A reasoning model is designed or trained to perform stronger multistep problem solving than a standard immediate-response model. It may decompose a task, test alternatives, use tools, verify intermediate results, or allocate more inference compute before producing an answer. These systems can improve performance in mathematics, coding, science, and planning, but the label does not mean their conclusions are always logical or correct. Reasoning can increase latency and cost, and a plausible explanation may not reveal the model’s true internal process. Reliable use still requires suitable evaluations, tool verification, source checking, and limits on autonomous action, especially when the task is ambiguous or consequential.
Odyssey-3 generates worlds that respond to actions, leads a published physics benchmark and powers robot demonstrations. Flash is available to try in a browser.
ChatGPT can now build interactive diagrams, maps, calculators and games inside answers. Intelligent UI is rolling out with GPT-6 across free and paid plans.
OpenAI’s annualized revenue was nearing $50 billion, below earlier reports near $70 billion. Different treatment of partner sales helps explain the gap.
Anthropic’s new policy bans extreme, repeated abuse of Claude from November 12, while excluding ordinary frustration, disagreement, fiction and testing.
Jeff Bezos says AI could let families live on one income or work three days a week, but has offered no timetable or plan for sharing the gains.
Claude Haiku 5.5 cuts costs for everyday AI tasks, with API rates up to 20x below Sonnet and Anthropic-reported benchmark gains over GPT-6 Luna.
Google’s SynthID Detector is now available globally for image, video and audio checks. It detects supported AI watermarks, rather than proving a file is real.
Google Playground turns prompts into browser games without coding. Unity Spark will add a more advanced creation path, with a closed beta coming soon.
Google’s Nano Banana 2.1 improves image quality, text and editing consistency while cutting its image-output token price to a quarter of Nano Banana Pro’s rate.
OpenAI will watermark eligible ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU, but restricted detector access and editing-related limitations complicate the promise of identifying AI writing.