[AINews] Anthropic ends Coding Interviews: "Hunger beats tenure"
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Kimi releases K3.1 Pro: Terminal task capabilities top the charts, with simulation debugging and multimodal programming showcasing the nascent form of embodied intelligence.
On October 25, 2026, Kimi released the K3.1 Pro model, which ranked first in the Terminal-Bench 4.0 terminal task benchmark with a 67.2% success rate. Its capabilities—including autonomously fixing emulator errors, performing physics simulations, conducting audio analysis, constructing 3D scenes, and editing videos—point toward exploring pathways in embodied intelligence technology.
Why it matters：The material is based on a hands-on test report published with authorization from Titanium Media, covering authoritative third-party benchmark data (such as Artificial Analysis and Terminal-Bench 4.0), official self-test results, and the author’s multi-scenario functional validation. It highlights the K3.1 Pro’s substantial advancements in execution performance, simulation closed-loop capabilities, and multimodal programming, while clearly noting performance limitations and undisclosed information (e.g., Flash/Ultra has not yet been released), in compliance with fact-checking and source attribution requirements.
IMF Bangkok Conference Speech Sparks Heated Debate: Former Co-Founders of OpenAI and Anthropic Claim “The Singularity Has Already Begun”
On October 17, 2026, a former OpenAI employee and co-founder of Anthropic delivered a speech at the IMF conference in Bangkok, arguing that “the technological singularity has already begun,” citing AI systems’ demonstrated capacity for autonomous research in fields such as mathematics, biology, physics, and robotics. The data cited—such as TheoPhysEval’s 98% score and Humanity’s Last Exam rising to 67.7%—were sourced from the speaker himself and affiliated institutions, with no third-party verification. The speech underscored the AI-driven transformation of scientific paradigms and its economic implications, while explicitly stating that this assessment reflects a subjective viewpoint rather than a scientific consensus.