OpenAI launches GPT-5.5 as it pushes toward 'super app' vision
OpenAI released GPT-5.5, its smartest model yet, as the company advances its strategy to build an AI super app integrating services like ChatGPT and Codex.
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OpenAI released GPT-5.5, its smartest model yet, as the company advances its strategy to build an AI super app integrating services like ChatGPT and Codex.
As NASA prepares to launch the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope, astrophysicists are increasingly relying on GPU-accelerated AI models to manage an expected deluge of space data.
Google launched the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, a new tool for IT teams to build and manage AI agents, positioning it against Amazon and Microsoft offerings.
OpenAI is partnering with Infosys to integrate its AI tools, including Codex, into the Indian IT giant’s Topaz AI platform to help clients modernize software development.
Google is rolling out new generative AI features for its mapping and geospatial platforms, aiming to accelerate data analysis and visualization for enterprise users.
Meta plans to use internal employee mouse movements and keystrokes to train its AI models, citing a need for real-world examples of how people use computers.
Anthropic is investigating reports that unauthorized users gained access to its Mythos cybersecurity AI tool through a third-party vendor, though the company claims no systems were impacted.
OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new model featuring improved text rendering, up to 2K resolution, and "thinking capabilities" for complex image generation tasks.
Sam Altman criticized competitor Anthropic for using fear-based marketing to promote its new cybersecurity model, Mythos, suggesting the rhetoric serves to restrict public access to AI.
Corporate communications are increasingly using the 'It’s not just X, it’s Y' sentence structure, with usage rising from about 50 mentions in 2023 to over 200 in 2025.
The NSA is reportedly using Anthropic’s restricted Mythos model, even as the Department of Defense labels the company a supply-chain risk.
OpenAI is losing key researchers Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles as the company consolidates its focus on enterprise AI and its forthcoming superapp, shedding non-core side quests.
Luma has launched Innovative Dreams, a production company partnering with Wonder Project to demonstrate the efficiency of generative AI in professional filmmaking.
Physical Intelligence’s new π0.7 model shows early signs of compositional generalization, allowing robots to perform tasks they were never explicitly trained to execute.
OpenAI has updated its Codex coding tool with background agent capabilities and 111 plug-in integrations, intensifying its competition with Anthropic’s Claude Code.
Mike Krieger resigned from Figma’s board as reports suggest Anthropic’s upcoming AI model could compete with the design software company’s core offerings.
Google is rolling out new AI Mode features in Chrome, including side-by-side browsing and multi-tab search context, currently available in the U.S.
Google is integrating Nano Banana-powered image generation into Gemini, allowing users to create visuals based on their Gmail and Google Photos data without explicit prompting.
Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela suggests studios could use AI to shift from single $100 million blockbusters to producing 50 films, aiming to increase output and hit chances.
OpenAI has updated its Agents SDK with sandboxing and harness capabilities, aiming to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents for complex, long-horizon tasks.