ads.

January 23, 20263 min read
Meta Moves to Buy Agent Tech: Meta strikes a deal to acquire Manus, a Singapore-based agentic AI startup with Chinese origins
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Meta Moves to Buy Agent Tech: Meta strikes a deal to acquire Manus, a Singapore-based agentic AI startup with Chinese origins

A high-profile acquisition could enable Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to offer built-in agents that do users’ bidding.

January 16, 20262 min read
AI Giants Vie for Healthcare Dollars: OpenAI and Anthropic release new chatbots targeting medical and wellness markets
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AI Giants Vie for Healthcare Dollars: OpenAI and Anthropic release new chatbots targeting medical and wellness markets

OpenAI and Anthropic staked claims in the lucrative healthcare market, each company playing to its strengths by targeting different audiences.

January 16, 20263 min read

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