Thinking Machines open sources first multimodal language model, Inkling, focused on low cost and 'resistance to censorship'

An Apache 2.0 designation makes Inkling a true open-source foundation. This gives developers the legal freedom to download, ...
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First Look: Is the 2027 Tesla Model Y L the Real Model X Replacement?

Tesla killed the Model X, and the Model Y L now steps in as the roomiest model in the lineup.
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Perplexity Fine-Tuned a Chinese AI Model to Match Claude Opus 4.8 at One-Third the Cost

Perplexity's post-trained GLM 5.2 preview pairs a cheaper open-source base with a frontier advisor—and it's already live in ...

Hollywood Workers Are Training AI Models As Job Prospects Grow Slim

Some TV and film vets are taking gigs in the world of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback, helping smooth out Gen AI systems that may pave the way to their own obsolescence.

SpaceXAI Will Reportedly Release a Major New AI Model This Week

SpaceXAI is reportedly launching what the company purports to be a new frontier AI model as early as Wednesday. This one, ...
Unite.AI

Thinking Machines Lab Unveils Inkling, Its First Open-Weights Multimodal AI Model

Thinking Machines Lab has released Inkling, its first general-purpose artificial intelligence model, giving developers access ...

Ohio law says course content must be public. Why professors are wary

Lawmakers aim to increase transparency and prevent student indoctrination, but professors say it may lead to self-censorship.

Skims just dropped new ‘micro fits’ (and, of course, Kim Kardashian is modeling them)

SKIMS just revealed the launch of its new micro fit bikinis, and Kim Kardashian marked the occasion by modeling the merchandise.

Microsoft's Satya Nadella takes a veiled swipe at Anthropic and other AI model makers

Satya Nadella criticized AI labs for complaining about distillation attacks.
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Every 48 Hours, a New Embodied AI Model Arrived in June 2026

Developers released 13 embodied AI models in June 2026, showing how robotics competition is shifting from hardware to ...
eWeek

Pixel 10’s New Gemma Model Can Run AI Tasks Without the Cloud

Google’s new Gemma model brings offline AI processing to the Pixel 10, enabling local text, image, and audio tasks while ...
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IP Hot Topic: Incident to the Very Nature of Machine Learning – Federal Circuit Says Training Data Alone Won’t Rescue AI Patent Claims

On July 7, 2026, the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment that claims of two machine learning patents covering orthodontic image analysis ...