Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner
Anthropic released Sonnet 5.5, a mid-range model featuring faster response times and reduced token consumption.
TechCrunch AI·28 Sept 2026
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Anthropic released Sonnet 5.5, a mid-range model featuring faster response times and reduced token consumption.
AI startup Manus is expanding its agent offerings to gain ground in the autonomous agent market.
The SEC charged registered investment adviser Zoe Financial for failing to fully disclose material conflicts of interest to clients.
Nvidia announced a record $150 billion share buyback, alongside updates on Akamai's $12B Anthropic deal and LPL Financial's AI strategy.
Google is ending Gemini's task-specific Gems feature in favor of new 'skills' as the market shifts toward all-in-one AI agents.
Donald Trump and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei met to discuss AI safety guardrails versus national competitiveness in US AI development.
Nvidia expands its share buyback plan to $235 billion while Meta taps MongoDB's CEO to lead a new enterprise AI platform initiative.
OpenAI published a site tracking misalignment incidents, highlighting ongoing safety and alignment challenges with advanced AI models.
xAI introduced a finance integration for Grok, allowing users to link bank, card, and investment accounts for read-only management.
Anthropic announced it launched a molecular biology lab where Claude agents conjecture on biology problems while humans run experiments.
Meta launched an enterprise AI platform to commercialise its technology stack, appointing MongoDB's former CEO to lead the push.
Scientists from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft urge policymakers to embed third-party auditors in frontier AI companies.
Recent research shows 4-bit training matching full precision performance, alongside advances in memory-augmented agents and AI tutors.
Meta has formed an enterprise AI division led by former MongoDB CEO Desai to turn its infrastructure and tools into enterprise services.
AWS details a tutorial for deploying real-time voice applications using vLLM-Omni and Qwen3-TTS on Amazon SageMaker AI.
AWS details a reference architecture for deploying FLUX.2-klein and Wan2.1-VACE generative media models on SageMaker AI using vLLM-Omni.
Meta hires MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai to lead a new enterprise AI platform development effort.
A Google Cloud post argues that scaling tech startups achieve better margins by adopting hybrid open and frontier model architectures.
Mistral AI has opened a Munich hub focused on Physics AI and Industrial AI research through partnerships with German industry.
AWS released a sample implementation for agent-driven synthetic monitoring using Amazon Nova Act and Bedrock AgentCore.
Meta has launched a new enterprise AI business to monetize its technology investments through corporate services.
The FDIC issued a prompt corrective action directive against Old Glory Bank after its leverage ratio fell to 2.69%.
Executives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft are urging policymakers to scrutinize and regulate self-improving AI systems.
Nvidia expanded its share buyback program by $150 billion, bringing its total remaining authorized buyback amount to $235 billion.
Nvidia has formed an open-source AI security platform alliance alongside partners including Anthropic and Arm.
Nvidia unveiled an Open Agent Safety Platform that pairs software restrictions with a hardware watchdog to halt autonomous agents.
Meta announced Meta Enterprise Platform to provide AI tools, models, and agents to business clients.
Modulate raised $25 million in funding to expand its voice models for detecting deepfakes, fraud, and scams.
Insurtech startup Outmarket raised $34.5M in funding to expand its AI-driven paperwork automation tools for insurance agencies and brokers.
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson stated that companies cannot evade liability for the actions of autonomous AI agents they deploy.