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- Rolling Stone owner Penske Media sues Google over AI summaries ⚖️
- Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation 💰
- xAI reportedly lays off 500 workers from data-annotation team 📉
- California lawmakers pass AI safety bill SB 53 — but Newsom could still veto 🏛️
- OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor says we're in an AI bubble (but that's OK) 💭
- China says Nvidia violated antitrust regulations 🇨🇳
- Google launches new protocol for agent-driven purchases 🛒
OpenAI releases GPT-5-Codex with dynamic thinking for enhanced coding performance.
OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5-Codex, a significant upgrade to its AI coding agent that promises to revolutionize how artificial intelligence approaches software development tasks. The new model introduces dynamic "thinking" capabilities that allow it to spend anywhere from seconds to seven hours on coding challenges, adapting its computational effort in real-time based on task complexity.
The enhanced model is now available across all Codex platforms, including terminal access, integrated development environments (IDEs), GitHub integration, and ChatGPT. Current availability extends to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Education, and Enterprise subscribers, with API access planned for future release.
What sets GPT-5-Codex apart from its predecessors is its adaptive processing approach. Unlike traditional models that rely on routers to determine computational allocation upfront, this system continuously evaluates whether additional thinking time is necessary. Alexander Embiricos, OpenAI's Codex product lead, explained that the model can reassess mid-task, potentially deciding five minutes into a problem that it requires another hour of processing time.
This dynamic approach has yielded impressive benchmark results. GPT-5-Codex demonstrates superior performance on SWE-bench Verified, a standard for measuring agentic coding abilities, and excels at code refactoring tasks within large, established repositories. The model's enhanced capabilities extend beyond basic coding to sophisticated code review functions.
OpenAI conducted extensive testing of GPT-5-Codex's code review abilities by having experienced software engineers evaluate the model's feedback. The results were promising: engineers found that the AI generated fewer incorrect comments while simultaneously providing more "high-impact" insights that could meaningfully improve code quality.
The release comes at a critical time for OpenAI's competitive positioning in the rapidly expanding AI coding tools market. The company faces intense competition from established players like Microsoft's GitHub Copilot and emerging challengers including Claude Code and Anysphere's Cursor. The market's explosive growth reflects unprecedented demand from developers seeking AI assistance.
Cursor's remarkable achievement of surpassing $500 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025 demonstrates the market's potential. Meanwhile, the AI coding space has seen dramatic corporate maneuvering, exemplified by the chaotic acquisition attempt surrounding Windsurf, another code editor, which resulted in the target company's team being split between tech giants Google and Cognition.
The technical innovation behind GPT-5-Codex's dynamic thinking represents a departure from conventional AI model architectures. Traditional systems like GPT-5's router in ChatGPT direct queries to different models based on initial complexity assessments. However, GPT-5-Codex operates without a router system, instead continuously evaluating whether additional processing time would benefit the current task.
This real-time adaptation capability means the model can tackle increasingly complex coding challenges that might require extended analysis. Embiricos noted instances where the model has dedicated upward of seven hours to particularly challenging problems, demonstrating unprecedented persistence in AI coding assistance.
The implications for software development workflows could be substantial. By providing more accurate code reviews and spending appropriate time on complex problems, GPT-5-Codex could reduce debugging time and improve overall code quality. The model's ability to work with large, established codebases also suggests potential for integration into enterprise development environments.
For OpenAI, this release represents a strategic move to maintain relevance in the competitive AI coding market. As demand for AI development tools continues growing, the company's ability to differentiate through superior performance and innovative approaches like dynamic thinking becomes increasingly important.
The broader impact extends beyond individual developers to entire software development teams and organizations. Enhanced AI coding assistance could accelerate development cycles, reduce errors, and allow human developers to focus on higher-level architectural and creative challenges while AI handles routine coding and review tasks.
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Penske Media sues Google over AI summaries allegedly damaging publisher revenue.
Rolling Stone owner Penske Media sues Google over AI summaries
Penske Media Corporation, owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Variety, is suing Google for allegedly using news content illegally to create AI summaries that harm publishers' businesses. The lawsuit claims Google forces publishers to allow content use in AI Overviews as a condition for search indexing, creating a monopolistic coercion. PMC reports significant traffic declines since AI Overviews launched, reducing ad and subscription revenue. Google defends the feature as helpful, claiming it sends traffic to diverse sites. This marks the first lawsuit specifically targeting Google's AI-generated search summaries.
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- 💰🤖 Micro1, a competitor to Scale AI, raises funds at $500M valuation. AI talent marketplace hits half-billion milestone!
- ✂️👥 xAI reportedly lays off 500 workers from data annotation team. Musk's AI venture cuts workforce!
- 🏛️📋 California lawmakers pass AI safety bill SB 53, but Newsom could still veto. Golden State AI regulations hang in balance!
- 🎈💬 OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor says we're in an AI bubble, but that's OK. Tech leader embraces the hype cycle!
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