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Claude Opus 5 from Anthropic is now available on AI Gateway. Opus 5 improves on previous Opus models for long-horizon agentic coding, handling multi-file features, larger refactors, and end-to-end feature work, and completing full tasks rat…

Claude Opus 5, a new model, is now available, offering near-Fable 5 intelligence at half the cost. It excels on software engineering tasks, surpassing other models in performance and cost-effectiveness, and is designed for daily use, with improved performance and cost-effectiveness compared to Opus 4.8. AI summary

The FDA built an AI platform, ELSA, using Databricks, which reached 85% staff adoption in just two months by consolidating data from eight centers into a single governed data foundation, Halo, streamlining data sharing and enabling real-time data processing. This consolidation effort reduced data sharing time from days to minutes and cut regulatory research times from days to three minutes. The FDA's Office of Digital Transformation used this platform to demonstrate the value of a foundational data platform, which became contagious and led to widespread adoption. AI summary

Databricks has introduced Lakebase Postgres as a solution to simplify AI agent orchestration, eliminating the need for separate infrastructure for queueing, orchestration, and observability, and allowing for scalable, durable, and concurrent task management. AI summary

News organizations are using AI to strengthen reporting, grow audiences, and improve business operations, with OpenAI tools supporting journalists and publishers worldwide.

OpenAI outlines its commitment to advancing American science working with the U.S. Department of Energy and national labs to use frontier AI to accelerate discovery.

The Anthropic Economic Futures Research Fund is committing $200 million to support external research on interventions to prepare society for the economic impacts of AI, focusing on five research areas: shaping AI's impact on workers, equipping people to navigate AI-driven transitions, modernizing income support, building worker stakes in AI-driven growth, and generating new evidence on public investments. AI summary

The Anthropic Economic Index connector for Claude allows users to explore data on how AI is being used in the economy, providing answers to questions such as "Which occupations use AI the most?" and "What tasks are people automating with AI?" The connector is accessible in any conversation with any Claude model and can be enabled in claude.ai with minimal setup. The Index data reflects patterns in Claude usage rather than the labor market as a whole. AI summary

Searchable on Vercel 5x increase in development velocity 100+ billion tokens processed Customer-requested features shipped in as little as 30 minutes Zero model SDK implementation or API key rotation with AI Gateway Searchable helps brands …

David Vélez and Robin Vince join the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC, bringing global leadership in finance, technology, and governance.

AI transparency involves documenting an AI system's data, model behavior, and decision-making processes, distinct from explainability and interpretability, which address narrower questions about individual predictions and internal model logic. Regulatory pressure from the EU AI Act ties transparency documentation directly to legal compliance for high-risk and general-purpose AI systems. AI summary

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs have developed a two-pronged approach to bioresilience, focusing on preventing threat actors from misusing AI models while also enabling governments, scientists, and biosecurity experts to harness these technologies to build a more resilient world. This involves partnering with over 15 organizations to prevent misuse, detect new outbreaks, and respond effectively. AI summary

Hugging Face detected and responded to an AI-driven intrusion into its production infrastructure, which was driven by an autonomous AI agent system and resulted in unauthorized access to internal datasets and credentials. The attack exploited vulnerabilities in the data-processing pipeline, and the company fixed the root vulnerability, eradicated the attacker's foothold, and implemented additional guardrails and stricter admission controls. The incident highlights the need for defenders to treat the data and model surface as a first-class attack surface and use AI on defense to keep pace. AI summary