Amazon launches Kiro, its own Claude-powered challenger to Windsurf and Codex
Initial community reactions to Kiro were mixed, but developers were intrigued, praising the emphasis on specs, hooks and structure...
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Carl Franzen
14:21
Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: ‘We’re friends with Anthropic again’
Cognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin
Carl Franzen
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HOLY SMOKES! A new, 200% faster DeepSeek R1-0528 variant appears from German lab TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
This gain is made possible by TNG’s Assembly-of-Experts (AoE) method — a technique for building LLMs by selectively merging the
Carl Franzen
07:21
Mistral just updated its open source Small model from 3.1 to 3.2: here’s why
The fact that it is made by a French startup and compliant with EU rules and regulations such as GDPR
Carl Franzen
18:20
GenLayer launches a new method to incentivize people to market your brand using AI and blockchain
With applications like Rally already live in beta, GenLayer presents a new category of intelligent blockchain infrastructure...
Carl Franzen
10:19
OpenAI moves forward with GPT-4.5 deprecation in API, triggering developer anguish and confusion
Despite the strong reaction, OpenAI had in fact already announced the plan to deprecate GPT-4.5 Preview back in April 2025...
Carl Franzen
03:22
How can you make sure your brand shows up in LLM search? Adobe’s new LLM Optimizer seeks to provide the tools
Adobe’s system enables marketers to see where their brand is underrepresented in AI-driven results, and take actions to improve it,
Carl Franzen
12:24
Senator’s RISE Act would require AI developers to list training data, evaluation methods in exchange for ‘safe harbor’ from lawsuits
The developer must also publish known failure modes, keep all documentation current, and push updates within 30 days of a version
Carl Franzen
04:19
Do reasoning models really “think” or not? Apple research sparks lively debate, response
Ultimately, the big takeaway for ML researchers is that before proclaiming an AI milestone—or obituary—make sure the test itself isn’t
Carl Franzen
22:21
OpenAI updates its new Responses API rapidly with MCP support, GPT-4o native image gen, and more enterprise features
Support for remote Model Context Protocol servers, integration of image generation and Code Interpreter tools, and upgrades to file search...
