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OpenAI is publicly releasing its GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna models on Thursday. The AI firm announced the models last month and rolled them out first, in a limited way, to a handful of government-approved organizations. CEO Sam Altman said Thursday that GPT-5.6 Sol is "as good or better" than competitors' offerings, and that it's 54% more token efficient on agentic coding tasks. Rival Anthropic just restored access to its own latest models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after a high-profile battle with the White House.
OpenAI is publicly releasing its GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models on Thursday. The company had announced the models last month and initially provided limited access to a select group of government-approved organizations. CEO Sam Altman highlighted the capabilities of the new models during the rollout. He stated...
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Existing home sales declined 2.4% in June, surprising analysts, data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors shows. Housing inventory was relatively low, driving up prices, with the median price of an existing home selling for a record-breaking $440,600. The Northeast was the only region where home sales didn't decline. NAR's chief economist, Lawrence Yun, expressed optimism about the coming months, telling CNBC, "job gains—more than half a million since the beginning of the year—will continue to provide support for the housing market."
Existing home sales declined 2.4% in June, falling short of analysts’ expectations. The data, released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors, highlights ongoing challenges in the housing market. Low housing inventory continues to put upward pressure on prices. The median price of an existing home reached...
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The World Cup has broken the internet — or Google Search, at least. The search engine saw a record number of queries per second "right after the winning goal" in Tuesday's knockout round between Argentina and Egypt, a spokesman said. Fans proved curious, too, about individual players, particularly Argentine star Lionel Messi, asking Google Search if this is his last World Cup. The search engine has been fighting to maintain its relevance as AI chatbots become more popular, but it still dominates 90% of the search market.
The ongoing World Cup has generated massive interest online, breaking records on Google Search. The search engine experienced a peak number of queries per second immediately after the winning goal in Tuesday’s knockout match between Argentina and Egypt. A Google spokesman confirmed the surge in searches during this...
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Meta's latest AI milestone includes a new revenue stream for the Facebook maker. The tech giant on Thursday introduced Muse Spark 1.1, the latest version of its AI model, along with a paid tier for developers. Previously, Meta had not charged clients for access to its AI models. "The pricing is going to be very ... attractive," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. The company also announced a new system to collect fees from developers, with pricing at about a quarter of what rivals OpenAI and Anthropic charge.
Meta's latest AI milestone includes a new revenue stream for the Facebook maker. The tech giant on Thursday introduced Muse Spark 1.1, the latest version of its AI model, along with a paid tier for developers. Previously, Meta had not charged clients for access to its AI models. "The pricing is going to be very...
Coinbase has made a significant shift in its AI infrastructure by defaulting engineers to GLM 5.2 from Zhipu and Kimi 2.7 from Moonshot AI through its internal LLM gateway. This change has resulted in nearly a 50% reduction in AI spending. The GLM 5.2 model offers substantial cost savings, priced at $1.40 per million...
The biggest blocker to sustainable AI deployment has emerged as inference cost. GitHub recently abandoned its flat-rate Copilot subscription in favor of usage-based billing, after agentic coding sessions drove costs beyond what a fixed monthly fee could absorb — some subscribers woke up to bills several times higher...
