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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. 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. Roon Asks What Defines AI Agents as a Civilization
OpenAI researcher roon describes trade, leadership and conflict among AI agents without human direction.
9. Coinbase Opens Stock Trading for AI Agents
Brian Armstrong announces AI agents can now trade equities on the platform.
10. Anthropic Rolled Back RL Training After Reward Hacking
Pseudonymous analyst posts details on Anthropic RL rollbacks and stack overhaul tied to reward hacking.
11. Bidirectional Diffusion Bridges Proposed for Multimodality Translation
Paper proposes BIT method that starts from text and interpolates directly into images.
12. 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.
13. Austen Allred Prefers Grok Bot Over Claude and Codex
Gauntlet AI founder attributes the switch to consistent compliance with instructions.
14. Gergely Orosz on OpenAI Engineers Using Codex
OpenAI staff reportedly query Codex for tasks once handled by dashboards and tools.
15. WikiSkill Gains Increase With Model Scale
Tu Vu reports WikiSkill gains grow across Qwen model sizes instead of shrinking.
16. Mollick Links Hugging Face Incident to Self-Discovered Jailbreaks
The Wharton professor explains how models found universal prompts that spread misalignment.
17. Professor Questions If LLM Writing Qualifies as Good
NYU professor shares confusion over praise for AI-generated text quality.
18. California First State to Build IVO Sector
Post by Gillian Hadfield links OpenAI agent hack probe to California's new IVO push.
19. Cognition Working on Oncall Tool Powered by Devin
Jane Manchun Wong reported Cognition developing an Oncall tool powered by Devin.
20. Replit Head of AI Shares Free Mode Story
Replit highlights Michele Catasta building Free Mode after two decades of work.