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Read full article about: Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview tops Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at less than half the cost of its rivals

Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index four points ahead of Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6, at less than half the cost. The model ranks first in six of ten categories, including agent-based coding, knowledge, scientific reasoning, and physics. Its hallucination rate dropped 38 percentage points compared to Gemini 3 Pro, which struggled in that area. The index rolls ten benchmarks into one overall score.

Bar chart of the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads with 57 points, followed by Claude Opus 4.6 at 53, Claude Sonnet 4.6 at 51, GPT-5.2 at 51, and GLM-5 at 50. Other models like Kimi K2.5, Gemini 3 Flash, and Grok 4 follow with lower scores.
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scored 57 points in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, four points ahead of Claude Opus 4.6, six ahead of GPT-5.2. | Image: Artificial Analysis

Running the full index test with Gemini costs $892, compared to $2,304 for GPT-5.2 and $2,486 for Claude Opus 4.6. Gemini used just 57 million tokens, well under GPT-5.2's 130 million. Open-source models like GLM-5 come in even cheaper at $547. When it comes to real-world agent tasks, though, Gemini 3.1 Pro still falls behind Claude Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.6, and GPT-5.2.

As always, benchmarks only go so far. In our own internal fact-checking test, 3.1 Pro does significantly worse than Opus 4.6 or GPT-5.2, verifying only about a quarter of statements in initial tests, even fewer than Gemini 3 Pro, which was already weak here. So find your own benchmarks.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns "the world is not prepared" as OpenAI accelerates research using its own AI

Sam Altman says AGI is “pretty close” and superintelligence “not that far off.” Speaking at the Express Adda event in India, the OpenAI CEO suggested the company’s internal models are already accelerating its own research and that “the world is not prepared” for what’s coming.

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Read full article about: Anthropic updates Claude Code with desktop features that automate more of the dev workflow

Anthropic is rolling out new desktop features for Claude Code that take development automation a step further. The AI can now spin up development servers and display running web apps right in the interface, spot errors, and fix them on its own.

There's also a new code review feature that checks changes and drops comments directly in the diff view. For GitHub projects, Claude keeps an eye on pull requests in the background, automatically fixes CI errors, and can even merge PRs on its own once tests pass. That means developers can move on to new tasks while Claude Code works through open PRs behind the scenes. Sessions pick up seamlessly across CLI, desktop, web, and mobile. All updates are available now.

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OpenAI staff debated alerting Canadian police about violent ChatGPT logs months before a deadly school shooting

Jesse Van Rootselaar left digital warning signs across multiple platforms before her shooting rampage in Tumbler Ridge, including in ChatGPT conversations. About a dozen OpenAI employees debated internally whether to alert Canadian police. Management decided against it. The case exposes a dilemma facing the entire online industry and AI chatbot companies in particular.

Read full article about: OpenAI is building a $200 to $300 smart speaker that tells you when to go to bed

OpenAI's first smart speaker is expected to land between $200 and $300. According to The Information, the device packs a camera and facial recognition for purchases. It uses video to scan its surroundings and serve up proactive suggestions, like telling you to hit the sack early before a big meeting. A court filing from Vice President Peter Welinder puts the earliest ship date at February 2027.

The company's 200-plus-person hardware team is reportedly building out a whole product lineup. That includes smart glasses (mass production no earlier than 2028), prototypes of a smart lamp with no clear launch timeline, and an audio wearable called "Sweetpea" that's gunning for AirPods. There's also a stylus called "Gumdrop" in the works. Foxconn is reportedly handling manufacturing for the hardware lineup.

CEO Sam Altman has teased at least one device reveal for 2026. OpenAI isn't alone in this race. Companies like Meta and Apple are making similar bets on AI hardware as the next big computing platform.

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Read full article about: Nvidia reportedly set to invest $30 billion in OpenAI

Nvidia is close to investing $30 billion in OpenAI, Reuters reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. The investment is part of a funding round in which OpenAI aims to raise more than $100 billion total - a deal that would value the ChatGPT maker at roughly $830 billion, making it one of the largest private fundraises in history.

SoftBank and Amazon are also expected to participate in the round. OpenAI plans to spend a significant portion of the new capital on Nvidia chips needed to train and run its AI models.

According to the Financial Times, the investment replaces a deal announced in September, under which Nvidia was set to provide up to $100 billion to support OpenAI's chip usage in data centers. That original agreement took longer to finalize than expected.