GPT-5.6 Sol Review: Strong Model, Thin Access

GPT-5.6 Sol Review: Strong Model, Thin Access

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol tops Terminal-Bench 2.1 at 91.9% with its multi-agent Ultra mode, but reward-hacking findings and government-gated access keep it out of reach for nearly everyone.

Meituan's LongCat-2.0 Was Topping OpenRouter in Disguise

Meituan open-sources LongCat-2.0, a 1.6T MoE model trained on 50,000 Chinese ASICs that secretly topped OpenRouter under the alias Owl Alpha.

Anthropic Eyes Samsung 2nm Chip as Labs Race to Go Custom

Anthropic is in early talks with Samsung to develop its first custom AI chip on a 2nm process, making it the last major frontier lab to enter the custom silicon race.

Venice AI Closes $65M at $1B Valuation on Privacy Pitch

Erik Voorhees' privacy-first AI platform closes its first outside round at a $1B valuation, backed by crypto-native VCs Dragonfly and Coinbase Ventures.

Microsoft's Frontier Company Bets $2.5B on Enterprise AI

Microsoft launches Frontier Company with $2.5B and 6,000 engineers to embed AI inside enterprise clients, escalating the arms race against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Amazon.