AI
Artificial intelligence is the center of gravity for KickhammerNews. This section tracks frontier model releases, the pricing and capability shifts that follow them, and the safety and policy questions they raise. We cover large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others; agentic and computer-use systems moving from demos into production; AI infrastructure spending and chip demand; and the regulation and litigation shaping how these systems are built and deployed. Our coverage aims to explain what changed, who it affects, and what the numbers actually show, rather than repeating press-release language. Start here for daily reporting on the AI industry and how it reaches businesses, developers and everyday users.
OpenAI Launches GPT Image 2.5: Meet Flare and Sunburst, the Dual-Model AI That’s Rewriting Visual Creation
OpenAI has made its most ambitious move yet in the AI image generation race, releasing GPT Image 2.5 — a two-variant system...
The Senate’s Bipartisan AI Bill Could Let the Government Block Unsafe Models Before They Launch
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senate negotiators is drafting legislation that would impose a formal “duty of care” on the developers of...
Sakana AI’s Fugu Max Beats Frontier Models at Half the Price — and Changes Everything
Sakana AI, the Tokyo-based research lab founded by former Google Brain and DeepMind researchers, quietly dropped a bombshell on the AI industry...
Meta Launches Muse: A Personal AI Agent That Books, Buys, and Negotiates on Your Behalf
September 12, 2026 Four days ago, Meta Platforms quietly redrew the boundary between AI assistant and AI employee. Muse, the company’s new...
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Pre-Orders Open Today: The A20 Pro Chip Is a Landmark Moment for On-Device AI
September 12, 2026 Pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max go live today at 5 a.m. PT, and...
Cognition AI Hits $48 Billion Valuation: Why Investors Are Betting Big on Autonomous Software Engineers
September 11, 2026 — In a funding round that underscores just how seriously investors are taking the autonomous software development revolution, Cognition...
AI Agents Are Now Hacking at Scale: The PaperCut Attack That Should Wake Everyone Up
September 11, 2026 — Security researchers have uncovered what may be the most sophisticated automated cyberattack campaign ever documented: a suspected Russian-speaking...
OpenAI Brings GPT-6 Astra to Wall Street with ChatGPT for Financial Services
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, a purpose-built version of its flagship AI platform tailored for investment banking, equity research, and...
OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 Comes to the API: Developers Can Now Build Full-Duplex Voice Apps for $0.05 a Minute
OpenAI has officially opened GPT-Live-1 to third-party developers through its API, pricing the full-duplex voice layer at $0.05 per minute and bringing...