Microsoft has launched Agent Mode for Excel and Word, along with Office Agent in Copilot chat, marking a significant expansion of AI capabilities in its productivity suite. The company calls this approach “vibe working,” comparing it to the concept of “vibe coding” where users create complex outputs through simple prompts. Agent Mode represents a more …
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 …
The QwenTeam has released a new series of open-source vision-language models called Qwen3-VL. According to the team’s official announcement, the models are designed not just to see images and videos but to understand context, reason about events, and perform actions. The flagship model, Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B, is available in two versions. The developers claim the “Instruct” version …
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 …
Nous Research has quietly launched Hermes 4, a family of AI language models that the company claims matches leading commercial systems while removing most content restrictions. Michael Nuñez reports about the release for VentureBeat. Unlike ChatGPT or Claude, Hermes 4 responds to nearly any request without safety guardrails that have become standard in commercial AI …
Researchers from Arizona State University conclude that the reasoning abilities of large language models are a “brittle mirage.” According to an article by Kyle Orland in Ars Technica, these models struggle significantly with problems that deviate from their training data. In a controlled experiment, the researchers found that an AI’s performance collapsed when tasks were …
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.1, an upgraded version of its leading AI model. The company states that the new model improves on its predecessor in tasks involving reasoning, research, and particularly coding. The release comes amid reports of intense competition in the AI market and analysis of Anthropic’s business strategy. Performance and Market Position …
The AI startup Deep Cogito has released four new open source language models designed to get better at reasoning on their own. In an article for VentureBeat, Carl Franzen reported on the release from the San Francisco based company. The models, part of the Cogito v2 family, are trained to internalize their own thought processes. …
Google has launched Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, a new AI model designed for complex problem-solving, which is now available to subscribers of its Google AI Ultra plan. The company states that the model uses a technique called “parallel thinking.” This approach allows the AI to generate and consider many different ideas or solution paths at …
According to multiple reports, OpenAI is preparing to launch its next-generation model, GPT-5, in early August 2025. While the company has not officially confirmed a date, CEO Sam Altman has publicly stated that the new model is “coming soon” and teased its advanced capabilities. A significant change in GPT-5 is its architecture. It reportedly merges …