We analyze how the move to larger photomasks might shake out, and the trials and tribulations that might face chipmakers during the shift, which, theoretically, will take years.
TSMC, Samsung, and Intel shore up support with ASML to deploy larger High-NA EUV photomasks — 6×12-inch photomask transition may take years despite unified effort
Lastly, the news has been dominated this week by the release of OpenAI's latest frontier-level model. Named GPT-6 Astra, the AI model quickly topped charts for its intelligence and the ability to complete tasks on a per-task basis lower than other leading AI models. This comes hot on the heels of a fleet of rogue OpenAI agents running amok on internet forums, all in the name of co-ordination.
Astra's release prompted OpenAI to release a blog post, explaining how it believed that Astra was aligned internally. But others believe that the threat of a looming humanity-threatening tech "singularity", powered by powerful models like Astra, is on the way soon.
OpenAI has also claimed to have solved one of the Millennium Problems. The Navier-Stokes problem had been left long unsolved, while mathematician Tristan Buckmaster had been working on a step toward a solution for the problem, alongside a member of Anthropic staff. The pair had been using both Anthropic and OpenAI models in their research, so when the claim came out that an OpenAI model had solved the long-standing problem, it raised more than a few eyebrows. We chronicle the entire saga and the implications for researchers in our exhaustive breakdown.
OpenAI's breakthrough solution for the elusive Navier-Stokes problem overshadowed by plagiarism controversy — researcher says OpenAI scraped Codex session and issued career threats
OpenAI claims GPT-6 Astra is an ethereal 'Alien Mind' with AGI-like qualities — company warns of alignment challenges as new frontier leader emerges
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