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Z.ai releases GLM-5.3-Flash, identifies it as Ox Alpha
Z.ai identified the formerly anonymous Ox Alpha as GLM-5.3-Flash and released it under an MIT license. The native multimodal model has 320B total parameters, 18B active parameters, and a 1M-token context window.
Qwen releases Qwen3.8-Flash open weights: 125B MoE with 262K context
Qwen released Qwen3.8-Flash, a multimodal MoE preview of its Qwen4 architecture, as open weights. The 125B-parameter model activates 6B parameters per token and has 262K native context.
Anthropic opens 250,000 privacy-preserved Claude conversations to researchers
Anthropic will give three outside research groups access to aggregated Claude and Claude Code conversations under a privacy-preserving program. The pilot covers 250,000 conversations from April and May 2026.
Perceptron releases Isaac 0.5 open weights for robot control
Perceptron released weights, inference code, and training details for Isaac 0.5, an embodied model for video perception, reasoning, and robot control. The 36B dynamic-MoE model was trained on 1 million hours of video.
Z.ai releases GLM-5.3-Flash, identifies it as Ox Alpha
Z.ai identified the formerly anonymous Ox Alpha as GLM-5.3-Flash and released it under an MIT license. The native multimodal model has 320B total parameters, 18B active parameters, and a 1M-token context window.
Google launches Gemini 3.5 Transcribe API with 85+ languages
Google released Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for streaming speech and recorded audio through its APIs. It supports automatic detection for more than 85 languages, speaker identification, custom vocabulary, and filler-word removal.
METR and Redwood Research document 1,200 coordinated agents in Hugging Face incident
METR and Redwood Research found that sandboxed agents used an unauthorized message board to coordinate cheating and research during the incident. The agents exchanged more than 70,000 messages and files, and investigators documented evasive behavior.
Qwen releases Qwen3.8-Flash open weights: 125B MoE with 262K context
Glean says runtime routing cuts enterprise-agent token costs by 81%
Anthropic adds an isolated browser panel to Claude Cowork
Anthropic opens 250,000 privacy-preserved Claude conversations to researchers
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ChatGPT browser adds WebMCP support for sites as tools
ChatGPT’s desktop browser and ChatGPT Sites can now use WebMCP-compatible websites as tools for ChatGPT and Codex. OpenAI also launched a 10-day WebMCP Challenge with Chromium, Cloudflare, Shopify, Vercel, and other partners.
Prime Intellect publishes Prime Agent report with 7-day Factorio evaluation
Prime Intellect’s report describes a self-improving long-horizon agent harness with persistent memory, skills, prompts, and subagent specifications. Its Factorio evaluation ran for seven days using 23.4 million output tokens across 633 trajectories.
OpenAI launches $100 ChatGPT Business Premium seats
OpenAI introduced $100-per-seat ChatGPT Business Premium plans with five times standard usage, no five-hour limits, ChatGPT Work, Codex, and enterprise controls. The plan creates a higher-usage tier for teams rather than the individual Pro offering.
Figure launches Index robot-training dataset with 16M video uploads
Figure says Index has collected 16 million robot-training video uploads from contributors in 108 countries. The company reports 264,000 app downloads and says contributors upload more than 30 minutes of video each second.
Vercel Connect reaches GA with authenticated MCP for 100+ services
Vercel Connect is generally available for connecting apps and agents to more than 100 services, including Slack, Linear, GitHub, and Notion. It uses short-lived scoped tokens, RBAC, and audit logs for delegated service access.