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23 December 2025 15h00

I feel I could have passed half of my studies just by having a bunch of NotebookLM links. Full scoop

Google testing new long-form ‘Lecture’ format for NotebookLM Audio Overviews

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23 December 2025 15h00

BREAKING 🚨: Google might be working on a "Lecture" format for Audio Overviews on NotebookLM. Lectures would have a single host narration and could last for 30 minutes.

Exclusive Notebook with TestingCatalog Lecture sample in the post below.

Listening time 👀 pic.twitter.com/kr4DolMtAR
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 23 décembre 2025

BREAKING : Google might be working on a "Lecture" format for Audio Overviews on NotebookLM. Lectures would have a single host narration and could last for 30 minutes. Exclusive Notebook with TestingCatalog Lecture sample in the post below. Listening time

MiniMax M2.1 Released as SOTA OSS Coding and Agent Model

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23 December 2025 12h22

MiniMax M2.1 was officially announced, scoring 72.5% on SWE-multilingual.

"A SOTA 10B-activated OSS coding & agent model, scoring 72.5% on SWE-multilingual and 88.6% on our newly open-sourced VIBE-bench" https://t.co/PTAUhvaT3a pic.twitter.com/s0EjiyHSqO
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 23 décembre 2025

MiniMax M2.1 was officially announced, scoring 72.5% on SWE-multilingual. "A SOTA 10B-activated OSS coding & agent model, scoring 72.5% on SWE-multilingual and 88.6% on our newly open-sourced VIBE-bench"

NotebookLM previews new British English AI narration voices

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23 December 2025 12h17

NotebookLM is teasing new voices with British English narration that are planned to arrive in 2026. These voices are available for listening in the "Archive 1945" featured notebook, created in partnership with The Economist. Stay tuned for the first TC notebook today

Performance comparison of recent LLM releases

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22 December 2025 20h05

A better than GPT-5.1 performance after such a short amount of time is impressive!

MiniMax Releases M2.1 Model Featuring Advanced Coding and Agentic Capabilities

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22 December 2025 16h44

BREAKING : MiniMax M2.1 by @minimax_ai is now available on MiniMax Agent. What's new? – Multilingual Coding: Expert performance in multi-language development, excelling in test case generation, code optimisation, and code review.
– Agentic Tool Use: Reliably executes

GLM-4.7 Model Benchmark Performance and Competitive Analysis

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22 December 2025 16h25

BREAKING : GLM-4.7 by @Zai_org scored 42% on the HLE benchmark, representing a 38% improvement over GLM-4.6 and approaching GPT-5.1 performance. New SOTA open source on SWE?

Manus Introduces AI Design View for Agent-Based Workflow

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22 December 2025 16h07

Manus introduced a new "Design View" flow on web and mobile to help you refine your images and ideas.

"It is an extension of the Manus agent, allowing you to commission, create, and refine visual assets as part of a single, seamless AI design workflow." https://t.co/SZRQUkrEL9 pic.twitter.com/bI2MlnjBhk
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 22 décembre 2025

Manus introduced a new "Design View" flow on web and mobile to help you refine your images and ideas. "It is an extension of the Manus agent, allowing you to commission, create, and refine visual assets as part of a single, seamless AI design workflow."