AI Models, Releases & Industry Moves
OpenAI released GPT-5.5, unifying Codex and the main model into a single system with strong gains in agentic coding and computer use.
Simon Willison · simonwillison.net
DeepSeek released V4 preview models, their first major update since V3.2 last December, positioning as a near-frontier model at significantly lower cost.
Google is increasing its financial support for Anthropic with up to $40 billion in investment to help the AI lab scale its computing infrastructure.
Anthropic confirmed that widespread complaints about declining Claude Code quality over the past two months were grounded in real problems, and published a postmortem.
AI's Impact on Jobs, Work & Society
Financial Times · www.ft.com
The FT argues that whether AI can perform a task is only a small part of the employment picture, and the 'jobpocalypse' narrative oversimplifies the dynamics of technology adoption in workplaces.
A personal essay reflecting on AI-driven burnout and questioning one's place in the tech industry as AI tools reshape software engineering work.
Anthropic Research · www.anthropic.com
Anthropic surveyed 81,000 Claude users and found that people in AI-exposed roles have greater concerns about job displacement, with concerns higher among certain demographics.
Meta plans to cut 10% of its workforce to offset Mark Zuckerberg's massive AI spending, which includes $135 billion in data centres this year.
Simon Willison · simonwillison.net
Nilay Patel's essay explores why AI remains unpopular with the general public even as ChatGPT usage numbers continue to grow.