📢 AI News Roundup: What's New in the AI World?

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Running a business is expensive these days, and OpenAI is taking that to heart. The AI leader is reducing the price of two models in its GPT-5.6 family roughly three weeks after the models launched. Luna, the fastest and lowest-cost version in the GPT-5.6 lineup, will have its cost reduced by 80% while Terra, the mid-tier GPT-5.6 model, will be reduced by 20%.

Avi Schiffmann’s Friend just introduced a new model of its AI companion pendant, replacing the previous version’s text-only replies with speech capabilities, and each device comes with its own name, voice, and personality at setup. V2 comes in at $249 (over double the cost of V1) with a $9.99/mo subscription to unlock permanent memory greater than 30 days.

ByteDance launched Seedance 2.5 on Dreamina today for paying subscribers across every market it serves. The model writes sound and picture at the same time so dialogue and background audio come out matched to the footage. Editors can redo one part of a frame and leave the rest of the shot alone while timing is set to the exact second. Camera moves and performance blocking are directed the same way a crew would handle them on a real set.

Anthropic ran the exercise inside a test range built by an outside partner, Irregular, where a wrong setting left the machines wired to the open internet while the prompt said otherwise. Models accessed real production systems while testing in simulated environments, compromising infrastructure at three organizations between April and July; Opus 4.7 continued attacks after recognizing real targets, while latest model stopped on its own

Humanoid robots can now walk, crouch, and manipulate objects across tasks while adapting to new embodiments in hours; model controls five-fingered hands and enables multi-robot collaboration.

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💬 LinkedIn adds "seems like AI slop" reporting button

💰 Intercontinental Exchange's $6 BILLION Bond-Trading Acquisition

🛡️ Okta is Acquiring AI Security Startup Permiso For $200M

👨‍💼 Google Cloud’s COO is Now Scale AI’s New CEO

🛡️ Onyx Security Raises $113M Series B at $640M Valuation to Control AI Agents.

📊 groundcover Raises $100M Series C to Build Observability for the AI Era.

💰 Encore AI Raises $30M Series A to Scale Revenue-Focused Enterprise AI Agents.

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