OpenAI’s New Lab Test Says GPT-6 Astra Handles Messy Science 66.7% of the Time — Here’s What That Test Really Measures
BioBasicsBench scores AI on 100 wet-lab tasks. GPT-6 Astra earned 66.7% of rubric credit — best of seven, but OpenAI says it is not yet reliable lab judgment.
How to Test Muse Active Memory and Focus in 2026
Meta gave Muse Active Memory and Active Focus on 6 November 2026. Three checks — memory, stuck-task, multi-step — show if the upgrade changed anything for you.
AI Is Now Improving Itself Twice as Fast — Inside the METR Report Anthropic Let Outsiders Read
METR spent 11 weeks inside Anthropic and found its models are improving about twice as fast, mostly thanks to AI itself — but most of the evidence was redacted.
Alibaba Previewed Qwen4: Four Models, One That Runs on Your PC
Alibaba has previewed Qwen4 in four tiers — Max, Plus, Flash and a 27B model built to run on a PC. As of 7 November 2026, no weights, price or date exist.
Thinking Machines’ Inkling 2 Small: a 594B AI That Works Alone for 4 Hours — but You Can’t Download It Yet
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab launched Inkling 2 Small on 5 November 2026 — a 594-billion-parameter model built for long, unsupervised work. The weights are still closed.
How to Use Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash for 15-Second AI Videos
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash makes 15-second AI videos with sound for $0.07 a second at 720p. Here’s how to generate, edit and extend a clip — and what it can’t do yet.
15 Muse Spaces Ideas to Try First (2026)
Meta launched Muse Spaces on 6 Nov 2026: describe an idea and Muse builds it into a mini-app. These 15 copy-paste briefs cover gifts, trips, work and play.
Google’s New Engineering Exam for AI Agents: 85 Real Tasks, and Every Agent Scores Under 50%
Google’s Physical-Engineering’s Last Exam gives AI agents 85 real engineering jobs — and every model scores under 50%. The best, Claude Opus 5.5, reaches 48.3%.
How to Make Animated GIFs in ChatGPT (Images 2.6)
Images 2.6 turns a prompt, photo or sketch into a looping GIF in ChatGPT. How to make one, edit frames and speed, and what to do if your account lacks it.
OpenAI GPT-6 Cyber Gets ‘Critical’ Rating
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Cyber is the first of its security models to earn a ‘Critical’ cybersecurity rating — and almost nobody can use it yet.