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Illustration for: OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 thinks before it generates, adding reasoning and web search to image creation

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0 thinks before it generates, adding reasoning and web search to image creation

OpenAI upgraded ChatGPT Images 2.0 with reasoning and web search capabilities, enabling generation of up to eight consistent images per prompt and substantially improving text rendering across scripts including non-Latin characters.

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Illustration for: Google launches Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents to automate complex research

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Google launches Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents to automate complex research

Google DeepMind rolled out Deep Research Max, an autonomous research agent built on Gemini 3.1 Pro that integrates web and proprietary data sources. Developers can now plug in financial feeds and specialized data via the Model Context Protocol, expanding agent capabilities beyond public information.

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Illustration for: OpenAI teases GPT-Image 2 with an AI-generated screenshot that looks completely real

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OpenAI teases GPT-Image 2 with an AI-generated screenshot that looks completely real

OpenAI is releasing GPT-Image 2, a new image generation model that has circulated under codename for weeks. Early outputs are visually indistinguishable from photographs, marking a significant leap in photorealism for synthetic imagery.

The Decoder·14h ago

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Illustration for: The flood of AI music is reshaping how streaming platforms handle new uploads

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The flood of AI music is reshaping how streaming platforms handle new uploads

Deezer reports that nearly half of daily uploads to its platform are now AI-generated music, forcing streaming services to rethink content moderation and discovery. The company plans to commercialize its detection technology across the industry, signaling a structural shift in how platforms manage synthetic audio.

The Decoder·18h ago

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Illustration for: Corporate America's favorite ChatGPT phrase doubled twice since 2024

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Corporate America's favorite ChatGPT phrase doubled twice since 2024

Linguistic analysis has identified a telltale ChatGPT phrase pattern now appearing four times more frequently in corporate communications since 2024, suggesting widespread AI-assisted writing in business. The finding offers a window into how pervasively LLMs have infiltrated workplace language.

The Decoder·18h ago

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Illustration for: Anthropic is building its first data center team outside the US

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Anthropic is building its first data center team outside the US

Anthropic is expanding infrastructure operations beyond North America, hiring data center specialists across Europe and Australia. The move signals the AI safety company's shift toward owning compute capacity rather than relying solely on cloud providers.

The Decoder·19h ago

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Illustration for: Amazon pours $33B into Anthropic, which promises to spend $100B right back on AWS

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Amazon pours $33B into Anthropic, which promises to spend $100B right back on AWS

Amazon is committing up to $33 billion to Anthropic, which in turn pledges to spend over $100 billion on AWS infrastructure within a decade. The arrangement addresses Anthropic's compute bottleneck while exemplifying the circular capital flows now defining AI infrastructure investment.

The Decoder·20h ago

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Illustration for: Jeff Bezos nears $10 billion funding round for AI lab "Project Prometheus"

Business & Funding

Jeff Bezos nears $10 billion funding round for AI lab "Project Prometheus"

Jeff Bezos is closing a $10 billion funding round for Project Prometheus, his AI lab, signaling major capital deployment in the competitive frontier-model race. The scale rivals top-tier lab funding and positions Amazon's AI ambitions as a direct challenger to OpenAI and Google.

The Decoder·20h ago

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Illustration for: OpenAI's Codex now watches your screen to remember what you're working on

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OpenAI's Codex now watches your screen to remember what you're working on

OpenAI has added a screen-tracking memory feature called Chronicle to Codex, enabling the coding assistant to retain context about users' work across sessions. The capability raises security concerns around data retention and potential exposure of sensitive code or credentials.

The Decoder·1d ago

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Illustration for: Open-weight Kimi K2.6 takes on GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 with agent swarms

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Open-weight Kimi K2.6 takes on GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 with agent swarms

Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.6 as an open-weight model competitive with GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on coding tasks, with the ability to orchestrate up to 300 parallel agents. The open release challenges closed-model dominance in frontier capabilities.

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Illustration for: Google builds elite team to close the coding gap with Anthropic

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Google builds elite team to close the coding gap with Anthropic

Google is assembling a dedicated coding team under Sergey Brin to narrow Anthropic's lead in AI-assisted programming. The effort signals intensifying competition in a capability area where Anthropic has gained ground, with Google betting on self-improving models as a path forward.

The Decoder·1d ago

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Illustration for: Adobe fights AI disruption of its own business model with new enterprise agent platform

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Adobe fights AI disruption of its own business model with new enterprise agent platform

Adobe is launching an enterprise agent platform to counter AI-native startups threatening its core business, while simultaneously searching for a new CEO. The move signals how established software vendors are scrambling to defend market share against AI disruption.

The Decoder·1d ago

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Illustration for: Google plans nearly two million new AI chips as it turns to Marvell for custom designs

Hardware & Infra Business & Funding

Google plans nearly two million new AI chips as it turns to Marvell for custom designs

Google is partnering with Marvell Technology to design two custom AI chips for its data centers, planning to deploy nearly two million units. The move signals Google's shift toward vertical integration of silicon to reduce reliance on third-party vendors and control costs at scale.

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Illustration for: Salesforce bets on "Agent Albert" to prove AI won't kill enterprise software

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Salesforce bets on "Agent Albert" to prove AI won't kill enterprise software

Salesforce is launching Agent Albert, an AI product designed to counter Wall Street concerns that generative AI could render traditional enterprise software irrelevant. CEO Marc Benioff is also introducing a proprietary metric to demonstrate the technology's business value.

The Decoder·1d ago

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Illustration for: The NSA is using Anthropic's most powerful AI model Mythos

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The NSA is using Anthropic's most powerful AI model Mythos

The NSA has deployed Anthropic's Mythos Preview model for intelligence operations, marking a significant government adoption of frontier AI capabilities by a major US surveillance agency.

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Illustration for: Anthropic's revenue surge reportedly fuels talk of trillion-dollar valuation

Business & Funding

Anthropic's revenue surge reportedly fuels talk of trillion-dollar valuation

Anthropic has reportedly achieved $30 billion in annualized revenue, surpassing OpenAI and reversing its prior losses. Investors are now valuing the company at up to $1 trillion, marking a dramatic shift in its financial trajectory.

The Decoder·2d ago

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Illustration for: German court rules AI comic adaptation of copyrighted photo doesn't violate the original

Policy & Regulation

German court rules AI comic adaptation of copyrighted photo doesn't violate the original

A German Higher Regional Court determined that AI-generated comic adaptations of copyrighted photographs don't infringe copyright when only the subject matter is transformed, not the original image itself. The ruling clarifies fair use boundaries for AI-driven creative transformations in EU jurisprudence.

The Decoder·2d ago

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Illustration for: First token counts reveal Opus 4.7 costs significantly more than 4.6 despite Anthropic's flat pricing

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First token counts reveal Opus 4.7 costs significantly more than 4.6 despite Anthropic's flat pricing

Anthropic's Opus 4.7 maintains flat per-token pricing but costs substantially more in practice due to a new tokenizer that generates up to 47% more tokens per input. This hidden cost increase affects Claude Code users despite the company's stated pricing stability.

The Decoder·2d ago

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Illustration for: AI-generated influencers flood social media with pro-Trump content ahead of midterms

Policy & Regulation

AI-generated influencers flood social media with pro-Trump content ahead of midterms

Hundreds of AI-generated avatars are spreading pro-Trump political content across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, with some accounts reaching 35,000+ followers and millions of views ahead of the midterms. The campaign's origin—whether grassroots or coordinated—remains unclear, though Trump has already amplified some AI-generated posts.

The Decoder·2d ago

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Illustration for: Even the best AI models lose about half their performance when charts get complicated, new benchmark finds

Research Models & Releases

Even the best AI models lose about half their performance when charts get complicated, new benchmark finds

The RealChart2Code benchmark tested 14 leading AI models on complex, real-world chart visualizations and found that even top proprietary models saw performance drop by roughly 50% compared to simpler chart tasks, revealing a significant capability gap.

The Decoder·2d ago

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Illustration for: Always-on Ray-Ban Meta glasses powered by OpenClaw speed up everyday tasks in new study

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Always-on Ray-Ban Meta glasses powered by OpenClaw speed up everyday tasks in new study

Researchers deployed an OpenClaw AI agent on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to study how continuous visual perception affects user interaction with agentic systems. The study measured whether always-on AI assistance accelerates task completion in everyday scenarios.

The Decoder·2d ago

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Illustration for: Google launches generative UI standard for AI agents

Tools & Code Products & Apps

Google launches generative UI standard for AI agents

Google unveiled A2UI 0.9, a framework-agnostic standard enabling AI agents to dynamically generate UI components across web, mobile, and other platforms by leveraging existing app interfaces.

The Decoder·2d ago

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Illustration for: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says APIs are the new UI for AI agents

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says APIs are the new UI for AI agents

Salesforce launched 'Headless 360,' opening its platform to AI agents by making APIs the primary interface instead of traditional UIs. CEO Marc Benioff positioned this shift as inevitable, aligning with OpenAI's Sam Altman's recent statements on agent-driven architecture.

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Illustration for: Just ten minutes of using AI as an answer machine can measurably erode problem-solving skills, new study finds

Just ten minutes of using AI as an answer machine can measurably erode problem-solving skills, new study finds

Researchers from the US and UK found that 10–15 minutes of relying on AI to answer questions measurably reduces problem-solving ability and persistence on subsequent unaided tasks, suggesting cognitive dependency risks from casual AI use.

The Decoder·3d ago

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Illustration for: Anthropic CEO Amodei declares "there is no end to the rainbow" for AI scaling

Opinion & Analysis Business & Funding

Anthropic CEO Amodei declares "there is no end to the rainbow" for AI scaling

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argues AI scaling has no foreseeable limits and calls on the industry to address job displacement by ensuring economic gains outweigh disruption rather than downplaying the risks.

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