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Overnight on Monday, multiple sources including Yahoo Finance and Digital Today, confirm SpaceXAI and Cursor will launch their first jointly developed AI model as early as Wednesday, July 8th. This model, initially delayed to improve efficiency, aims to process information faster and compete directly with top-tier models like Anthropic Opus 4.8 and OpenAI GPT-5.5. Meanwhile, Mashable reports that an anonymous Discord group claims to have accessed Anthropic's powerful Claude Mythos Preview by simply guessing its online location based on past naming patterns, raising serious security concerns. Anthropic describes Claude Mythos as a significant security threat. In other AI news, Mashable also details that Chinese AI company DeepSeek has released DeepSeek V4, an open-source model available in two versions: DeepSeek-V4-Pro, with 1.6-trillion parameters, and DeepSeek-V4-Flash, with 284-billion parameters. Crucially, qz.com highlights that U.S. companies are increasingly turning to Chinese AI models like DeepSeek due to significantly lower costs—60% to 90% cheaper than American counterparts from OpenAI and Anthropic. This shift is driven by rising expenses for U.S. systems, with one AI startup, Lindy, projecting millions in savings by switching to DeepSeek. However, NewsBytes warns that China is considering limiting access to its most advanced AI models, a move that could reshape the global AI market. On the domestic front, The Korea Times reports that Naver and Daum are intensifying their AI search competition with agent-driven systems. Naver's AI Tab, now available to all users, acts as a gateway for AI agents to handle real-world tasks like reservations and shopping. Separately, The Manila Times announces Aureka's release of OpenDDE, an open-source drug discovery engine using AI for therapeutic development. Finally, Artificial Analysis has launched six new capability indices to benchmark AI models across professional domains, including finance, legal, and healthcare. This means companies will soon have clearer, real-world metrics to choose the best AI for their specific needs, potentially impacting the tools you use at work.