Mistral dropped Voxtral 24B and 3B speech understanding models The low-cost, open-source model family combines transcription with native Q&A capabilities and matches or outperforms models from ElevenLabs, Google, and OpenAI Available under Apache 2.0
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Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2B for Multimodal AI
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Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab just announced a $2B raise with plans to share its first product in a “couple of months.” She said the co is building multimodal AI with a major open source component for teams developing custom models
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PyTorch Integrates Muon Optimizer Into Core
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considering Muon is so popular and validated at scale, we've just decided to welcome a PR for it in PyTorch core by default.
If anyone wants to take a crack at it… https://
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Kimi K2 Open-Source Model Excels at Coding Tasks
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Now on Poe: Kimi K2! Kimi K2 ranks as a top open-source model (SWE-bench Verified at 65.8%), excelling at coding and solving technical problems. (1/2)
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Sequential Thinking MCP Release Demystifies AI Agent Systems
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I am very happy with this release, I think it will demystify a lot about how these types of systems work. The Sequential Thinking MCP was huge for the space (literally any famous coding agent uses it), and I hope people can build on top of this as well.
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Open-source framework simulates Grok Heavy AI functionality in terminal
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Introducing "Make it Heavy" a framework to simulate Grok Heavy functionality, fully open-source and running in your terminal.
— Pietro Schirano (@skirano) 15 juillet 2025
Use any model you want, thanks to @OpenRouterAI. 👇 pic.twitter.com/WVVz36kO1mIntroducing "Make it Heavy" a framework to simulate Grok Heavy functionality, fully open-source and running in your terminal. Use any model you want, thanks to @openrouter
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Apollo iOS App Brings Private Local AI to iPhone and Mac
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Today, we also release Apollo, an iOS native app for iPhone, Mac, and iPad, to test truly private, fast and AI in your hand. Earlier this year, we acquired @apolloaiapp and joined forces with the amazing Aaron Ng @localghost to democratize access to private and local AI to
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Apollo Acquired by Liquid AI: On-Device Models Expansion
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Excited to share that Apollo has been acquired by Liquid AI.
— Aaron Ng (@localghost) 15 juillet 2025
Expect more models, improvements, and powerful features you've never seen before with on-device models. pic.twitter.com/FxrtRazj4iExcited to share that Apollo has been acquired by Liquid AI. Expect more models, improvements, and powerful features you've never seen before with on-device models.
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Thinking Machines Lab launches with $2B funding for multimodal AI
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We have been working hard for the past 6 months on what I believe is the most ambitious multimodal AI program in the world. It is fantastic to see how pieces of a system that previously seemed intractable just fall into place. Feeling so lucky to create the future with this talented and aligned team. Mira Murati (@miramurati) Thinking Machines Lab exists to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building multimodal AI that works with how you naturally interact with the world – through conversation, through sight, through the messy way we collaborate. We're excited that in the next couple months we’ll be able to share our first product, which will include a significant open source component and be useful for researchers and startups developing custom models. Soon, we’ll also share our best science to help the research community better understand frontier AI systems. To accelerate our progress, we’re happy to confirm that we’ve raised $2B led by a16z with participation from NVIDIA, Accel, ServiceNow, CISCO, AMD, Jane Street and more who share our mission. We’re always looking for extraordinary talent that learns by doing, turning research into useful things. We believe AI should serve as an extension of individual agency and, in the spirit of freedom, be distributed as widely and equitably as possible. We hope this vision resonates with those who share our commitment to advancing the field. If so, join us. thinkingmachines.paperform.c… — https://nitter.net/miramurati/status/1945166365834535247#m
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Mistral launches new speech recognition models
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BREAKING : Mistral released new open speech recognition models with lower prices and a lower error rate! – Voxtral Mini – Voxtral Mini Transcribe
– Voxtral Small "Voxtral comprehensively outperforms Whisper large-v3, the leading open-source Speech Transcription model"