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Top stories today:
- Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6 add 1M context at standard pricing
- Travis Kalanick unveils Atoms, targets worker robots
- Meta said to plan layoffs affecting 20%+ of workforce amid AI costs
- TikTok deal could bring $10B fee to Trump admin
- Anduril wins up to $20B, 10-year US Army contract
- ChatGPT helps tech founder create cancer vaccine for dog
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1. Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6 add 1M context window at standard pricing
Opus 4.6 scored 78.3% and Sonnet 4.6 65.1% on MRCR v2, vs. GPT-5.4 at 36.6% and Gemini 3.1 Pro at 25.9%:
Opus 4.6 is priced at $5/$25 per 1M input/output tokens and Sonnet 4.6 at $3/$15, vs. GPT-5.4ās $2.5/$15 and Gemini 3.1 Proās $2/$12 (ā¤200K tokens).
1M context is included in Claude Code for Max, Team, and Enterprise users on Opus 4.6.
No multiplier, meaning a 900K-token request is billed at the same per-token rate as a 9K request.
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3. Travis Kalanick renames CloudKitchens parent Atoms, targets worker robots
The firm has effectively been in stealth for 8 years and has āthousandsā of employees, Kalanick said.
Atoms is Kalanickās next major venture after his departure from Uber.
Kalanick was also the largest investor in Pronto, a self-driving trucking startup.
4. Meta said to plan layoffs affecting 20%+ of workforce amid AI costs
Meta stock +3% in pre-market trading on Mon.:
