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Alibaba’s model never trained as an agent — and improved agent performance across seven benchmarks

Alibaba’s Qwen team released Qwen-AgentWorld on Tuesday — two models trained not to act inside agent environments, but to predict what those environments return. The release covers seven domains under a single architecture: MCP, Search, Terminal, Software Engineering, Android, Web, and OS. The release extends Alibaba’s recent push into autonomous agents. Qwen3.7-Max, released in May, […]

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OpenAI’s updated GPT-5.5 Instant is better at shopping, complex constraints, and understanding user intent  — and it’s already in the API

OpenAI has made a significant update to its most widely used language model, GPT-5.5 Instant, which is the default in the free version of ChatGPT. The company announced the upgraded version of GPT-5.5 Instant yesterday on X, calling it “much more fun to talk to” and saying it is “better at understanding the intent behind […]

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Wall Street stays bullish after Apple’s Mac & iPad price hikes

Apple’s rare mid-cycle hardware price increases pushed the stock lower on June 25, but Wall Street’s early response stayed largely upbeat as analysts kept their ratings and targets unchanged. Apple shares fell about 4.8% in morning trading Thursday after the company announced the price increases. The announcement followed Micron’s blockbuster earnings report, which reinforced Wall […]