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Model Release · May 18

Anthropic ships Claude 4.7, claims 14-point coding gain

The unsexy version: a real coding gain at a real price increase. Inference cost roughly 2x; latency unchanged.

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Lawsuit · May 20

NYT and OpenAI settle for $250M, plus forward licensing

Sets a price for major-publisher licensing. Does NOT settle fair-use — settlements don't make precedent.

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Benchmark · May 21

OpenAI's o5 passes ARC-AGI-2 at the human threshold

First frontier model to clear 85%. $0.43/task. Chollet announcing ARC-AGI-3 within 90 days.

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Model Release · May 19

Google's Gemini 3 ships native 2-hour video understanding

First frontier model with native long-form video. ~40% cheaper input than Claude 4.7. API in 2 weeks.

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Regulation · May 21

EU drops first €38M AI Act fine on Munich firm

4% of global turnover — the AI Act hard cap. Five more EU cases open. Enforcement is no longer hypothetical.

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Funding · May 22

Mistral closes $600M extension at $14B valuation

Three-week close. Same investors. Sovereign-AI thesis still bid up the cap table.

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