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★ Must ReadOpenAI's big launch — and bigger departure

GPT-5. 6 impresses the critics, but Fidji Simo's exit leaves OpenAI's focus — and its org chart — in flux. PLUS: Meta plays catch-up, and the "AI 2027" authors present "AI 2040.

The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia’s AI ‘Fuckup Finder’
WIRED AI

A single wording mistake cost the government millions. Now Estonia is using AI to spot legal errors before they become law—and to automate more of the state.

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OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter
TechCrunch AI

OpenAI's new family of models will continue to power Microsoft's suite of workplace and productivity apps.

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[AINews] The Field Guide to Fable

a quiet day lets us digest the world's most significant model launch... to date.

Why AI Infrastructure must evolve for Agent Experience — Akshat Bubna, Modal CTO

2 years after our first coverage, we return with Modal's other cofounder to explore why Agent Experience is working now, and everything they have learned building the new agent cloud.

[AINews] Lilian Weng summarizes 35 papers on Harness Engineering for RSI

a quiet day lets us read some condensed insight

★ Must Read🕵️ Search Smarter, Verify Faster

Track topics, verify images, and search like a pro

LFM2.5 230M and 350M: How Accurate Are the GGUF Versions?

Kaitchup — LFM2. 5 230M and 350M: How Accurate Are the GGUF Versions?

Qwen 3.6 ~ Recording

AI by Hand — Qwen 3.

★ Must Read[AINews] SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, first Opus-class model post Cursor acquisition

SpaceXAI continues to move faster than any other frontier lab on earth.

OpenAI's big launch — and bigger departure
Casey Newton, Platformer
OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter
Lucas Ropek, TechCrunch AI
Atlas and is targeting an August 9th date for deprecation. The shutdown follows OpenAI's push to reduce
Jay Peters, The Verge AI