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Your fast briefing on what shipped, what broke, and what to keep an eye on in AI today.
OpenAI ships GPT-5.5 — agents take the wheel
OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.5 across ChatGPT and Codex, pitched as its most capable agentic model yet. Highlights: faster agentic coding, stronger computer use, and improved long-horizon knowledge work — the company is openly framing it as the foundation for an “agent-driven, compute-powered economy.”
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In parallel, OpenAI confirmed a limited release of GPT-5.5-Cyber for vetted defensive security partners — a move The Register couldn’t help but note comes weeks after OpenAI criticized Anthropic for doing essentially the same thing. Awkward. Useful, but awkward.
Anthropic launches Claude Design on Opus 4.7
Anthropic shipped Claude Design, a new visual/UI workflow powered by its Opus 4.7 model. It’s rolling out gradually and is off by default for Enterprise tenants, but early users say it makes Claude meaningfully better at producing production-grade interfaces in one pass.
The release lands alongside expanded compute partnerships with Google and Broadcom — a clear signal Anthropic is building muscle for the next round of frontier training. If you’re comparing model stacks, our breakdown over at AiToolCrush.com is staying busy this week.
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Pentagon inks AI deals with seven labs — Anthropic left out
The Pentagon signed agreements with seven AI companies — including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Nvidia — for classified military work, all of whom agreed to “any lawful use” of their tech. Anthropic was not included, following its ongoing dispute with the DoD over usage safeguards.
It’s the clearest split yet between AI labs that will accept broad defense use cases and those drawing harder lines. Expect this to shape procurement, model access, and the next year of policy fights.
Meta buys Assured Robot Intelligence for humanoid push
Meta acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a robotics startup focused on letting machines understand, predict, and adapt to human behavior in dynamic environments. It’s a direct reinforcement of Meta’s humanoid robotics ambitions and its bet that embodied AI is the next platform shift after smart glasses.
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Combined with Tesla, Figure, and 1X all pushing on the same frontier, the humanoid robotics race just got noisier — and a lot better funded.
MiniMax drops M2.7 — new top open-source model
Chinese lab MiniMax released M2.7, claiming the top spot among open-source models on the GDPval-AA benchmark with an ELO of 1495. The pitch: stronger domain expertise across professional/office tasks and self-improvement loops baked in.
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That’s the wire for May 3. More tomorrow.