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Meta Superintelligence Labs ships its first model
Meta's Superintelligence Labs released Muse Spark, their first multimodal AI model under Alexandr Wang's leadership, marking Meta's return to competitive AI development. The newsletter also covers HeyGen's Avatar V model for realistic AI avatars and various other AI industry updates.
Anthropic's new AI is too powerful for the world
Anthropic introduced Claude Mythos Preview, an unreleased AI model so powerful it won't be publicly available, instead being deployed through Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity coalition with major tech companies. The model demonstrated exceptional capabilities in finding security flaws and coding, while Anthropic also reported tripling its revenue to $30B run-rate.
Sam Altman's new 'social contract' for AI
Sam Altman released a 13-page policy document proposing a 'new social contract' for the transition to superintelligence, including robot taxes, a national wealth fund, and a 4-day workweek. Meanwhile, The New Yorker published an investigation alleging a pattern of deception throughout Altman's career, based on internal memos and 100+ interviews.
Anthropic tells OpenClaw users to pay up
Anthropic has blocked third-party agent platforms like OpenClaw from using Claude subscription plans, forcing users to pay separately via API or usage add-ons. The company claims this change is necessary for sustainability as agent tools generate excessive requests that flat-rate pricing wasn't designed to handle.
AI just made the billion-dollar solo founder real
Matthew Gallagher used AI tools to build telehealth startup Medvi from his LA home with $20K in two months, scaling to $1.8B in projected annual sales. This represents the first real example of Sam Altman's prediction that AI would enable solo billion-dollar companies.
Dorsey makes the AI case against managers
Jack Dorsey argues that AI can replace middle management entirely, using Block's 40% workforce reduction as an example of restructuring for the AI era. He claims managers primarily route information, which AI can now handle through live business models.
OpenAI’s new $122B funding, 'superapp'
OpenAI raised a record-breaking $6 billion at an $157 billion valuation despite recent controversies, while Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's source code. American AI usage increased 14% even as public trust and job optimism declined significantly.
OpenAI's $1B Disney blindside
OpenAI shut down its Sora video generator that was burning $1 million daily, blindsiding Disney less than an hour before the public announcement and ending their enterprise pilot program. The compute resources were redirected to a new coding-focused model called 'Spud' to compete with Anthropic.
Anthropic's secret 'Mythos' model
Anthropic accidentally leaked details about its upcoming 'Claude Mythos' AI model through a CMS error, revealing it will be in a new 'Capybara' tier above Opus with advanced cyber capabilities. The leak included draft blog materials describing it as 'far ahead' of other AI models in cybersecurity, though Anthropic confirmed they are testing a new model with advances in reasoning, coding, and cybersecurity.