THE AI TIMES

SemiAnalysis's new GDPx benchmark for AI agents shows top models like Claude Opus 5.5, Gemini 4 Carbon, and GPT-6 Astra scoring below 12 percent across 206 professional tasks. The results, published in early November 2026, indicate significant challenges for AI in complex real-world work.

Anthropic is moving forward with a pre-Thanksgiving IPO, targeting a valuation of $1.25–$1.75 trillion. This decision comes despite a tech selloff and reflects a lower valuation than initially hoped, similar to OpenAI's recent funding target reduction.

After the November 2026 midterms, data centers face political backlash as local restrictions pass widely and Elon Musk's $500M bet on Republicans yields nothing, prompting OpenAI to publish a "Compute Campus Policy Blueprint" and a National Community Compact.