/Dispatch #114
OpenAI and Anthropic released new AI models built to cut costs, not push new capabilities. Claude Opus 5.5 costs nearly 40% less than Opus 5; GPT-6 Sol and Luna are priced 50% below GPT-5.6.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says there is a 0% chance AI destroys the world by 2030 and opposes new regulation, calling slowdown calls from other AI leaders not grounded in science.




+20Anthropic and OpenEvidence, a medical AI platform, will offer doctors free AI clinical support in about 100 low and middle-income countries. US clinicians already consulted the tool 42 million times in August.





A New York Times investigation says US sports-betting firm DraftKings used AI to find gamblers who lose the most and sent them promotions. Former employees say a problem-gambling prediction model was shelved.




+1AI leaders warn UN Security Council of existential risks to humanity, call for global safeguards
Tl;dr: AI chiefs urged UN safeguards as US and China balked
Zelensky Warns AI Could Control Battlefield by 2027 as Autonomous Weapons Reshape Modern Warfare
Tl;dr: AI could decide battles by 2027, Zelensky warns the UN
Trump Orders US Diplomats to Replace 'Artificial Intelligence' With 'Super Intelligence'
Tl;dr: Trump rebrands AI as 'super intelligence', rejects oversight