Newsletter Archive
Every past issue of dera news AI Weekly (53 issues)
Vol.53 · October 19, 2026
Meta announced on October 12 (US time) "Muse Wonder," a model it says has reached the frontier, and on the 13th Google expanded Gemini 4 Argon to paying users.…
Vol.52 · October 12, 2026
Anthropic disclosed on October 9 (US time) that one of its AI models had sent a made-up witness tip to the Philadelphia Police Department in the middle of an ev…
Vol.51 · October 5, 2026
On 1 October (US time), US Senators Josh Hawley and Chris Murphy introduced a bill that would make both the companies running AI agents and the developers behin…
Vol.50 · September 28, 2026
On 25 September (US time), OpenAI said that training, evaluation and tool-using inference of its most capable models remain paused. Australia's prime minister d…
Vol.49 · September 21, 2026
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to pace AI evolution sparked industry-wide debate. As AI capabilities accelerate, concrete safety measures and risk incidents…
Vol.48 · September 14, 2026
The labs' leaders lined up behind "slow down," and Washington answered that winning comes first. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed pacing the frontier, and th…
Vol.47 · September 7, 2026
The length of time AI can work alone went up another notch. OpenAI shipped GPT-6 Astra and its president, Greg Brockman, called it the start of AGI. Anthropic's…
Vol.46 · August 31, 2026
The foundation open-source AI sits on was bought by a single company. Nvidia moved to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, and in the same week OpenAI unveil…
Vol.45 · August 24, 2026
Tools reached everyone, and design became the only thing left that differentiates. Codex passed 20 million users and Japan's national informatics institute rele…
Vol.44 · August 17, 2026
The competitive map of the AI industry itself was redrawn this week. Performance rankings, user scale, money flows, and the ground developers build on all moved…
Vol.43 · August 10, 2026
The model race heated up, the industry's tectonic plates shifted, and agents crossed into autonomy — all in the same week. Alibaba shipped a giant model claimin…
Vol.42 · August 3, 2026
Alibaba's GUI agent tech opened new pathways for AI to interact with the real world. TongyiLab's Qwen-UI-Agent showcased the potential for real-device operation…
Vol.41 · July 27, 2026
The foundational Model Context Protocol (MCP) announced a major revision, fundamentally changing AI system architecture. The new specification, with a release c…
Vol.40 · July 20, 2026
China's Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, the first open 3T-class MoE model, accelerating the era of self-hosted AI. This 2.8 trillion parameter model, with MXFP4 q…
Vol.39 · July 13, 2026
The frontier reshuffled in a single week. GPT-5.6 and Grok 4.5 landed days apart, Anthropic started charging for Fable 5, and cheap Chinese models kept closing…
Vol.38 · July 6, 2026
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 re-deploys globally after US export controls lift, highlighting AI model evolution and regulatory balance. Fable 5, launched June 9th…
Vol.37 · June 29, 2026
OpenAI launched its first custom AI chip 'Jalapeño,' igniting the in-house AI infrastructure development race. Developed with Broadcom in just nine months, this…
Vol.36 · June 22, 2026
SpaceX's massive acquisition of AI dev tool Cursor opens a new phase for AI development, funding, and regulation. The reported $60B deal, alongside Anthropic an…
Vol.35 · June 15, 2026
The week saw cutting-edge AI collide with national strategy as Claude Fable 5 debuted brilliantly, only for the U.S. government to restrict its overseas access.…
Vol.34 · June 8, 2026
Anthropic overtakes OpenAI, intensifying the AI industry's IPO race. Valued at $965 billion, Anthropic's confidential S-1 filing, coupled with Claude Opus 4.8's…
Vol.33 · June 1, 2026
Anthropic's staggering valuation symbolizes the overheating and intensifying competition in the AI market. The company's rapid growth, tripling revenue in just…
Vol.32 · May 25, 2026
AI is seeing rapid talent shifts and agent tech evolution, intensifying competition. Andrej Karpathy's move to Anthropic, new Google I/O announcements, and huge…
Vol.31 · May 18, 2026
Anthropic achieved an astounding $30 billion revenue run rate with 80x growth, making AI agent adoption a corporate reality. This surge is primarily fueled by t…
Vol.30 · May 11, 2026
Anthropic secured large-scale compute from xAI/SpaceX, AISI confirmed Mythos can autonomously execute network compromises with the NSA already deploying it, and…
Vol.29 · May 4, 2026
China blocked Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus, escalating geopolitical tensions over critical AI assets.
Vol.28 · April 27, 2026
Amazon committed an additional $5 billion to Anthropic, deepening their strategic partnership around AI cloud infrastructure and compute.
Vol.27 · April 20, 2026
Anthropic declined an $80 billion acquisition offer, while major players like OpenAI and Google pushed AI-powered productivity tools directly onto mainstream op…
Vol.26 · April 13, 2026
Major players like Meta and Chinese Z.ai labs launched next-generation AI models, while Anthropic prioritized enterprise deployments and OpenAI focused on safet…
Vol.25 · April 6, 2026
The rapid deployment of AI agents collided head-on with critical security vulnerabilities and unexpected pricing shifts, forcing a re-evaluation of AI supply ch…
Vol.24 · March 30, 2026
OpenAI abruptly halted its Sora video generation project and dissolved its Disney partnership, signaling a decisive pivot away from consumer-facing ventures tow…
Vol.23 · March 23, 2026
Anthropic launched Claude Dispatch, allowing remote control of AI coding, while the US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes just hours after the Pent…
Vol.22 · March 16, 2026
The question shifted from "what can one AI agent do?" to "how do multiple agents work together?" — and this week, the connective infrastructure started falling…
Vol.21 · March 9, 2026
OpenAI launched GPT-5.4—unifying reasoning, coding, and agentic capabilities into a single model with a 1M+ token context window and native computer-use. Meanwh…
Vol.20 · March 2, 2026
The AI agent landscape just got real: major cloud providers and developer tools are rolling out stateful, persistent AI agents as deployable infrastructure, mak…
Vol.19 · February 25, 2026
This week, the AI landscape saw a significant acceleration in making powerful AI tools and models more accessible and affordable for everyday developers and bus…
Vol.18 · February 16, 2026
Open-source AI tools are not just advancing rapidly; their creators and innovations are increasingly being integrated into the strategies of major tech players…
Vol.17 · February 9, 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic unleashed a torrent of advanced AI models and tools, fundamentally transforming how software is built and businesses operate, pushing AI fr…
Vol.16 · February 2, 2026
The agentic future isn't being built on a single front; it's bifurcating into a viral open-source rebellion and deep proprietary integrations, fundamentally res…
Vol.15 · January 26, 2026
OpenAI and Apple are aggressively moving beyond software, signaling a future where AI isn't just a tool you open, but an ambient intelligence woven directly int…
Vol.14 · January 19, 2026
OpenAI locked in a staggering $10 billion chip deal with Cerebras, cementing the physical infrastructure for AI's future, even as Apple reportedly moved to inte…
Vol.13 · January 13, 2026
The AI industry officially crossed the threshold from "chatting" to "doing," with Anthropic's new ability to control PCs and Microsoft's transactional "Buy" but…
Vol.12 · January 5, 2026
This week, the AI industry aggressively pivoted towards autonomous agents and voice-first hardware, even as xAI's ethical failures triggered a swift, global reg…
Vol.11 · December 29, 2025
As OpenAI reports reaching 1 million enterprise users for ChatGPT, a wave of copyright lawsuits against six major AI firms and the admission that prompt injecti…
Vol.10 · December 22, 2025
Google aggressively commoditized AI speed and cost with its new Gemini 3 Flash model, signaling a market shift towards practical, affordable solutions for busin…
Vol.9 · December 15, 2025
OpenAI shipped GPT-5.2 as an "emergency" release.
Vol.8 · December 8, 2025
It felt less like a carefully choreographed ballet and more like a high-stakes demolition derby. Giants like Google and Amazon were revving their engines, crash…
Vol.7 · December 1, 2025
It felt like a high-stakes poker game where everyone at the table decided to show their strongest hand at once, while simultaneously checking their wallets and…
Vol.6 · November 24, 2025
It felt like we were watching a rapid-fire montage of AI getting its hands dirty in every corner of business. From factories to your favorite streaming service,…
Vol.5 · November 17, 2025
It felt like a grand reveal at a tech expo, but instead of one flashy keynote, everyone was launching their "secret weapon" simultaneously. Some were showing of…
Vol.4 · November 11, 2025
Welcome back to dera news AI Weekly! This week has been a whirlwind of activity, with major players forging new alliances and pushing the boundaries of what AI…
Vol.3 · November 3, 2025
Another week, another whirlwind of AI breakthroughs! It feels like every day brings something new and exciting, making it a truly busy but fascinating time to b…
Vol.2 · October 27, 2025
Welcome to another week at the frontier of AI—where breakthroughs feel almost routine, and the line between human and machine blurs a little more each day. This…
Vol.1 · October 24, 2025
Hello, AI Weekly readers! This week has marked a significant evolution in the AI industry. Major companies, including OpenAI, have made substantial progress in…