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Oct 10, 2026
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Oct 9, 2026
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PLUS: Grok Bot taps rival models, Isomorphic eyes a $40B+ valuation, and OpenAI publishes 722 AI-generated math papers
Oct 2, 2026
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PLUS: America.gov launches with Gemini and Grok, OpenAI unveils always-on Dots, and Starship puts next-gen Starlink into orbit
Sep 25, 2026
PLUS: Meta puts Muse everywhere, GPT-6 gets dramatically cheaper, and Claude may have discovered a new CRISPR-like system
Sep 18, 2026
PLUS: A ChatGPT co-inventor unveils Jev, Claude merges chat and autonomous work, and an open-source cancer atlas maps 1,100 ideas to fight cancer
Sep 11, 2026
PLUS: Meta’s Muse agent, ChatGPT images 2.5, DeepSeek Flash beats its flagship
Sep 4, 2026
PLUS: Elon sees $20-30T in annual AI upside, World Labs unveils its Atlas 3D world model, and a16z raises $1.1B for AI hardware
Aug 28, 2026
PLUS: Nvidia nears a $13B Hugging Face deal, Sam Altman says AGI could arrive this year, and Hugging Face unveils a $399 open-source robot
Aug 21, 2026
PLUS: Anthropic hits a $65B revenue run rate, Cursor launches its own code hosting layer, and Etched doubles to a $21B valuation
Aug 14, 2026
PLUS: OpenAI’s COO departs, Meta doubles down on open superintelligence, and Claude makes major progress on a Riemann problem
Aug 7, 2026
PLUS: GPT-5.6 gets a major upgrade, Alibaba unveils its 2.4T Qwen3.8-Max, and Ilya’s SSI prepares its first model
Jul 31, 2026
PLUS: Jensen Huang rallies support for open models, Moonshot releases Kimi K3 weights, and Claude breaks post-quantum cryptography
Jul 24, 2026
PLUS: REK launches a simulator that lets players qualify to pilot real robot fighters, Travis Kalanick raises $1.7B for Physical AI, and ChatGPT Voice takes control of the desktop
Jul 17, 2026
PLUS: Codex passes 9 million users, Thinking Machines launches Inkling, and xAI open-sources Grok Build
Jul 10, 2026
PLUS: Human-like robot hands from NEO, Grok nears SOTA, and Claude Cowork goes mobile
Jul 3, 2026
PLUS: OpenAI previews GPT-5.6, Meta advances brain-to-text, and Anthropic launches Sonnet 5
Jun 26, 2026
PLUS: OpenAI unveils its first AI chip, Claude joins Slack as a teammate, and SpaceX signs a $6.3B compute deal
Jun 19, 2026
PLUS: Claude Design gets live editing, DeepSeek raises $7.4B, and voice-controlled computers get closer
Jun 12, 2026
PLUS: OpenAI moves toward an IPO, Apple rebuilds Siri around Gemini, and Google experiments with diffusion LLMs
Jun 5, 2026
PLUS: ChatGPT learns to dream, bots surpass humans on the internet, and Microsoft launches seven new AI models
May 29, 2026
PLUS: Google’s AI solves long-standing math problems, Devin’s creator hits $26B, and Eli Lilly advances gene editing
May 15, 2026
PLUS: Google rethinks the mouse pointer, Krea launches its first foundation model, and robots start working full shifts
May 8, 2026
PLUS: Google launches Fitbit Air, GPT-5.5 Instant reaches everyone, and ChatGPT lands inside spreadsheets
May 1, 2026
PLUS: OpenAI and Microsoft reset their alliance, Gemini turns chat into full office software, and China blocks Meta’s Manus deal
Apr 24, 2026
PLUS: SpaceX moves to acquire Cursor, Image-2 dominates, and ChatGPT launches persistent agents
