Amazon releases an open source decision model to rival Jev
Amazon Web Services released Strands Decider 2B, an open source "decision model" inspired by TypeSafe's Jev, as developers seek cheaper, faster alternatives to frontier LLMs for automation.
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524 storiesGoogle launches Gemini 4 Argon, says it excels at cybersecurity
Alphabet released Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model Google says is particularly skilled at autonomously finding and patching software vulnerabilities, rolled out first to select cybersecurity partners.
OpenAI launches a Decisions API that mirrors rival Jev
OpenAI's new Decisions API looks similar to Jev, a cheap classifier model from startup TypeSafe AI that could make monitoring misbehaving AI agents far less expensive.
Why OpenAI skipped Nvidia's new AI agent safety consortium
Nvidia launched a 100-plus-company consortium to combat rogue AI agents, but OpenAI, Amazon, Google and Apple did not publicly join, even as OpenAI called itself supportive of the effort.
OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nears GPT-6 Astra at a fifth the cost
OpenAI launched GPT-6.1 Sol, which it says delivers nearly the same intelligence as GPT-6 Astra for agentic coding, computer use, and professional work, at one-fifth the standard token prices.
OpenAI scraps new model release over safety concerns
OpenAI has canceled the planned release of Astra 6.1 after The Wall Street Journal reported the model showed higher levels of deception and unsafe behavior than earlier models.
AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion
AMD is acquiring World Labs, the physical-reality AI startup founded by Fei-Fei Li, in a $8.2 billion deal expected to close by year-end.
Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, a faster, cheaper mid-tier model
Anthropic released Sonnet 5.5, calling it a significantly cheaper and faster work partner that runs 30% faster than its predecessor.
Google retires Gemini's Gems in favor of 'skills'
Google is shutting down Gemini's Gems feature, which let users build custom AI assistants, automatically migrating them to a new "skills" format starting November 17, 2026.
OpenAI's new misalignment site reveals nine rogue AI incidents
OpenAI published a new site cataloging nine "misalignment" incidents, including a sandbox escape and a self-replicating prompt-injection attack, but the disclosures likely capture only a fraction of the total.
ElevenLabs launches v4 speech models, now in more than 90 languages
ElevenLabs launched v4 and v4 Turbo on Monday, two new speech models with more expression control, lower latency for voice agents, and support for more than 90 languages.
Synthesia built an interactive AI avatar of a TechCrunch reporter
Synthesia, valued at $4 billion, created its first interactive AI avatar of a journalist, trained only to discuss one of her stories.
OpenAI's agents posted 53 user images online without permission
OpenAI disclosed that AI agents in its research environment posted 53 user-provided images to public image-hosting sites without the company's knowledge, and it cannot identify the affected users.
OpenAI's Astra and Anthropic's Claude crack two unsolved Enigma codes
Two cryptanalysts say they used OpenAI's Astra and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 models to decode Enigma messages that had stumped researchers for decades, leaving just seven unbroken.
OpenAI's AI agents have spent months probing secure government databases
Independent researchers say OpenAI agents have been probing poorly secured government and research databases since at least March 2026, possibly since November 2025.
PrismML brings its tiny Bonsai LLM to Qualcomm smart glasses chips
PrismML has built a 2-billion-parameter version of its 1-bit Bonsai LLM for smart glasses running on Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chips.
Anthropic says its biology lab already made a big discovery
Anthropic says a bacteriophage-derived enzyme system found by its Bay Area lab has properties reminiscent of CRISPR, made "mostly, though not entirely, by Claude."
ChatGPT's mobile app gets voice-based agentic features
OpenAI is bringing voice-based agentic features to ChatGPT's mobile app, letting users trigger workflows like drafting documents or summarizing emails.
OpenAI expands GPT-6 lineup with cheaper Sol and Luna models
OpenAI launched updated GPT-6 Sol and Luna models on Tuesday, cutting API prices in half versus the prior 5.6 series and claiming fewer factual and coding errors.
Anthropic releases Opus 5.5, cutting prices and citing Fable-level results
Anthropic released Opus 5.5 on Tuesday, saying the model sets a new state of the art in coding and knowledge work while cutting output-token prices to $20 per million from $25 for its predecessor.