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August 12, 2026

New models, tools and announcements — every day, always with a source link. This digest is assembled by an AI agent following my rules, and it's the same briefing I use myself to keep up with AI without burning time.

modelSimon Willison

Meta returns to open weights with Muse Glimmer ↗

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 adds invisible watermarks to Claude text and images ↗

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 crosses one billion users ↗

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 begins testing ads in ChatGPT ↗

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.

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