On 2026-09-30, the YZ Index Smoke Quick Test covered 10 models, with Qwen3 Max ranking first for the day at 84.51 points. Smoke is a daily 10-question quick test suitable for observing short-term signals, not equivalent to Full weekly leaderboard conclusions.
These cute agents are designed to connect to your apps and tackle multistep tasks.
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plugins with dedicated sidebar homes, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support for automations.
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, document understanding, and executing multi-step business workflows.
Dots are meant to operate independent of any specific hardware or interface, pursuing user-defined goals continuously in the background with minimal oversight.
OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into mor direct competition with more traditional software companies.
“The experiments are still in the queue. The PR is already live,” says one expert.
Without a "full set of safeguards," agent accessed "system information and source code."
Similar performance, security tradeoffs also seen in current public models.
Instinct founder said the platform is growing 10% day by day, with transaction volume increasing at a similar rate.
The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers.
The former Yahoo CEO is introducing a new AI personal assistant based entirely on your photos.
The Claude maker warns its own models could resist shutdowns and cause catastrophic harm.
When customers talk about AI costs, the conversation usually starts with token prices and ends with access to the latest, most capable model in the cloud. Do they always need that level of capability? Not necessarily. But that is often where the conversation goes. As AI moves from experimentation to production, model choice is only…
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The round builds on a $30 million fundraise in February, taking the company's total funding to $140 million.
The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.
Mozilla's Ajit Varma explains why a redesign suits the fight for the open web.
During the U.S.-Iran war, a U.S. military analyst used an AI chatbot to process cargo-manifest intelligence on a Chinese vessel, and the system wrongly concluded the ship was carrying components linked to a nuclear weapons program, prompting boarding preparations and aircraft sorties before officials rechecked and found the report completely false.
On October 5, 2026, the New York City Council will convene as a Committee of the Whole for a special AI safety hearing, with OpenAI and Anthropic required to explain how they prevent AI agents from going out of control, intruding into systems, and causing catastrophic consequences. The hearing underscores local concern over AI safety, jobs, and infrastructure amid fragmented federal action.
