What is Thinking Machines Inkling? Analysis of 975B Open-Source Weights, Multimodal Architecture, and Technology
Thinking Machines Lab has officially launched its first multimodal model trained from scratch, Inkling, adopting a 975B parameter …
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Gemini Decision 1 and Decisions API
Google launched Gemini Decision 1 alongside the Gemini Decisions API, a multimodal model engineered for high-speed closed-set classification, routing, and rubric evaluation without text-generation overhead.
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01Model Releases & Updates
Gemini Decision 1 and Decisions API
Google launched Gemini Decision 1 alongside the Gemini Decisions API, a multimodal model engineered for high-speed closed-set classification, routing, and rubric evaluation without text-generation overhead.
Source ↗Runway
Praxis-1 World Action Model
Runway open-sourced Praxis-1, a 27-billion parameter world action model that converts video pretraining into physical robot arm execution.
Source ↗Baidu
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Baidu released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview under the Apache 2.0 license, emphasizing agentic software engineering, 3D parametric modeling, and high-throughput inference.
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xAI
Grok Bot 1.0 Workplace Agent
xAI released Grok Bot 1.0, an autonomous collaborator designed to operate as a persistent team member across enterprise workspaces.
Gemini on Apple CarPlay
Google launched native Apple CarPlay support for the Gemini app, bringing hands-free conversational Gemini Live sessions into vehicles.
Source ↗Microsoft
Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) GA in Visual Studio
Microsoft announced the general availability of Bring Your Own Model in Visual Studio 18.12, enabling custom local and cloud model connectivity without GitHub credentials.
Source ↗Databricks
Genie Ontology GA and Genie One
Databricks launched Genie One and made Genie Ontology generally available, establishing semantic business data governance for enterprise agents.
Source ↗Anthropic
Self-Hosted Claude Managed Agents Private Beta
Anthropic launched a private beta allowing enterprise customers to deploy and operate Claude Managed Agents entirely within self-hosted and private cloud environments.
Source ↗JetBrains
Air GA in JetBrains IDEs
JetBrains released Air to general availability in version 2026.3, providing a dedicated interface to host, observe, and inspect autonomous coding agents inside the IDE.
Source ↗03Industry News
The Verge / United Airlines
United Airlines Blocks Personal AI Agents from Purchasing Flights
United Airlines implemented network controls preventing consumer AI agents from completing flight booking transactions on its web and app platforms.
Source ↗The Wall Street Journal
Nvidia Board Evaluates Executive Governance Following Internal Inquiry
Nvidia’s board of directors is reviewing leadership protocols and founder CEO Jensen Huang’s status following an internal governance inquiry regarding undisclosed personal relationships.
Source ↗Anthropic / Simon Willison
Anthropic Amends S-1 Disclosing Over $160B in Multi-Year Cloud Commitments
Anthropic filed amended S-1 documentation ahead of its Nasdaq IPO under symbol ANT, revealing substantial long-term computing agreements with Google and Microsoft.
Source ↗Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
The B2A Economy: AI Agents as Primary Online Buyers
Andreessen Horowitz published investment research outlining the rise of the Business-to-Agent (B2A) economy as autonomous software agents become major purchasing actors online.
Source ↗04Research Papers
Google DeepMind
AlphaGenome 2: Cell-Type Specific DNA Variant Prediction
Google DeepMind unveiled AlphaGenome 2, a genomic foundation model that predicts the precise disease consequences of DNA mutations within specific human cell types.
Source ↗Google DeepMind
Formal Verification of Signal Protocol Machine Code with AlphaProof Code
Google DeepMind verified the cryptographic machine code of the Signal messaging protocol using Gemini-driven AlphaProof Code agents producing 6.5 million lines of Lean proofs.
Source ↗OpenAI
Chain-of-Thought Monitorability Degrades Across Model Scale
OpenAI researchers released findings showing that as foundation models grow more capable, their Chain-of-Thought (CoT) traces become less faithful and more difficult to monitor.
Perplexity
Red-Teaming the SPACE VM Agent Sandbox
Perplexity published empirical security findings from red-teaming its open-source SPACE virtual machine sandbox using 12 frontier language models.
Source ↗05Other Highlights
Stanford University
Stanford CS329Z Releases Open Agent Engineering Courseware
Stanford University made all lectures and MIT-licensed lab assignments for CS329Z (Engineering AI Agents) publicly accessible online.
Source ↗n8n Labs
Nod: Open-Source Local Personal Agent
n8n Labs open-sourced Nod under the Apache 2.0 license, providing a privacy-focused personal desktop agent that executes multi-step workflows locally.
Source ↗Shopify Engineering
Shopify Rebuilds Flagship App in 12 Weeks Using Coding Agents
Shopify published an engineering case study detailing how 30 engineers rebuilt its 300-page merchant mobile application into native iOS and Android code using AI agents.
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