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betanews.com > article > openai-gpt-6-astra-agi-era

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, claims AGI era has begun

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (882+ words) OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. The model succeeds GPT-5.6 Sol as the company's flagship AI system, and OpenAI calls it the most intelligent and aligned model it has built. President Greg Brockman told reporters on a press call,…...

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betanews.com > article > microsoft-is-disabling-predictive-text-in-outlook-and-word

Microsoft is disabling predictive text in Outlook and Word - BetaNews

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (493+ words) Microsoft has announced a change that will please anyone who does not like the company trying to finish their sentences for them when writing documents and emails. The change makes text predictions off by default in Word and Outlook, and…...

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betanews.com > article > trump-openai-nyt-copyright-fight

Trump admin backs OpenAI in NYT copyright fight

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (289+ words) The Trump administration entered the copyright fight between OpenAI and The New York Times this week, telling a Manhattan federal court that training large language models on copyrighted text amounts to fair use under U.S. copyright law. The Department of Justice…...

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betanews.com > article > anthropic-ipo-30-trillion-market

Anthropic pitches IPO investors on $30 trillion TAM

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (624+ words) Anthropic is preparing to tell IPO investors that its potential revenue opportunity tops $30 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter. The figure accompanies plans for the company to raise as much as $100 billion at a target valuation of about…...

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betanews.com > article > microsoft-project-aion-copilot-os-leak

Microsoft's leaked Project Aion puts Copilot first

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1111+ words) Leaked internal documents and a video have revealed Project Aion, an experimental Microsoft operating system project that dates to 2024 or earlier and put Copilot at the center of the interface. The material shows a functional web-based prototype built around a…...

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betanews.com > article > linux-foundation-openmdw-osi-license

Linux Foundation submits OpenMDW license to OSI for review

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (510+ words) OpenMDW addresses the problem by defining separate terms for a model's architecture, its training data, and its weights, then combining all three under one license agreement. That structure sets it apart from permissive software licenses such as MIT, BSD, and…...

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betanews.com > article > hugging-face-13-billion-sale

Hugging Face explores sale worth $13 billion or more

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (967+ words) Hugging Face is exploring a potential sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter. The discussions surfaced Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, and were independently confirmed the same day. No buyer has been identified,…...

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betanews.com > article > claude-watermark-subscriber-cancellations

Claude's watermark leads paying users to cancel

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (254+ words) Anthropic has said it has not observed an increase in cancellations since introducing the watermark. The company had about 300,000 business customers as of September 2025. Anthropic has faced other government-driven changes to its Claude lineup this year, including a U.S. export control…...

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betanews.com > article > zai-glm-5-3-cybersecurity-delay

Z.ai delays GLM 5.3 release over cybersecurity risks

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (588+ words) Z.ai announced GLM 5.3 on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, introducing an open-weight artificial intelligence model built for advanced coding and cybersecurity work. The company said the model runs on the same base architecture as its predecessor, GLM 5.2, with every capability gain coming from…...

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betanews.com > article > amazon-airtag-book-scanning-ai-training

Amazon AirTag probe reveals AI book-scanning site

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (660+ words) A $29 Apple AirTag, hidden inside a single rare book, has led an investigation to an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas where employees dismantle books and scan their pages to generate data for AI training. The signal directly contradicts an earlier…...