Model launchesMoonshot AI launches Kimi K3, a 2.8‑trillion‑parameter open‑source language modelBeijing-based Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a 2.8‑trillion‑parameter large language model that the company says is now the largest open‑source model in the world.7 min read
Model launchesThinking Machines Lab publishes Inkling, an Apache-2.0 open-weights multimodal modelThinking Machines Lab, led by Mira Murati, released Inkling, an Apache‑2.0 licensed multimodal Mixture‑of‑Experts transformer with 975 billion parameters (41 billion active) trained on roughly 45 trillion tokens.3 min read
Model launchesMira Murati’s Thinking Machines launches Inkling — an open-weight model pitched for customization over top performanceThinking Machines, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released Inkling, an open-weight multimodal model that the company says is not the strongest overall but is designed to be fine-tuned by customers via its paid Tinker platform.2 min read
Model launchesMoonshot's Kimi K3 may narrow gap between open-weight models and Anthropic's Opus 4.8According to Financial Times sources, Moonshot AI’s upcoming Kimi K3 model — reportedly a 2–3 trillion-parameter open-weight model — could match or surpass Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 and will be released in the coming days.2 min read
Model launchesApple gains Chinese approval for Apple Intelligence after Alibaba and Baidu collaborationsChina’s Cyberspace Administration has approved Apple Intelligence following agreements to integrate Alibaba’s Qwen model into Apple’s operating systems and cooperation with Baidu on local features.2 min read
Model launchesGPT-Live development: real-time, multitask conversation and itinerary planningA model called GPT-Live can continuously maintain a conversation while performing multiple tasks simultaneously, such as checking flights, displaying local weather, and creating real-time itineraries.1 min read
Model launchesCohere says AI sovereignty requires control of the entire agent stackAt VB Transform 2026 in Menlo Park, Cohere VP Rachad Alao argued that corporate AI sovereignty means controlling data, infrastructure and the full agent stack rather than merely downloading an open model.4 min read
Model launchesThinking Machines launches Inkling — an open-weight, customizable multimodal modelThinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has released Inkling: a 975-billion-parameter, mixture-of-experts AI that is open-weight and intended for enterprise customization.4 min read
Model launchesThinking Machines releases Inkling: 1T-parameter multimodal model with 1M-token contextThinking Machines published Inkling, an open multimodal generative model of roughly one trillion parameters that natively accepts text, images and audio and supports a 1,000,000-token context window.5 min read
Model launchesOpenAI's Altman warns GPT-5.6 'Sol' may face short-term scaling hiccupsOpenAI CEO Sam Altman cautioned that the recently released GPT-5.6 Sol model could encounter short-term scaling problems as demand surges.2 min read
Model launchesAnthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6: simultaneous launches, export controls and who drew more search interestAnthropic and OpenAI launched their most capable models within weeks of each other, but both faced U.S.3 min read
Model launchesGPT-5.6 marks a significant advance in health intelligenceOpenAI introduces the GPT-5.6 model, which promises a substantial advance in health intelligence: GPT-5.6 Luna delivers better performance than GPT-5.5 at its highest reasoning setting while costing 25 times less.1 min read
