Latency measures the delay between an AI request and the resulting response. Interactive generative systems often track time to first token, which reflects how quickly output begins, and time to last token, which captures total completion time. Latency comes from model computation, queueing, network transfer, retrieval, tool calls, safety checks, and application logic. It varies with prompt length, output length, model size, hardware, batching, cache use, and current load. Optimizing only average latency can hide poor experiences, so teams also monitor percentile values and separate each stage of the request. The right target depends on whether the product is conversational, analytical, offline, or safety-critical.
Perplexity unveils Perplexity Computer, a general-purpose AI system that orchestrates multiple frontier models to run complex workflows autonomously.
Andrej Karpathy argues AI coding agents now fundamentally change programming workflows, enabling long-running autonomous tasks and redefining software engineering.
Anthropic acquires Vercept to enhance Claude’s computer use capabilities, following major benchmark gains with Claude Sonnet 4.6 and continued expansion of its AI research team.
Irina Bodnar says Anthropic’s Claude and Meta-backed Manus introduced features that disrupted her AI ad startup Ryze AI, triggering a pivot and raising questions about startup survival in the age of AI giants.
MSCI introduces AI connectors enabling access to its data via MSCI ONE, ChatGPT, and Claude, debuting IndexAI Insights to deliver conversational index analytics powered by large language models.
Anthropic unveils a revised Responsible Scaling Policy with a Frontier Safety Roadmap, regular Risk Reports, and clearer separation between company commitments and industry recommendations.
ŌURA unveils a proprietary large language model for women’s health, combining clinical research and biometric data to deliver personalized, privacy-first AI guidance through Oura Advisor.
Meta plans to buy up to $100 billion in AMD GPUs and CPUs, issuing performance-based warrants as it ramps AI data centers and diversifies compute infrastructure.
As OpenAI nears a $100 billion round and Anthropic closes a $30 billion raise, overlapping investors are challenging traditional venture capital norms around exclusivity and loyalty.
Anthropic reveals industrial-scale campaigns by DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax to extract Claude’s capabilities via fraudulent accounts, highlighting national security and AI safety risks.