Alibaba is about to drop Qwen3 Max Thinking later this week. Qwen already has the biggest model selector among the industry!
BIG TECH
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Meta cuts 600 AI jobs, survivors reapply in major restructuring
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Big shakeup at Meta: ~600 AI roles cut across FAIR, product & infra. TBD Lab – the high-stakes superintelligence arm, spared. Wang’s memo: smaller teams = faster decisions, more impact per person. But here’s the twist: those laid off are being told to reapply
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Market Bifurcation: Companies Hiring More and Fewer Interns
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So we're going to hire both more and fewer interns? Could be a sign of market confusion…could be a sign of actual market bifurcation (some companies are cutting back on headcount, some capitalizing)…could be that VP+ folks are too removed from junior roles to have
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DeepSeek Commercial Plans: Cloud Provider Distribution Expansion
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Surprised at how many companies have DeepSeek commercial plans. Is it through a cloud provider?
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Claude Adoption Lags Despite AI Leadership in Bay Area
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Surprised to see Claude adoption so low considering its power and role in the Bay Area right now. Unsurprised to see ChatGPT so high. Surprised to see 'plan to use' so high for DeepSeek.
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GitHub announces Agent HQ with coding agents
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GitHub announced Agent HQ. "Over the coming months, coding agents from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Cognition, xAI, and more will become available directly within GitHub." GitHub Copilot Pro+ users can access Codex in VS Code Insiders with their current subscription.
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OpenAI to Automate AI Research by 2028
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— BREAKING : OpenAI is planning to release an automated AI research intern by September 2026. AI Research is about to get automated by March 2028. AGI prerequisites —
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New AGI Governance and Partnership Terms Between OpenAI and Microsoft
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What has evolved: – Once AGI is declared by OpenAI, that declaration will now be verified by an independent expert panel.
– Microsoft’s IP rights for both models and products are extended through 2032 and now include models post-AGI, with appropriate safety guardrails.
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Microsoft and OpenAI Update Partnership Agreement on AGI and IP Rights
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BREAKING : Microsoft published an update to its agreement with OpenAI. Top changes to the agreement – AGI declaration will now be verified by an independent expert panel
– Microsoft’s IP rights are extended through 2032 and include models post-AGI