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Today in brief.
Cheaper to train, cheaper to run
Perplexity and Nvidia's JOLT matched GRPO on MATH with 6.5x fewer training tokens, the best AI got 20x cheaper in six months, and Recursive released Flint, a free laptop model it says AI mostly built.
🤖 AI
Try today: codebase maps, open agents, a faster Oblivion
Perplexity gave every Computer user 5,000 credits for /graphify, Omnara open-sourced an alternative to Claude Managed Agents, and a Claude-built Oblivion Remastered mod adds 40%+ FPS.
🤖 AI
AI finds a PHP bug that hits 70% of the web
OpenAI models, working with Wiz and PHP maintainers, found critical PHP engine flaws that allow remote code execution, and OpenAI shipped a Codex skill to check if your site is exposed.
🔬 Science
Unitree's H2-X takes a 4 meter drop
Unitree's new H2-X humanoid does flips and spinning kicks, survives 4 meter drops, dents car doors and lifts the front of a car.
🔬 Science
Thousands of agents do months of biology in 32 minutes
OpenAI ran thousands of GPT-Rosalind agents over millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes and surfaced a testable lead for neurodegeneration, while Radical Numerics gave a patient AI-designed viruses for the first time.
🤖 AI
Claude Duet joins the always-on agent race
Anthropic launched Claude Duet, a proactive agent on Opus 5.5 that works while you're away, as Meta says Muse passed 10M users and Walmart opens its store to shopping agents.
🔬 Science
Memory sells out, and China spends compute on short dramas
Samsung reportedly sold out all of its 2027 HBM, with HBM prices expected to jump 200%, and a report says 55% of China's AI compute goes to short dramas and videos.
🔧 Tech
Timelines shrink, and the kernel stops asking
Demis Hassabis now expects AGI in 2 to 3 years, down from 3 to 5, and the Linux kernel dropped its rule that AI use must be declared on new code.
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