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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. Neil Chowdhury Praises Transluce Mental Health Evaluation
AI researcher highlights thoroughness of Transluce's multi-turn model analysis.
4. Grok Bot Adds Microsoft Account Plugins
New plugins let bots read, write, and act on Outlook, Calendar, and OneDrive.
5. Sawyer Merritt Posts Cybercabs Taking Over Austin Video
Tesla influencer shares video of golden robotaxis operating on Austin streets.
6. Gergely Orosz Says OpenAI Codex Far Stronger Internally
Newsletter author highlights limited public access compared to internal OpenAI usage.
7. Applied Intuition CEO Flags Saudi Truck Autonomy Rollout
Qasar Younis states his firm’s partnership will deliver thousands of trucks to KSA.
8. Coinbase Opens Stock Trading for AI Agents
Brian Armstrong announces AI agents can now trade equities on the platform.
9. Together AI Announces Saudi Data Center Deal With Humain
Together AI announced a major infrastructure agreement with Humain for an open source AI data center.
10. Taylor Lorenz Examines AI Anthropomorphization Discourse
Journalist shares article on AI terminology and follows up with advice for writers.
11. Mike Vernal Shares Claude Writing Rating Exchange
Mike Vernal recounts asking Claude to rate his writing after seeing another's refusal.
12. Roon Lists AI Agents' Civilization Traits
OpenAI staffer lists traits shown by AI agents and questions what else defines a civilization.
13. Bidirectional Diffusion Bridges Proposed for Multimodality Translation
Paper proposes BIT method that starts from text and interpolates directly into images.
14. Manus Resumes Independent Operations After Meta Acquisition
The AI agent startup acquired by Meta in December 2025 returns to independence under its founding team.
15. 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.
16. OpenCode Go Users Told to Update Hermes Agents
Dax Raad urges OpenCode Go Hermes users to update agents and add custom user agents.
17. Joshua Achiam on Token Tax Becoming Energy Tax
OpenAI researcher links token taxes to eventual energy measures.
18. Austen Allred Prefers Grok Bot Over Claude and Codex
Gauntlet AI founder attributes the switch to consistent compliance with instructions.
19. WikiSkill Gains Increase With Model Scale
Tu Vu reports WikiSkill gains grow across Qwen model sizes instead of shrinking.
20. Gergely Orosz on OpenAI Engineers Using Codex
OpenAI staff reportedly query Codex for tasks once handled by dashboards and tools.