News Summary

• OpenAI executives say they will introduce a new artificial intelligence model for “high-value professional work” The company faces heightened competition with rival Anthropic in attracting corporate customers to adopt AI assistants in their workplaces.
• Codenamed Spud, OpenAI says its “smartest model yet” offers “stronger reasoning, better understanding of intent and dependencies, better follow-through and more reliable output in production” It's part of OpenAI's answer to Anthropic's new Claude Mythos, which Anthropic claims is so “strikingly capable” that it is limiting its use to select customers.