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Anthropic and SpaceX strike a major compute partnership → The deal gives Anthropic immediate access to SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center and more than 300 megawatts of capacity. It instantly doubles Claude Code rate limits for Pro, Max, and Team plans, removes peak-hour throttling, and sharply raises API limits for Opus models. Read more here →
Google launches Fitbit Air, a screenless AI health band → The lightweight tracker runs 24/7 with up to a week of battery life and delivers deep Google Health insights on heart rate, HRV, SpO2, recovery, and more. For many people it offers everything Whoop does at a fraction of the cost with no subscription or screen distractions. Read more here →
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.5 Instant to everyone → The new default model gives smarter, clearer answers in a warmer, more natural tone while staying more concise and accurate, especially in medicine, law, and finance. It also improves memory and personalization across chats. Read more here →
Anthropic commits $200 billion to Google’s cloud and chips → The massive spending deal locks in long-term capacity on Google Cloud and custom chips as Anthropic scales its models and infrastructure. Read more here →
Mira Murati testifies against Sam Altman in Musk trial → OpenAI’s former CTO told the court that Altman lied to her about safety reviews and described him as manipulative and divisive. Her testimony adds to earlier claims from Ilya Sutskever and others about Altman’s management style. Read more here →
ChatGPT lands inside Excel and Google Sheets → The new add-on, powered by GPT-5.5, analyzes messy data, writes and fixes formulas, updates spreadsheets, and explains every step without you ever leaving the file. It’s rolling out now to all users. Read more here →
Greg Isenberg shows how Google’s open-source Design.md makes startups look pro → Attach the single markdown file to your prompts and AI agents produce consistent, polished designs across landing pages, apps, decks, and more. See more here →
Panthalassa raises $140 million to run AI at sea → Led by Peter Thiel with backing from John Doerr, Marc Benioff, and others, the startup is building wave-powered floating data centers that use ocean cooling for always-on AI inference. The fresh capital will finish its pilot factory and speed up Ocean-3 deployments. Read more here →
OpenAI’s o1 model outperforms doctors on clinical reasoning → In a new Science paper, the model beat hundreds of physicians on differential diagnosis, management planning, and real-time ER triage. It scored dramatically higher than GPT-4 and human experts across real medical cases. Read more here →
