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not much happened today
codex claude-4-opus claude-4-sonnet gemini-2.5-pro gemini-2.5 qwen-2.5-vl qwen-3 playdiffusion openai anthropic google perplexity-ai bing playai suno hugging-face langchain-ai qwen mlx assemblyai llamacloud fine-tuning model-benchmarking text-to-video agentic-ai retrieval-augmented-generation open-source-models speech-editing audio-processing text-to-speech ultra-low-latency multimodality public-notebooks sama gdb kevinweil lmarena_ai epochairesearch reach_vb wightmanr deeplearningai mervenoyann awnihannun jordirib1 aravsrinivas omarsar0 lioronai jerryjliu0 nerdai tonywu_71 _akhaliq clementdelangue _mfelfel
OpenAI rolled out Codex to ChatGPT Plus users with internet access and fine-grained controls, improving memory features for free users. Anthropic's Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet models lead coding benchmarks, while Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models gain recognition with new audio capabilities. Qwen 2.5-VL and Qwen 3 quantizations are noted for versatility and support. Bing Video Creator launched globally enabling text-to-video generation, and Perplexity Labs sees increased demand for travel search. New agentic AI tools and RAG innovations include LlamaCloud and FedRAG. Open-source releases include Holo-1 for web navigation and PlayAI's PlayDiffusion for speech editing. Audio and multimodal advances feature Suno's music editing upgrades, Google's native TTS in 24+ languages, and Universal Streaming's ultra-low latency speech-to-text. Google NotebookLM now supports public notebooks. "Codex's internet access brings tradeoffs, with explicit warnings about risk" and "Gemini 2.5 Pro is cited as a daily driver by users".
not much happened today; New email provider for AINews
gpt-4.1 gpt-4o gpt-4o-mini gemini-2.5-flash seaweed-7b claude embed-4 grok smol-ai resend openai google bytedance anthropic cohere x-ai email-deliverability model-releases reasoning video-generation multimodality embedding-models agentic-workflows document-processing function-calling tool-use ai-coding adcock_brett swyx jerryjliu0 alexalbert omarsar0
Smol AI is migrating its AI news email service to Resend to improve deliverability and enable new features like personalizable AI news and a "Hacker News of AI." Recent AI model updates include OpenAI's API-only GPT-4.1, Google Gemini 2.5 Flash reasoning model, ByteDance Seaweed 7B-param video AI, Anthropic Claude's values system, Cohere Embed 4 multimodal embedding model, and xAI Grok updates with Memory and Studio features. Discussions also cover agentic workflows for document automation and AI coding patterns.
DeepSeek's Open Source Stack
qwen-qwq-32b start character-3 gemini gemini-2.0 mercury-coder gpt-4.5 jamba-mini-1.6 gemini-2.0-flash gpt-4o-mini mistral-small-3 mistral-ocr deepseek pyspur hugging-face togethercompute hedra-labs google-deepmind deeplearningai openai ai21-labs mistral-ai fine-tuning benchmarking multimodality code-generation diffusion-models model-performance model-optimization ocr embedding-models context-windows runtime-limits _akhaliq lmarena_ai reach_vb danielhanchen _philschmid aidan_mclau vikhyatk jerryjliu0
DeepSeek's Open Source Week was summarized by PySpur, highlighting multiple interesting releases. The Qwen QwQ-32B model was fine-tuned into START, excelling in PhD-level science QA and math benchmarks. Character-3, an omnimodal AI video generation model by Hedra Labs and Together AI, enables realistic animated content creation. Google DeepMind introduced the Gemini embedding model with an 8k context window, ranking #1 on MMTEB, alongside the Gemini 2.0 Code Executor supporting Python libraries and auto-fix features. Inception Labs' Mercury Coder is a diffusion-based code generation model offering faster token processing. OpenAI released GPT-4.5, their largest model yet but with less reasoning ability than some competitors. AI21 Labs launched Jamba Mini 1.6, noted for superior output speed compared to Gemini 2.0 Flash, GPT-4o mini, and Mistral Small 3. A new dataset of 1.9M scanned pages was released for OCR benchmarking, with Mistral OCR showing competitive but not top-tier document parsing performance compared to LLM/LVM-powered methods. "Cracked engineers are all you need."
not much happened today
aya-vision-8b aya-vision-32b llama-3-2-90b-vision molmo-72b phi-4-mini phi-4-multimodal cogview4 wan-2-1 weights-and-biases coreweave cohereforai microsoft alibaba google llamaindex weaviate multilinguality vision multimodality image-generation video-generation model-releases benchmarking funding agentic-ai model-performance mervenoyann reach_vb jayalammar sarahookr aidangomez nickfrosst dair_ai akhaliq bobvanluijt jerryjliu0
Weights and Biases announced a $1.7 billion acquisition by CoreWeave ahead of CoreWeave's IPO. CohereForAI released the Aya Vision models (8B and 32B parameters) supporting 23 languages, outperforming larger models like Llama-3.2 90B Vision and Molmo 72B. Microsoft introduced Phi-4-Mini (3.8B parameters) and Phi-4-Multimodal models, excelling in math, coding, and multimodal benchmarks. CogView4, a 6B parameter text-to-image model with 2048x2048 resolution and Apache 2.0 license, was released. Alibaba launched Wan 2.1, an open-source video generation model with 720p output and 16 fps generation. Google announced new AI features for Pixel devices including Scam Detection and Gemini integrations. LlamaCloud reached General Availability and raised $19M Series A funding, serving over 100 Fortune 500 companies. Weaviate launched the Query Agent, the first of three Weaviate Agents.
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Olmo 2 released a detailed tech report showcasing full pre, mid, and post-training details for a frontier fully open model. PRIME, an open-source reasoning solution, achieved 26.7% pass@1, surpassing GPT-4o in benchmarks. Performance improvements include Qwen 32B (4-bit) generating at >40 tokens/sec on an M4 Max and libvips being 25x faster than Pillow for image resizing. New tools like Swaggo/swag for Swagger 2.0 documentation, Jujutsu (jj) Git-compatible VCS, and Portspoof security tool were introduced. Robotics advances include a weapon detection system with a meters-wide field of view and faster frame rates. Hardware benchmarks compared H100 and MI300x accelerators. Applications span medical error detection using PRIME and a financial AI agent integrating LangChainAI and Vercel AI SDK. Architectural insights suggest the need for breakthroughs similar to SSMs or RNNs.
Meta Llama 3.3: 405B/Nova Pro performance at 70B price
llama-3-70b llama-3.3-70b gpt-4o gemini-exp-1206 meta-ai-fair openai google-deepmind hugging-face llamacloud reinforcement-learning fine-tuning model-performance document-processing pricing-models alignment online-rl sama steven-heidel aidan_mclau lmarena_ai oriolvinyalsml jerryjliu0
Meta AI released Llama 3.3 70B, matching the performance of the 405B model with improved efficiency using "a new alignment process and progress in online RL techniques". OpenAI announced Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) for building expert models with limited data, offering alpha access to researchers and enterprises. Google DeepMind's Gemini-Exp-1206 leads benchmarks, tying with GPT-4o in coding performance. LlamaCloud enhanced document processing with table extraction and analytics. Discussions on OpenAI's pricing plans continue in the community.
Not much happened today
grok-beta llama-3-1-70b claude-3-5-haiku claude-3-opus llama-3 chatgpt gemini meta-ai-fair scale-ai anthropic perplexity-ai langchainai weights-biases qwen pricing national-security defense open-source agentic-ai retrieval-augmented-generation election-predictions real-time-updates annotation ai-ecosystem memes humor alexandr_wang svpino aravsrinivas bindureddy teortaxestex jessechenglyu junyang-lin cte_junior jerryjliu0
Grok Beta surpasses Llama 3.1 70B in intelligence but is less competitive due to its pricing at $5/1M input tokens and $15/1M output tokens. Defense Llama, developed with Meta AI and Scale AI, targets American national security applications. SWE-Kit, an open-source framework, supports building customizable AI software engineers compatible with Llama 3, ChatGPT, and Claude. LangChainAI and Weights & Biases integrate to improve retrievers and reduce hallucinations in RAG applications using Gemini. Perplexity AI offers enhanced election tracking tools for the 2024 elections, including live state results and support for Claude 3.5 Haiku. AI Talk launched featuring discussions on Chinese AI labs with guests from Qwen. Memes highlight Elon Musk and humorous AI coding mishaps.
not much happened this weekend
claude-3.5-sonnet llama-3 llama-3-8b notebookllama min-omni-2 moondream openai anthropic hugging-face mistral-ai google-deepmind langchain deepmind microsoft pattern-recognition reinforcement-learning prompt-optimization text-to-speech model-optimization tensor-parallelism hyperparameters multimodal modal-alignment multimodal-fine-tuning ai-productivity privacy generative-ai rag retrieval-augmentation enterprise-text-to-sql amanda-askell philschmid stasbekman francois-fleuret mervenoyann reach_vb dzhng aravsrinivas sama lateinteraction andrew-y-ng bindureddy jerryjliu0
Moondream, a 1.6b vision language model, secured seed funding, highlighting a trend in moon-themed tiny models alongside Moonshine (27-61m ASR model). Claude 3.5 Sonnet was used for AI Twitter recaps. Discussions included pattern recognition vs. intelligence in LLMs, reinforcement learning for prompt optimization, and NotebookLlama, an open-source NotebookLM variant using LLaMA models for tasks like text-to-speech. Advances in model optimization with async-TP in PyTorch for tensor parallelism and hyperparameter tuning were noted. Mini-Omni 2 demonstrated multimodal capabilities across image, audio, and text for voice conversations with emphasis on modal alignment and multimodal fine-tuning. AI productivity tools like an AI email writer and LlamaCloud-based research assistants were introduced. Emphasis on practical skill development and privacy-conscious AI tool usage with Llama3-8B was highlighted. Generative AI tools such as #AIPythonforBeginners and GenAI Agents with LangGraph were shared. Business insights covered rapid execution in AI product development and emerging AI-related job roles. Challenges in enterprise-grade text-to-SQL and advanced retrieval methods were discussed with tutorials on RAG applications using LangChain and MongoDB.
not much happened today
llama-3.1-nemotron-70b golden-gate-claude embed-3 liquid-ai anthropic cohere openai meta-ai-fair nvidia perplexity-ai langchain kestra ostrisai llamaindex feature-steering social-bias multimodality model-optimization workflow-orchestration inference-speed event-driven-workflows knowledge-backed-agents economic-impact ai-national-security trust-dynamics sam-altman lmarena_ai aravsrinivas svpino richardmcngo ajeya_cotra tamaybes danhendrycks jerryjliu0
Liquid AI held a launch event introducing new foundation models. Anthropic shared follow-up research on social bias and feature steering with their "Golden Gate Claude" feature. Cohere released multimodal Embed 3 embeddings models following Aya Expanse. There was misinformation about GPT-5/Orion debunked by Sam Altman. Meta AI FAIR announced Open Materials 2024 with new models and datasets for inorganic materials discovery using the EquiformerV2 architecture. Anthropic AI demonstrated feature steering to balance social bias and model capabilities. NVIDIA's Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B ranked highly on the Arena leaderboard with style control. Perplexity AI expanded to 100M weekly queries with new finance and reasoning modes. LangChain emphasized real application integration with interactive frame interpolation. Kestra highlighted scalable event-driven workflows with open-source YAML-based orchestration. OpenFLUX optimized inference speed by doubling it through guidance LoRA training. Discussions on AI safety included trust dynamics between humans and AI, economic impacts of AI automation, and the White House AI National Security memo addressing cyber and biological risks. LlamaIndex showcased knowledge-backed agents for enhanced AI applications.