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Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 [pro|flex|dev|klein]: near-Nano Banana quality but Open Weights
flux-2 flux-2-dev claude-opus-4.5 gpt-5.1 gemini-3-pro black-forest-labs anthropic huggingface multi-reference-support variational-autoencoder image-generation open-weights agentic-coding token-efficiency benchmarking prompting model-performance
Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 release features Multi-Reference Support for up to 4 Megapixel output and up to 10 images with consistency, including four form factors: Pro, Flex, Dev (32B Open Weight model), and Klein (TBA Open Weights). The new FLUX.2 - VAE introduces a variational autoencoder optimizing learnability, quality, and compression. Meanwhile, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 demonstrates strong performance and efficiency, scoring 70 on Artificial Analysis, tying with GPT-5.1 high and trailing Gemini 3 Pro (73). Opus 4.5 excels in agentic coding benchmarks and research evaluations, with notable token efficiency and reduced running costs. "Opus 4.5 leads Gemini 3 Pro on SWE-Bench Verified and tops the AICodeKing leaderboard," and it shows strong QA and systematic review capabilities. Anthropic also released a dense prompting guide for Opus 4.5.
Claude Opus 4.5: 3rd new SOTA coding model in past week, 1/3 the price of Opus
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Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.5, a new flagship model excelling in coding, agents, and tooling with a significant 3x price cut compared to Opus 4.1 and improved token efficiency using 76% fewer output tokens. Opus 4.5 achieved a new SOTA on SWE-bench Verified with 80.9% accuracy, surpassing previous models like Gemini 3 Pro and GPT-5.1-Codex-Max. The update includes advanced API features such as effort control, context compaction, and programmatic tool calling, improving tool accuracy and reducing token usage. Claude Code is now bundled with Claude Desktop, and new integrations like Claude for Chrome and Excel are rolling out. Benchmarks show Opus 4.5 breaking the 80% barrier on SWE-bench Verified and strong performance on ARC-AGI-2 and BrowseComp-Plus.
not much happened today
kling-2.5-turbo sora-2 gemini-2.5-flash granite-4.0 qwen-3 qwen-image-2509 qwen3-vl-235b openai google ibm alibaba kling_ai synthesia ollama huggingface arena artificialanalysis tinker scaling01 video-generation instruction-following physics-simulation image-generation model-architecture mixture-of-experts context-windows token-efficiency fine-tuning lora cpu-training model-benchmarking api workflow-automation artificialanlys kling_ai altryne teortaxestex fofrai tim_dettmers sundarpichai officiallogank andrew_n_carr googleaidevs clementdelangue wzhao_nlp alibaba_qwen scaling01 ollama
Kling 2.5 Turbo leads in text-to-video and image-to-video generation with competitive pricing. OpenAI Sora 2 shows strong instruction-following but has physics inconsistencies. Google Gemini 2.5 Flash "Nano Banana" image generation is now generally available with multi-image blending and flexible aspect ratios. IBM Granite 4.0 introduces a hybrid Mamba/Transformer architecture with large context windows and strong token efficiency, outperforming some peers on the Intelligence Index. Qwen models receive updates including fine-tuning API support and improved vision capabilities. Tinker offers a flexible fine-tuning API supporting LoRA sharing and CPU-only training loops. The ecosystem also sees updates like Synthesia 3.0 adding video agents.
Sora 2: new video+audio model and OpenAI's first Social Network
sora-2 claude-4.5-sonnet gpt-5-high openai anthropic video-generation character-consistency social-networks agentic-ai token-efficiency benchmarking model-performance context-management coding math sama
Sora 2 released with improvements on physical world video modeling and a new "character consistency" feature allowing real-world element injection from a single video. The model powers a new Sora social network app with profiles, DMs, and viral videos, emphasizing user control over likeness use. OpenAI employees are actively experimenting with the model. Meanwhile, Anthropic launched Claude 4.5 Sonnet with enhanced intelligence, token efficiency, and agentic tool use, outperforming some competitors and closely tracking GPT-5-high on benchmarks. Ecosystem support includes LangSmith integration and strong coding/math benchmark results.
DeepSeek V3.1: 840B token continued pretrain, beating Claude 4 Sonnet at 11% of its cost
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DeepSeek released DeepSeek V3.1, a quietly rolled out open model with an 128K context window and improvements in token efficiency, coding, and agentic benchmarks. ByteDance launched the permissive Seed-OSS 36B model on Hugging Face, noted for long-context and reasoning capabilities. Zhipu AI introduced ComputerRL, a reinforcement learning framework for computer-use agents, achieving strong benchmark results. In developer tooling, GitHub Copilot expanded globally, Microsoft VS Code integrated Gemini 2.5 Pro and updated GPT-5 agent prompts, and Anthropic launched Claude Code seats with spend controls. Open-source fine-tuning advances include Together AI adding SFT for gpt-oss-120B/20B and Baseten enabling multinode 120B training with Truss CLI. The community noted mixed performance and ongoing post-training adjustments for DeepSeek V3.1.
GLM-4.5: Deeper, Headier, & better than Kimi/Qwen/DeepSeek (SOTA China LLM?)
glm-4.5-355b-a32b glm-4.5-air-106b-a12b qwen3-coder claude-4-opus grok-4 o3 gpt-4.1 gpt-5 kimi-k2 claude-sonnet-4 z-ai alibaba huggingface openai reinforcement-learning token-efficiency model-optimization open-source-models agentic-ai coding model-training lupantech teortaxestex mervenoyann _lewtun scaling01 cline
Z.ai (Zhipu AI) released the GLM-4.5-355B-A32B and GLM-4.5-Air-106B-A12B open weights models, claiming state-of-the-art performance competitive with Claude 4 Opus, Grok 4, and OpenAI's o3. These models emphasize token efficiency and efficient reinforcement learning training validated by the Muon optimizer. Alibaba Qwen introduced Group Sequence Policy Optimization (GSPO), a new reinforcement learning algorithm powering the Qwen3 model suite, integrated into Hugging Face's TRL library. Speculation surrounds mystery models "summit" and "zenith" as potential GPT-5 variants based on GPT-4.1 architecture. Qwen3-Coder shows strong coding benchmark results, rivaling Claude Sonnet 4 and Kimi K2. The rise of powerful Chinese open-source models like GLM-4.5, Wan-2.2, and Qwen3 Coder contrasts with a slowdown from Western labs such as OpenAI.
Reasoning Price War 2: Mistral Magistral + o3's 80% price cut + o3-pro
o3 o3-pro gpt-4.1 claude-4-sonnet gemini-2.5-pro magistral-small magistral-medium mistral-small-3.1 openai anthropic google-deepmind mistral-ai perplexity-ai reasoning token-efficiency price-cut benchmarking open-source model-releases context-windows gpu-optimization swyx sama scaling01 polynoamial nrehiew_ kevinweil gdb flavioad stevenheidel aravsrinivas
OpenAI announced an 80% price cut for its o3 model, making it competitively priced with GPT-4.1 and rivaling Anthropic's Claude 4 Sonnet and Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro. Alongside, o3-pro was released as a more powerful and reliable variant, though early benchmarks showed mixed performance relative to cost. Mistral AI launched its Magistral reasoning models, including an open-source 24B parameter version optimized for efficient deployment on consumer GPUs. The price reduction and new model releases signal intensified competition in reasoning-focused large language models, with notable improvements in token efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
lots of small launches
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GPT-4o Advanced Voice Preview is now available for free ChatGPT users with enhanced daily limits for Plus and Pro users. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has achieved the top rank in WebDev Arena with improved token efficiency. DeepSeek-R1 with 671B parameters benefits from the Together Inference platform optimizing NVIDIA Blackwell GPU usage, alongside the open-source DeepGEMM CUDA library delivering up to 2.7x speedups on Hopper GPUs. Perplexity launched a new Voice Mode and a Deep Research API. The upcoming Grok 3 API will support a 1M token context window. Several companies including Elicit, Amazon, Anthropic, Cloudflare, FLORA, Elevenlabs, and Inception Labs announced new funding rounds, product launches, and model releases.