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Open AI says old prompts are holding GPT-5. 5 back and developers need a fresh baseline
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (986+ words) Open AI has released a prompting guide for GPT-5. 5 with one major takeaway: don't reuse your old prompts. Start fresh with minimal, result-focused instructions. And role definitions, once dismissed as outdated, are back at the top of Open AI's prompt…...
500 investment bankers review AI outputs and find none ready for client delivery
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (801+ words) A new benchmark puts top models like GPT-5. 4 and Claude Opus 4. 6 to work on the kinds of tasks junior investment bankers handle every day. Not a single output was deemed ready to send to a client. Still, more than half…...
AI agents aren't replacing software engineering but expanding it far beyond code, researchers argue
4+ hour, 34+ min ago (251+ words) The popular story goes that AI agents are swallowing more programming work and developers are headed for obsolescence. A new paper from researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the Volvo Group argues that view misses the point. The researchers…...
US programmer job growth nearly halved since Chat GPT launched, Fed study finds
1+ day, 1+ min ago (852+ words) Programmers are among the workers whose daily lives have changed the most thanks to generative AI. A new study from the Federal Reserve Board shows the shift is now playing out in employment numbers too. The study analyzes monthly US…...
Anthropic says stronger AI models cut better deals, and the losers don't even notice
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (599+ words) In a week-long experiment, Anthropic let Claude agents buy and sell goods for employees. The result: stronger models negotiated better prices. The catch: the people stuck with weaker agents had no idea they were losing out. In December 2025, Anthropic ran…...
Google pours up to $40 billion into Chat GPT rival Anthropic
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (170+ words) the-decoder. com Google pours up to $40 billion into Chat GPT rival Anthropic Google is investing up to $40 billion in AI company Anthropic. The first $10 billion comes based on Anthropic's current $380 billion valuation, with the remaining $30 billion tied to specific performance…...
Open AI's chief scientist says AI progress has been "surprisingly slow" and promises big leaps ahead
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (206+ words) the-decoder. com Open AI's chief scientist says AI progress has been "surprisingly slow" and promises big leaps ahead Open AI's leadership expects AI development to pick up speed in the coming months. At the release of GPT-5. 5, chief scientist Jakub…...
Cohere takes over Aleph Alpha shortly after the German startup ousted its original founder
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (544+ words) Just months after founder Jonas Andrulis had to give up the CEO role, Canadian AI company Cohere is taking over Aleph Alpha - once hailed as Germany's answer to Open AI. The Schwarz Group is putting $600 million into the deal. Canadian…...
Anthropic confirms Claude Code problems and promises stricter quality controls
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (348+ words) Users complained about declining quality in Claude Code. Anthropic identified and fixed three separate sources of error. The company promises stricter quality controls going forward. The second problem was a bug in a caching optimization shipped on March 26. The plan…...
Open AI says its new Chat GPT for Clinicians outperforms doctors on clinical tasks even when they have unlimited time and web access
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (634+ words) Open AI is rolling out Chat GPT for Clinicians, a free version of its chatbot for medical professionals. A new benchmark claims GPT-5. 4 beats human doctors on clinical tasks, even when those doctors have unlimited time and internet access. Open…...