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GPT-6 Sol now costs $2 per million input tokens, while Anthropic’s Opus 5.5 arrives with lower input and output rates of its own. Qualcomm’s new 2nm chips and Nvidia’s robotics tools extend the day’s AI announcements beyond chat interfaces. Microsoft’s EvilTokens operation shows how the same tools can speed up fraud, while OpenAI is proposing deeper outside scrutiny of safety claims. Capital continues to move into the surrounding businesses, from Circle’s Binance partnership to semiconductor manufacturing, with Mirendil’s much larger reported round still under discussion.
OpenAI releases GPT-6 Sol and Luna with lower API prices
OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and Luna through its API and began rolling them out in ChatGPT Work and Codex. Per million input/output tokens, Sol costs $2/$10 and Luna $0.10/$0.50. The company also added prompt-cache diagnostics and controls for reusing context in long-running agents.
Anthropic launches Opus 5.5 and reduces input and output prices
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, 20% below Opus 5. Its larger claim of 40% lower typical workload cost also reflects caching and usage patterns. The release includes higher five-hour subscription limits and a reset users can save for later.
Qualcomm introduces two 2nm Snapdragon flagship chips
Qualcomm announced Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, both built on a 2nm process. The Extreme version adds capabilities for on-device AI, gaming and higher-resolution video capture, while much of the two chips’ core specification is shared. Motorola is among the first manufacturers announcing a device using the new line.
Microsoft disrupts EvilTokens, an AI-assisted phishing service
Microsoft announced a court-authorized operation against EvilTokens, seizing 50 sites and disabling more than 150 supporting domains. The company says the service compromised roughly 12,000 accounts across over 10,000 organizations and used AI to inspect stolen inboxes and prepare fraud. British police arrested two suspected operators; the investigation continues.
OpenAI sets out plans for deeper third-party safety assessments
OpenAI proposed deeper independent access across training, evaluation and deployment, covering safety cases, safeguards, capability tests and serious misalignment incidents. The assessments would examine defined claims over weeks or months, with access and publication subject to agreed security and confidentiality rules. The company says it is discussing proposals with multiple assessors.
ShinyHunters claims FBI data theft as hiring portals go offline
ShinyHunters claims it stole FBI employee and applicant data after breaching recruiting-related systems. 404 Media reports verifying part of a supplied sample; the full scale of the alleged theft remains unconfirmed. TechCrunch found the hiring portals offline and reported that the FBI had not responded to its questions.
San Francisco sues Trump Media over paid early access to posts
San Francisco filed a California lawsuit challenging Truth API, a service selling early access to influential Truth Social accounts including the president’s. The city alleges unfair competition and improper use of market-moving government information and asks a court to stop the service. Those claims have not been decided by a court.
Mirendil reportedly seeks up to $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation
Bloomberg reports that Mirendil is discussing a round of up to $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation including the new money. Kleiner Perkins is in talks to lead, with Andreessen Horowitz also discussing participation. The former Anthropic researchers’ startup declined to comment; the financing is not announced as completed.
a16z launches a tuition-free first-year academy for aspiring founders
Andreessen Horowitz announced the Horowitz Andreessen Academy in San Francisco for recent high-school graduates. Its first cohort is planned for roughly 50 students in a one-year, tuition-free program with projects, mentors and industry placements. It is not accredited and does not award a degree or transferable college credit.
Nexstrom raises $12 million for wafer-scale 2D semiconductor equipment
Singapore’s Nexstrom raised a $12 million seed round from investors including Xora, Foothill Ventures and SEEDS, TechCrunch reports. It is developing equipment to grow ultrathin semiconductor materials directly on 300 mm wafers. The company expects commercial-production readiness between 2030 and 2035, with material quality and uniformity still under development.
Binance invests $100 million in Circle under expanded USDC partnership
Circle announced a $100 million equity investment from Binance alongside a new five-year agreement to expand USDC use, especially in emerging markets. Binance bought newly placed Class A shares and accepted a lockup of up to two years, subject to exceptions. The arrangement ties Binance’s distribution reach more closely to Circle’s stablecoin business.
Nvidia releases Isaac ROS 5.0 with agent-ready robotics workflows
Nvidia released Isaac ROS 5.0 at ROSCon, adding support for ROS Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04. New reusable workflows help developers and AI agents set up robotics projects, adapt stereo-perception models and assemble manipulation tasks. The release also expands libraries and tools for deployment on Jetson hardware.
Rabbit launches OS3 across existing computers
Rabbit introduced OS3, a cloud-coordinated agent that can act on Windows, Mac and Linux computers without an R1 device. The company says one account can connect up to five devices and use different AI providers. Its privacy claims distinguish local files from chats and memories, which it says remain on its servers.
Adobe Premiere reaches Android with free core editing tools
Adobe released Premiere for Android with multitrack editing, effects and exports up to 4K. Core editing is free, while generative-video features use credits and may require a paid plan. The interface adapts to phones, foldables and compatible larger-screen devices.
Xbox cuts 268 roles and reorganizes major game studios
Xbox announced 268 job cuts across Halo Studios, other first-party teams and central management. Activision will develop the next Halo game and oversee Rare and World’s Edge, while Obsidian joins Bethesda. Microsoft says the changes consolidate business units and form part of the restructuring announced in July.
Waymo opens Nashville rides to teenagers with linked guardian accounts
Waymo is extending teen accounts to Nashville, allowing riders aged 13 to 17 to use its robotaxis through an account linked to a parent or guardian. It is the second city in the program after Phoenix. The company says further launches will depend on mature operations and local rules.
TikTok’s U.S. venture joins Lantern’s child-safety information sharing
TikTok USDS Joint Venture joined Lantern, the Tech Coalition program for sharing signals of child exploitation across platforms. It also committed $2 million to modernizing NCMEC’s CyberTipline. Lantern says members shared more than two million signals through 2025; signals are leads for investigation, not counts of confirmed offenders.
Motorola previews Signature 27 with Qualcomm’s new Extreme chip
Motorola announced Signature 27 with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto camera and seven years of Android updates. A global release including the U.S. is planned before year-end. Pricing and the exact release date are still to come.
Civo plans 40 U.K. edge data centers
Civo outlined plans for 40 U.K. edge data centers, starting with a Hertfordshire site targeted for March 2027. The first site is expected to begin at 8 MW and use Nvidia Vera Rubin systems. The company’s longer-term 1 GW goal depends on a multi-year buildout.
AstroForge plans onboard AI to handle spacecraft problems
AstroForge is developing Solo, an onboard AI stack intended to diagnose and respond to spacecraft anomalies, TechCrunch reports. The company plans to test it in shadow mode on DeepSpace-2 before giving it more authority on the Autonomy-1 mission. Its schedule and autonomous capabilities remain development plans.
TBC and AWS plan neuron-derived software for video generation
The Biological Computing Co. announced an AWS collaboration around a software layer derived from measurements of cultured neurons. The layer runs on conventional AI hardware, with early access available by request and Trainium, SageMaker and Marketplace distribution planned. TBC’s claimed speed and cost improvements are comparisons with its base model, which it has not named publicly.
NHS trust restores clinical data but loses historic access logs
Nottingham University Hospitals disclosed that a database-copying error in August overwrote its former maternity system. The trust says clinical information needed for care has been restored, but the full history of who viewed records from 2011 to 2022 has not. The missing audit trail is distinct from the recovered medical notes and test results.
EU data-center package pairs efficiency labels with a standards consultation
The European Commission’s data-center package introduces a common sustainability rating and electronic label. A separate consultation on minimum performance standards runs until December 14, ahead of a legislative proposal planned for the second quarter of 2027. The eventual minimum requirements have not yet been settled.
ABBYY packages document parsing for self-hosted AI pipelines
ABBYY’s FineParser packages document recognition in a CPU-based Docker container, extracting text, tables and layout for downstream AI systems. Its API returns DocLang, JSON or plain text while keeping document processing on the customer’s infrastructure. The product is proprietary; fully offline licensing is reserved for its Enterprise plan.
SpyCloud finds exposed credentials tied to 1,787 U.S. water organizations
SpyCloud found stolen credentials associated with 1,787 of roughly 10,000 U.S. water-sector organizations it examined, TechCrunch reports. At least 250 had credentials that appeared to provide access to operational or remote-access systems. The finding measures exposure and does not establish that every affected provider’s physical systems were taken over.
Aurora targets a larger driverless fleet and positive cash flow in 2028
Aurora told CNBC it has 20 driverless trucks operating and aims to reach 200 by year-end. CEO Chris Urmson said the company targets positive free cash flow in 2028 as its paid-by-the-mile service grows. Those targets depend on scaling a fleet that is still small relative to the freight market.
Cisco falls nearly 5% after Piper Sandler cuts its price target
Cisco shares fell nearly 5% Tuesday and closed at $106.44, CNBC reported. Piper Sandler reduced its target to $125 from $132, citing concerns that industry growth is peaking. The move reflects analysts’ expectations, while Cisco’s last company guidance still projected growth.
Apple reportedly explores a screenless fitness band
Bloomberg reports that Apple is exploring a screenless fitness tracker and has built prototypes. The project remains a technology investigation, with no decision to ship and no launch expected before 2028 if it proceeds. Apple has not announced the device.
Breakthrough Energy selects 21 startups for its new Fellows cohort
Breakthrough Energy’s sixth Fellows cohort includes 21 startups working across energy and climate technologies, TechCrunch reports. Areas include fusion, power electronics, data-center efficiency, hydrogen and agriculture. The program supports early development; the technologies span very different stages of commercial readiness.
noyb challenges proposed EU data-rule changes for AI
Privacy group noyb criticized proposed changes to EU data-protection rules that would broaden reliance on legitimate interests for AI-related processing. It argues the language could weaken people’s control over historic personal data and raises the prospect of a legal challenge. The amendments remain under debate.
Boom’s founder links data-center power to supersonic-aircraft development
In an All-In video published September 22, Boom CEO Blake Scholl described adapting its engine core into a 42 MW data-center power unit. He said the company was assembling its first integrated core and discussed using the power business to support aircraft development. The video presents company progress and targets; it does not establish delivered generating capacity or a certified airliner.