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425 stories · updated Oct 28

Ongoing AI stories, each with every update in order and who confirmed it.

Microsoft

On Oct 26, Microsoft Foundry made GPT-6.1 Terra generally available for agents that see and act.

LatestOfficialMicrosoft introduces a Voluntary Exit Offer for eligible employees in participating organizationsOct 26

Company11 updates · last updated Oct 26

DeepSeek

On Oct 26, Fangcun Leap published an 87-page third-party safety eval of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017.

LatestOfficialFangcun Leap publishes an 87-page third-party safety eval of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017Oct 26

Product2 updates · last updated Oct 26

Mirendil-Base

On Oct 26, Mirendil introduced Fern, a from-scratch model with up to 10M-token context.

LatestOfficialMirendil introduces Fern, a from-scratch model with up to 10M-token contextOct 26

Company1 update · last updated Oct 26

UK AISI

On Oct 26, UK AISI: pretraining data filters on open-weight bio models work but fine-tuning can restore capability.

LatestOfficialUK AISI: pretraining data filters on open-weight bio models work but fine-tuning can restore capabilityOct 26

Company1 update · last updated Oct 26

Ortet

On Oct 26, Ortet’s first health-model eval: 34 open-weight models on 50 tasks on Blackwell GPUs.

LatestOfficialOrtet’s first health-model eval: 34 open-weight models on 50 tasks on Blackwell GPUsOct 26

Product19 updates · last updated Oct 26

Cline

On Oct 26, Cline Desktop v0.0.49 added a Changes pane and project filed panel.

LatestOfficialCline 4.1.26 adds a Local | Cloud API toggle and cloud sandbox progress cardOct 26

Product3 updates · last updated Oct 26

Kimi

On Oct 26, Moonshot restored 25% of monthly quota for all Kimi subscribers after K3.1 Pro limits.

LatestOfficialMoonshot restores 25% of monthly quota for all Kimi subscribers after K3.1 Pro limitsOct 26

Company10 updates · last updated Oct 26

Huawei

On Oct 26, Huawei pitches UnifiedBus so AI systems reuse already-processed information.

LatestOfficialHuawei pitches UnifiedBus so AI systems reuse already-processed informationOct 26

Product1 update · last updated Oct 26

Hy-SimulMT

On Oct 26, Tencent Hunyuan released Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B for real-time Chinese–English speech translation.

LatestOfficialTencent Hunyuan releases Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B for real-time Chinese–English speech translationOct 26

Product10 updates · last updated Oct 25

Grok Bot

On Oct 25, Grok Bot can now place phone calls and summarize the conversation.

LatestOfficialGrok Bot can now place phone calls and summarize the conversationOct 25

Company11 updates · last updated Oct 25

Infron

On Oct 25, Infron open-sources esp32-llm-service for on-device TinyStories inference on ESP32-S3.

LatestOfficialInfron open-sources esp32-llm-service for on-device TinyStories inference on ESP32-S3Oct 25

Product2 updates · last updated Oct 25

Moonshot AI Kimi Code Desktop

On Oct 25, Moonshot optimizes subagent invocation in Kimi Code CLI and Desktop for K3.1 Pro.

LatestOfficialMoonshot optimizes subagent invocation in Kimi Code CLI and Desktop for K3.1 ProOct 25

Product1 update · last updated Oct 25

CogACT

On Oct 25, Microsoft published CogACT-v2-RoboDojo, a vision-language-action robotics model on Hugging Face.

LatestOfficialMicrosoft publishes CogACT-v2-RoboDojo, a vision-language-action robotics model on Hugging FaceOct 25

Model23 updates · last updated Oct 24

Qwen

On Oct 24, Qwen Code v0.26.1 added daemon token persistence and Managed Session recovery upgraded.

LatestOfficialQwen Code v0.26.1 adds daemon token persistence and Managed Session recovery upgradesOct 24

Model15 updates · last updated Oct 24

Grok

On Oct 13, Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock.

LatestReported by TechCrunchForced to pick, Grok leans Republican while OpenAI’s GPT leans Democratic, study finds, per TechCrunchOct 24

Company1 update · last updated Oct 24

As of Oct 24, The Verge reports that Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act, requiring disclosures on ads significantly modified or generated by AI across image, video, audio, and text.

LatestReported by The VergePennsylvania will require labels on AI-generated ads, per The VergeOct 24

Product5 updates · last updated Oct 24

Muse

On Oct 24, Meta’s Muse Wonder Full and Muse Wonder lead LisanBench, per Alexandr Wang.

LatestOfficialMeta’s Muse Wonder Full and Muse Wonder lead LisanBench, per Alexandr WangOct 24

Company1 update · last updated Oct 24

Blue Planet III

As of Oct 24, The Verge reports that BBC’s Blue Planet III is keeping imperfect ocean shots—plankton, boats, buoys, rough water—to prove authenticity in the AI era, arguing over-polished footage reads as AI-generated.

LatestReported by The VergeBBC’s Blue Planet III keeps imperfect ocean shots to prove authenticity in the AI era, per The VergeOct 24

Product3 updates · last updated Oct 24

Tencent WorkBuddy

On Oct 23, Tencent WorkBuddy added AI Experts that help assemble proposal inputs.

LatestReported by 36KrTencent WorkBuddy adds Kimi K3.1 Pro with a high-speed tier, per 36KrOct 24

Product2 updates · last updated Oct 24

Suno Studio

On Oct 24, Suno’s iOS app added iPhone Duo layout and AirPlay in version 1.93.

LatestOfficialSuno’s iOS app adds iPhone Duo layout and AirPlay in version 1.93Oct 24

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