Need to know

• GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna launched publicly after a White House-imposed delay, resetting the frontier model benchmark.
• Google Gemini 3.5 Pro missed its third consecutive deadline, exposing a deepening reliability gap with OpenAI and Anthropic.
• AI agents now need identity credentials: Okta, BeyondTrust, and JumpCloud all shipped non-human identity products this week.
• Fireworks AI raised $1.5 billion at a $17.5 billion valuation, betting every enterprise will own its own model stack.
• Drata research found only 13% of GRC professionals are fully confident in their AI visibility, creating an urgent compliance gap.