AMD’s MI355X Takes On Nvidia In First Head-To-Head AI Agent Test
AI Agent: Artificial Analysis added AMD’s MI355X chip to its AA-AgentPerf index on Oct. 14, 2026, putting it in direct comparison against Nvidia hardware.
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AI Agent: Artificial Analysis added AMD’s MI355X chip to its AA-AgentPerf index on Oct. 14, 2026, putting it in direct comparison against Nvidia hardware.
Epoch AI’s new SpireClimb benchmark shows frontier AI models now win 90% of easy Slay the Spire runs, up sharply in six months.
Inworld launched a realtime inference API serving Gemma 4, GLM, DeepSeek and MiMo for consumer AI apps, built on an OpenAI-compatible interface.
Zenzap raised $44 million led by Bessemer and Lightspeed and launched AI agents built directly into its workplace chat application.
A hotter-than-expected CPI report sent the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down more than 1% on Oct. 13, deepening a selloff in Nvidia and other AI-linked stocks.
Speech Benchmark: xAI released Grok Voice 3.0 on Oct. 14, 2026, topping the Artificial Analysis Speech-to-Speech Index with a proven state of the art score.
OpenAI detailed how Third Moment Research runs 10,000 AI agents for more than 36 hours using GPT-6 Astra, Codex and Daybreak models.
OpenAI’s UK staff averaged about £794,000 each in wages and salaries in 2025, as the unit’s revenue nearly quadrupled to £293M. Key Takeaways Pay Per Head Jumps Wages and salaries rose more than fivefold to £87.4M in 2025 from £16.6M in 2024. Average headcount doubled to 110 from 55 over the same period. That puts…
Databricks launched Unity Gateway, a single control plane that tracks and manages spending across every AI tool an enterprise runs.
Neura Robotics launched Neuron AI, a foundation model for physical robots, backed by financing that includes Tether, Qualcomm and other infrastructure firms.