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The headline launch was GPT-6.1 Sol, pitched as close to Astra at $2 per million input tokens against Astra's $10, a day after OpenAI shelved the planned GPT-6.1 Astra over its safety-test results. Also announced: Dots, always-on personal agents running on Astra and wired into Slack and Teams, plus an Ultrafast mode (up to 300 tokens/sec at 6x the price), a sub-second Decisions API, and a marketplace with Sign in with ChatGPT.
Anthropic's confidential IPO prospectus commits at least $518 billion over a decade to six compute partners: $111 billion to Google, $110 billion to Amazon, $31.4 billion to Microsoft, and about $161 billion in Broadcom-related leases. About 80% is owed whether or not the capacity gets used. The filing argues that the supply of compute, not demand, will be what limits AI.
Derek Thompson reports that the share of American adults who regularly host guests fell from 42% in 1975 to 12% today. He blames four things: dual-earner schedules, intensive parenting eating the evening, thinner friendship networks, and home entertainment good enough to beat the hassle of coordinating a dinner party.
Over dissents from the three liberal justices, the Court let the administration resume deporting migrants to countries not named in their removal orders. It is the third time the justices have overruled the Boston judge who halted the practice. Full arguments on the jurisdiction, due-process and torture-convention questions are set for December.