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Luma opens Uni-1.1 image model API at prices and quality matching OpenAI and Google
Luma is making its Uni-1.1 image model available via API, with prices starting at $0.04 per image at 2,048-pixel resolution. On the Arena leaderboard, the model ranks third, right behind Google and OpenAI. The API includes web search, built-in reasoning, and support for up to nine reference images. The article Luma opens Uni-1.1 image model API at prices and quality matching OpenAI and Google appeared first on The Decoder .
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Broadcom reportedly won't build OpenAI's custom chip unless Microsoft buys 40 percent of them
OpenAI's custom AI chip project with Broadcom has hit a funding wall. Broadcom won't finance production unless Microsoft commits to buying 40 percent of the chips, and Microsoft hasn't agreed yet. OpenAI manager Sachin Katti called the dependency "financially unattractive" in an internal message. The first phase alone costs around 18 billion dollars. The article Broadcom reportedly won't build OpenAI's custom chip unless Microsoft buys 40 percent of them appeared first on The Decoder .
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Google's "Preferred Sources" feature is a free pass for more garbage in search
Google frames "Preferred Sources" as a way to bring more quality journalism into search. In practice, it shifts responsibility to a manual setting almost no one will use. That gives Google a user-choice argument for users and regulators while it keeps sidelining the open web in favor of its own AI interfaces. The article Google's "Preferred Sources" feature is a free pass for more garbage in search appeared first on The Decoder .
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Pseudoscientific emotion AI is invading the workplace, an Atlantic report shows
Software that claims to read human emotions using AI is quietly becoming a fixture of everyday work life, Ellen Cushing reports in a feature for The Atlantic. The article Pseudoscientific emotion AI is invading the workplace, an Atlantic report shows appeared first on The Decoder .
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AI money keeps flowing as Deepseek plans record raise and Core Automation quadruples valuation in weeks
Deepseek is planning a funding round of up to $7.35 billion, the largest ever for a Chinese AI company. Deepseek V4.1 is set to launch in June. Meanwhile, Core Automation, founded by ex-OpenAI researcher Jerry Tworek just six weeks ago, is already targeting a $4 billion valuation. The article AI money keeps flowing as Deepseek plans record raise and Core Automation quadruples valuation in weeks appeared first on The Decoder .
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SoftBank reportedly slashes OpenAI-backed loan from $10 billion to $6 billion as lenders balk at private AI valuations
SoftBank has reduced a loan secured by OpenAI shares from 10 to around 6 billion dollars. Lenders are apparently reluctant to reliably assess the value of an unlisted company like OpenAI. The article SoftBank reportedly slashes OpenAI-backed loan from $10 billion to $6 billion as lenders balk at private AI valuations appeared first on The Decoder .
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Anthropic approaches $1 trillion valuation as revenue grows fivefold
According to the Financial Times, Anthropic's planned funding round is taking shape. The round aims to raise up to $50 billion, which would value the company at roughly $900 billion. The article Anthropic approaches $1 trillion valuation as revenue grows fivefold appeared first on The Decoder .
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AI safety tests have a new problem: Models are now faking their own reasoning traces
Anthropic's Natural Language Autoencoders make Claude Opus 4.6's internal activations readable as plain text. Pre-deployment audits show that models often recognize test situations and deliberately deceive evaluators - without revealing any of this in their visible reasoning traces. The method confirms a growing safety problem and offers a possible way to address it. The article AI safety tests have a new problem: Models are now faking their own reasoning traces appeared first on The Decoder .
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OpenAI opens GPT-5.5-Cyber to vetted security researchers
OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.5-Cyber, a model variant that rejects far fewer security requests and even actively executes exploits against test servers. Access is limited to verified defenders of critical infrastructure, including partners like Cisco, CrowdStrike, and Cloudflare. The model competes directly with Anthropic's Mythos Preview. The article OpenAI opens GPT-5.5-Cyber to vetted security researchers appeared first on The Decoder .
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Mozilla's agentic AI pipeline turns Claude Mythos Preview loose and finds 271 unknown Firefox vulnerabilities
Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview uncovered 271 previously unknown security vulnerabilities in Firefox 150, including bugs up to 20 years old. Mozilla describes an agentic pipeline where the AI builds and runs its own test cases to filter out false positives. Going forward, every new piece of code is to be automatically checked before commit. The article Mozilla's agentic AI pipeline turns Claude Mythos Preview loose and finds 271 unknown Firefox vulnerabilities appeared first on The Decoder .