Users report high token consumption and cost variability for Fable 5.1

Mojo 1.1 adds inferred member references, faster compile times, better generated code performance, and newly stable standard-library APIs including SIMD. Companion release MAX 26.6 adds MiniMax-Music3 audio generation and faster kernels on AMD and NVIDIA GPUs.

DSAS decouples when to steer from how to steer, adaptively scaling existing steering transformations across layers and inputs so intervention is strong only when undesired behavior is detected. Apple reports it improves the Pareto front for toxicity mitigation versus utility preservation and also works on text-to-image diffusion models.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau lifted its 2026 US ad spend growth forecast from 9.5% to 12.3%, citing automated on-platform AI ad tools like Meta's Advantage+ and Google's Performance Max. Agency executives told Digiday roughly 11-12% of digital ad spend, and up to 30% in some cases, is now managed by these tools.

MobiHealthNews reports a hospital in Taiwan developed an in-house agentic AI system rather than buying an external vendor product. No model names, deployment scale, or clinical results were disclosed in the available excerpt.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that he supports congressional hearings on AI but is not keen on additional regulations.

A r/ChatGPT poster says they quit ChatGPT around May 2026 because it disagreed with everything, and returned to find idea discussions improved, though it still frames every message as a task.

The 28-page plan tells the Department of Commerce to review Biden-era AI rules and "eliminate references to misinformation, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and climate change." It says federal AI should "objectively reflect truth rather than social engineering agendas."