01WeatherNext: DeepMind Open-Sources Cyclone Forecasting Model [AI Models & Research]Google DeepMind published a Nature paper and open-sourced WeatherNext Cyclones, a single AI model that predicts a tropical cyclone's track, intensity, and wind structure with state-of-the-art accuracy — roughly a decade of meteorological progress in one model. → source
02Selective Context Preference Optimization: Teaching LLMs When to Trust [AI Models & Research]A new arXiv paper tackles a subtle failure mode: models that ignore all external context look robust but are useless when the context is genuinely valuable. The method trains models to selectively trust or resist external signals. → source
03TRAJDEBUG: Finding the Earliest Error in Failed Agent Trajectories [AI Models & Research]LLM-based agents cascade errors across multi-step tasks. TRAJDEBUG traces the error lifecycle and locates the earliest critical failure step — the root cause that cascades into the final breakdown. → source
04AV-AIVAT: 74x Cheaper Agent Evaluation with Certified Stopping [AI Models & Research]A certified anytime-valid stopping rule cuts agent evaluation costs by 74x in imperfect-information games, stopping exactly when the result is statistically settled. → source
05ChatGPT Goes Unlimited: Free Users Get GPT-5.6 Luna and a Think Button [AI Tools & Ecosystem]OpenAI removed text-chat rate limits for free users, made GPT-5.6 Luna the default, and added a Think button for deeper reasoning. Plus and Pro users get updated GPT-5.6 Sol with a reasoning slider. → source
06Baseten Joins Hugging Face Inference Providers [AI Tools & Ecosystem]Baseten is now a supported inference provider on Hugging Face Hub, joining Together, SambaNova, Cerebras, Fal, and Groq. One token, pick your provider — covers Kimi K3, DeepSeek V4 Flash, GLM-5.2. → source
07OpenAI's Jony Ive Smart Speaker Targets $300-$400 Price Point [AI Tools & Ecosystem]OpenAI's first consumer hardware device — a screen-free smart speaker with a camera, designed with Jony Ive's LoveFrom studio — will reportedly sell for $300-$400. Launch target: early 2027, pending Apple's injunction. → source
08Suno Will Watermark AI-Generated Songs Amid Mounting Legal Battles [AI Tools & Ecosystem]AI music generator Suno announced audio watermarking, fingerprinting, and new download limits to stop mass royalty-fraud schemes amid lawsuits from UMG, Sony, and a German court copyright ruling. → source
09Google Maps Gets Agentic: Food Ordering, Hotel Bookings, and Personal Intelligence [AI Applications & Industry]Ask Maps can now order food, find hotels by natural-language criteria, and surface event tickets — conversationally. A new Personal Intelligence layer pulls from Gmail and Calendar for personalized recommendations. → source
10Mirendil Inks $100M+ Google Cloud Deal to Scale Self-Improving AI [AI Applications & Industry]Anthropic-alumni lab Mirendil secured a multi-year $100M+ compute deal with Google Cloud for recursive self-improvement research. The startup wants AI that can iteratively refine itself and eventually replicate an entire frontier lab. → source
11OpenAI Moves to Dismiss Apple Trade Secrets Suit, Blames Apple's Own Security [AI Applications & Industry]OpenAI filed a motion to dismiss, arguing Apple's own offboarding practices gave ex-employees system access. The 31-page filing frames the case as Apple covering for its own failures. → source
12Naive Raises $28.5M to Automate Company Formation and Operations [AI Applications & Industry]Startup Naive raised $28.5M to build AI agents that handle the bureaucratic grunt work of setting up and running a company. 30,000 developers have already joined the platform. → source
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