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GitHub Copilot agentic harness hits parity with vendor tools
GitHub's Copilot agentic harness matches vendor tool performance across Claude and GPT models, with lower token use and support for 20+ frontier…
Gemini builds personalized jetlag schedules from travel data
Google's Gemini app now uses the Gemini 3.5 Flash model to pull flight and calendar data to generate personalized, synced jetlag-proof itineraries…
OpenAI launches limited preview of GPT-5.6 Sol model
OpenAI has started a limited preview of its GPT-5.6 series, led by the flagship Sol model, which delivers improved agentic performance for…
Mozilla Launches Nonprofit to Steer Open Web in AI Era
Mozilla has launched a new independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity to unify its cross-product strategy and defend open web values as AI reshapes…
Gemini Auto-Generates Jetlag Travel Plans From Gmail Flights
Google's Gemini app now automatically generates jetlag-proof travel itineraries by pulling flight data from users' Gmail and Calendar accounts, powered by the…
NVIDIA NeMo AutoModel Boosts MoE Fine-Tuning Throughput 3.7x
NVIDIA's open-source NeMo AutoModel delivers 3.4-3.7x higher MoE fine-tuning throughput and 29-32% lower GPU memory use via a single import change, no…
OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño
OpenAI and Broadcom have launched Jalapeño, a custom LLM inference accelerator built from scratch for current and future frontier models, with early…
Epic Games Launches Lore, an Open-Source VCS for Game Devs
Epic Games released Lore, an open-source Rust VCS with native large-file support, fragment-level deduplication, and offline-first workflows aimed at game…
How TradeXYZ Won Hyperliquid’s Permissionless Perp Markets
After Ventuals shut down its OpenAI and Anthropic perpetuals on Hyperliquid, TradeXYZ controls 97% of HIP-3 markets. Here's what HIP-3 is, why…
PP-OCRv6 Launches on Hugging Face With 50-Language
PaddlePaddle's PP-OCRv6 OCR model family is now available on Hugging Face, supporting 50 languages across 1.5M to 34.5M parameter tiers for edge,…