AI
Donut-shaped, hockey-puck size, advanced voice interaction, etc
Previously, OpenAI had explored the hardware field through collaboration with former Apple design chief Jony Ive.
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As GPT-5 Marks Its First Anniversary, OpenAI Unveils Agent Plugins Specification for AI Agents
On the first anniversary of the launch of the GPT-5 series models, OpenAI announced on August 7 the release of Agent Plugins, a plugin packaging standard for AI agents.
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Document Search Surpasses GPT-5.6 Sol, at 1/100th the Cost
Neon has recently partnered with Castform to release a training solution for retrieval models and an open-source model with 4 billion parameters.
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Insta360 Products to Launch AI Voice Assistant, Integrating Alibaba Qwen and Gemini Models by Region
On August 7, Insta360 announced the launch of an AI voice assistant for its GO Ultra thumb camera.
AI
Liquid AI's new model LFM2.5-2.6B brings powerful AI agents to devices as small as a Raspberry Pi
Liquid AI, a 2023 MIT spinoff, unveiled LFM2.5-2.6B this week, an open-weight model for agentic tasks that runs on local hardware.
AI
One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel
Now, Alan Finkel, a prominent Australian engineer and former Chief Scientist, is reviving an even older remedy—Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics—reimagined for the age of generative AI.
AI
OpenAI Reportedly Launching Astra AI Model Next Week, Its Largest Since GPT-4.5
According to sources, OpenAI plans to release its new pretrained model Astra, internally codenamed mewfour, next week.
AI
An On-Device Agentic Model With 128K Context, Tool Calling, And Open Weights
Liquid AI has released LFM2.5-2.6B, a compact agentic model designed to run entirely on-device, with open weights and a 128K context window.
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Azure API Management Adds Dedicated AI Gateway Tier, Governing Models and MCP Tools
Microsoft has introduced a dedicated AI Gateway tier for Azure API Management, now in public preview, designed to govern AI models and tool ecosystems rather than traditional APIs.
Crypto
Bitcoin wallet dormant since 2011 moves $3.2 million toward FalconX-linked address
The wallet received 49.97 BTC on July 16, 2011, when bitcoin traded around $10, according to Galaxy Research, and had not spent since.