Can found opus 4.8 in Google Vertex. Can’t confirm any of this tho. However, the fact that Sonnet 4.8 is coming soon has been common knowledge since the data leak. The inclusion of Opus 4.8 in Vertex comes as a surprise to me – though, considering the accelerated release
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Opensource AI Will Win: A Memo on Sovereign Intelligence
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MEMO INCOMING re: Sovereign Intelligence Opensource AI WILL WIN
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NVIDIA’s SANA-WM: Open-Source World Model for Controllable Video on Gaming PCs
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NVIDIA JUST DROPPED AN OPEN-SOURCE WORLD MODEL THAT RUNS ON YOUR GAMING PC 🤯
— Charly Wargnier (@DataChaz) 23 mai 2026
Instead of melting your GPU, @NVIDIAAI’s new 2.6B-parameter model, SANA-WM, brings 60 seconds of controllable video straight to your laptop.
> Just feed it an image
> a prompt
> a camera path
.. and… pic.twitter.com/zR1eva7YPpNVIDIA JUST DROPPED AN OPEN-SOURCE WORLD MODEL THAT RUNS ON YOUR GAMING PC Instead of melting your GPU, @NVIDIAAI
’s new 2.6B-parameter model, SANA-WM, brings 60 seconds of controllable video straight to your laptop. > Just feed it an image
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Anthropic rises fast while OpenAI loses lead and reputation
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some yes some no. anthropic seems to be more efficient, and is rising fast; openAi has lost their lead and has developed a reputation problem.
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Anthropic engineers’ token-saving habits, no setting changes needed
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this guy literally breaks down the exact habits Anthropic engineers use to save millions of tokens without changing a single setting 🤯
— Charly Wargnier (@DataChaz) 22 mai 2026
Watch the video, then bookmark the written guide 👇 https://t.co/gAHjGmFxwy pic.twitter.com/Hlb96srixBthis guy literally breaks down the exact habits Anthropic engineers use to save millions of tokens without changing a single setting Watch the video, then bookmark the written guide
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US builds AI facility in 122 days, Europe faces permit delays
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The AI divide between the United States and Europe is becoming impossible to ignore.
— Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) 22 mai 2026
In the US, xAI built the world’s largest AI facility in just 122 days.
In France or Germany, it could take five years simply to secure the permits.
And even if Europe could build faster, power… pic.twitter.com/jo0ZPLU5OnThe AI divide between the United States and Europe is becoming impossible to ignore. In the US, xAI built the world’s largest AI facility in just 122 days. In France or Germany, it could take five years simply to secure the permits. And even if Europe could build faster, power
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Google Search undergoes major AI-driven transformation
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6/ Google Search got its biggest upgrade in 30 years
— Futurepedia – Learn to Leverage AI (@futurepedia_io) 22 mai 2026
🤖 AI-powered box that generates answers, images + short videos
🎨 Generative UI that adapts layouts based on your intent
📡 More assistant, less search engine
This is not a tweak. This is a rebuild. pic.twitter.com/87Iel7OJwO6/ Google Search got its biggest upgrade in 30 years AI-powered box that generates answers, images + short videos Generative UI that adapts layouts based on your intent More assistant, less search engine This is not a tweak. This is a rebuild.
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Google I/O 2026: New AI Models, Agents, and Search Overhaul
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Google just dropped everything at I/O 2026. New models. New agents. A search overhaul 30 years in the making. Here's every tool that matters — thread
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Apple’s OS/Hardware synergy could extend to LLM performance
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Just thinking aloud: Apple systems performance is better because they own both the OS and hardware. Likewise if they own llm + harness layer, performance might improve.
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June AI Model Releases: Gemini, GPT-5.6, Claude Sonnet 4.8
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June will be huge. -Gemini 3.5 pro (confirmed)
-GPT-5.6 (rumored but pretty confident for a release) Still waiting for annoucements Claude Sonnet 4.8 (Claude-Code-/Source-Map-Leak)