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Apple’s latest desktop lineup draws a sharper line between affordable local AI work and maximum performance. The Mac Studio with M5 Ultra offers up to 512GB of unified memory for running very large AI models on a desk. The smaller Mac mini with M6 delivers strong everyday performance, but its memory ceiling makes it a …
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.5, an updated image generation and editing system that the company says improves speed, subject fidelity, and control over detailed revisions. The rollout includes new creative tools in ChatGPT, such as a drawing feature called Sketch, image comments, and templates for common formats including posters and product images. According to …
Meta has introduced Muse, a personal AI agent designed to complete tasks such as organizing information, booking appointments, buying tickets and filling out online forms. The product runs on a dedicated virtual computer in Meta’s cloud and is initially available to adults in the United States through iOS, Android, the web, WhatsApp and, more recently, …
OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra, a new AI model that it says can independently operate software, browse the web, write code, and complete complex professional tasks. Company president Greg Brockman says he personally believes the release may mark the beginning of the artificial general intelligence, or AGI, era. The claim is significant, but OpenAI does …
Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip is arriving in laptops and compact desktop PCs designed to run AI models directly on the device. The systems, unveiled by Nvidia partners at IFA in Berlin, target users who want to use AI agents and other demanding tools without sending sensitive data to cloud services. Luke Larsen reports for WIRED …
Qwen3.8 27B can handle everyday local AI tasks such as document classification, feed summaries, and long discussion recaps, according to benchmarks from a Mac Studio. However, its new architecture currently produces text much more slowly than its predecessor on Apple hardware. Hemant Kumar writes for TerminalBytes that the 27.3-billion-parameter model generated an average of 14 …
Google has released Gemini 3.8 Flash, a new general purpose AI model aimed at software development, autonomous agents, and complex reasoning tasks. The company is also introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a specialized version for vulnerability detection and code patching that will initially be limited to approved defensive security organizations. Gemini 3.8 Flash replaces the …
Anthropic has released the first Claude models that add invisible watermarks to every text and file response. At the same time, the company has opened a detection API for approved organizations to verify whether content carries a Claude watermark. Claude Fable 5.1 is now generally available through the Claude desktop app and other platforms. Claude …
Anthropic has introduced Claude Fable 5.1, a generally available AI model aimed at coding, knowledge work, and long-running automated tasks. The company is also releasing Claude Mythos 5.1, the same underlying model with less restrictive cybersecurity and life-sciences safeguards for vetted organizations. The most immediate change for many businesses is pricing. Anthropic has kept Fable …
World Labs has unveiled Atlas, a multimodal AI model designed to generate, reconstruct, and simulate scenes in three dimensions. The World Labs Team announces Atlas in an official blog post, describing it as a system that works with text, images, video, camera positions, and depth data in a shared spatial context. The company says Atlas …