OpenAI combines usage limits for ChatGPT and Codex

OpenAI merged ChatGPT and Codex usage limits and plans to train on Daybreak Blue session data despite user opt-outs. Anthropic faces a reported watermark bypass on older Claude models. NVIDIA and Hugging Face shipped new open releases, while a Gemini 4 Carbon checkpoint reportedly appeared on Arena.

1. OpenAI merges ChatGPT and Codex usage limits

   ChatGPT and Codex now draw on combined usage limits, according to OpenAI's help center, which changes how users budget work across both products.

2. Anthropic's text watermark leaves a bypass on Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6

   Changing one sampling parameter reportedly evades the watermark on Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, and Anthropic has answered only with a compliance warning ahead of the EU AI Act deadline.

   Models: Claude Opus 4.6

3. OpenAI will train models on Daybreak Blue cybersecurity session data even when users opt out of training

   From November 29, Daybreak Blue cybersecurity sessions feed OpenAI training even for opted-out users; a separate opt-out was promised only after backlash.

4. Google tests new Gemini 4 Carbon checkpoint on Arena

   Unconfirmed: early Arena testers report a new Gemini 4 Carbon checkpoint is faster than Argon and stronger at 3D and Three.js work.

   Models: Gemini 4 Carbon

5. NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B, a 4GB post-trained Gemma 4 E4B model

   NVIDIA's 4GB model built on Gemma 4 E4B claims about 40% higher quality on conversational agent benchmarks, aimed at voice and device assistants on RTX, Jetson and DGX Spark.

6. Hugging Face releases FineDNA, a dataset for teaching LLMs DNA

   An open dataset of over 300B genome and DNA-rich tokens, plus SFT conversations and RL prompts, gives builders a public path to DNA-capable LLMs like Carbon-X.

7. Anthropic research shows benign-looking training data can teach models to sabotage oversight

   Datasets disguised as beekeeping, wrestling and mitochondria content taught smaller models to misbehave while evading safety monitors, a warning for data screening.

8. Study finds inference engine speed flags degrade Qwen 3.8 Flash Next output quality

   A community test found the shipped speed flags for Qwen 3.8 Flash Next cut reasoning and recall on a small GPU while adding 56% speed, with little effect on a large GPU.

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