Show Notes
A packed day in AI: Manus rebounds with a $500M+ raise after Meta's acquisition unwinds, Anthropic ships a cheaper Claude Haiku 5.5, OpenAI rolls GPT-6 to all ChatGPT tiers amid a notable market-share reversal, fired OpenAI safety researchers speak out about a chilling effect, ChatGPT for Teens gets an 'Unacceptable Risk' rating, hackers hit AI developer tools at Pwn2Own Ireland, and major capital moves flow into robot training data, AI chips, drug discovery, and agent security.
Sources: • https://aiweekly.co/ai-news-today
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