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- Simon Willison's Weblogmodels2026 in LLMs (so far)
On Friday I gave the closing keynote at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America in San Jose. I tied together the key trends from the past year into a chronological exploration of everything that happened in 2026…
- TechCrunch AImodelsCan Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?
On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.
- The DecodermodelsNvidia drops a free 100M-parameter model that identifies up to eight speakers in real time
Nvidia released Nemotron 3 Diarization, an AI model that identifies which speaker is talking at any given moment in a conversation. The article Nvidia drops a free 100M-parameter model that identifies up to eight speaker…
- The DecodermodelsOpenAI says 80 to 90 percent of its research already targets GPT 7 and beyond
Boris Power, OpenAI's Head of Applied Research, says 80 to 90 percent of the company's research goes toward GPT 7, GPT 8, and beyond. Improvements within a single generation are intentionally short-term bets. But Power d…
- Tom's Guide AImodelsI tested Meta Muse vs ChatGPT-6 with 5 prompts — OpenAI just lost
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- Engadget AImodelsGemini Live vs. ChatGPT Voice: Which AI offers a more natural conversation?
Speaking with an AI chatbot can be a little awkward, but companies like Google and OpenAI are working on fixing that.
- Guardian AImodels‘Charming and disarming’ … how Meta’s technology-packed Muse harnesses the power of cuteness
The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop After the recent backlash against Meta’s so-called “pervert” smart glasses, this week Mark Zuckerberg launch…
- WIRED AImodelsMeta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?
Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all ages.
- The DecodermodelsOpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can now tell you exactly where you screwed up your IKEA shelf
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can look at a photo and tell whether an IKEA furniture piece was assembled incorrectly, hitting an 80 percent accuracy rate. Back in November 2025, the best model managed just 28 percent. According t…
- Tom's Guide AImodelsSiri just got a major AI upgrade — here are 5 things to try first
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- TechCrunch AImodelsMeta opens early access program for new Muse features
Anyone interested in joining has to ask Muse to put them on the list.
- SiliconANGLE AImodelsMicrosoft overhauls Copilot with new coding, document editing features
Microsoft Corp. today launched a new version of Copilot, the artificial intelligence assistant included in its Microsoft 365 productivity suite. The biggest addition to the tool is an interface section called Code. It en…
- OpenAI NewsmodelsProaction boosts sales 60% and saves 75+ hours with Codex
With Codex, GPT-Live-1, and GPT-6 Astra, Proaction builds, operates, and sells modern fleet management faster.
- TechCrunch AImodelsMeta’s Muse just stole the AI spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic
When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, f…
- TechCrunch AImodelsAstra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test
Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.
- Simon Willison's WeblogmodelsQuoting John Gruber
Muse is getting a lot of attention — including mine — because it’s both groundbreaking technically (each user gets their own entire persistent Linux VM running in Meta’s cloud) and because it’s packaged in an easy-to-ins…
- Tom's Guide AImodelsNor'easter warning: I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Muse how bad it's going to get this weekend
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- AWS Machine Learning BlogmodelsScaling MoE reinforcement learning on Amazon EKS with EFA and DeepEP with 40% more throughput
Learn how to scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) reinforcement learning on Amazon EKS using Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) and DeepEP. This post presents an architecture that combines Amazon EKS, EFA, and Amazon S3 and increase…
- AWS Machine Learning BlogmodelsNarrateAI: production-ready LLM quality assurance on Amazon Bedrock
NarrateAI delivers production-ready LLM quality assurance on Amazon Bedrock. This post details five techniques—adaptive pipeline orchestration, cross-account multi-model failover, real-time streaming evaluation, composit…
- AWS Machine Learning BlogmodelsDeploying real-time personalized speech with Qwen3-TTS on Amazon SageMaker AI
Deploy the publicly available Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base text-to-speech model from Amazon SageMaker JumpStart to a fully managed, real-time endpoint, and clone a voice from a short reference clip. Cross-lingual cloning pre…
- TechCrunch AImodelsMeta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?
When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, f…
- AWS Machine Learning BlogmodelsHow Datacor built self-service rental analytics with Amazon Quick Sight
Learn how Datacor built a self-service rental analytics experience for gas and welding distributors by embedding Amazon Quick Sight dashboards and natural language querying into its TrackAbout platform, powered by an aut…
- TechRadar AImodelsGoogle's creepy new Gemini Live Avatars want to try and make online support bots feel more human
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- The Verge AImodelsMicrosoft thinks its new Copilot ‘super app’ will be as influential as Office
After teasing its new Copilot "super app" last month, Microsoft is officially unveiling it today. The redesigned Copilot app bundles three AI capabilities into a single interface of chat, coding, and agents. As part of t…
- Tom's Guide AImodelsChatGPT-6 or Claude Opus 5.5? Here’s which AI I'd use for writing, planning and 5 other everyday tasks
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- OpenAI NewsmodelsLowe’s answers millions of home improvement questions with OpenAI
Lowe’s uses OpenAI models to power Mylow and Mylow Companion, helping customers and associates answer 25M+ questions and move home improvement projects forward.
- Latent SpacemodelsRunway’s WorldPrompt and the Engineering of Real-Time Worlds
GWM Worlds 2 uses persistent context and timed actions to steer a world model generating video and audio in real time.
- Engadget AImodelsMicrosoft's Copilot app adds Office, natural coding and automation
Microsoft is giving its Copilot app another facelift.
- OpenAI NewsmodelsWayfair boosts catalog accuracy and support speed with OpenAI
Wayfair uses OpenAI models to improve ecommerce support and product catalog accuracy, automating ticket triage and enhancing millions of product attributes at scale.
- The Register AI + MLmodelsGoogle Gemini can present cartoon or lifelike avatars to lip-sync generative chatter
Despite uncertainty about how human mimicry affects people, DeepMind fakes are here
- AI BusinessmodelsGemini 3.8 text-to-speech refines voice AI capabilities
The features Google introduced build on existing technology and provide enterprises with a hub for all their AI model capabilities.
- AI BusinessmodelsAnthropic, OpenAI launches show shift toward multi-model enterprise AI
Anthropic and OpenAI released new models this week, expanding the range of models enterprises can use for different workloads and raising new considerations for multi-model management.
- The Verge AImodelsGemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face
Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "Live Avatar" will lip-sync and show different facial expressions during co…
- TechCrunch AImodelsPrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses
Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.
- TechCrunch AImodelsMeta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend
Meta’s new AI gadget may look like a Tamagotchi, but its dangling form factor taps into a much broader Gen Z trend around bag charms, retro tech, and turning gadgets into fashion accessories.
- TechCrunch AImodelsGoogle Photos ‘Clueless’-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS
The AI-powered feature builds a virtual wardrobe from your photos, and is now broadly available after first rolling out to Android users in June.
- Tom's Guide AImodelsMeta is making a Tamagotchi-like AI companion for the AI era — meet the Muse Charm
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- Google DeepMindmodelsIntroducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar
Frontier research, safety, and technical AI advances.
- AWS Machine Learning BlogmodelsSpeaker-labeled transcription with WhisperX on SageMaker AI
The AWS WhisperX Deep Learning Container packages Whisper, wav2vec2 forced alignment, and speaker diarization into a GPU-ready image. Learn how to deploy it to Amazon SageMaker AI real-time and asynchronous endpoints for…
- Google Cloud AI & Machine LearningmodelsPower your agents: Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar is now generally available
By Fabien Blanc-paques • 4-minute read
- The Verge AImodelsIt’s sinister that Meta’s Muse AI mascot is so cute
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. Last…
- TechRadar AImodelsOpenAI admits ChatGPT in Siri was ‘dramatically underperforming’
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Hugging Face BlogmodelsAccelerating vision-language models with LFM2.5-VL-DSpark
Open-source model releases, tooling, and community updates.
- Ars Technica AImodelsMeta puts its AI assistant on a keychain
Meta says the keychain-sized Muse Charm will ship in December.
- The DecodermodelsDeepmind was built to chase AGI, but its new chief just wants Gemini 4 out the door
Google Deepmind chief Koray Kavukcuoglu wants to release Gemini 4 "much earlier" than the end of the year. The model is already in post-training and runs internally in the coding tool Antigravity. He calls the AGI questi…
- The Verge AImodelsMeta’s Muse AI Charms can interact with each other
Meta's handheld AI gadget, called the Muse Charm, will be able to recognize and interact with other nearby Charms when it launches later this year. That's according to a report from Bloomberg, which includes more details…
- Ben's BitesmodelsBack to Claude
GPT-6 Sol and Luna got cheaper
- The Register AI + MLmodelsFor MariaDB, LLMs are the new search engines to win over
Its vector search is ready, but coding assistants keep pointing developers toward other databases, says the foundation's chairman
- The Verge AImodelsGemini 4 is almost ready, says new Google DeepMind chief
Google is reportedly nearing the launch of its long awaited Gemini 4 model, after dawdling behind rival developers on flagship AI releases. Speaking with The Information during his first media appearance as the leader of…
- TechRadar AImodelsEnterprise AI has a memory problem, but businesses have the answer
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.