modelSimon Willison
Meta has introduced Muse Glimmer, a new 30-billion-parameter model under a clean Apache 2.0 license. It is optimized for end-to-end agentic task completion and, according to Meta, reaches strong success rates on full-task benchmarks. The open license is friendlier for local deployment than the older Llama licenses.
announcementThe Verge
Anthropic will start marking text and images generated by Claude with machine-readable data to comply with European AI transparency rules. Generated text will carry embedded watermarks, and files will include digitally signed provenance metadata where supported. The markings are invisible to people.
announcementTechCrunch
Google’s Gemini app has surged past one billion users. Google also shared that 63% of them talk to the assistant directly using voice, and that Gemini now generates more than 150 million images every day.
announcementOpenAI
OpenAI is beginning to test ads in ChatGPT to help keep free access to the service. It promises clear labeling, answer independence from advertising, strong privacy protections, and control in the user’s hands.
toolTechCrunch
OpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux. Users on that platform get a native client instead of relying solely on the browser.
researchTechCrunch
An unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of mathematics’ biggest unsolved problems — the Riemann hypothesis, which has stood for more than 150 years. The company has not solved it, but its models advanced further than you might expect.
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