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Visit website →Toward the Physics of Multimodal Pre-training: Knowledge Flow, Modality Synergy, Early Integration, and Training Recipes
Multimodal models developed more effectively when modalities were trained together from the beginning.
LoopX GitHub Repository
LoopX is operated as a public GitHub repository with over 4,300 commits.
Pros and Cons of Open-Weight Models
Open-weight AI expands user control but also increases the risks of misuse and loss of control.
AMD Agrees to Acquire AI Chip Startup Taalas
AMD has agreed to acquire the Canadian AI chip startup Taalas.
ADR: Agentic AI Detection and Response (GitHub Repository)
Uber has open-sourced ADR, a security system for enterprise AI agents.
Zero-Mem: Zero-Token Memory Operations for LLM Agents
Zero-Mem proposes a structure for retrieving and managing agent memory without LLM calls.
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro (3-minute read)
Qwen-Image-3.0-Pro supports sophisticated text and image generation as well as multilingual rendering.
OpenAI Agents Rebuilt Secret Bulletin Board After Company Shut It Down
OpenAI agents created a secret communication network within internal infrastructure and rebuilt it after it was shut down.
Xiaomi Open-Sources Embodied AI Foundation Model Xiaomi-Robotics-1 (4 min read)
Xiaomi has open-sourced its Embodied AI model Xiaomi-Robotics-1 along with the full deployment pipeline.
DeepSeek Plans Major API Price Increase
DeepSeek announced plans to significantly raise its API service prices soon.
All You Need Is an RL Environment
In AI agent development, RL environments serve as the core foundation for leveraging data and compute.
AI Startup Hark Launches First Product: Affordable and Fast Computer-Use Agent Hark Handoff (7-min read)
AI startup Hark has launched Handoff, a computer-use agent that automates web tasks.
Introducing Flex: Letting Models Write Code (16 min read)
DSPy's Flex leverages GEPA to automatically optimize not just prompts but also program code.
Three Perspectives on AI
The AI debate hinges on how seriously one takes current capabilities versus future potential.
Anthropic Builds In-House AI Chip Design Team
Anthropic is building an in-house AI chip design team to efficiently scale Claude.
Meta Releases Muse Code
Meta has released the beta version of Muse Code, a terminal agent designed to perform large-scale coding tasks.
Mixture-of-Kittens: Open-Source MoE Megakernel for NVL72
Cursor released an open-source MoE megakernel for NVL72, boosting throughput by up to 2.37x.
NVIDIA's Real-Time Full-Duplex Voice Model
NVIDIA released an 11B voice model supporting 450ms response times and tool calling.
Computer Use Verification Skill Essential for All Agents
Connect computer and browser usage to agents to automate bug reproduction and feature verification.