OpenAI introduces new AI agent for complex business tasks, and crypto’s smart contract world is paying attention

OpenAI launched GPT 5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna across ChatGPT Codex and API, pitching stronger coding, agentic work, safety, and lower task costs. The post OpenAI launches GPT 5.6 model family with Sol as its new flagship appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post Meta opens Muse Spark 1.1 to US developers at launch as a coding API appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Meta released Muse Spark 1.1 on Thursday and made it open to US developers through a new Meta Model API, creating direct competition with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The model is available immediately in Thinking mode inside the Meta AI app and on the Meta AI website.  Developers who want to plug it into their own coding software can now do so through the Meta Model API, which launched the same day in public preview for US accounts. Meta is handing out $20 in free credits to every new account on the API. What has changed since April? Muse Spark was released in April as Meta’s return to the AI model race, with the company describing version 1.1 as a “step-change” over that release.  The new update handles more advanced coding work, can spot and repair complex bugs, and runs agentic workflows across multiple apps, including multi-agent setups. Muse can also read images, v

News publishers say OpenAI hid tools and datasets that could identify copyrighted journalism in ChatGPT outputs, escalating their lawsuit with a new motion for sanctions.

The post Eightco Holdings (ORBS) Reveals $397M Crypto-AI Treasury: 16K ETH And 283M WLD appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Public markets rarely get a direct window into a company’s crypto conviction. Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) just pried that window open. The firm’s July 8 snapshot shows total holdings of roughly $397 million, a figure built from an unusual mix of AI equity stakes and liquid crypto assets. The treasury includes an indirect $90 million position in OpenAI, $18 million in Beast Industries, 16,278 ETH, and 283 million WLD tokens—valued at $149 million at the time of disclosure. For a Nasdaq-listed entity, the composition reads less like a traditional balance-sheet hedge and more like a concentrated bet on AI infrastructure and on-chain identity. The Ethereum stack alone is large enough to place Eightco among the more exposed public-company ETH holders, even if it still trails dedicated crypto treasury companies by a wide margin. Meanwhile, the Worldcoin (WLD) posit

OpenAI may be sanctioned for hiding, deleting ChatGPT logs in NYT copyright fight.

Staggered release of ChatGPT 5.6 follows similar restrictions on rival firm Anthropic’s latest AI models OpenAI released its latest advanced AI model, called ChatGPT 5.6, on Thursday after earlier delaying the public rollout over US government concerns about cybersecurity. The Trump administration had requested last month that OpenAI limit the release to a small group of government-approved users. OpenAI complied with the White House’s request last month. The company stated in a blogpost that it had briefed government officials on ChatGPT 5.6’s capabilities and restricted the model to trusted partners at their behest. The product’s wider release came after additional testing by the government’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation agency, according to Axios. Continue reading...

The post The Next AI Race Won’t Be Won By Smarter Technology. It Will Be Won By Better Judgement. appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. AI agents are rapidly reshaping customer experience. Every recommendation, every checkout and every automated decision is an expression of your brand’s judgement, not just its technology – and that is where the trust equation hits. getty Every major technology shift has forced business leaders to ask a different question. The industrial revolution asked how we could produce more. The internet asked how we could connect more. Mobile asked how we could make every interaction easier. Artificial intelligence is asking something far more uncomfortable. What happens when your organisation no longer scales capability, but scales judgement? That’s the real shift taking place today. While much of the conversation remains focused on faster models, bigger datasets and more capable AI agents, those are rapidly becoming the price of entry. The organisations that cre

The potential influx of tech wealth could exacerbate San Francisco's housing market stress, impacting affordability and market dynamics. The post Redfin estimates OpenAI and Anthropic employees could buy 29% of San Francisco homes with IPO equity appeared first on Crypto Briefing.