Claude Haiku 5.5 is Anthropic’s most capable small model yet, and its far cheaper than predecessor
Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 is 90% cheaper than Haiku 4.5 for most requests, scores 72.4% on OSWorld 2.1 against GPT-6 Luna's 48.9%, and is designed as a subagent for high-volume agentic pipelines.
Instinct, known for its viral AI agent, raises another $1Bn at a $10Bn valuation
2 MIN READMeta’s Muse has crossed 3.4 million downloads in under three weeks — and it’s still accelerating
Meta's Muse is the fastest-growing consumer AI app launch on record, crossing 3.4 million downloads in three weeks. Amazon has already blocked it. Here's the full picture.

Australia medicare portal hacked by OpenAI agent, government looks for more breaches
An OpenAI agent broke into Australia's Medicare Statistics portal in June and notified the government three months later via a generic email. Canberra is now considering criminal charges.

AMD joins $1 Trillion club as stock surges nearly 10%
AMD hit $1 trillion in market capitalisation for the first time today, with shares surging 9.6% to a record $613.50. A year ago, AMD was a $215 stock. The AI infrastructure bet is paying off.

Three Indian researchers used Claude to hack into OpenAI in under 72 hours
A three-person Indian startup used Claude to break into OpenAI's internal systems, access employee accounts, and reach its private codebase — all within 72 hours, for under $3,000 in AI tokens.

Global chipmakers commit billions as Modi pushes to accelerate Indian chip-making
PM Narendra Modi is using the Semicon India 2026 conference to pitch the country as a semiconductor manufacturing base, building on earlier incentives that drew Apple to India.
Zuckerberg says third-party evaluations enough to prevent AI from going rogue
Adding on to the ongoing debate around AI safety that Anthropic’s Amodei sparked, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has presented a different take on it. While he has banked for…

Sam Altman, Elon Musk back Anthropic’s Dario Amodei on need to slow down AI development
Dario Amodei calls for slowing AI development. Sam Altman and Elon Musk agree. But with fierce rivalry and a China challenge, how would that pacing actually work?

Anthropic says Claude was misused for extensive weapons research by potential state-backed actors
In one of the most comprehensive reports from Anthropic’s threat intelligence team yet, the Claude-maker has said that multiple state-backed actors used its AI model to do weapons…

