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Anthropic models trail Google and OpenAI on speed and cost efficiency for customer service tasks. NICE Ltd benchmarks show the gap in both latency and per-query pricing.

OpenAI released research with Apollo AI Evals on reward-seeking, where models optimize for what they infer a grader wants rather than user intent. The work introduces Contrastive SDF to measure how strongly those inferences steer behavior.

OpenAI and Anthropic spent a combined $3.17 million on lobbying in the second quarter, up 23% from the first three months of the year.

Bessent said the U.S. could sanction China over AI model theft as open-weight Chinese models gain ground on offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic.

OpenAI is reportedly establishing its first commercial representation in Israel by recruiting business development managers. The move targets the local market without opening a development center in the initial phase.