2026-07-08
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 launches Thursday after a delay forced by the U.S. government
OpenAI is launching GPT-5.6 on Thursday after the U.S. government lifted its release ban following additional testing. OpenAI says the Sol model beats Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 on coding benchmarks at about half the cost. Binding standards for future model approvals still don't exist.<br /> The article OpenAI's GPT-5.6 launches Thursday after a delay forced by the U.S. gover [...]
2026-07-08
OpenAI wins US clearance for a broad GPT-5.6 rollout after weeks of government testing
OpenAI has been cleared to release its most advanced model widely, after the US government signed off on a broader rollout of GPT-5.6 that had been held back for weeks under Washington’s new oversight regime for frontier AI. Until now the model had been available only through a restricted preview to about 20 partners whose names were […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-08
Perplexity signs up for Nvidia’s Vera CPU as the chipmaker pushes past AI accelerators
Perplexity has become one of the first big AI names to say it will build on Nvidia’s new Vera CPU, the general-purpose chip Nvidia is betting can carry it beyond the accelerators that made it the world’s most valuable company. The AI search firm said it plans to run its agent workloads on Vera, joining […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-08
Amazon returns to the bond market for at least $25bn to fund its AI build-out
Amazon has gone back to the debt markets for at least $25bn, its largest bond sale of the year and the clearest sign yet of how much the company is prepared to borrow to keep pace in the artificial intelligence race. The offering is split across eight tranches with maturities running from 2029 out to […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]