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IFM Releases Six K2 Horizon Models With Weights, Code and Training Data

The new lineup gives developers models from 0.9B to 375B parameters under Apache 2.0, while putting IFM’s performance claims and unusually broad training record in public view.

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Yesterday

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Research Culture

UW Study Finds Curio AI Toys Struggled With Children’s Complex Questions

A newly published University of Washington account shows a gap between conversational toy features and children’s short-term experience, while leaving longer-term attachment risks unresolved.

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Aug 31, 2026Models

Open release Models

Microsoft Releases GigaPath-Flash, Reporting Roughly 50x Less Compute for Cancer Research

The open-weight research release is designed for repeated analyses across large cancer cohorts, while its performance claims remain limited to initial benchmarks and cohorts.

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Last week

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Aug 29, 2026Infrastructure

Launch Infrastructure

CME Targets Oct. 5 Nvidia GPU Futures Launch as CFTC Tests the Benchmark

The proposed contracts would turn changing GPU rental rates into a financial price, not a claim on scarce hardware. Their value will hinge on a benchmark that reflects a fragmented market and draws real participation.

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Aug 28, 2026Models

Open release Models

Gnani Launches 30B Evon Model and Self-Hosted Agent Stack for Indian Institutions

The open-weight release couples Indian-language support with tools intended to keep sensitive data inside a customer’s own infrastructure.

3 min

Aug 26, 2026Infrastructure

Partnership Infrastructure

AIRSEAI Joins LF AI & Data to Target Cross-Platform Robotics

The project is designed to link hardware, software, data and models across robotics systems; its next test is whether contributors adopt that shared framework.

2 min

Aug 24, 2026Infrastructure

Research Infrastructure

UC San Diego Will Test $8.48M System to Make 2 MW of AI Compute Grid-Responsive

The planned project couples a direct-to-DC power path with software that can defer some computing work. Its practical value rests on whether both systems perform together under live research workloads.

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Aug 24, 2026Models

Launch Models

Thomson Reuters Puts Its First Legal AI Model Into CoCounsel Document Review

Thomson Reuters will use its new legal model for specialized tasks while retaining third-party frontier models elsewhere in CoCounsel. Its performance claims have not yet received extensive independent validation.

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August 2026

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Aug 23, 2026Models

Government action Models

South Korea Opens 256-B200-GPU Contest for a Domestic Cybersecurity AI Model

The selected team will get 10 months of Nvidia compute, with continued support dependent on an interim model after five months. The contest extends South Korea’s domestic-AI effort into security infrastructure.

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