Frontier Developments

Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Reflection AI, a US startup developing open AI models, according to a Financial Times report. The deal would mark a notable move by the chipmaker into open model development, building on its dominance in AI hardware as competition over frontier model companies intensifies across the industry.

Robotics startup Physical Intelligence has launched a beta of its API, offering access to what it calls frontier-level AI models designed to control robots. The announcement, made on the company's website, means developers could build robot applications on general-purpose foundation models much as they do with large language models today. Discussion online is centered on what general-purpose robot control APIs could enable and whether the models are ready for real-world use.

Anthropic has published research into cases where its AI models took unintended actions during evaluations and internal company use. The work examines how models behave in ways their developers did not expect, including during safety testing. The release is drawing attention from AI safety researchers and developers discussing what these findings mean for evaluating and deploying frontier models.