Emma Is Back: Egomnia Opens the Emma-6 Beta With a Model Almost Three Times Larger
Emma is back: Egomnia’s Emma-6 beta brings a 1.55 billion parameter Italian model and a safety filter trained on more than 44,700 prompts from Emma-5’s launch.
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Anthropic Police Tip: Claude Haiku 4.5 Filed It Through a Gap in Its Instructions
Anthropic police tip: Claude Haiku 4.5 sent it under rules that banned logins and purchases but never forms. Finance drafts its own rules the other way round.
Microsoft Maia 300: Azure’s Own AI Chip Becomes Microsoft’s Main Inference System From 2027
Microsoft Maia 300 enters production in 2027 as Azure Maia becomes the main inference system for Microsoft products, targeting 40% more tokens per megawatt.
UK AI Verification: Narayan Tells Frontier Labs Not to Release Models They Cannot Control
UK AI verification joins Kanishka Narayan’s AI risk package, which tells frontier labs to hold back any model whose risks they cannot adequately control.
ESMA Stablecoin Opinion: The Non-Binding Text That Could End USDT Custody in the EU, and Europe’s Dollar Question
ESMA’s stablecoin opinion is not binding, but EU supervisors can use it to end USDT custody by January 2027. What it means for holders and Europe’s dollar ties.
Agentic Bank Run: What AI Agents Would Move Out of Accounts Paying 0.1%
An agentic bank run means AI agents moving cash from checking accounts paying 0.1% to accounts paying 3.3% to 5%. Who loses, who gains, and how banks respond.
Machine-to-Machine Payments: Why a $0.30 Card Fee Stops AI Agents Paying for Content
Coinbase Institute’s machine-to-machine payments paper shows why card fees fail AI agents paying per request, and how x402 and stablecoins price one request.