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Today's top AI news stories — 2026-07-25: 1. Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5 Model Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5 on Thursday, a new AI model that approaches the capabilities of Claude Fable 5 while being cheaper and less restrictive. The release comes amid intense competition wit 2. Midjourney Acquires Astrology App Co-Star Midjourney announced Thursday it has acquired the personalized astrology app Co-Star, expanding beyond image and video generation into a completely new vertical. The acquisition signals the AI startup 3. Meta is making its AI chatbot more like an assistant Meta is upgrading its AI chatbot with new productivity features in a bid to compete with rivals like Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude. The update will allow Meta AI to tap into your calendar to help you pl 4. The tech-broification of American science has officially begun The Trump administration unveiled the first "Genesis Mission" grants on Thursday, directing $5 billion toward hundreds of AI-driven science projects in an effort the White House has described as "comp 5. I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to everyone else OpenAI's fancy new AI keypad will be a lot of fun for some, while many others are probably not going to touch it. Full briefing: https://ainews.q-sci.org/blog/post_2026-07-25.html