Research note: OpenAI brings GPT-6 to all ChatGPT users and adds interactive “Intelligent UI” answers
How we checked which ChatGPT plans get which GPT-6 model, when, and what Intelligent UI does, using OpenAI’s announcement and 9to5Mac.
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- What we could not verify
- Why each label was chosen
Research note: Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 5.5, cutting small-model API prices by up to 90%
How we checked Claude Haiku 5.5’s prices, availability and benchmark claims against Anthropic’s page and VentureBeat.
Research note: Nvidia’s RTX Spark brings Windows laptops with up to 128GB of unified memory, on sale from 16 October
How we checked RTX Spark’s specs and dates against Nvidia’s post, and Surface Laptop Ultra prices against two outlets.
Research note: Wikimedia says agents it links to OpenAI made test edits and millions of requests on its sites
How we separated what Wikimedia found from what it believes, and what OpenAI has said so far.
Research note: World Bank’s AI report, launched in New Delhi, says developing countries should adopt and adapt AI first
How we confirmed the date of the New Delhi launch, what the World Bank report actually says, and which India figures came from speakers at the event.
Research note: OpenAI will add an invisible watermark to ChatGPT text in the EU
How we checked OpenAI’s EU watermark plan, its detection figures and the EU rule behind it, using OpenAI’s post, TechCrunch and the European Commission.
Research note: Google signs 3.6 GW power deal with Constellation, including 890 MW of new nuclear capacity
How we checked the size, terms and timing of the Google–Constellation agreements against Constellation’s release and two trade outlets.
Research note: Sierra and Meta propose an open standard for personal AI agents that deal with businesses
How we checked what Personal Agent Protocol covers, who backs it, and whether its first specification has been published yet.
Research note: Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, an open model that maps text, images, audio and video into one search space
How we checked the specs of EmbeddingGemma 2 against Google’s two official posts, and which figures are Google’s own claims.
Research note: OpenAI publishes about 720 maths manuscripts written by an unreleased AI model
How we counted the manuscripts, why our number differs slightly from coverage, and what the Lean proofs do and do not prove.
Research note: AI’s memory chip crunch reaches phones as Apple reportedly cuts iPhone 18 Pro orders
Why we label Apple’s reported iPhone 18 Pro order cuts as unconfirmed, and how we checked the AI memory-chip link.
Research note: Anthropic’s new usage policy bans sustained abuse of Claude from 12 November
How we checked Anthropic’s usage policy changes against the policy text and Anthropic’s announcement.
Research note: Google’s new Gemini agent can create AI coworkers with their own email and calendar
How we checked what Google announced about the Gemini agent and coworker agents, using Google’s own post first.
Research note: Mistral Large 4 enters preview with 1 trillion parameters, open weights due this month
How we checked Mistral Large 4’s specs and prices against Mistral’s own page, and why some numbers differ across coverage.
Research note: India will publish an AI regulation paper within a month, says IT Minister Vaishnaw
How we confirmed what IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on 8 October about an AI regulation consultation paper, and what is still unknown.