OpenAI says GPT-5.6 improves intelligence-per-dollar across models, inference, and agents, signaling cost efficiency is now central to frontier AI.

Amazon is reportedly cutting back many internal AI models and reorganizing teams to refocus on frontier systems, signaling a sharper AI strategy.

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 tops third-party AI rankings at a lower reported task cost than Fable 5, sharpening price-performance pressure in frontier models.

A rumor that Anthropic could buy Physical Intelligence was denied, but reported past talks suggest robotics is becoming a strategic front in frontier AI.

AISI says open-weight models now trail top closed AI cyber systems by just 4-7 months, shrinking defenders’ lead as costs fall sharply.

Sakana AI is adding Nvidia Nemotron to Fugu, betting coordinated open models can match frontier AI and reduce reliance on single vendors.

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis wants an independent, FINRA-like body to review frontier AI models before launch, reopening the AI governance debate.

Illinois has enacted a first-in-the-nation AI safety law requiring third-party audits of frontier models, raising new compliance stakes for major developers.

Amazon's top AI executive told CNBC the company hopes to match OpenAI and Anthropic on frontier AI capabilities within the coming year.

OpenAI proposes a U.S. federal framework for frontier AI safety, CAISI evaluations, and national resilience planning.

Nearly 200 activists from Pause AI and QuitGPT marched through San Francisco from Anthropic to OpenAI and xAI offices, demanding CEOs publicly commit to pausing frontier AI development.

Business Software Alliance proposes targeted federal preemption of state AI laws for specific issues like frontier model safety, enabling bipartisan consensus on national AI legislation.