AI in week 33.
48 new tools and models from 9 analysed videos; 27 confirmed available in the EU.
Videos analysed
New Deepseek, GLM 5.3, Grok 4.6, LTX 2.5, Qwen 3.8, Gemini 3.7: AI NEWSAIAI Search· 16 Aug 2026 · 24 tools
The BEST local AI music generator is here!AIAI Search· 15 Aug 2026 · 6 tools
AI News: ChatGPT Ultrafast, Grok 4.6, 3 New Open-Source Models, and more!MAMatthew Berman· 14 Aug 2026 · 8 tools
AI News: The AI Agent Race Just ExplodedMAMatt Wolfe· 14 Aug 2026 · 21 tools
xAI actually did it... (Grok 4.6)MAMatthew Berman· 13 Aug 2026 · 6 tools
Anyone Can Make Amazing Games Now (Easy)MAMatt Wolfe· 13 Aug 2026 · 6 tools
Cursor just made something incredible...MAMatthew Berman· 12 Aug 2026 · 2 tools
The BEST local AI video generator just got BETTER!AIAI Search· 12 Aug 2026 · 11 tools
Mark Zuckerberg just called out Dario (and Anthropic)MAMatthew Berman· 11 Aug 2026 · 1 tools
Language Models
All Language Models →GLM 5.3
Model · Z.ai
Z.ai's open-weights 753B MoE language model, a post-trained GLM-5.2 aimed at coding, agentic tasks and cybersecurity.
Grok 4.7
Model · xAI
xAI's Grok 4.7 language model for coding and knowledge work, available via API, Cursor and Grok Build.
Grok 4.6
Model · xAI
xAI's Grok 4.6 closed LLM for reasoning and coding, available via API, Cursor and Grok Build.
Qwen 3.8 27B
Model · Alibaba
Compact 27B-parameter model from Alibaba's Qwen family, runnable locally on a single high-end consumer GPU.
Muse Glimmer
Model · Meta
Meta's open-weights 30B dense model for local agents, tuned for tool use and long tasks, Apache 2.0 licensed.
GPT Ultrafast
Model · OpenAI
OpenAI API service tier running GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14x faster than Standard, at up to 750 tokens/sec on Cerebras hardware.
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Model · Google
Google's fast, lower-cost multimodal Flash-tier Gemini model for the Gemini app, AI Studio and coding tools.
DeepSeek-V4-Pro
Model · DeepSeek
DeepSeek's V4 Pro large language model, available via API and as an open model, with low per-token pricing.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Model · NVIDIA
NVIDIA's open-weight 30B mixture-of-experts model with 1M-token context, aimed at long-running agent workloads.
Cactus Needle 2
Model · Cactus
Tiny on-device tool-calling and extraction model from Cactus, shipped as an 8–29 MB binary for phones, wearables and microcontrollers.
Claude watermarking
Research · Anthropic
Anthropic's embedded text watermarks and C2PA Content Credentials for Claude output, built to meet EU AI Act Article 50(2).
Claude AI Content Watermarks
Research · Anthropic
Anthropic's machine-readable marking of Claude output: embedded text watermarks and C2PA Content Credentials on files.
Image Generation
All Image Generation →MAI-Image-2.6
Model · Microsoft
Microsoft AI's image generation and editing model, with a lower-cost Flash variant.
MiniMax H3 image workflow
App
Community ComfyUI workflows that use the MiniMax H3 video model with a one-frame count to output still images.
Video Generation
All Video Generation →LTX 2.5
Model · Lightricks
Open-weights Lightricks video model with native audio, multi-shot generation, auto duration and up to 4K output.
JoyAI Video Edit
Model · JD
Open-weights 16B autoregressive diffusion model from JD for real-time, instruction-guided editing of streaming video.
MAGI-2
Model · Sand AI
Open-weights 114B MoE model from Sand AI that generates synchronized video and audio from text or image prompts.
Wan3.0
Model · Alibaba
Alibaba's Wan video generation model, reported to produce clips up to about 30 seconds, available via the Wan platform.
MiniMax H3 W4A8 experimental models
Model · Kijai
Community-quantized W4A8 and int8 VAE checkpoints of MiniMax H3 video model for ComfyUI, by Kijai.
MiniMax H3 Turbo LoRAs
Model · LightX2V
Few-step LoRA for MiniMax-H3 that cuts audio-video sampling from about 20 steps to 4–8 in ComfyUI.
MiniMax-H3-Realism-People-LoRA
Model · fal
LoRA adapter from fal for MiniMax H3 that targets realistic people, faces and natural skin in text/image/reference-to-video.
Voice & Audio
All Voice & Audio →Index TTS 2.5
Model · IndexTeam
Open-weights zero-shot text-to-speech model from Bilibili's IndexTeam with voice cloning and emotion control in 5 languages.
MiDashengLM-Gen
Model · Xiaomi
Xiaomi's LLM-driven model that generates mixed audio scenes (speech, music, SFX, ambience) from structured text captions.
Wispr Flow
App · Wispr
Voice dictation app that turns speech into edited text in any app on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android, with an AI notetaker.
MiniMax H3 audio generation
Research · MiniMax
Open-weight multimodal model from MiniMax whose video pipeline can be run audio-only to generate music and sound effects.
Music
All Music →MiniMax Music 3
Model · MiniMax
Open-weights text-to-music model from MiniMax that generates songs with vocals and lyrics across genres and languages.
Suno
App · Suno
AI music generator that creates full songs with vocals and instrumentation from text prompts or lyrics.
Foundation 1
Model
Open-source local AI model for generating music loops, with reference-loop stacking and MIDI conversion.
ACE-Step 1.5 XL
Model · ACE Studio
Open-source local music generation model with a 4B-parameter DiT decoder, extending ACE-Step 1.5 with higher audio quality.
MuScriptor
Model
Open-source model that transcribes songs into separate instrument tracks and MIDI notes, including vocals.
3D & Worlds
All 3D & Worlds →Agents & Automation
All Agents & Automation →Grokbot
Agent · xAI
Grok Bot is xAI's personal and team AI agent, run on cloud VMs for scheduled tasks, X research and phone calls.
Claude Chrome Extension with Cowork
App · Anthropic
Claude in Chrome side panel now runs a Claude Cowork session shared with Claude's desktop, web and mobile apps.
Coding
All Coding →Claude Code Session Messaging
App · Anthropic
Claude Code feature that lets separate Claude Code sessions send each other messages and summaries to share context.
MAI-Code-1.1-Flash
Model · Microsoft
Microsoft's coding-focused AI model in the MAI family, announced with few public details.
Claude Code Auto Mode
App · Anthropic
Claude Code permission mode where a classifier approves safe tool calls and blocks risky ones instead of prompting.
The Librarian 2
App · Matt Wolfe
Browser-based 3D roguelite game by Matt Wolfe, built with AI-assisted "vibe coding"; sequel to The Librarian.
Productivity
All Productivity →ChatGPT Computer History
App · OpenAI
Opt-in OpenAI feature that turns activity across apps and websites into memories and a timeline for ChatGPT and Codex.
ChatGPT Desktop App for Linux
App · OpenAI
Native ChatGPT desktop client for Linux from OpenAI, bundling ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work and Codex.
Robotics
All Robotics →Research
All Research →Sign language to text model
Model · Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind model that translates sign language from a phone camera into text, starting with American Sign Language.
MatrAIx
Research
Simulated-user platform with 8.3 billion persona agents for evaluating personal agents, plus RL environments and SFT data.
Sign Language to Text (SL2T)
Model · Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind research model that transcribes sign language from video into text captions.
The Future Is For Everyone (Meta personal superintelligence essay)
Research · Meta
Mark Zuckerberg's essay on Meta's philosophy for building and distributing personal superintelligence to everyone.
Platforms & Infra
All Platforms & Infra →NeMo Switchyard
Library · NVIDIA
NVIDIA open-source model router that selects a suitable LLM for each task to reduce cost.
ComfyUI-MiniMaxH3-Easy
Library · nkxx188
ComfyUI custom node suite that simplifies MiniMax H3 video and image generation in a single compact workflow.
MiniMax H3 GGUFs
Model · Unsloth
GGUF quantizations of MiniMax-H3 video-with-audio generation model, for stable-diffusion.cpp and Unsloth.
MiniMax-H3-TAE
Model · Kijai
Small 2D tiny VAE for live latent previews of MiniMax-H3 video generation in ComfyUI via KJNodes.