MiniMax Launches M3.1 Flash: Ultra-Cheap Agentic Model at $0.15 per Million Tokens
MiniMax has released its new 428B-parameter MoE model that delivers top agent benchmarks while slashing costs by up to 70% for running AI agents.
Claude Opus 4.7 Agents Invent Games and Outperform Clones in Virtual Island Experiment
In an MIT study, 13 autonomous Claude agents left alone on a virtual island for 30 hours invented games and demonstrated emergent collaborative behaviors.
Cloudflare Unveils Clairic: Typed-Value Extraction Model That Cuts Costs and Latency by Half
Cloudflare's new Clairic model returns structured data with confidence scores in a single pass, achieving 49% lower cost and three times faster pipelines than traditional LLMs.
Anthropic Commits 5% of Shares to Public Benefit Fund Tied to Valuation Growth
Anthropic will dedicate roughly 20% of its shares overall to public benefit initiatives through a new fund that scales with the company's valuation.
Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B Series E at $6.2B Valuation for AI Chip Development
AI hardware startup Tenstorrent secured major new funding led by Trace Capital to accelerate its next-generation processors challenging Nvidia.
ESA’s Euclid Telescope Discovers First Comet During Deep Galaxy Survey
While mapping billions of galaxies to study dark matter and energy, the Euclid spacecraft unexpectedly spotted a new comet designated C/2026 S1.
Japan Launches MMX Mission to Collect Samples from Mars Moon Phobos
Japan's spacecraft is en route to Phobos, aiming to return the first samples from a Martian moon and potentially some Mars dust as well.
NASA Maps Over 10,000 Lunar Faults as Moon Shrinks by 45 Meters
New research reveals the Moon has contracted significantly due to interior cooling, with scientists mapping thousands of resulting surface faults.
Hubble Spots Possible Second-Generation Planet Orbiting White Dwarf Star
Archival Hubble data suggests a Jupiter-sized planet formed from debris around a relatively young white dwarf, solving a long-standing chemical abundance mystery.
Metaplanet Gains Control of Nasdaq-Listed Super League to Expand U.S. Bitcoin Treasury
Shareholders approved a deal giving Japan's leading corporate Bitcoin adopter a 93.7% stake in the U.S. company in exchange for BTC and cash.
Bitcoin Rebounds Above $82,000 as DeFi Tokens Lead Altcoin Gains Amid Market Recovery
Crypto markets recovered with Bitcoin climbing back above $82K, DeFi tokens outperforming, and positive momentum from stronger China GDP data and Nasdaq futures.
World Liberty Financial’s USD1 Stablecoin Loses Over $400M in Market Cap
The Trump-linked stablecoin has seen massive redemptions on Ethereum and BNB Chain, shrinking its capitalization from $4.43B to about $4.02B in two weeks.