OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 sets new records on professional benchmarks
OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 sets new records on professional benchmarks

The new model introduces native computer use, a 1-million-token context window, and a reworked tool-calling system. Whether it actually holds off Anthropic and Google is less clear. OpenAI is moving fast enough these days that it teased its next model …

Swedish data startup Validio raises $30M to fix the AI readiness problem nobody talks about
Swedish data startup Validio raises $30M to fix the AI readiness problem nobody talks about

The Stockholm company has spent six years building infrastructure that ensures enterprise data is actually fit for AI, and it has just secured $30M to make that case globally. The pattern is familiar to anyone who has spent time around enterprise techn…

US gov’t preps sweeping export controls for Nvidia, AMD AI hardware — worldwide licensing system would give Trump admin broad authority to block global sales

The Trump administration is working on sweeping export regulations over AI hardware that will make large AI clusters a topic of intergovernmental talks.

Cursor Goes To War For AI Coding Dominance

After becoming the hottest, fastest growing AI coding company, Cursor is confronting a new reality: developers may no longer need a code editor at all.

Online harassment is entering its AI era

Scott Shambaugh didn’t think twice when he denied an AI agent’s request to contribute to matplotlib, a software library that he helps manage. Like many open-source projects, matplotlib has been overwhelmed by a glut of AI code contributions, and so Shambaugh and his fellow maintainers have instituted a policy that all AI-written code must be…

Belgian logistics startup Vectrix raises €1.15M seed funding

Antwerp-basedVectrix, an order entry platform for the logistics sector, has raised €1.15million in a seed funding round led by RDY Ventures to expand into Europeanmarkets, starting with Belgium’s neig…

This smart device stops sneaky AI gadgets from listening to your conversations

Spectre I is a portable device that prevents nearby microphones from recording your voice, by creating a protection zone around you that blocks smart devices, phones, and AI recorders from capturing conversations.
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OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant to improve ChatGPT’s most-used model
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant to improve ChatGPT’s most-used model

OpenAI has released GPT-5.3 Instant, the latest iteration of the fast, general-purpose model that powers everyday interactions in ChatGPT. Rather than introducing a new frontier model, the update focuses on refining the system that handles most routine…

OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant to improve ChatGPT’s most-used model
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant to improve ChatGPT’s most-used model

OpenAI has released GPT-5.3 Instant, the latest iteration of the fast, general-purpose model that powers everyday interactions in ChatGPT. Rather than introducing a new frontier model, the update focuses on refining the system that handles most routine…

OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant to improve ChatGPT’s most-used model
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant to improve ChatGPT’s most-used model

OpenAI has released GPT-5.3 Instant, the latest iteration of the fast, general-purpose model that powers everyday interactions in ChatGPT. Rather than introducing a new frontier model, the update focuses on refining the system that handles most routine…