Per-token AI charges come to GitHub Copilot
As of 1st June 2026, GitHub Copilot will charge its users on the basis of the tokens they use, rather than a flat rate subscription model. The model that’s seeing the shutters closed on it is, or rather was, simple to understand and use. Users were given a set number of ‘Premium…
GPT-5.5 matches Claude Mythos in cyber attack tests, UK AI Security Institute finds
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 is the second AI model capable of autonomously solving a full network attack simulation, according to the UK AI Security Institute. Its performance is nearly on par with Anthropic's Claude Mythos, which is still only available to a small group. GPT-5.5,…
Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining
Smack dab between Australia and South America, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel Rainier is currently on a mission to map more than 8,000 square nautical miles of the Pacific seafloor in search of critical mineral deposits. But it…