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LG unveils 750 bil.-parameter frontier AI model K-EXAONE 2.0
LG AI Research released K-EXAONE 2.0, a 750-billion-parameter open-weight model, under an Apache 2.0 license.
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Ten items on open-weight model releases, agent-security alliances, California's new AI transparency law, and a Rails performance note, plus a Phish tour recap and a wildcard statin study.
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LG AI Research released K-EXAONE 2.0, a 750-billion-parameter open-weight model, under an Apache 2.0 license.
Nvidia and dozens of partners launched an alliance building open tools to secure AI agents after a recent breach.
Satya Nadella confirmed Microsoft will merge Copilot chat, coding, and autonomous-agent tools into one app this quarter.
An OpenAI field report found coding agents delivered up to 60x speedups modernizing research software but couldn't verify scientific correctness.
OpenAI launched a $250 million program giving free ChatGPT access to up to 100,000 academic researchers by 2027.
California's AI Transparency Act took effect, requiring large generative AI providers to label content and offer detection tools.
This week's Rails roundup covers faster i18n loading, thread-safe route handling, and template resolution refinements.
Simon Willison examines an OpenAI model that reportedly solved ten open math problems for about $2,000 in tokens each.
Phish opened a two-night Fenway Park run with a rare "Melt the Guns" performance, their first show there since 2019.
Researchers identified an immune pathway that may explain and could help prevent statin-induced muscle pain.