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The Verge 1 month ago 21 ● 5 sources
OpenAI added a Sketch input to ChatGPT Images so users can draw a doodle in-chat and have ChatGPT generate an image from it. The feature is tied to the Tuesday release of ChatGPT Images 2.5. As a result, image creation shifts from text-only prompting to combining an in-chat sketch (plus optional comments on parts of images).
Ben's Bites 1 month ago 11 ● 33 sources
Astra is presented as the first GPT-6 model, with demos spanning image generation, UI work, and agent-style “computer use.” OpenAI says its automated research intern goal is complete and targets an automated AI researcher by March 2028. As a result, agent workflows are shifting toward longer, multi-day research tasks with humans setting the direction and judging outputs, while tools like Codex and Claude Code are also expected to become more customizable.
Bloomberg 1 month ago 45 ● 2 sources
ByteDance is preparing to launch a real-time spatial video AI model for creating interactive virtual worlds. The model is aiming for a release as soon as next month. If it launches on that timeline, Pico VR users’ voice and movement input would directly drive how the virtual worlds respond.
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17 October 2026
Microsoft used today’s announcement to zoom in on what matters in scaling: not just raw capability, but the plumbing behind it. The company revealed MAI-Base-2, a 2T-parameter base model designed to be converted into full LLMs with additional training. Per Microsoft, only 80B parameters activate per prompt, and the training run ate 50T tokens over 38 days using 16,000 Nvidia GB200 GPUs. The headline claim: MAI-Base-2 is up to 12× more hardware-efficient than its predecessors, a metric that will matter to anyone trying to keep inference costs from swallowing margin.
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