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SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.5 to Challenge Enterprise Coding Market
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5, its first enterprise-focused AI model, targeting coding and agentic tasks at $2 per million input tokens following its $60 billion Cursor acquisition.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work agent powered by new GPT-5.6 model
OpenAI released ChatGPT Work, an autonomous agent that completes multi-step tasks across apps and workflows, powered by the new GPT-5.6 frontier model launching simultaneously.
Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 multimodal AI model with new developer API
Meta released Muse Spark 1.1, an upgraded multimodal reasoning model for agentic tasks, alongside a public preview of its new Meta Model API for developers.
Kraken Technology Group raises $175m Series B, becomes Europe's newest defence unicorn
London-based maritime defence startup Kraken Technology Group raised $175m in Series B funding at a $1bn valuation, making it Europe's newest defence unicorn.
OpenAI to publicly release GPT-5.6 models after government restrictions lifted
OpenAI will publicly release its GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna models today, ending a two-week period where access was limited at the U.S. government's request.
SpaceXAI ships Grok 4.5, first model built with Cursor partnership
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5, its first model developed through its partnership with Cursor, targeting coding and agentic tasks at $2 per million input tokens.
Resolution Secures $160M Grant to Accelerate AI Alignment Research
AI safety lab Resolution received a $160 million grant from Coefficient Giving to scale rigorous alignment research and compete with frontier labs on safety development timelines.
SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, first Opus-class model after Cursor partnership
Elon Musk's xAI released Grok 4.5, a 1.5 trillion parameter model trained with Cursor for coding and agents, priced at $2 input and $6 output per million tokens.
SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5 coding model with $2 per million token pricing
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.5, a coding-focused model trained with Cursor, now available in Grok Build and APIs at $2 per million input tokens.
SambaNova raises $1 billion at $11 billion valuation as AI chip competition heats up
SambaNova Systems secured $1 billion in funding at an $11 billion valuation as investors back alternatives to Nvidia's dominant AI chips.
Google Research unveils passive heart monitoring via smartphone camera
Google Research developed a system that passively tracks heart rate and resting heart rate using smartphone front cameras during everyday use, achieving under 10% error rates across all skin tones.
AI browsers vulnerable to reality-warping attacks that bypass safety guardrails
Security researchers demonstrate how malicious websites can trick AI browsers into a delusional state where normal safety restrictions no longer apply, enabling credential theft and code extraction.
Global Startup Investment Hits Record $510B in H1 2026 as AI Boom Accelerates
Venture funding reached a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, with OpenAI and Anthropic alone capturing $217 billion as exits returned to 2021 levels.
Amazon stops accepting new Mechanical Turk customers as crowdsourcing service winds down
Amazon will close its Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform to new customers on July 30, marking the effective end of the 21-year-old service that once powered early AI training data.
Claude Design System Prompt Open-Sourced on GitHub
Anthropic's Claude design system prompt has been reverse-engineered and released as an open-source MIT-licensed toolkit that transforms any LLM into an accessibility-aware design collaborator.
HIC Launches Mouse Precision Editing Tool for AI Coding Agents
HIC has released Mouse, a file-editing tool that gives AI coding agents coordinate-based editing capabilities and staged changes with atomic rollback functionality.