Lately, Qwen has been making a lot of noise—last week they open-sourced a few TTS models, and last night they open-sourced ASR too. The current three-part Voice AI setup, paired with a fully domestic open-source solution, is completely free. LLM options: Any domestic
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AI generates Economist article and podcast via NotebookLM
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It can do whatever I ask. I asked it to make me an Economist magazine article out of it and it did. Then you can copy that over to @NotebookLM and have that make a podcast out of it.
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OpenAI prepares ChatGPT Ads for broader rollout
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OpenAI prepares ChatGPT Ads for a broader rollout on web and mobile apps. "Ads are personalized based on current chat, ad interactions, and past chats/memory"
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Cached Data vs Live Fetching: Understanding Information Freshness
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cached is not fetched JIT and can have slightly dated info, live fetches JIT
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Human Oversight of AI: Why Coding Skills Remain Essential
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We were particularly interested in coding because as software engineering grows more automated, humans will still need the skills to catch AI errors, guide its output, and ultimately provide oversight for AI deployed in high-stakes environments.
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Data Orchestration Evolves from Workflow-First to Data-First
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Data orchestration is evolving from workflow-first to data-first. As modern data platforms become more governed and event-driven, orchestration moves closer to the data layer. Lakeflow Jobs is built for this shift, with native triggers, built-in lineage, and AI-ready workflows
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DatoCMS scales to $6.5M ARR with minimal headcount
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Most SaaS scale by hiring.
DatoCMS scaled to $6.5M ARR with ~13 people. Leverage > headcount.
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Codex CLI and Extension Enable Web Search by Default
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Codex CLI and Extension both support Web Search by default now! No need to explicitly pass the “search” flag anymore. By default codex will use web search cache except when using full access sandbox (or yolo) where it’ll default to live! So nice to finally see this live!
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Users leverage Claudbot/Molty for nearly 100 wild applications
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People are using Claudbot/Molty for some crazy things. Here's almost 100.
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Google’s Jules AI SWE Agent Goes Always-On
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Google prepares Jules to become an "always on" AI SWE Agent. Everything you see in the screenshot is, in fact, already possible.
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 29 janvier 2026
Now powered by MCP integrations and a new "CI Fixer" capability. https://t.co/7q6lXtfxT1 pic.twitter.com/9pfJuIPVfBGoogle prepares Jules to become an "always on" AI SWE Agent. Everything you see in the screenshot is, in fact, already possible. Now powered by MCP integrations and a new "CI Fixer" capability.