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Google AI Releases Gemini 3.5 Transcribe: A Speech-to-Text Model Reporting 2.6% Average WER Across 85+ Languages

Google's released Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech-to-text model designed for real-time voice interfaces and recorded audio. The model reports a 2.6% average WER across 85+ languages, and the service splits into two.

Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode

Anthropic's made auto mode the default setting for Claude Code. They're relying on it to prevent prompt injection attacks.

Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules

A federal judge in California has ruled that the Pentagon's decision to blacklist Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional. The court's decision means the Trump administration's blacklisting of the company was illegal.

Anthropic locks in 45-billion-dollar compute deal with Nscale ahead of IPO

Anthropic's agreed to a 45-billion-dollar deal with Nscale for computing power. It's happening ahead of the company's planned initial public offering.

OpenAI rallies 100+ companies to sign open letter warning AI-powered cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are imminent

OpenAI's published an open letter on global cyber defence, co-signed by over 100 companies including Microsoft, Google, AWS, Anthropic and Cisco. They're warning that AI-powered cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are