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Aleph Alpha has released Kolibri, an open-weight language model designed for German and English work in regulated organizations. The company positions the model for public administration, industry, aerospace, banks, and other users that want to operate AI systems on their own infrastructure. Kolibri uses a mixture-of-experts architecture. It contains 78.1 billion parameters in total, but …
Fireworks AI has introduced Ember-1, a specialized reasoning model designed to deliver results comparable to Kimi K3 while using substantially fewer tokens. Fireworks AI announces in an official blog post that Ember-1 cuts token use by about 40 percent overall, a reduction aimed at lowering the cost of coding and agent-based AI workflows. Reasoning models …
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plugins with app-like interfaces, file viewers, improved discovery tools, and event-driven automations. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch that developers can now give their plugins a dedicated place in ChatGPT’s sidebar and build interactive panels directly within the chat experience. The update changes how connected tools can appear in ChatGPT. Existing plugins …
Cloudflare has introduced Clef and Clef-flash, two open-weight AI models designed to make fast, structured decisions inside automated workflows. The company positions them as alternatives to Typesafe AI’s Jev, a decision model built to answer bounded questions such as yes or no, multiple choice, and ranked options. The models are available through Cloudflare Workers AI …
Suno has launched Speech, a public beta feature that creates AI-generated spoken audio from prompts or custom scripts. The tool can also add background music to the same track. Jess Weatherbed reports for The Verge that Speech is available on Suno’s web platform and mobile apps. The release expands Suno beyond AI music generation into …
OpenAI has introduced the Decisions API, a new tool designed to select from predefined answers and attach a confidence score to each result. Frederic Lardinois reports for The New Stack that the API is currently in limited preview, with a broader rollout planned in the coming days. The company bases the service on Luna, which …
Instagram is rolling out a conversational AI assistant in Edits, its video creation app and competitor to CapCut. Amanda Silberling reports for TechCrunch that the tool is designed to give creators personalized guidance based on their own account performance rather than broad recommendations. The assistant can draw on Instagram metrics including follows, views, video retention, …
Google has introduced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model designed for long, complex tasks in software development, professional research, and cybersecurity. The company is initially making the model available to a small group of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program, rather than releasing it broadly at launch. Google says Argon can handle …
Google plans to replace Gems, its custom versions of Gemini, with a skills feature beginning November 17, 2026. Abner Li reports for 9to5Google that the company has added a notice to the Gems manager saying it will automatically start moving users’ existing Gems to skills on that date. Users will still be able to use …
OpenAI has introduced GPT-6.1 Sol, a new AI model positioned between its high-end GPT-6 Astra and lower-cost GPT-6 Luna models. OpenAI announces in an official blog post that Sol is designed for coding, computer use, document analysis, and multi-step business workflows. The company prices GPT-6.1 Sol at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per …