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Anthropic has developed a new measurement combining theoretical AI capabilities with real-world usage data, finding that programmers and customer service workers face the highest exposure to AI automation. However, unemployment in affected professions has not risen, with only early warning signs appearing among younger workers.

Alibaba has released the Qwen 3.5 series, an open-source model that claims performance comparable to frontier proprietary models while running on commodity hardware. The release signals a shift in AI model economics, offering enterprises lower inference costs and greater deployment flexibility than closed alternatives.