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A survey paper by Tencent and several Chinese universities traces the path from chatbot to "digital colleague." AI systems won't become reliable coworkers, the researchers argue, until they finish entire tasks in persistent work environments instead of just generating answers. The key lies in combining persistent workspaces with reusable skills. The article AI won't become a real coworker until it stops answering and starts finishing tasks appeared first on The Decoder .

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is switching his company to Chinese AI models like GLM 5.2 and Kimi 2.7. An automated routing system picks the best model for each request based on task and price, and better caching pushed the hit rate from 5 to 60 percent. Coinbase has cut its AI spending in half even as token usage keeps climbing. The article Coinbase joins the rush to Chinese AI models as Western labs face a pricing stress test appeared first on The Decoder .

Researchers at Princeton University built CEO-Bench, a test where AI agents have to run a fictional software company for 500 simulated days. Most current models go broke, and a simple rule-based heuristic with no AI beats nearly all of them. The article Only three AI models finished above starting capital in a 500-day startup survival test appeared first on The Decoder .

360 founder Zhou Hongyi presents two AI security tools designed to compete with Anthropic's Mythos. One has already flagged 3,432 vulnerabilities. Zhou admits Chinese models trail Western ones by 20 to 30 percent, but compares Mythos to "cyber nuclear weapons" and calls for China to build its own strategic deterrent. The article Chinese cybersecurity firm builds AI tools to rival Mythos and frames the race as cyber-nuclear deterrence appeared first on The Decoder .

Sina Weibo's VibeThinker-3B has just three billion parameters but matches models like DeepSeek V3.2 and Kimi K2.5 on math and coding benchmarks. Those models are up to 333 times larger. The secret isn't size but multi-stage post-training. The researchers propose a hypothesis based on their findings: logical reasoning compresses well into small models, but broad world knowledge does not. The article Sina's open model VibeThinker-3B aims to show reasoning compresses well but factual knowledge does

Anthropic's AI model, Fable 5, could be available again within days. According to Axios, the Trump administration is close to lifting the restrictions imposed on June 12 over safety concerns. The Pentagon and NSA still need to sign off. The article Anthropic's Fable 5 could return within days as Trump administration prepares to lift restrictions appeared first on The Decoder .

About half of Claude users say AI can already handle 50 percent or more of their work tasks, according to a survey of roughly 9,700 users by Anthropic. In 12 months, 26 percent expect AI to cover 60 to 90 percent of their work. Early-career workers worry the most, while the heaviest users are the most optimistic about their career prospects. The article Half of Claude users say AI can already handle half their work according to Anthropic survey appeared first on The Decoder .

<p>As tech firms make huge profits and investors fear losing out, both are doing their best to hold off the day of reckoning</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/26/openai-ai-model-release-trump-us-sam-altman-gpt-anthropic-mythos">OpenAI staggers AI model release after White House request</a></p></li></ul><p>Every couple of decades, investors will ask themselves how long can the stock market keep climbing. Is it safe to buy more shares? Is their pension or equit

J.P. Morgan warns that there are "signs of investor exuberance" in AI markets. Just 42 AI companies in the S&P 500 account for 65 to 80 percent of the index's total profits. The semiconductor rally is flashing technical patterns last seen during the dotcom bubble, and leveraged chip ETFs have quintupled their market influence since early 2024. The bank sees multiple layers of concentration risk across markets, infrastructure, and the economy. The article J.P. Morgan sees a pile of red flags in t

Former US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has launched "Raise Us," a bipartisan nonprofit to prepare American workers for AI-driven job shifts. Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, and the OpenAI Foundation are jointly funding the initiative. That the very companies driving the disruption are bankrolling the response will likely raise questions about independence. The article The companies most likely to automate your job are now funding a $1 billion program to retrain you appeared first on The Decode

<p>Two men in their 20s were found within five hours thanks to an artificial intelligence-powered drone, which used thermal imaging to locate them. Two hikers veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park, New South Wales, on Tuesday, and were found about half a kilometre off the track. It was the first time the FRNSW drone’s AI detection system had been used to rescue missing people</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/27/ai-drone-rescue-kosciuszko

Anthropic has US approval to redeploy Claude Mythos 5 for organizations running critical infrastructure. The company is still negotiating broader access and the return of Fable 5, with no timeline set. The article Anthropic gets US approval to bring back Claude Mythos 5 appeared first on The Decoder .

Researchers from Renmin University and ByteDance have released iLLaDA, an 8B language model that generates text differently than ChatGPT. It matches Qwen2.5 at the base level but falls behind after fine-tuning. The article ByteDance's "iLLaDA" is a diffusion language model that keeps up with Qwen2.5 appeared first on The Decoder .

<p>Fire and Rescue NSW uses thermal imaging and a mobile phone red light to quickly locate men who veered off walking track near Jindabyne</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Two hikers who veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national

After weeks of negotiations, the White House permitted Anthropic to grant access to its most advanced AI model to a select group of US companies and government agencies.

As Anthropic tightens restrictions on access to Claude in China, users keep finding new workarounds, from proxy services to fake identities sourced on Telegram.

NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony.

OpenAI's new flagship GPT-5.6 Sol beats Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 in coding benchmarks, but the US government is forcing a restricted rollout. OpenAI isn't happy about it. The article OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol launches to rival Claude Mythos under government access rules it calls unsustainable appeared first on The Decoder .

Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending. OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and SpaceX in a growing list of companies building their way out of single-supplier risk. The goal is less of a […]

Epoch AI's new MirrorCode benchmark tests whether AI models can recreate complete programs without access to the original code. Claude Opus 4.7 leads with a 56 percent solve rate, rebuilding a 16,000-line toolkit in just 14 hours. But every model tested still fails on the most complex tasks. The article An AI model programmed nonstop for 19 days on a single MirrorCode task that cost $2,600 to run appeared first on The Decoder .

The White House asked OpenAI to delay the rollout of its GPT-5.6 AI models, two weeks after Anthropic had to take its most advanced AI models offline.

Less than 24 hours after news broke that OpenAI would stagger its next model release at the request of the Trump administration, that model, GPT-5.6, is here. On Friday, the company unveiled the limited preview of its new GPT 5.6 model suite: Sol, the flagship; Terra, a medium-tier model for "high-volume work"; and Luna, a […]

AI models have progressed to the point where their capabilities have real political consequences. Dealing with those consequences will require collective action.

AI startup Lindy ditched Claude entirely for Deepseek after AI costs exceeded personnel costs. CEO Flo Crivello calls it "a matter of survival for the business." The article AI startup Lindy ditched Claude entirely for Deepseek, saving millions as cost pressure mounts on Anthropic appeared first on The Decoder .

It's a stretch to think that the continent can build a top-tier model, but it has an advantage: Donald Trump.

<p>Sam Altman announces limited preview of GPT 5.6 in move that echoes launch of Anthropic’s Mythos</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jun/26/uk-food-drink-exports-fall-us-tariffs-brexit-trade-friction-stock-market-ftse-pound-oil-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>OpenAI is staggering the release of its latest AI model after a request from the US government, in a move echoing the launch of Anthropic’s Mythos product.</p><p>S

Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending. OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and SpaceX in a growing list of companies building their way out of single-supplier risk. The goal is less of a […]

SAP aligns fragmented commerce data structures to enable operational AI personalisation at the execution layer. Enterprise leadership routinely establishes objectives to anticipate customer requirements and deliver relevant interactions across digital touchpoints. However, the actual infrastructure running inside these enterprises fails to support systematic execution at the required volume. Recommendation engines display generic product listings because […] The post SAP aligns commerce data for

Advisors are telling OpenAI to hold off on going public until next year. The triggers: volatile tech markets and SpaceX's weak stock performance after its record IPO. SoftBank, one of OpenAI's biggest backers, lost 13 percent in a single day. The article Altman won't go public for less than $1 trillion, so OpenAI's IPO may slip to 2027 appeared first on The Decoder .

"Returns on intuition": Why Anthropic no longer needs junior engineers and warns of an economic shock. The article Anthropic doesn't need junior engineers anymore thanks to AI and warns of an economic shock when other industries follow appeared first on The Decoder .

About twenty tech companies, AI labs, and banks are joining forces through Akrites to fix vulnerabilities in critical open-source software before AI tools can exploit them. The article Linux Foundation and 20 tech giants launch Akrites to fix open-source flaws before AI-powered attacks hit appeared first on The Decoder .

At the request of the U.S. government, OpenAI will initially make its new GPT-5.6 model available only to select partners, with access approved on a "customer by customer" basis. CEO Sam Altman says this isn't a "preferred long term model." After the forced takedown of Anthropic's Fable, AI labs are afraid of a de facto licensing regime for AI models. The article OpenAI's GPT 5.6 rollout now requires US government approval on a "customer by customer basis" appeared first on The Decoder .

<p>‘It’s all just rendered useless’, Something For Kate’s Paul Dempsey says as AI scrapes millions of songs to learn how to make music</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jun/26/australia-news-live-pat-conroy-defence-labor-karl-stefanovic-nine-moira-deeming-matthew-guy-liberals-victoria-coalition-tax-reform-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cv

Anthropic's critics argue it's rapidly accumulating power. The company says that's what responsible AI development looks like.

Amazon-owned MGM Studios’ decision to drop the OpenAI movie is just part of AI and film industries becoming increasingly intertwined. On Uncanny Valley, we take a look at where this is all headed.

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.

Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."

It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.

Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.

Did Full Self-Driving (Supervised), Tesla’s driver assistance feature, play a role in a woman’s death?