China's Zhipu AI Releases Flagship GLM-5 Model, Claiming Top Spot on Agentic Coding Benchmarks
Zhipu AI launched GLM-5, its new flagship model optimized for chat, coding, and agentic tasks, now available on chat.z.ai. Early independent tests by @aicodeking show the 744B-40B MoE model outperforming Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.3 Codex on agentic coding leaderboards. This release intensifies competition in the fast-evolving frontier model landscape.
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Ahead of 2026 elections, Anthropic funds Public Citizen to lobby for stronger AI oversight and safety laws.
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Monaco Emerges from Stealth with $35M for AI-Native Sales Platform
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Top AI Talent Flees OpenAI, xAI Over Doomsday Fears
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MIT Professor: AI and Simulations to Transform Scientific Discovery
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Ring's new AI lost dog feature raises privacy concerns
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ByteDance, Zhipu jolt China's AI model race ahead of New Year
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Fujitsu Group starts manufacturing sovereign AI servers in Japan to enhance digital sovereignty
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Inference Research Announces $20M Seed Round for AI-Native Quant Trading
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Galaxea AI Raises $144 Million as China's Robot Investment Frenzy Mounts
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Amazon eyes AI content marketplace amid escalating licensing tensions
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Anthropic Pledges to Limit AI Data Centers' Electricity Impact
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OpenAI disbands mission alignment team focused on safe AI
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China's Zhipu AI launches GLM-5 challenging rivals
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Apple Delays Gemini-Powered Siri Revamp Beyond iOS 26.4
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Uber Eats launches AI Cart Assistant for grocery shopping
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Chile launches Latin America's first generative AI model 'Latam-GPT'
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Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal
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DeepMind's Aletheia math agent solves open Erdős problems, writes papers
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Qualcomm launches LLM comparison suite for AI inference on edge devices
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Trump SBA head Kelly Loeffler invested $3M in Groq pre-Nvidia's $20B deal
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Anthropic leads prediction markets post-Claude Sonnet 5 coding dominance
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Bedrock Robotics Raises $270M at $1.75B Valuation for AI Construction Automation
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Hyperwrite CEO Matt Shumer: AI Disruption Will Dwarf COVID-19 Impact
In a viral essay, Hyperwrite's Matt Shumer argues current agentic AI models signal a societal shift bigger than the pandemic, replacing full jobs imminently.
Threads' new 'Dear Algo' AI feature lets you personalize your feed
Meta's Threads rolls out AI-powered personalization tool allowing users to tweak their algorithm via natural language prompts.
Google releases the first beta of Android 17
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How AI changes the math for startups, according to a Microsoft VP
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Resolve AI Raises $125M Series A at $1B Valuation for AI System Reliability
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AI Safety Firm Bypasses Claude Opus 4.6 in Just 30 Minutes
Seoul-based AIM Intelligence exposed vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6, bypassing safeguards rapidly and highlighting safety gaps.
xAI Lays Out Interplanetary Ambitions in Public All-Hands Meeting
Elon Musk's xAI shared a 45-minute all-hands video on X outlining bold plans for interplanetary AI, amid recent executive departures.
Sarvam AI launches Arya orchestration for reliable AI agents
India's Sarvam AI releases Arya, a stack to make production-grade AI agents more scalable and dependable.
India gives YouTube, Instagram, X impossible deadline for deepfake detection
Platforms face tight deadline to label AI deepfakes, testing current detection tech limits.
Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini Deep Think for Research-Level Math, Physics, CS Problems
New papers detail Gemini Deep Think's agentic workflows accelerating scientific discovery in hard research domains.
Nebius acquires Israeli AI agent web search startup Tavily for ~$275M
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Senior engineers, including co-founders, exit xAI amid controversy
Multiple senior engineers and co-founders have left Elon Musk's xAI, citing internal issues and overpromising, amid reports of flops in their coding agent MacroHard.
SageX Launches Unstructured Data Platform for Enterprise AI
SageX debuted a new platform to transform unstructured data into reliable fuel for enterprise AI models.
Palo Alto Networks Completes Acquisition of CyberArk to Secure the AI Era
Palo Alto Networks finalized its acquisition of CyberArk, bolstering identity security for AI-driven enterprises amid rising cyber threats.
Rezolve AI Acquires Reward Loyalty Platform for $230M in Cash Deal
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Vibeland Launches One-Click Deployment for Gemini Vibe Coding Projects
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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 Jailbroken in 30 Minutes Post-Release
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Alibaba Unveils RynnBrain AI Model to Power Robots
Alibaba released the open-source RynnBrain model, achieving state-of-the-art results across 16 embodied AI benchmarks for robotics.
Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce
Sam Blond, ex-VC at Founders Fund, debuted a new AI-powered sales platform aiming to disrupt Salesforce dominance.
Wall Street sells off stocks vulnerable to AI disruption
Investors are dumping shares in companies threatened by AI automation, erasing billions from financial services firms like Charles Schwab amid rising disruption fears.
Viral 'Something Big Is Happening' AI Essay Called Out as Hype
Matt Shumer's 42M-view X post warning of job-killing AI dismissed as another overhyped prediction, citing hallucinations and past false alarms.
Tech Giants Turn to Competitors' AI, Meta Stands Firm
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Salesforce Acquires Cimulate to Supercharge Agentforce Commerce with AI Product Discovery
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Intuit Launches New AI-Powered Construction Edition for Enterprise Suite
Intuit rolled out an AI-enhanced Construction Edition for its enterprise software to streamline project management.
MiniMax Releases MiniMax-M2.5 on Overseas Agent Website
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Options Technology to Acquire Crossvale, Accelerating AI in Financial Services
Options Technology announced plans to buy Crossvale, enhancing private cloud and AI capabilities for capital markets trading.
Vertiv Reports Record Q4 with 252% Orders Growth on AI Demand
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NIST Awards $3.19M in SBIR Funding Including AI and Quantum Projects
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AWS CEO Unveils New AI Inference Tool Transforming Developer Capabilities
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang Calls for Comprehensive AI Innovation Push
Premier Li Qiang urged a full-scale advancement in AI technology and industry growth during a key meeting, emphasizing comprehensive innovation to bolster China's AI leadership.
WildCat technique solves AI attention scaling with near-linear efficiency
New method compresses transformer attention for massive speedups without accuracy loss, promising breakthroughs in long-context models.
Oren Etzioni on Agents, OpenAI, Deepfakes, and AI Boom Realities
Former Allen AI CEO Oren Etzioni discusses the hype vs. reality of AI agents, OpenAI's progress, deepfake risks, and the messy path to transformative AI.
Addentax Group Proposes Acquisition of AI-Enabled Digital Lending Platform
Addentax announced a proposed buyout of a Hong Kong-based AI lending platform handling over HK$2B in annual loans.
Meridian raises $17M to remake the agentic spreadsheet
AI startup Meridian secured $17M to build agentic AI tools that transform spreadsheets into intelligent workflows.
Complyance raises $20M to help companies manage risk and compliance
AI-native compliance platform Complyance landed $20M Series A led by GV to automate regulatory risk management.
Humanoid Robot Startup Apptronik Raises $935M at $5B+ Valuation
Apptronik secured massive funding for humanoid robotics, highlighting investor frenzy in physical AI amid rapid advancements.
Morgan Stanley Identifies Top AI Shakeout Opportunities After Scanning 3,600 Stocks
Analysts highlight stocks poised to benefit from AI disruptions, emphasizing return on equity proof amid market recalibration.
DeepSeek Expands AI Model Context Window 10-Fold Amid Zhipu GLM-5 Launch
DeepSeek upgraded its model with a massive context expansion, positioning it strongly as rival Zhipu releases GLM-5 in intensifying Chinese AI competition.