Ai2 releases Olmo 3 with a focus on full development transparency

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), a Seattle-based nonprofit research institute, has released Olmo 3, a new family of open-source language models. According to Ai2, the new models are designed to be competitive with other leading open models in performance and efficiency while offering a new level of transparency for developers and researchers. The key …

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OpenAI enters browser market with ChatGPT Atlas

OpenAI announced the launch of its web browser, ChatGPT Atlas, today. It’s initially available for macOS only, with other platforms to follow. According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the product represents “a rare once-in-a-decade opportunity to rethink what a browser can be.” The launch places OpenAI in direct competition with established players like Google Chrome …

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Claude Haiku 4.5 offers high performance at a lower cost

Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 4.5, its latest small and efficient AI model. The company states that the new model delivers performance comparable to its Sonnet 4 model, which was considered state-of-the-art just five months prior. According to Anthropic, Haiku 4.5 achieves this at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed of Sonnet …

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Slack is transforming its Slackbot into a personalized AI assistant

Slack is testing a major update that turns its Slackbot into a comprehensive AI assistant. The new tool can understand natural language to search for information, summarize conversations across channels, and create project plans. The Verge reports that the goal is a “personalized AI companion,” according to Rob Seaman, Slack’s chief product officer. The assistant …

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Google’s Gemini Enterprise wants to compete for workplace AI market

Google Cloud has introduced Gemini Enterprise, a new AI platform designed to bring artificial intelligence tools to everyday employees across organizations. The company is positioning the platform as what Google Cloud’s CEO Thomas Kurian calls “the new front door for AI in the workplace.” The platform costs $30 per user per month and aims to …

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Claude Sonnet 4.5 can operate autonomously longer than ever

Anthropic announced Claude Sonnet 4.5, an AI model that can operate autonomously for up to 30 hours on complex tasks. The company demonstrated this capability by having the model create a chat application similar to Slack, producing 11,000 lines of code before stopping upon task completion. The new model represents a significant improvement over Anthropic’s …

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Google updates Gemini 2.5 Flash models for developers and app users

Google has announced updates for its Gemini 2.5 Flash and Flash-Lite models, releasing improvements for both the public-facing Gemini app and for developers through new preview versions. According to a report by 9to5Google, users of the Gemini app will notice several enhancements to the Gemini 2.5 Flash model. Responses are now better organized with improved …

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OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Pulse for personalized, proactive updates

OpenAI has launched a preview of a new mobile feature called ChatGPT Pulse for its Pro subscribers. This feature shifts the chatbot from answering direct questions to proactively delivering personalized information. According to the company’s announcement, Pulse works by researching topics it deems relevant to the user. This process is based on an analysis of …

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Qwen3-Omni is an open-source model for text, image, audio, and video

The Chinese technology company Alibaba has released Qwen3-Omni, a new generative AI model that can process a combination of text, images, audio, and video. The model is notable for its “omni-modal” capabilities and its open-source license, positioning it as a direct competitor to proprietary models from U.S. tech companies like OpenAI and Google. According to …

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