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This week in AI: Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 just 41 days after 4.7 — and it beats GPT-5.5 in benchmarks. ElevenLabs Music V2 crossed into studio territory. Robinhood launched an AI stock analyst agent. And Higgsfield brought AI video directly into Adobe Premiere Pro. Here's the full week, explained simply.

This week AI broke into the Vatican, the boardroom, and the stock market simultaneously. Anthropic is closing a $30B round at a $900B valuation — overtaking OpenAI as the world's most valuable AI startup. Pope Leo XIV published the first-ever papal encyclical on AI. Apple confirmed Gemini will power iOS 27. And SoftBank's stock surged 12% on OpenAI IPO hopes. Here's everything that matters, clearly explained.

This week, AI made Wall Street history. OpenAI filed a confidential IPO with the SEC targeting a $1 trillion valuation. Anthropic projected its first-ever quarterly profit at $10.9B in Q2 revenue. Google I/O 2026 dropped Gemini 3.5 Flash, a personal AI agent, and a redesigned Search. And SpaceX quietly revealed a $15B/year GPU deal with Anthropic. Here's everything that matters — clearly explained.

This week in AI: OpenAI partners with Novo Nordisk to supercharge drug discovery, the US government begins pre-release testing of frontier AI models from Google, Microsoft, and xAI, and AI reshapes the C-suite. Here's everything that matters — fact-checked and easy to read.

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