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DeepSeek will sharply increase prices for its V4 AI models and introduce different rates for busy and quieter periods, with the changes taking effect on Aug. 16. Saritha Rai reports for Bloomberg that the Hangzhou-based company is moving away from a single low price as it seeks to manage demand for its computing capacity. For …
OpenAI has released a preview version of its ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, bringing ChatGPT Work, the Codex coding agent and an integrated browser to the platform. Frederic Lardinois reports for The New Stack that the app is available globally and supports Ubuntu 24.04 and 26.04 LTS, Debian 13, and Fedora 43 and 44. Users …
Mistral AI is opening its inference platform to third-party open models, beginning with GLM-5.2 from Chinese developer Z.ai. The French company says customers will be able to use external models on the same infrastructure, regional settings and service levels offered for Mistral’s own models. The move is part of a broader infrastructure push. Mistral has …
Google has introduced Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new version of its lower cost AI model aimed at coding, workplace tasks and AI agents that use software tools. The company is offering an introductory API price of $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through the end of 2026. Prices are set …
Google is positioning the Pixel 11 family less as a hardware refresh and more as a vehicle for Gemini features that can act across apps, handle routine requests and reshape how photos are processed. The new phones introduce agent-like Gemini tasks, expanded translation tools and AI camera functions, while the Pixel Watch 5 extends Google’s …
SpaceXAI has launched Grok Bot, a beta service that lets users assign ongoing work to AI agents that can operate apps and websites through their own computer environments. The release comes alongside Grok 4.6, a new model that SpaceXAI positions for coding, knowledge work and longer agent-led tasks. Grok Bot is initially available on macOS, …
LTX has released LTX-2.5, an open-weights video and world model designed for faster generation, local deployment and integration into creative workflows. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the model is available through Hugging Face, the LTX API and ComfyUI, where it launches with native support. The release adds native multishot generation, allowing users to create …
Nvidia has introduced Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open artificial intelligence model designed for high volume agent tasks, alongside NeMo Switchyard, a tool that routes tasks between different AI models. Kyt Dotson reports for SiliconANGLE that the releases target companies that use AI agents for a mix of routine requests and more demanding reasoning work. Nemotron …
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter AI model that developers can download, modify and run on powerful personal computers. The move marks a renewed commitment to openly available model weights after Meta shifted its newer Muse family toward proprietary releases earlier this year. Glimmer is available under the Apache 2.0 license, which permits commercial …
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now declining requests to write in the exact style of well known authors, instead offering text based on broader characteristics such as mood, genre and narrative approach. Kyle Orland reports for Ars Technica that the change affects prompts referring to both living and deceased writers, including Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Amy Tan, …