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Good news for those on a budget. OpenAI is removing limits on text-based chats for all ChatGPT users. The new GPT-5.6 Luna model will power this experience and will be the default model for Free and Go users, replacing GPT-5.5.

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Stanford and Arc Institute researchers just used AI to design 16 viruses not found in nature, marking the first instance of complete, working genomes generated by a language model, with the results published in the journal Science. The team trained Evo 1 and Evo 2 on millions of genomes, then had them write new versions of Phi X174, a well-studied virus that infects only E. coli.

Tesla and SpaceX will build their Terafab megafactory in Grimes County, Texas. Terafab will combine logic, memory, packaging, and testing under one roof. The initial phase will cost roughly $16.8 billion, with the finished site spanning more than 100 million square feet. SpaceX is aiming to produce over a terawatt of compute per year at the site.

OpenAI's upcoming hardware device will be essentially a displayless smart speaker with moving parts to help give it a personality. The product is slated for release in 2027 for a cost of more than $300. OpenAI is positioning the device as an AI-first computer that can help users get things done. Its design will apparently set it apart from other current smart speakers.

Anthropic rewrote the safety classifier that handles Fable 5's biology responses, reducing false positives so the model now answers a far wider range of health and educational questions instead of routing them to the less capable Opus. At launch, Fable 5 blocked almost all biology queries, even a ‘Hi’ from some researchers, and sent them to Opus — a deliberate safety filter from Anthropic.

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