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AI Model Claude Opus 4.6 Released Amidst Turmoil in AI Industry
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6, a significant upgrade to its flagship artificial intelligence model, on Thursday, February 5, 2026, according to VentureBeat. The company claims the new model plans more carefully, sustains longer autonomous workflows, and outperforms competitors, including OpenAI's GPT-5.2, on key enterprise benchmarks. The release comes amidst a turbulent period for the AI industry and global software markets.
The launch of Claude Opus 4.6 occurred just three days after OpenAI released its Codex desktop application, directly challenging Anthropic's Claude Code momentum, VentureBeat reported. Investors attributed a $285 billion rout in software and services stocks partly to fears that Anthropic's AI tools could disrupt established enterprise software businesses. The new model boasts a 1 million token context and "agent teams," according to VentureBeat.
In other tech news, a peculiar issue arose for Neocities, a platform founded in 2013 to archive GeoCities websites and maintain the aesthetic of the 1990s internet. Ars Technica reported that Bing inexplicably began blocking approximately 1.5 million independent websites hosted on Neocities. The platform allows users to design free websites without standardized templates, offering a customizable space for art, niche fandoms, and unique expertise. The reason for the block remains unclear.
Meanwhile, concerns have been raised regarding face-recognition technology used by immigration authorities. Wired reported that the Department of Homeland Security launched Mobile Fortify in the spring of 2025. The app, used by ICE and CBP, is intended to determine or verify the identities of individuals stopped or detained by DHS officers during federal operations. Records reviewed by Wired indicate the app was deployed without adequate scrutiny and is not designed to reliably identify people in the streets. The rollout was linked to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, calling for a crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
In other international tech news, China was once home to the world's largest gay dating app, Blued, which even went public on Nasdaq, according to Wired. The app's founder, Ma Baoli, was a Chinese police officer who ran an online forum for gay men for a decade before coming out at work. Wired reported that Ma Baoli shook hands with Li Keqiang, who thanked him for his work, four months before Li became China's Premier.
Separately, in medical news, the New England Journal of Medicine reported a rare case of a 39-year-old woman whose eyelids flipped inside out and got stuck due to poor sleep. The woman sought care at an ophthalmology clinic in Brooklyn, New York, after experiencing watery eyes and the sensation of something being in her eyes for six weeks, according to Ars Technica. Doctors reported her eyelids had rolled up and flipped inside-out on their own and were staying that way.
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