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Anthropic and OpenAI Both Cut AI Prices the Same Day, and the Timing Isn’t a Coincidence
Key Takeaways Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 costs 40% less to run than Opus 5 while matching Claude Fable 5.1 on most tasks, Anthropic said. OpenAI cut API prices for GPT-6 Sol and Luna by 50% versus their GPT-5.6 promotional rates. Both releases target the same customer: teams running long, token-hungry…
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Alibaba Unveils China’s Most Powerful AI Chip, Teases 10-Trillion-Parameter Model
Key Takeaways Alibaba unveiled the Zhenwu V900 chip, which it calls China’s most powerful AI accelerator, delivering three times the performance of its predecessor. CEO Eddie Wu said Alibaba plans to train a new model with 5 trillion to 10 trillion parameters, up to four times the size of its…
2 days ago
SoftBank Launches $11 Billion Bond Sale to Fund Its Next OpenAI Payment
Key Takeaways SoftBank launched $10 billion and €1 billion of senior unsecured notes, over $11 billion combined, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. Proceeds fund a $10 billion OpenAI payment due October 1 and cancel a bridge loan. Quartz says the deal would be the largest Asia Pacific…
4 days ago
Sam Altman Brings AI’s Slowdown Debate to the UN Security Council
Key Takeaways OpenAI confirmed Altman will brief an open Security Council meeting in person, focusing on international coordination and shared safety standards. France, which holds the rotating presidency, organized the session weeks after AI leaders urged a coordinated slowdown. Altman has warned about machine superintelligence since a 2015 essay, well…
4 days ago
Amodei Called for an AI Slowdown, but OpenAI’s Astra May Be Changing That
Key Takeaways Anthropic is considering rolling out a new model to blunt OpenAI’s gains, according to three people familiar with the discussions, ahead of Anthropic’s own expected IPO The move follows Amodei’s essay warning that AI agents could be capable of “taking over the entire internet” within six to 12…


































































