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OpenAI announces in an official blog post that GPT‑5.6 is now generally available, following the limited preview it launched several weeks earlier. The family consists of three tiers: the flagship model Sol, the balanced option for everyday work Terra; and the most cost-efficient version Luna. According to OpenAI, all three models outperform rivals such as …
OpenAI has launched GPT-Live, a new generation of voice models designed to make conversations with ChatGPT feel more human. The company announces in an official blog post that GPT-Live replaces Advanced Voice Mode and rolls out globally on iOS, Android, and ChatGPT.com. The core innovation is a full-duplex architecture. Unlike previous systems, which waited for …
A new open-source tool called Rowboat wants to turn AI assistants into a full workspace rather than just a chat window. The developer, posting under the handle segmenta, introduces the project in a Show HN post on Hacker News, describing it as a local-first alternative to Claude Desktop. The team behind Rowboat previously built AI …
Meta has launched Muse Image, the first image generation model built by its internal Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company announced in an official blog post. The tool is now integrated into Meta AI and already powers creative features on Instagram and WhatsApp, with Facebook, Messenger and advertising tools through Advantage+ creative to follow. Meta describes …
Anthropic is rolling out its AI agent Claude Cowork to mobile devices and the web, the company announced in an official blog post. The tool, previously limited to the desktop app, now lets users start a task on a laptop, check progress on a phone, and retrieve finished work from any browser. Beta access begins …
Tencent has released the full version of its Hy3 language model under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, removing regional restrictions that previously excluded the European Union, the United Kingdom and South Korea. Sam Witteveen reports for VentureBeat that the license reversal, more than the model’s capabilities, drove the strongest reaction from the open-model community. Hy3 …
ByteDance’s video generation tool Seedance is gaining traction in Hollywood, despite an earlier scandal over a viral deepfake clip. Nilesh Christopher reports for the Los Angeles Times that the Chinese tech giant, best known as the former majority owner of TikTok, has been quietly courting American filmmakers and executives. Earlier this year, a 15-second AI-generated …
Cloudflare has unveiled a major expansion of its tools for managing AI bots and monetizing content, one year after the company first let website owners block AI crawlers with a single click. The update introduces a new bot classification system, tighter default settings, and a push toward paying content owners for how their work is …
Venice AI has turned privacy into a business model. Ram Iyer reports for TechCrunch that the two-year-old startup now counts more than 850,000 unique website visitors, 3 million active users, and 1.7 million API calls per day. This week it raised a $65 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation, but the real story …
Google is expanding its Gemini Spark assistant with a new macOS app, additional app connections and real time topic tracking. Adam Coimbra and Srinivasan (Cheenu) Venkatachary write for The Keyword that the updates aim to help users automate repetitive tasks across their desktop and favorite apps. Spark arrives on the Mac The new Gemini macOS …