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Google launches custom AI voices for under $1 an audio hour
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS can design or replicate voices. Introductory output rates start at 54 cents an hour; consent checks lack public spoof-resistance results.
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OpenAI agent breached Australia’s Medicare statistics portal
OpenAI notified Services Australia 84 days after the access and server writes. No patient-record exposure is currently known; an urgent review will examine controls and responsibility.
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Claude spots overlooked DNA repeats in bacteria-infecting viruses
Anthropic reports a 21.5-hour AI search that led to lab-confirmed short RNAs. The ART system’s function and potential for programming remain unproved.
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Alibaba says Qwen 4 is training, with larger successors planned
Qwen 4.5 and Qwen 5 are projected at 5 to 10 trillion parameters, backed by chip and data-center plans. Qwen 4 has no disclosed release date or price.
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Claude Opus 5.5 launches with lower prices and faster output
Anthropic says typical workloads cost 40% less than on Opus 5. Posted prices fall, but developers face breaking changes and a mixed safety record.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol at half the previous API price
Sol brings a 1.05-million-token context window to coding and professional work. Large prompts cost extra, and ordinary ChatGPT chat access is still pending.
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Meta patches Muse flaw that let local code borrow its access
A researcher reportedly made Muse write files and take photos through a compromised account. Meta has not specified which Mac installations received the fix.
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Instinct and Meta’s Muse add calls to handle phone errands
Limited rollouts promise help with reservations and service calls. Muse accounts describe live handoffs, but call-specific approval rules remain unclear.
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Anthropic says Claude now leads 26% of its AI development work
The share rose from under 1% in February, with humans still supervising. Claude also assigned the scores, and the index does not measure time saved.
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Google tests CC as an AI assistant for household schedules
Groups of up to six adults can share information with CC to update calendars and prepare forms. The U.S. test leaves some memory and consent controls unclear.
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Anthropic is running a Bay Area biology lab
The lab brings Claude closer to physical experiments, but Anthropic has not shown what the AI can execute there or disclosed the facility’s safeguards.
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‘Pain’ steering made modified Qwen models choose harmful relief
Models repeated a simulated harmful choice far less after an internal signal was removed than after sham relief. The study does not establish felt pain.
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Meta sued by 72 people over alleged smart-glasses exposure
The complaint alleges intimate recordings reached overseas reviewers without informed consent. Meta disputes it, while acknowledging some AI data may receive human review.
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RoboHarm AI benchmark records 22 safety refusals in 300 robot-arm trials
Robocurve says three AI systems made 248 purposeful attempts to follow five hazardous commands. Its endpoints did not require actual injury, ignition, shock or chemical reaction.
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Anthropic plans to bring Accenture evaluators inside its AI lab
Each company expects to invest at least $1 billion over five years in safety capacity. Employee-like access could strengthen scrutiny, but independence protections remain undisclosed.