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Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Removes Filler Words, Covers 85+ Languages
Google's Gemini 3.5 Transcribe strips 'um' and 'uh', supports 85+ languages, and is in public preview via the Gemini API.
Asian AI Startups Move Into Mythos-Like Models as US Export Controls Bite
Sakana AI and China's 360 are positioning new frontier AI tools as alternatives while Anthropic's Mythos access remains restricted.
Subquadratic Says SubQ Breaks the LLM Attention Bottleneck
Subquadratic claims its sparse-attention SubQ model can process far longer context at much lower cost, but real-world access remains limited.
GLM-5.2 Raises the Bar for Text-Only Open-Weights LLMs
Z.ai's GLM-5.2 arrives as a 753B-parameter open-weights text model with a 1M-token context window, strong benchmark results, and aggressive API pricing.
Anthropic Opens Mythos-Class AI to the Public With Claude Fable 5 Safeguards
Claude Fable 5 brings Mythos-class AI to wider public access, but Anthropic is routing risky cyber, bio, and chemistry requests through stricter safeguards.
Microsoft Unveils Seven MAI Models and Pushes Enterprise Frontier Tuning
Microsoft AI introduced seven in-house MAI models across reasoning, coding, image, voice, and transcription, alongside a customization strategy it calls Frontier Tuning for enterprise workflows.
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.8 with Stronger Agentic Reasoning and Honest Code Review
Anthropic's latest Opus release improves on its predecessor across benchmarks, adds dynamic multi-agent workflows in Claude Code, introduces effort controls for users, and cuts fast mode pricing by 3x — all at the same base cost.
Best Small Language Models on Hugging Face Right Now
A practical look at compact open-weight language models that balance capability, latency, memory use, and local deployment flexibility.