Anthropic Launches Dual Models and Scientific Demo, Google Expands TPU Lineup

Anthropic released Fable and Mythos dual models alongside scientific applications, Google expanded its 8th-generation TPU lineup, and Meta introduced an efficient agent small model.

The essentials

Anthropic Releases Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2

Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which share the same underlying model. Mythos requires applying for access through a verification program. Intelligence Index v5 shows Fable 5.2 leading, with lower pricing but higher per-task costs.

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Google Expands 8th-Gen TPU Lineup with Two New Systems

Google announced the expansion of its 8th-generation TPU product line, adding two new systems: TPU 8i Max and TPU 8tx, bringing the total number of 8th-gen TPU systems released within 1 year to 4. The new systems are optimized for ultra-large context windows, maximum compute density, and confidential inference.

Meta Releases Efficient Model Muse Ember

Alexandr Wang announced Muse Ember, a small model designed for repetitive agent work around the clock. Artificial Analysis lists it under Meta's efficient tier, with an intelligence index of 36 and a per-task cost of approximately 1/3 that of Claude Haiku 5.5.

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In brief

ByteDance Releases Seedream 5.5

ByteDance released the Seedream 5.5 image model, supporting up to 100 consecutive edits, pixel-level preservation of unedited areas, and native RGBA output.

Zyphra Open-Sources ZONOS3-Mini

Zyphra released the open-source TTS model ZONOS3-Mini, adopting a sparse MoE architecture with 800,000,000 parameters and 100,000,000 active, capable of running in real time on mobile browsers.

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Faces Investigation

NVIDIA's board of directors has initiated an independent director-led investigation, and Jensen Huang acknowledged related extramarital relationships in an all-employee memo.

Claude Fable 5.2 Scientific Demonstration

Anthropic demonstrated 1,000 Fable 5.2 agents fully formalizing the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem within 30 hours.

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Anthropic Rumored to Start Roadshow as Early as Tuesday

Reports indicate Anthropic may start its IPO roadshow as early as Tuesday, with valuation discussions between 1.1 trillion and 1.3 trillion dollars.