🚀 RELEASES & LAUNCHES
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.5 with Sketch and faster generation
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.5 with Sketch-based creation and faster generation.- ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex users can access Images 2.5 on desktop, mobile, and web across all tiers.
- Images 2.5 adds Sketch doodle input, comment-based edits, templates, richer textures, and more reliable multi-turn editing.
- Generation latency is reduced by up to 50% versus Images 2.0.
- Developers get GPT-Image-2.5 Flare for faster general-purpose generation and Sunburst for higher-precision creative editing through the API.
Meta launches Muse personal AI agent for U.S. consumers
Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent for U.S. consumers.- Muse is for U.S. consumers aged 18 and over.
- It can send emails, book travel, fill forms, create plans, and make purchases through connected services.
- Muse is available on the web, iOS, Android, and WhatsApp; it is free, with Power at $20/month and Maximum at $100/month.
- Muse runs in a dedicated Secure VM and can continue tasks in the background, moving AI assistants from answering questions to taking actions.
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⚠️ INCIDENTS & SAFETY
- Infostealer malware hijacks Claude sessions and drains subscriber tokens
Hackers used stolen Claude sessions to consume subscribers’ paid tokens.- Claude subscribers, including Claude Max and Claude Code users, were affected.
- Infostealer malware stole browser sessions, letting attackers access accounts and mint unauthorized Claude Code OAuth tokens.
- Anthropic signed out affected users, revoked authorizations, removed payment methods, and issued some refunds.
- One $200-per-month subscriber’s usage rose from 45% to 55% while inactive and received a £44.49 refund.
- Missing itemized usage data made unauthorized token consumption difficult for customers to detect.
Sources 📎 Coverage: techcrunch.com · 👁 via TechCrunch AI
💰 BUSINESS & FUNDING
- Cognition raises $2B at $48B valuation for AI coding platform Devin
Cognition raised $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation for its Devin coding platform.- Devin serves enterprise teams at NVIDIA, GE Aerospace, Citi, Mercedes-Benz, Modal and Goldman Sachs.
- Cognition’s Series E was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, with more than 30 participating firms.
- Run-rate revenue rose from $492 million in May to nearly $900 million in four months.
- Devin added Automations, Auto-Triage and Security Swarm for workflow triggers, incident response and code-security scanning.
- The funding gives Cognition capital to expand its independent, multi-model coding-agent platform.