In the past 24 hours, Google, Baidu and MiniMax all launched new models, and first-day orders for Anthropic's IPO covered the entire offering — 7 stories at a glance.
Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon
On November 10, Google DeepMind released its strongest model yet, built for cybersecurity and long-horizon agentic work. It tops three benchmarks, with per-task costs under half those of the next-best model. Pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, and it is now live in the API and the Gemini app. How to use Gemini 4 Carbon
Fable 5.2 completes 41.3% of real freelance jobs
Scale Labs and the Center for AI Safety updated the Remote Labor Index on November 10: Anthropic's new Fable 5.2 leads at 41.3%, completing more than four in ten real freelance jobs to client standard; a year ago the leader, Manus, managed just 2.5%. Runner-up Opus 5.5 scored only 21.25%.
Anthropic IPO may price higher
The Financial Times reported on November 11 that first-day orders for Anthropic's IPO already covered all 825 million shares, and bankers are considering pricing above the $70–$78 range, which could lift the valuation target above $1.5 trillion. Pricing is set for November 18, with Nasdaq trading under ANT from November 19. Yesterday's briefing: Anthropic launches its IPO roadshow
Baidu launches ERNIE 5.5 Flash
On November 11, Baidu released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview: 280B total parameters, 14B active, and a 1M-token context, its most capable agentic model to date. It is available now on the Qianfan platform, its weights will be open-sourced under Apache 2.0, and the full release follows in a few weeks. Baidu launches ERNIE 5.5 Flash
MiniMax launches H3-Image
On November 10, MiniMax released H3-Image, an open-weight image model that generates a 4K image in under 10 seconds, up to 5x faster than mainstream alternatives, with support for up to 16 reference images. It is live on Hugging Face and Hailuo AI, priced at 50%–70% of mainstream offerings.
Stripe completes OpenRouter acquisition
On November 10, Stripe said it has completed its acquisition of AI model-routing platform OpenRouter. OpenRouter says more than 10 million developers and businesses use its service, which routes requests to 400+ models through one API, and its brand, product and roadmap stay unchanged.
ChatGPT Business now works in third-party tools
On November 10, OpenAI said ChatGPT Business plans can now be used in third-party tools including Notion, v0, Warp and Kilo Code, with workspace admins able to enable access and set usage limits. Usage counts against the plan allowance, with no API key needed.
