5 models dropped this week and price was the real battleground Two frontier labs shipped tiered families built to win on tokens per task, while the other three push past chat into playable worlds and clinical imaging. 1. GPT-5.6 Sol hits 88.8% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 and 92.2% on
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Tech Giants Approach $700 Billion in AI Infrastructure Spending
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GPT-5.6 Sol Leads Reported DeepSWE 1.1 Scores at Lower Cost
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DeepSWE 1.1: GPT 5.6 Sol delivers the highest score at less than half the cost
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An Earlier Analysis of AI and Robotics Risks to Chinese Employment
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2/ My NYTimes op-ed on the potential job market and economic challenges of the robotic/AI revolution in China (NYTimes gift article): https://
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China Decode Discusses How AI and Robots Could Change Employment
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… 1/ A very interesting discussion about the impact of #AI and #robotics on the job market in China between @Alicesqhan and @JKynge on the China Decode podcast. I actually wrote an op-ed for the @NYTimes on this, way back in 2015. I wrote: "China could -
OpenAI Claims GPT-5.6 Sol Uses Fewer Tokens Than Fable
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GPT-5.6 sol is half the price and ~twice as token efficient as fable in many cases for accomplishing the same task. happy to deliver at one-quarter of the price.
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Deterministic Tests Limit End-to-End Speed Gains From Faster AI Tokens
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Fast mode isn't worth it. While token speed is faster, a good chunk of time goes on running of deterministic tests, hence your effective speedup is much smaller than advertised for 2x+ the cost. If you want to go faster, tell your agent to validate less, it would probably get
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Machine Learning Guide Builds Trading Signals From Alternative Data
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Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading — Predictive models to extract signals from market and alternative data for systematic trading strategies with Python… and for *other* Time Series prediction applications Explore http://
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Mustafa Suleyman Revisits a Financial Stability Board for AI
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And similar proposal for a Financial Stability Board for AI with @ianbremmer in summer 2023 And with Ian Bremmer in Foreigns Affairs in
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AI Economic Statement Weighs Risks and Benefits of Industrial-Scale Change
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Not sure what you mean, Rohit. We intentionally mentioned both the risks and benefits, which include saying "at least a couple words" about the benefits. We compare it to the IR (which was broadly beneficial, but of course uneven). And we conclude that AI can and should aim