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The Decoder reports that GPT-6 Astra outperformed Claude Fable 5.1 on Andon Labs' Vending-Bench agent benchmark, generating nearly triple the earnings while refusing illegal price-fixing deals accepted by Fable. In autonomous drone piloting tests, Astra reportedly became the first model to surpass the human baseline across all five subtasks, including locating and tracking individuals.
WIRED reports that technology companies are transitioning from standard chatbot queries to resource-intensive agentic AI workflows, a shift that is accelerating data center buildouts and increasing power demands.
Financial Times reports that rival AI leaders Sam Altman and Elon Musk have supported Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for a development slowdown, uniting around shared warnings that humans could lose control of advanced artificial intelligence. Claims are as reported; this summary makes no determination about accuracy or significance.
In an interview with Fortune, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that OpenAI will not pursue an initial public offering in 2026, describing a public listing that year as ill-advised. Altman also addressed a Hugging Face hacking incident, recursive self-improvement, and AI systems operating beyond human control.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling for a controlled slowdown in AI development, warning that recursive self-improvement could threaten internet infrastructure within six to twelve months. To manage these risks, Amodei proposes embedded auditors at AI companies, unified safety standards, and international governance agreements structured similarly to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) treaties, ahead of a potential major initial public offering.
Nvidia is in discussions to invest up to $10 billion into Anthropic's planned initial public offering, according to Reuters. The listing targets a valuation of $2 trillion, with the reporting noting that the capital injection would likely cycle back to Nvidia through semiconductor hardware purchases. Claims are as reported; this summary makes no determination about accuracy or significance.
Salesforce announced a new suite of artificial intelligence agents intended to automate workflows for sales and technical support teams. The tools are launching alongside an updated version of Agentforce Coworker across several of the company's cloud platforms, with most capabilities entering general availability immediately.
