Top stories in AI today: – Google swoops in as OpenAI, Windsurf deal collapses
– Moonshot AI's K2 takes open-source crown
– Auto-switch between models for tasks in n8n
– AI coding tools slow down devs
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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Google Swoops OpenAI Deal Collapses Moonshot K2 Dominates
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Grok 4 is V6, when Grok 5?
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Grok 4 is V6 V7 is expected to get a better image and video understanding as well as a video gen. Will it be Grok 4.5 or Grok 5? WEN GROK 5 TIME?
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LFM2 Models Drive App Development and Real-World Usage Growth
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Really cool to see people starting to build apps with LFM2. Benchmarks are important, but real usage is what matters in the end. We were shocked by the popularity of old LFM models on OpenRouter (~400 tks/day). I hope to see many LFM2-powered apps in the next few months!
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Apple Reportedly Considers Acquiring French AI Startup Mistral
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Si c'est confirmé, gros coup dur pour la France ? (Un de plus me diriez vous). Apple envisage sérieusement de racheter Mistral – selon Bloomberg / Mark Gurman Apple envisage désormais sérieusement de racheter Mistral afin de rattraper enfin son retard en matière d’IA. Une
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OpenAI’s Unreleased Writing Model Expected Soon
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OAI still has their unreleased (and v hyped up) writing* model up their sleeves, could be anytime now
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China’s best model awaiting its mainstream breakthrough moment
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It hasn't had its “DeepSeek moment” yet, even though it's hands down China's best model now Probably due to hype around Grok But based on my TL it looks like people are finally starting to take notice (DeepSeek took a few days before it hit mainstream)
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Kimi K2 Surpasses GPT-4.1 and Claude Opus on Benchmarks
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For those unfamiliar with Kimi K2: – Surpasses models like GPT-4.1 and Claude 4 Opus on coding benchmarks
– Scores new highs on math and STEM tests among non-reasoning systems
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AI-Generated Writing Reaches Tipping Point with China’s Kimi K2
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We're at the tipping point for AI-generated writing It's been notoriously bad But China's Kimi K2, *an open-weight model*, is now topping creative writing benchmarks …without any reasoning capabilities
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Microsoft Releases Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning Model
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Microsoft dropped Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning on Hugging Face Built on a new hybrid architecture, the 3.8B model surpasses Phi-4-mini-Reasoning on major reasoning tasks, while delivering up to 10× higher throughput at 32K generation length
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OpenAI Delays Open-Weight Model Release for Safety Testing
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OpenAI is delaying the release of its highly anticipated open-weight model CEO Sam Altman shared on X that the company needs time to "run additional safety tests and review high-risk areas" The model was originally planned for this week