Anthropic and OpenAI Pick Their Lanes

Hello, and happy Sunday! It was another jam-packed week both in AI and at Every. Alex Duffy explains Anthropic's and OpenAI's briefs to the U.S. government on their AI plans, Google's major robotics advances, and the newest benchmarks. Here at Every, Gareth Edwards's chronicle of the untold story of Jack Tramiel, the man who made Commodore into a household name, evoked scores of memories from readers who grew up with the company's computers, and Vivian Meng explains how Every Studio made, messed up, and rectified a pricing update on our email product, Cora. Read on for more on all of that as well as everything we published this week.—Kate Lee

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The future of AI comes into focus—and benchmarks are key

With each round of announcements, we’re getting a clearer picture of the future—and realizing just how important it is to keep careful tabs on what these models can (and can’t) do. This week industry heavyweights Anthropic and OpenAI sent detailed AI action plans to the U.S. government, signaling where each company is placing its bets. Elsewhere, there were major advancements and spirited debates about how we benchmark and understand these powerful tools. Let’s get you caught up, then we’ll break it all down.