AI in week 36.

Previous-generation frontier Anthropic Claude model, referenced as a benchmark comparison for newer Opus releases.

G3

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Model · Google

7

Google's fast, low-cost Gemini Flash model with strong agentic coding results, plus a Cyber variant for defensive security.

Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 language model, described by creators as near-frontier on benchmarks.

Q3

Qwen 3.8 Max 0902

Model · Alibaba

1

Alibaba's upgraded Qwen3.8-Max snapshot with 1M context, thinking mode and stronger coding and agent performance, via API.

LL

LLaDA-Image

Model · inclusionAI

1

Open-weights 6B unified text-to-image and instruction-based image editing model family from inclusionAI.

IL

Intern Lumina U2

Model · InternLM

1

Multi-codebook diffusion LLM from Shanghai AI Laboratory for visual understanding, image generation and image editing.

VA

Viggle Animate

Model · Viggle

1

Open-weights video model that replaces a character in a clip using one repainted frame, fine-tuned from MiniMax-H3.

VI

VideoDeltaNet

Model

1

Hybrid softmax and linear attention variant of MiniMax H3 for faster long video generation, from UC Berkeley and Impossible, Inc.

AA

Artlist AI Flows

App · Artlist

1

Node-based canvas from Artlist for chaining image, video and voice-over AI models into reusable creative workflows.

MR

MiniMax real-time video model

Model · MiniMax

1

MiniMax video model reportedly fast enough to generate 15-second clips in about 13 seconds, used for live AI streams.

SO

Solaris

Model · Runway

1

Runway's real-time interactive video model, built on Gen-4.5, that conditions frames on user clicks and drags.

MA

MAI-Transcribe-2

Model · Microsoft

1

Microsoft AI's second-generation speech-to-text model for transcribing noisy, domain-specific audio.

Meta speech-to-text model described as suited to real-time streaming transcription.

GW

GWM Worlds 2

Model · Runway

1

Runway's real-time interactive world model generating 720p/24fps video with audio, steered by text actions and camera input.

HW

H3 World

Model

1

Research framework that turns the Minimax H3 video generator into an interactive world model controlled by key presses.

SO

SolarWM

Model

1

Open framework and dataset for turning video diffusion models into real-time, long-horizon interactive world models.

CM

ChatGPT multiple Google accounts

App · OpenAI

1

ChatGPT feature letting the Gmail connector link more than one Google account to a single ChatGPT account.

DC

Dyson Camerajet

Hardware · Dyson

1

Dyson smart toothbrush with a built-in camera and a water jet that cleans between teeth while brushing.

W3

WeatherNext 3

Model · Google DeepMind

1

Google DeepMind AI weather forecasting model producing hourly global forecasts at up to 5 km resolution.

Synaptic-resolution wiring map of a male fruit fly's brain and nervous system, reconstructed from EM data with AI.

T3

TimesFM 3

Model · Google Research

1

Google Research's pretrained time-series foundation model for zero-shot multivariate forecasting with covariates.

RD

Recurrent Depth (looped transformer)

Research · OpenAI

1

Reported OpenAI training technique that reuses the same transformer layers repeatedly, reasoning in latent space.

EF

Enterprise Frontier Safeguards

API · Anthropic

1

Anthropic enterprise offering for frontier-model safeguards, including a zero-data-retention option in customer-controlled cloud.