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TikTok parent company ByteDance releases new open source Seed-OSS-36B model with 512K token context

TikTok parent company ByteDance releases new open source Seed-OSS-36B model with 512K token context

Carl Franzen August 20, 2025 3:04 PM
Qwen-Image Edit gives Photoshop a run for its money with AI-powered text-to-image edits that work in seconds

Qwen-Image Edit gives Photoshop a run for its money with AI-powered text-to-image edits that work in seconds

Carl Franzen August 19, 2025 1:27 PM
Keychain raises $30M and launches AI operating system for CPG manufacturers

Keychain raises $30M and launches AI operating system for CPG manufacturers

Carl Franzen August 19, 2025 7:29 AM
Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning

Nvidia releases a new small, open model Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with toggle on/off reasoning

Carl Franzen August 18, 2025 2:24 PM
This researcher turned OpenAI’s open weights model gpt-oss-20b into a non-reasoning ‘base’ model with less alignment, more freedom

This researcher turned OpenAI’s open weights model gpt-oss-20b into a non-reasoning ‘base’ model with less alignment, more freedom

Carl Franzen August 15, 2025 12:19 PM
Google unveils ultra-small and efficient open source AI model Gemma 3 270M that can run on smartphones

Google unveils ultra-small and efficient open source AI model Gemma 3 270M that can run on smartphones

Carl Franzen August 14, 2025 11:21 AM
OpenAI brings GPT-4o back as a default for all paying ChatGPT users, Altman promises ‘plenty of notice’ if it leaves again

OpenAI brings GPT-4o back as a default for all paying ChatGPT users, Altman promises ‘plenty of notice’ if it leaves again

Carl Franzen August 12, 2025 7:11 PM
Liquid AI wants to give smartphones small, fast AI that can see with new LFM2-VL model

Liquid AI wants to give smartphones small, fast AI that can see with new LFM2-VL model

Carl Franzen August 12, 2025 3:13 PM
OpenAI adds new ChatGPT third-party tool connectors to Dropbox, MS Teams as Altman clarifies GPT-5 prioritization

OpenAI adds new ChatGPT third-party tool connectors to Dropbox, MS Teams as Altman clarifies GPT-5 prioritization

Carl Franzen August 12, 2025 11:29 AM
OpenAI is editing its GPT-5 rollout on the fly — here’s what’s changing in ChatGPT

OpenAI is editing its GPT-5 rollout on the fly — here’s what’s changing in ChatGPT

Carl Franzen August 11, 2025 10:01 AM
OpenAI returns old models to ChatGPT as Sam Altman admits ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout

OpenAI returns old models to ChatGPT as Sam Altman admits ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout

Carl Franzen August 8, 2025 2:17 PM
OpenAI’s GPT-5 rollout is not going smoothly

OpenAI’s GPT-5 rollout is not going smoothly

Carl Franzen August 8, 2025 10:40 AM
OpenAI launches GPT-5, nano, mini and Pro — not AGI, but capable of generating ‘software-on-demand’

OpenAI launches GPT-5, nano, mini and Pro — not AGI, but capable of generating ‘software-on-demand’

Carl Franzen August 7, 2025 10:01 AM
The initial reactions to OpenAI’s landmark open source gpt-oss models are highly varied and mixed
Analysis

The initial reactions to OpenAI’s landmark open source gpt-oss models are highly varied and mixed

Carl Franzen August 6, 2025 1:24 PM
OpenAI returns to open source roots with new models gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b 

OpenAI returns to open source roots with new models gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b 

Carl Franzen August 5, 2025 10:00 AM
Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator with support for embedded text in English & Chinese

Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator with support for embedded text in English & Chinese

Carl Franzen August 4, 2025 11:07 AM
Google releases Olympiad medal-winning Gemini 2.5 ‘Deep Think’ AI publicly — but there’s a catch…

Google releases Olympiad medal-winning Gemini 2.5 ‘Deep Think’ AI publicly — but there’s a catch…

Carl Franzen August 1, 2025 8:39 AM
Deep Cogito goes big, releasing 4 new open source hybrid reasoning models with self-improving ‘intuition’

Deep Cogito goes big, releasing 4 new open source hybrid reasoning models with self-improving ‘intuition’

Carl Franzen July 31, 2025 2:58 PM
You’ve heard of AI ‘Deep Research’ tools…now Manus is launching ‘Wide Research’ that spins up 100+ agents to scour the web for you

You’ve heard of AI ‘Deep Research’ tools…now Manus is launching ‘Wide Research’ that spins up 100+ agents to scour the web for you

Carl Franzen July 31, 2025 10:41 AM
Mark Zuckerberg says ‘developing superintelligence is now in sight,’ shades OpenAI and other firms focused on automating work

Mark Zuckerberg says ‘developing superintelligence is now in sight,’ shades OpenAI and other firms focused on automating work

Carl Franzen July 30, 2025 8:11 AM
C8 Health started with an AI that gives anesthesiologists guidance on demand — now it’s targeting whole hospitals

C8 Health started with an AI that gives anesthesiologists guidance on demand — now it’s targeting whole hospitals

Carl Franzen July 30, 2025 7:23 AM
How can enterprises keep systems safe as AI agents join human employees? Cyata launches with a new, dedicated solution

How can enterprises keep systems safe as AI agents join human employees? Cyata launches with a new, dedicated solution

Carl Franzen July 30, 2025 4:52 AM
Arcee opens up new enterprise-focused, customizable AI model AFM-4.5B trained on ‘clean, rigorously filtered data’

Arcee opens up new enterprise-focused, customizable AI model AFM-4.5B trained on ‘clean, rigorously filtered data’

Carl Franzen July 29, 2025 2:26 PM
Positron believes it has found the secret to take on Nvidia in AI inference chips — here’s how it could benefit enterprises

Positron believes it has found the secret to take on Nvidia in AI inference chips — here’s how it could benefit enterprises

Carl Franzen July 29, 2025 11:45 AM
Chinese startup Z.ai launches powerful open source GLM-4.5 model family with PowerPoint creation

Chinese startup Z.ai launches powerful open source GLM-4.5 model family with PowerPoint creation

Carl Franzen July 28, 2025 4:33 PM
Meta announces its Superintelligence Labs Chief Scientist: former OpenAI GPT-4 co-creator Shengjia Zhao

Meta announces its Superintelligence Labs Chief Scientist: former OpenAI GPT-4 co-creator Shengjia Zhao

Carl Franzen July 25, 2025 5:58 PM
It’s Qwen’s summer: new open source Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 tops OpenAI, Gemini reasoning models on key benchmarks

It’s Qwen’s summer: new open source Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 tops OpenAI, Gemini reasoning models on key benchmarks

Carl Franzen July 25, 2025 8:47 AM
Freed says 20,000 clinicians are using its medical AI transcription ‘scribe,’ but competition is rising fast

Freed says 20,000 clinicians are using its medical AI transcription ‘scribe,’ but competition is rising fast

Carl Franzen July 24, 2025 2:46 PM
SecurityPal combines AI and experts in Nepal to speed enterprise security questionnaires by 87X or more

SecurityPal combines AI and experts in Nepal to speed enterprise security questionnaires by 87X or more

Carl Franzen July 23, 2025 3:41 PM
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct launches and it ‘might be the best coding model yet’

Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct launches and it ‘might be the best coding model yet’

Carl Franzen July 23, 2025 2:49 PM
Alibaba’s new open source Qwen3-235B-A22B-2507 beats Kimi-2 and offers low compute version

Alibaba’s new open source Qwen3-235B-A22B-2507 beats Kimi-2 and offers low compute version

Carl Franzen July 22, 2025 1:56 PM
A ChatGPT ‘router’ that automatically selects the right OpenAI model for your job appears imminent
Analysis

A ChatGPT ‘router’ that automatically selects the right OpenAI model for your job appears imminent

Carl Franzen July 21, 2025 2:26 PM
Meet AnyCoder, a new Kimi K2-powered tool for fast prototyping and deploying web apps

Meet AnyCoder, a new Kimi K2-powered tool for fast prototyping and deploying web apps

Carl Franzen July 18, 2025 3:03 PM
OpenAI unveils ‘ChatGPT agent’ that gives ChatGPT its own computer to autonomously use your email and web apps, download and create files for you

OpenAI unveils ‘ChatGPT agent’ that gives ChatGPT its own computer to autonomously use your email and web apps, download and create files for you

Carl Franzen July 17, 2025 10:16 AM
Mira Murati says her startup Thinking Machines will release new product in ‘months’ with ‘significant open source component’

Mira Murati says her startup Thinking Machines will release new product in ‘months’ with ‘significant open source component’

Carl Franzen July 15, 2025 3:13 PM
Finally, a dev kit for designing on-device, mobile AI apps is here: Liquid AI’s LEAP

Finally, a dev kit for designing on-device, mobile AI apps is here: Liquid AI’s LEAP

Carl Franzen July 15, 2025 9:46 AM
Amazon launches Kiro, its own Claude-powered challenger to Windsurf and Codex

Amazon launches Kiro, its own Claude-powered challenger to Windsurf and Codex

Carl Franzen July 14, 2025 2:16 PM
Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: ‘We’re friends with Anthropic again’

Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: ‘We’re friends with Anthropic again’

Carl Franzen July 14, 2025 11:46 AM
Elon Musk introduced Grok 4 last night, calling it the ‘smartest AI in the world’ — what businesses need to know
Analysis

Elon Musk introduced Grok 4 last night, calling it the ‘smartest AI in the world’ — what businesses need to know

Carl Franzen July 10, 2025 10:24 AM
HOLY SMOKES! A new, 200% faster DeepSeek R1-0528 variant appears from German lab TNG Technology Consulting GmbH

HOLY SMOKES! A new, 200% faster DeepSeek R1-0528 variant appears from German lab TNG Technology Consulting GmbH

Carl Franzen July 3, 2025 6:32 AM
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