Tencent’s Hy4 AI Beats DeepSeek in Blind Test by 213 Finance Pros
Tencent’s new Hy4 AI model beat open-source rivals in a finance expert blind test while keeping prices flat and adding free access offers.
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Mistral’s Tiny Timestral Model Beats Bigger Rivals at Forecasting on CPUs
Mistral released Timestral, a family of four time-series forecasting models whose largest version ranks first on three major public benchmarks.
Anthropic Says Chinese AI Labs Ran Massive Claude Distillation Campaigns
Anthropic says Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek ran large distillation campaigns to copy Claude's reasoning and coding abilities.
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra With New Benchmark Scores
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, a new AI model with top scores on math, coding, and cybersecurity benchmarks, rolling out across ChatGPT and cloud platforms this week.
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra AI Model
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, a new AI model with top benchmark scores, faster computer use, and stronger safety alignment than earlier versions.
OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra With New Computer Use Feature
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra excels at 3D design, coding and computer use tasks, but early testers found its writing quality fell behind its predecessor.
Google Launches WeatherNext 3 AI Weather Forecasting Model
Google released WeatherNext 3, an AI forecasting model that beats government and rival AI weather systems on accuracy and speed.
OpenAI Releases Astra AI Model, Calls It a Step Toward AGI
OpenAI released its Astra AI model, calling it a step toward general intelligence, while flagging its highest-ever internal cybersecurity risk level.
OpenAI's Astra Model Uses New Reasoning Method Called Recurrent Depth
OpenAI's new Astra model reportedly uses a reasoning method that could make AI thinking harder to monitor, worrying safety researchers.
Google Releases Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash Cyber AI Models
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash Cyber, new AI models for coding, reasoning, and cybersecurity defense, at the same price as their predecessor.
Z.ai Confirms It Built Mystery Model Ox Alpha
Z.ai confirmed it created the mystery model Ox Alpha, with public weights set to release Wednesday amid rising competition from Chinese AI labs.
OpenAI Reveals First Test Results for Jalapeño AI Chip
OpenAI unveiled test results for Jalapeño, its first custom AI chip, showing faster and more power-efficient performance than existing hardware.