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OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama

OpenAI unveils GPT-5.6 amid US AI regulatory drama

Less than 24 hours after news broke that OpenAI would stagger its next model release at the request of the Trump administration, that model, GPT-5.6, is here. On Friday, the company unveiled the...

Sometimes, health tracking accuracy is overrated

Sometimes, health tracking accuracy is overrated

I would like to thank a decade of running for my apparently beefy legs. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest...

Of course Meta thinks gambling is the future

Of course Meta thinks gambling is the future

Meta is, by and large, a company built on other companies' ideas. It has almost perfected the strategy: wait for a new platform or social mechanic to take off, then either buy or clone it, put it...

Anthropic’s Mythos mess is only getting worse

Anthropic’s Mythos mess is only getting worse

It's been two weeks since Anthropic took its Mythos-class models offline after a Friday evening ultimatum from the Trump administration. The company sprang into action immediately, sending a barrage...