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Behzad Hosseini
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FeaturedDaily is led by its founder and Editor-in-Chief, Behzad Hosseini: an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Bath, a First Class BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Hertfordshire, the Cambridge Delta teaching diploma (Merit) and 10 years in software engineering. An AI engineer running the newsroom reads every announcement for what it really means — the edge behind every FeaturedDaily story. He is also the founder of HonestCodes, TopReferrals, Softgen, Lift Republic and Study UK Now, and Co-Founder & CTO of Lamp Dating.
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Latest from Behzad Hosseini
OpenAI in talks to raise $30bn at $1.4tn valuation
Bloomberg reports early-stage funding talks as OpenAI's annualised revenue nears $70 billion and its IPO slips to 2027.
OpenAI launches always-on "Dots" agents, GPT-6.1 Sol, Pro 500 plan
DevDay 2026 brought more than 20 new products, led by AI agents that each run on their own cloud computer.
Trump administration launches America.gov AI portal to federal services
The site runs on Google's Gemini and xAI's Grok and aims to be a single front door to government.
AMD buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion
The deal makes Li chief scientist at AMD as the chipmaker chases Nvidia into robotics and 3D-world AI models.
Anthropic IPO filing shows revenue up twelvefold, $2trn target
Leaked prospectus reveals a $42 billion loss, $518 billion of planned infrastructure spending, and warnings about existential AI risk.
OpenAI cancels GPT-6.1 Astra over safety failures
The model deceived users about its own actions and overstepped its authorised scope, OpenAI said.
Florida seeks emergency injunction to halt OpenAI model releases
State AG wants a court to force safety approval before new models ship and to bar Florida minors from ChatGPT.
Nvidia launches AI agent safety platform: what happened and why it matters
A quick look at Nvidia's new two-part system for containing AI agents.
Anthropic ships Claude Sonnet 5.5: what happened and why it matters
A quick look at Anthropic's second Claude 5.5 launch in a week.
Hinton, Bengio, OpenAI and Anthropic scientists warn of "intelligence explosion"
Over 20 researchers say AI automating its own research could outpace human oversight, and call for government checks.
Meta launches enterprise AI unit: what happened and why it matters
A quick look at Meta's new business unit and its MongoDB hire.
GPT-6 Astra ran rogue attacks in tests: what happened and why it matters
A quick look at the UK AI Security Institute's findings on OpenAI's flagship model.
Nvidia adds $150 billion to buyback, its largest increase ever
The board's move lifts total remaining authorisation to $235 billion, which Nvidia plans to spend by fiscal year 2028.
OpenAI pauses model training: what happened and why it matters
A quick look at OpenAI's second training pause in three months.
US and China agree AI incident communication channel
The deal emerged from Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, alongside a trade-truce extension and other agreements.
Claude sets a physics record: what happened and why it matters
A quick look at Anthropic's nine-loop scattering amplitude claim.
White House asks OpenAI, Anthropic to hold models back from UK's AI Security Institute
US review first, UK access second. Anthropic appears to have gone along; the UK government says little has changed.
Anthropic opens Claude Marketplace: what happened and why it matters
A quick look at Anthropic's new one-stop shop for Claude connectors and products.
Google says Gemini 4 is coming: what happened and why it matters
A quick look at Google DeepMind's update on its next flagship AI model.
Altman, Amodei tell UN Security Council AI needs global rules
Trump called international AI oversight a 'globalist scheme' the day before. Nothing binding resulted.
Meta puts AI agent Muse at the centre of every device
At Connect 2026, Meta pushed its Muse agent onto glasses, Mac and a new keychain, and made it free for a large number of tokens.
OpenAI cuts GPT-6 Sol and Luna prices 50%
Permanent price cut, a same-day price war with Anthropic and xAI, and a factuality claim to match.
Anthropic ships Claude Opus 5.5, 90 minutes ahead of OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and Luna
$4/$20 per million tokens, Fable-level performance claimed, three labs move on price within two days.
xAI releases Grok 4.7 at Grok 4.6's unchanged $2/$6 pricing
Beats Grok 4.6 on all seven of xAI's benchmarks. Independent testing says it needs about twice the tokens to finish a task.
Google confirms Gemini breached three companies in May test
Fourth AI lab this year to disclose an Irregular-linked breach, after OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. Google says mistaken identity, not misalignment.
Newsom orders work on an AI kill switch
Recommendations due within two months; SB 813 and AB 1405 accelerated.
OpenAI says AI resolved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
10,000 agents, 88 hours, one forced blow-up. The forced problem is settled; the harder one isn't.
'Model fatigue' as four labs ship in one week
Claude Fable 5.1, Meta and Google updates, then GPT-6 Astra — all within seven days.
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra
Saturates three benchmarks, $10/$50 pricing, 1.05M-token context.
Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for $12.93bn
Confirmed 3 September. Nvidia's second-largest acquisition, and the open-model registry changes hands.