EP 682 : Anthropic AI Speedup Doubles, OpenAI Adds GIFs to ChatGPT – AI News

Ever wonder how quickly the frontier of AI is actually moving behind closed doors? In this episode we unpack METR’s exclusive 11‑week deep dive into Anthropic’s internal data, which shows the company’s AI development may be accelerating at 1.3‑3× its previous pace—largely powered by its own models. We discuss what the redacted “Model 4” and the looming danger threshold in Anthropic’s IPO filing could mean for safety and competition, and why even the lab’s insiders were “seriously wrong” about the speed of progress.Next up, OpenAI rolls out Images 2.6, the first image model that can generate animated GIFs directly in ChatGPT and via API. We break down the two flavors—Sunburst for premium quality and Flare for lightweight jobs—plus the 50 % speed boost that puts the new model ahead of its predecessor on Design Arena.We also cover the rest of today’s AI headlines: OpenAI’s GPT‑6 Cyber hunting software bugs, Perplexity’s new “Teammates” agents, Anthropic’s personal‑finance hub inside Claude, a smart‑ring from startup Aina, Google’s cost‑effective Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash video model, and more.Ready to stay ahead of the curve? Hit play, share with your network, and subscribe for weekly deep‑dives into the AI breakthroughs that matter. At the end of the show we list the top tools mentioned so you can start experimenting right away.Tools mentioned: Images 2.6 (OpenAI), Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash (Google), Atmee v2 (Atmanity), Wanaka (3D AI apps), Glasshand (device‑level AI APIs), Pancake (go‑to‑market agents).