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May 28, 2026

 

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Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new 'dynamic workflow' tool

Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new 'dynamic workflow' tool: The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents. Read More

Corgi announces $106M raise at $2.6B valuation — double what it was worth 3 weeks ago: While startups raising back-to-back rounds at steep step-ups have become almost routine, a company whose valuation doubles in three weeks is unusual enough to raise questions, particularly given the investor set in both rounds is the same. Read More

Waymo's newest robotaxi is Chinese-made, built to make money, and now accepting riders: The launch of the Ojai minivan robotaxi comes after years of development and testing, but arrives amid a challenging time for Waymo. Read More

A message from NVIDIA and Microsoft

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