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1. Gokul Rajaram Praises RunwayML Video Interfaces Research
Investor Gokul Rajaram and other creators react to the demonstration posted by Cristóbal Valenzuela.
2. Nous Research Releases Hermes Agent v0.21.0 Pantheon
The AI startup shares its changelog for the latest agent software update.
3. Grok Bot Adds Microsoft Account Plugins
New plugins let bots read, write, and act on Outlook, Calendar, and OneDrive.
4. Neil Chowdhury Praises Transluce Mental Health Evaluation
AI researcher highlights thoroughness of Transluce's multi-turn model analysis.
5. Together AI Signs Deal for 250MW Saudi Data Center
Together AI partners with HUMAIN on a major open-source infrastructure project.
6. Sawyer Merritt Posts Cybercabs Taking Over Austin Video
Tesla influencer shares video of golden robotaxis operating on Austin streets.
7. Ethan Mollick Notes Abliteration AI GLM-5.3 Release
Academic shares brief reaction to GLM-5.3 model announcement for cyber tasks.
8. Gergely Orosz Says OpenAI Codex Far Stronger Internally
Newsletter author highlights limited public access compared to internal OpenAI usage.
9. Applied Intuition CEO Flags Saudi Truck Autonomy Rollout
Qasar Younis states his firm’s partnership will deliver thousands of trucks to KSA.
10. Roon Asks What Defines AI Agents as a Civilization
OpenAI researcher roon describes trade, leadership and conflict among AI agents without human direction.
11. Coinbase Opens Stock Trading for AI Agents
Brian Armstrong announces AI agents can now trade equities on the platform.
12. Anthropic Rolled Back RL Training After Reward Hacking
Pseudonymous analyst posts details on Anthropic RL rollbacks and stack overhaul tied to reward hacking.
13. Geoffrey Irving Says We Can Just Do Things
Chief scientist at UK AISI reacts to reported pauses in reinforcement learning runs.
14. Taylor Lorenz Examines AI Anthropomorphization Discourse
Journalist shares article on AI terminology and follows up with advice for writers.
15. Bidirectional Diffusion Bridges Proposed for Multimodality Translation
Paper proposes BIT method that starts from text and interpolates directly into images.
16. Manus Resumes Independent Operations After Meta Acquisition
The AI agent startup acquired by Meta in December 2025 returns to independence under its founding team.
17. Josh Constine Defends Dwarkesh Patel Content as Educational
Disagrees that technical terms in Dwarkesh Patel content were engagement bait.
18. AI Research Preference Models Rank Ideas for Limited Compute
Research engineer at Meta shares models to rank AI-generated ideas when GPU time is scarce.
19. Andrew Chen Posts AI Shifts in Startup Principles
Investor Andrew Chen contrasts pre-AI and post-AI rules for founders and hardware in one tweet.
20. OpenCode Go Users Told to Update Hermes Agents
Dax Raad urges OpenCode Go Hermes users to update agents and add custom user agents.