AI News: The Most Insane Week So Far This Year!
Matt Wolfe showed 14 AI tools in this video on . 1 is verified available in the EU. Each row below jumps to the exact second. Part of week 2026-36.
Tools shown in this video, with timestamps
New Anthropic model that topped benchmarks on release and still leads Artificial Analysis. Claimed 25% cheaper than Fable 5, but Artificial Analysis shows it as the most expensive per task ($3.69). The Megabonk clone looked good but cost about $120 and took 2 hours.
Live demoCheap, fast Google model at $0.75/$3.75 per million tokens, scoring 73.7% on the coding benchmark at far lower cost per task than Opus 5 or Fable. Its Megabonk clone looked decent and was generated via Cursor.
Live demoNode-based canvas for chaining image, video and voice-over models into reusable workflows, with parallel variations and templates. Included with Artlist Unlimited. Sponsored segment.
Meta model posting top coding benchmark scores (75.4) and third on Artificial Analysis, and free via OpenRouter. The creator's own Megabonk and SVG tests were weak, so he questions the benchmarks' validity.
Live demoOpenAI model rolling out to limited organizations then Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise users. It scored 74.1% on the coding benchmark and near-saturated ARC-AGI-3, and was first on his SVG bench. Its Megabonk clone was the best-looking.
Live demoThe ChatGPT app can now connect more than one Google account through its Gmail plugin. The creator showed the manage screen.
Live demoConversational Gemini voice features now available in Gmail, Docs and Keep, rolling out to paid AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers.
MiniMax video model generates a 15-second clip in 13 seconds, enabling infinite interactive AI live streams such as infiniteslop.ai and foul.live.
Live demoWorld Labs model that takes one or more images plus a camera path and reconstructs explorable 3D scenes with pixel-perfect camera control. In early access, and the creator was impressed.
Real-time interactive video model built on Gen 4.5 that treats clicks and drags as conditioning for the next frame. Early access only, and the creator showed demos.
Overhauled new version of OpenClaw. The creator has replaced it with Codex and Cursor and hasn't tried it.
Meta transcription model suited to real-time streaming, released September 1st.
Microsoft speech recognition model released September 3rd, billed as the fastest, most accurate and cheapest.
A $500 AI toothbrush with a camera and water jet that aims water between teeth to floss while brushing.
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- GPT 6 Astraopenai.com
- Claude Fable and Mythos 5.1anthropic.com
- Gemini 3.8 Flashblog.google
- Muse Spark 1.3research.meta.ai
- Voice In Google Workspaceblog.google
- Atlas World Modelworldlabs.ai
- Runway Introduces Solarisrunway.com
- OpenClaw 2.0openclaw.ai
- Muse Voice Transcriberesearch.meta.ai
- MAI Transcribe 2 Speech Modelmicrosoft.ai