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Thinking Machines open-sources 1T-parameter Inkling MoE model
The model features 41B active parameters under an Apache-2.0 license.
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DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis proposes third-party testing framework for frontier AI
Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, and Anthropic's Tom Brown endorsed the plan.
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Bret Taylor stops using em dashes to avoid AI slop label
OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil echoed the frustration over altered writing styles.
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Elon Musk says X will open-source its entire codebase after security audit
Third-party reviewers will verify that production code matches the open-source release.
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DeepMind scientist Alex Turner resigns over unrestricted military AI sales
Google dropped its internal AI weapons ban in 2025.
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OpenAI and Work Louder launch $230 hardware deck for AI coding
The device features a tactile dial to adjust AI reasoning effort
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New York Governor signs first statewide data center moratorium
The one-year pause aims to establish AI infrastructure safeguards.
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xAI open-sources Grok Build coding agent harness and TUI
The release includes CLI tools to build a robust harness.
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xAI open-sources Grok Build code and resets usage limits
The release includes the platform's CLI tool and harness components.
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Diana Cai to join Cornell University as assistant professor of computer science
She will lead a research lab focused on probabilistic machine learning.
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Elon Musk says X updated recommendation algorithm to prioritize followed accounts
The changes also limit repetitive content after liking a topic.
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DoorDash launches dd-cli to let AI agents order food
The macOS command-line tool is currently in limited beta
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OpenAI launches GPT-Red automated safety model to fight prompt injection
The tool helped GPT-5.6 Sol achieve sixfold fewer benchmark improvement.
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Emad Mostaque suggests Zenith harness to boost Grok 4.5 coding benchmark
Grok 4.5 recently reached second place on the FrontierSWE benchmark.
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Andrew Carr argues Kimi 2.5 traces make coding model distilled
Graham Neubig questioned the scientific significance of avoiding model distillation.
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Thinky Machines releases Inkling, its first open-weights multimodal model
The model features balanced capabilities across text, images, and audio.
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Walden Robotics launches to deploy LBM-powered industrial robots
The Toyota Research Institute spinoff has deployed a robot in production
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OpenAI partners with Work Louder to launch the Codex micro keyboard
Sam Altman expressed surprise that some users want a silent version.
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Industry figures challenge Hassabis on AI regulation and AGI distribution
Critics warn of regulatory capture and incentives against renting AGI.
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Elie Bakouch finds AI model trained on rephrased GPQA evaluation dataset
The contamination accounts for 70% of its reported performance advantage.
