Anthropic on Friday is releasing Claude Opus 5, a new AI model designed to deliver performance close to its most powerful model, Fable, on many tasks at half the price, the company said.
Why it matters: Opus 5 is Anthropic's fourth Claude 5 model release in less than two months, underscoring how AI deployment has shifted from blockbuster launches to rapid improvements on capability, cost and speed.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that despite the chip industry's long history of boom-and-bust behavior, "this time is different."
Why it matters: As the leader of the world's most valuable public company and the most important maker of AI semiconductors, Huang's words carry weight when it comes to an industry that is increasingly driving the markets and the economy.
AMD on Thursday announced a partnership with Cerebras that will let customers split AI inference workloads across the companies' systems.
Why it matters: Inference is the part of AI computing that turns a trained model into a response, making it central to the speed and cost of everyday AI services.
Data: CDC; Map: Brad Jennings/Axios. Note: Estimated rates calculated using CDC case range midpoints and 2025 U.S. Census population estimates.
Cases of cyclosporiasis have now been reported in at least 41 states, and infection rates continue to increase in the five states where the CDC has declared an outbreak.
The big picture: Although some cases of the diarrhea-inducing illness are reported each year, the outbreak will make 2026 the worst year on U.S. record for this food-borne parasitic infection.
As Adobe's recently appointed chief content and creative officer, Stacy Martinet leads how the company shows up across creative and advertising, editorial content, collaborations and experiences.
Why it matters: Adobe sits at the intersection of tech and creativity, and is now pitching AI tools to filmmakers, designers, illustrators and other creatives.
