The major flaw is that it is blind – it cannot process images at all. If they fix that, then perhaps it could become the best model available in the world.
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Dumb system apologizes to smart system in 2026 programming
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I just caused an automated system which is dumb to apologize-in-advance to an automated system which is smart. (~ "The system which generates this file can't do string manipulation. You can, though, so to succeed you will want to… Sorry about extra work.") Programming in 2026.
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Ren Ito of G7 Yomiuri article on Japan’s importance in AI
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The co-founder of Sakana AI, Ren Ito, who participated in the G7 summit of heads of state, contributed an article to the Yomiuri Shimbun. In a context where the international environment around AI is undergoing major changes, he emphasizes the importance for Japan to continue
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GPT-5.5 vs. Claude Opus 4.7 Showdown
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Here's an interesting chart: GPT-5.5 is neck-and-neck with Claude Opus 4.7.
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OpenAI trains models with RL to reinforce beneficial traits across 12 domains
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We trained models with reinforcement learning on realistic conversations to reinforce beneficial traits like truthfulness, humility under uncertainty, openness to correction, fairness, and concern for human welfare, across 12 domains, including health, science, and education.
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Discussion in DC on open-source AI, transparency, and concentration
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I decided to go to DC next week to discuss directly with policymakers. Not sure about the impact it will have, but with everything going on, it seems like a good time to speak more about open-source AI, transparency, the concentration of
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Lawmakers warn airlines of AI pricing targeting personal pain points
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1/ Airlines are moving fares to AI that prices by demand, your device, and your location in real time. One carrier planned to set 20% of fares this way, in what lawmakers called pricing aimed at your personal "pain point." It denies using personal data. The rest are following.
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Article on Google’s Supercomputers from TPU v2 to Ironwood
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My colleagues at @Google, @NormJouppi, Sridhar Lakshmanamurthy, Cliff Young and David Patterson, recently wrote an article that will appear in the July/August 2026 issue of @ieeemicro, titled "Google's Training Supercomputers from TPU v2 to Ironwood: Architectural
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zAI promises an open source Mythos model before 2027
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The founder of zAI, the company that published GLM-5.2, says that a Mythos-class model will be released before the first quarter of 2027. Or, in other words: He believes that open source will not remain seven months behind Frontier Labs, but will catch up.
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Musk: Anthropic’s useful intelligence beats benchmarks, shows in revenue
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On benchmarks, yes, but as measured by true usefulness even Q1 would be very impressive. Anthropic has rightly focused on maximizing useful intelligence, which does not show up in benchmarks, but definitely shows up in revenue.