DuckDuckGo saw a significant spike in US app installs after Google unveiled a sweeping AI-focused search overhaul at its I/O conference.
By Daniel Mercer OpenAI will not use the name “io” for its planned AI hardware devices. This follows a court filing submitted as part of a trademark lawsuit brought by audio startup iyO, according to Wired. OpenAI had already removed references to the project in June 2025.
By Chris Borden Mining company Cango has sold 4,451 BTC on the open market. The sale represented roughly 60% of the firm’s bitcoin reserves, which previously stood at 7,476 BTC.
By Chris Borden ByteDance has released a new version of its AI video generation model, Seedance 2.0. The model supports eight languages.
By Alex Rowland Co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, Kris Marszalek, has acquired the domain AI.com for $70 million in crypto assets and launched a consumer-focused AI platform.
By Daniel Mercer Claude Opus 4.6 is currently the best AI model—at least until Artificial Analysis benchmarks OpenAI’s Codex 5.3, which is expected to take the lead in coding tasks. For now, Anthropic’s new model ranks first in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, which aggregates results from ten benchmarks covering coding, agent-based tasks, and scientific reasoning. Opus 4.6 leads in three categories: agentic work tasks, terminal-based coding, and physics research problems
By Alex Rowland Anthropic has introduced a new Fast Mode for Claude, offering significantly lower latency at a substantially higher cost. For Claude Opus 4.6, Fast Mode is priced at up to six times the standard rate.
By Chris Borden OpenAI is in talks with the Abu Dhabi–based company G42 about developing a custom version of ChatGPT for the United Arab Emirates, according to Semafor. The tailored version would support local Arabic dialects, reflect local political perspectives, and include specific content restrictions—initially for use by the UAE government.
By Daniel Mercer Waymo has unveiled a generative simulation model for autonomous driving based on Google DeepMind’s Genie 3. It is designed to generate hyper-realistic scenarios that would be extremely rare—or nearly impossible—to observe in the real world.
By Daniel Mercer “Every company is now an API company, whether it wants to be or not,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, quoting a line that has particularly stuck with him in recent weeks. He made the remark while discussing the impact of generative AI on existing software business models.
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