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Visit website →Flexible Video Diffusion
Flex-Forcing flexibly switches how video diffusion models generate by chunking temporal and denoising steps.
Prisma (GitHub Repository)
Introducing Prisma, which supports safe database queries and modeling in Node.js and TypeScript environments.
Single-Rollout Asynchronous Optimization for Agentic Reinforcement Learning
SAO is a technique that improves the stability and efficiency of agentic reinforcement learning through single-rollout sampling and token-level clipping.
OpenAI Ends Service for AI Browser 'Atlas'
Instead of ending Atlas, OpenAI is integrating its related agent features into the ChatGPT desktop app and a Chrome extension.
Elon Musk Praises Mythos/Fable and Pledges to Continue Collaboration with Anthropic
Elon Musk expressed respect for rival Anthropic and signaled his intention to continue collaboration.
OpenAI may have made a fatal mistake in copyright lawsuit with news outlets
It has emerged that OpenAI misrepresented ChatGPT log search capabilities and misled the court, putting it at risk of sanctions.
Mercor in Talks for Funding Round Valuing It at $20 Billion
AI training startup Mercor is pursuing a funding round that would set its valuation at $20 billion, double its valuation from last October.
Google Photos Adds AI-Powered Video Remix Feature
Google Photos has launched the Video Remix feature, which uses the Gemini Omni model to stylishly edit videos.
For Those Who Aren't Fully Utilizing Claude
It presents a strategy to boost productivity by using Claude for high-leverage work, beyond simple repetitive tasks.
Robostral Navigate: AI Navigation Based on a Single Camera (5-min read)
Robostral Navigate is an 8B-scale embodied AI model that autonomously navigates complex environments using only a single RGB camera.
OpenAI Acquires Northslope to Deploy Engineers Directly on Enterprise Sites
OpenAI has acquired Northslope, a specialized engineering firm, to integrate AI into companies' actual business operations.
SambaNova Emerges as Nvidia's Rival with Investor Backing, Reaching $11 Billion Valuation
AI chip startup SambaNova raised $1 billion in funding, hitting an $11 billion valuation.
Meta Launches Muse Image Across Its Apps
Meta has launched Muse Image, an image generation model with advanced reasoning capabilities, through Meta AI.
ByteDance Launches Seedream 5.0 Pro with Advanced Reasoning Capabilities
ByteDance has launched Seedream 5.0 Pro, a multimodal image generation model optimized for design workflows.
SWE-1.7: Frontier-Level Intelligence at a Much Lower Cost
Cognition unveiled SWE-1.7, a frontier-level intelligence model that maximizes cost efficiency through improvements to its RL pipeline.
Data At The Edge
The combination of cheap sensors, robotics, and multimodal models is creating new AI business opportunities that leverage data from the physical world.
A Taxonomy of Self-evolving Agents (15 min read)
Shilong Liu proposed a framework that classifies agents by their mode of evolution into artifacts, infrastructure, and model weights.
SpaceX and Cursor to Release First Jointly Developed AI Model as Early as This Wednesday
A new AI model jointly developed by SpaceX and Cursor is expected to be unveiled as early as this Wednesday.
Why Alignment Evals Need Calibration
Current alignment benchmarks risk overestimating safety, since models may recognize the evaluation environment or conceal risky behavior.
GPT-Realtime-2.1-mini API Released
Alongside the release of GPT-5-Codex-Mini, OpenAI announced Codex's Skills feature and Responses API updates.