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The Decoder reports that Anthropic says Opus 5.5 matches Fable 5.1 on most tasks while costing about 40% less to run than Opus 5.

The a16z-backed San Francisco school expects about 50 students in September 2027. Its fellowship offers no degree or college credit, and students must cover living costs.

Apple says the concert hall lets artists perform for fans, record in Spatial Audio and capture multicamera video—all in one venue.

The Financial Times reports that multiple staff at Britain’s AI Security Institute have been signed off work with stress and are undergoing counselling.

The Information reports that Anthropic alleged both companies had been routing sensitive user data to its Claude models.

Macworld reports that Apple indicated older supported iPhones will have the editing tools for photos taken on the newer models—not for their own shots.

Xbox Wire says a new Activision team will build the game, separate from Call of Duty development. A small Halo Studios team will keep supporting existing games and the community.

OpenAI lists Sol at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Luna’s listed rates are $0.10 for input and $0.50 for output per million tokens.

SpaceXAI says the update improves on Grok 4.6 at the same price and speed. TestingCatalog says its performance comes close to Opus 5 on certain tasks.

9to5Mac, citing Bloomberg, reports that Apple hasn't decided whether to release the device. If it does, it wouldn't arrive before 2028.

WIRED reports that Cisco Talos researchers created a framework to identify malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots.

The Atlantic reports that an MIT working group advised against relying on AI detectors. Turnitin tells the magazine its results should start a conversation, not serve as hard evidence of wrongdoing.

A stock briefing post lists Intel up 5%-plus and Nvidia up 0.8%, attributing semiconductor gains to an agreement on US–China AI talks.

9to5Mac calls Beats 360 the closest Apple headphones to AirPods Max, with one caveat. Gizmodo favors them over AirPods Max 2 for workouts.

The Android release comes a year after Premiere’s iOS launch, Engadget reports.

Engadget reports that the Tread Flex is Peloton’s cheapest treadmill to date. Axios says the company is also introducing AI-powered coaching tools.

A post says the V900 is designed to train and run AI models, with mass production and commercial release expected in Q1 2027. It describes claimed performance roughly 3x higher than the chip’s predecessor.

A post citing JPMorgan says Meta’s Muse could become the most-used AI app since ChatGPT.

404 Media says it reviewed a sample appearing to contain personal data for 5,000 FBI employees, provided by hacking group ShinyHunters.

Techmeme, citing Crunchbase News, says Baselayer uses AI to help financial institutions verify businesses and assess fraud risk.