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1. Report Says OpenAI Astra Uses Recurrent Depth
Stephanie Palazzolo reports the approach boosts efficiency yet hides model reasoning steps.
2. Claude Introduces Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1
Official models target complex coding and knowledge work with autonomous task handling.
3. OpenAI Previews Astra Reaching Critical Cybersecurity Threshold
OpenAI reports its first model to hit the Critical cybersecurity threshold under the Preparedness Framework.
4. Edwin Arbus Announces Joining AnthropicAI
Developer posts video of his San Francisco run after announcing new role.
5. Fei Xia Joins Anthropic as Member of Technical Staff
Former DeepMind researcher shares update on leaving Meta for new AI lab role.
6. World Labs Researcher Unveils Atlas World Model
Researchers at World Labs show Atlas generating camera-controlled video and reconstructing scenes in 3D from few images.
7. Meta Launches Muse Voice Transcribe Real-Time Model
Meta Superintelligence Labs releases its first real-time audio perception model for streaming speech.
8. Elon Musk Says X Hosts Almost All AI Discourse
The post comes from the account of X's owner and xAI founder.
9. Grok Bot Runs on Own Cloud Computer
Elon Musk states Grok operates independently on cloud infrastructure.
10. Perplexity Adds Hybrid Compute to Mac App
Perplexity AI enables tasks to shift from cloud to local models on Mac for private data.
11. AI Paper on Sliding-Window Attention Draws Criticism
Replies target an arXiv paper on sliding-window attention with sinks.
12. Elon Musk Announces Free Token Reset for Grok Bot Users
Grok is providing another reset on token usage limits for all its bot users.
13. OpenRouter Adds Mercury 2.5 Preview from Inception AI
OpenRouter says Mercury 2.5 Preview reaches 1,107 tokens per second exclusively on the platform with tunable reasoning and parallel tool calls.
14. Logan Kilpatrick Shares Talk with Google DeepMind Lead
Conversation covers path to AGI, 3.7 Flash progress, and frontier focus.
15. Physical Superintelligence Raises $58M Seed Round
Co-founders announce seed funding for an AI-powered physics research lab.
16. Visko Platform Announces Orbis 1.0 Live Model
The company posted on X that Orbis 1.0 generates interactive worlds with memory and physics.
17. Elon Musk Quotes Post on SpaceXAI Undervaluation and Grok Bot
He highlighted a post claiming low investor valuation and calling the bot insane.
18. O'Shaughnessy Holds Second Conversation With Sarah Guo
Investor shares details of second talk with Conviction founder on AI progress.
19. Former DOE Official Posts First X Thread on AI Energy
Adam Blake describes urgent need to expand physical infrastructure for AI.
20. Gemini Launches Agentic Video Understanding in Flash Models
Announcement shared via a post retweeted by tech commentator Robert Scoble.
