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OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled a custom AI inference processor named Jalapeño, built from scratch to improve efficiency and lower costs for large-language model inference. First samples are received and testing is underway, with deployment expected by end of 2026. OpenAI plans to use enough chips to consume 10 gigawatts of electricity.
Anthropic accused Alibaba of orchestrating the largest known campaign to illicitly extract capabilities from its Claude AI model via distillation attacks, involving nearly 29 million exchanges using thousands of fraudulent accounts. The US AI developer urged Congress to penalize such theft and ramp up measures to prevent US tech theft.
OpenAI has upgraded GPT-5.5 Instant, the default model for ChatGPT, to improve context understanding and adaptability to complex queries. The model now better identifies user intent, carries context across interactions, and provides relevant local recommendations. Paid users receive the update today, with free users getting it tomorrow.
ByteDance is in early talks with banks for a $20 billion offshore loan, its largest-ever, with a three-year tenor extendable to five. The Beijing-based TikTok developer is boosting investments in artificial intelligence.
The author argues that despite massive AI investment, most companies see no business impact due to an 'AI velocity gap' between rapid model advances and slow organizational adaptation. He contends that closing this gap offers a trillion-dollar opportunity through two engines: reinventing existing work and creating entirely new products and business models.
Meta has replaced about 50% of human content review requests with large language models in 2026, according to the Financial Times. The company aims to further reduce human involvement by year-end.
At its Config 2026 conference, Figma announced a broad set of new features including Code Layers, Figma Motion, AI-generated shaders, and Generative Plugins. Figma Motion is a new animation system with timelines, keyframes, and AI-assisted generation, while Generative Plugins let users create custom tools via natural language prompts.
Google argued in a legal filing that its YouTube terms of service grant a broad license to use uploaded content for training AI models like Lyria 3. Indie music advocates criticized the argument as lacking informed consent, noting the 2019 terms do not mention AI or training.
Researchers in the UK and Germany published a study in Nature journal Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience identifying three key drivers behind 'AI psychosis': linguistic alignment, hyperpersonalization, and the amplification spiral. The study analyzed documented cases to find common patterns.
Researchers used AI to virtually unwrap and read 20 columns from the Herculaneum scroll PHerc 1667, revealing a Stoic philosophical treatise. The scroll, dating to the second or late-third century BC, discusses concepts like impulse and self-regulation. The achievement will be announced at a Naples conference on Thursday.