AI Digest

Weekly high-level summary of developments in the AI world.

1. 8

   AI Digest W23: The Coding Gold Rush

   Claude Opus 4.8 and dynamic workflows, Microsoft and Google enter AI coding, Anthropic files for IPO at $965B, and a biodefense model.

2. 7

   AI Digest W22: Compute Cash and Side Effects

   Anthropic pays SpaceX $1.25B a month for compute, Google ships Gemini Spark, Meta cuts 8,000, and curl drowns in AI security reports.

3. 5

   AI Digest W20: Compute Crunch and Big Checks

   OpenAI says it may need more money for compute, Anthropic locks in 5GW with Amazon and writes a check with Gates, and GPT-5.5 lies less.

4. 5

   AI Digest W19: AI Goes to Wall Street

   Anthropic and OpenAI both spin up Wall Street-backed enterprise AI ventures, Anthropic shows Outcomes and Dreaming, and an AI runs a cafe.

5. 4

   AI Digest W18: A Frontier Launch Week

   GPT-5.5 lands, DeepSeek V4 ships open weights at frontier-near quality, Gemini 3 Flash goes default, and ChatGPT grows arms.

6. 3

   AI Digest W17: Models, Images, and the Agentic Bill Arrives

   Anthropic ships Opus 4.7 and Claude Design, OpenAI drops Images 2.0, Qwen3.6 opens up agentic coding, and GitHub sends the first real agentic compute invoice.

7. 2

   AI Digest W16: The Cyber Model Race Starts for Real

   OpenAI answers Mythos with GPT-5.4-Cyber, DeepMind ships a smarter robotics model, Willison calls the new security era proof-of-work, and OpenAI quietly goes vertical.

8. 1

   AI Digest W15: Models, Manifestos, and Meta's Big Pivot

   Anthropic's Mythos finds zero-days, Meta goes proprietary with Muse Spark, Google ships Gemma 4, and Microsoft enters the foundation model race.