Two AI Models Set to “stir government urgency”, But Will This Challenge Undo Them?

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First look at exclusive reports about OpenAI's new Spud model, and the model Anthropic think will stir governments to urgency, all in the context of the newly-launched ARC-AGI-3. What does the extreme difficulty of that benchmarks, and its quirky scoring metrics, mean for AI in 2026? https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:55 - OpenAI Side Quests 01:58 - Claude New Model Coming + Universal Equity? 03:13 - ARC-AGI 3 05:00…

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