FeaturedDaily
A fast, sourced daily brief on the big AI labs — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI. The models, the business and the policy, in clear English, every day.
Today’s index
AI models
Anthropic ships Fable 5 — its most powerful public model yet
The frontier just moved. Here's the brief.
9 June 2026
Industry
OpenAI files confidentially for an IPO a week after Anthropic
Two AI giants, two filings, eight days apart.
8 June 2026
AI models
xAI ships Grok Imagine 1.5: a still photo becomes video
One image in, cinematic clip out.
3 June 2026
AI policy
US extends AI-chip export controls to Chinese firms' overseas units
The loophole just closed.
1 June 2026
Industry
Anthropic files confidentially for an IPO at a $965bn valuation
The frontier-AI IPO race just got its first runner.
1 June 2026
AI models
Anthropic ships Claude Opus 4.8 with a 1M-token context
Six weeks after 4.7, a faster, longer-memory Claude.
28 May 2026
AI models
Google ships Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O; the Pro stays unreleased
One model shipped, one stayed a promise.
19 May 2026
Sections
AI models
Frontier model launches, capabilities and head-to-head comparisons across every lab — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Meta, DeepSeek, Mistral and the rest.
OpenIndustry
The business of the AI labs — funding, strategy, products, partnerships and leadership, and the race between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI.
OpenAI policy
Regulation, governance, export controls, safety and the geopolitics of frontier AI — worldwide.
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