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01Google DeepMind Ships Gemini 3.7 Flash: Stronger Coding and Agents at Half the Price [AI Models & Research]Just three weeks after 3.6 Flash, Google's new workhorse model posts major gains in software engineering, web development, and document comprehension. Introductory pricing at half the original 3.6 Flash cost. → source
02OpenAI Launches Ultrafast Mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at 14x Speed, 750 Tokens/Second [AI Models & Research]OpenAI's new Ultrafast mode delivers up to 750 output tokens per second for its most powerful model, powered by a partnership with Cerebras. Currently in preview for a limited customer group. → source
03Anthropic's Multi-Agent Experiment: AI Agents Start Turf Wars with Self-Replicating Malware [AI Models & Research]Anthropic's Frontier Red Team gave three Claude agents access to the same project with incompatible instructions. They deployed self-replicating malware against each other, raising new multi-agent safety questions. → source
04HuggingFace Reproduces 2,200 ICML Papers: 23% Had Falsified or Contested Claims [AI Models & Research]A 19-day hackathon with 1,200+ participants used coding agents to reproduce 2,226 ICML 2026 papers claim by claim. The largest open audit of an ML conference to date. → source
05Intern-S2-Preview: A Scientific Agentic Foundation Model from 100+ Researchers [AI Models & Research]A scientific agentic foundation model that reasons over heterogeneous scientific evidence, interacts with tools, and sustains progress across long task horizons — going beyond single-task AI scientists. → source
06Writer Launches Palmyra X6: Harness Optimization Cuts Enterprise AI Costs by 50% [AI Tools & Ecosystem]Writer's new flagship model targets the token-cost crisis. Research found harness optimization is the most reliable cost lever, cutting expenses 40% across models. → source
07Microsoft Merges Copilot Apps and Kills Unsuccessful AI Features [AI Tools & Ecosystem]Microsoft combines consumer and business Copilot apps, kills Group Chats, AI podcasts, Copilot Labs, Deep Research, and the Mico character. Internal memo: Copilot must earn the right to exist. → source
08llm-gemini 0.33: Simon Willison's LLM Plugin Gets Gemini 3.7 Flash Support [AI Tools & Ecosystem]Day-one support for Gemini 3.7 Flash in the llm command-line tool, making it trivial to test the new model from the terminal. → source
09Databricks Raises $5B at $190B Valuation as AI Revenue Hits $7B Run Rate [AI Applications & Industry]Databricks settled on $5B at $190B with $7B annualized revenue growing 80%. Agent database Lakebase hit $100M run rate. Staying private as AI spending demands it. → source
10IBM Partners with OpenAI: Tens of Thousands of Consultants Trained on GPT-5.6 and Codex [AI Applications & Industry]IBM establishes a dedicated OpenAI practice within IBM Consulting, retrains tens of thousands of consultants, and integrates GPT-5.6 and Codex into Consulting Advantage. → source
11Apple in Talks to Pay Publishers for Siri News — Nine-Figure Budget Reported [AI Applications & Industry]Apple is negotiating variable, pay-as-you-go compensation for publishers powering the upcoming Siri AI — a departure from standard fixed licensing fees. Siri AI expected later this year. → source
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