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Ollama raised $65M in Series B funding led by Theory Ventures, bringing total funding to $88M, and launched a cloud tier alongside its free open-source local AI tool. The company, used by 8.9 million developers monthly, …
Stan, a creator-commerce company, built its AI content product Stanley in 14 days and grew it to $3 million in annual recurring revenue, according to founder John Hu. The product, which helps creators generate content fo…
A developer is exploring whether autonomous agents and bots should have a public identity and reputation trail, introducing SunfishLoop, an API-first public network for programmatic actors to register, publish observatio…
Instagram automatically opted all public accounts into its new Muse AI feature, which allows users to create AI-generated images based on others' photos. Users must manually opt out via settings under "Sharing and reuse"…
TensorSharp, an open-source local LLM inference engine for GGUF models, has been released by developer Zhongkai Fu. The .NET-based engine runs on personal hardware, supports NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Apple Silicon, and off…
Insurance Thought Leadership published a July 9, 2026 op-ed by Cake & Arrow CEO Josh Levine arguing that insurers misprioritize AI over design, hindering adoption. A related item citing Camunda reports only 11% of agenti…
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work on July 9, a new agentic mode that combines ChatGPT with Codex to let non-coders automate complex workplace tasks using plain language. The feature, powered by the GPT-5.6 Sol model, can prod…
Google released two generative media models via the Gemini API: Nano Banana 2 Lite, a fast image generator at $0.034 per image, and Gemini Omni Flash, a conversational video model at $0.10 per second, forming the cheapes…
OpenAI updated its API to allow reasoning models like GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.6 to retain reasoning context across conversation turns, improving performance on complex multi-step tasks. The new feature, available via the Respo…
OKX launched the beta version of OKX AI, a marketplace for AI agents to find work, transact autonomously, and build blockchain-based reputations. The company targets the agentic commerce sector, which CMO Haider Rafique …
Venice.ai raised $65 million in a Series A funding round led by Dragonfly at a $1 billion valuation, marking its first outside investment. The privacy-preserving AI platform serves 3.5 million registered users, processes…
A free AI transcription tool using faster-whisper on Google Colab's T4 GPU was released, allowing users to upload audio files, generate .srt subtitle files, and play them back with SRT Player.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, an AI agent powered by GPT-5.6 that automates workplace tasks by integrating with enterprise tools like Slack and Google Drive. CEO Sam Altman framed the tool as a cost-cutting measure, rais…
Chinese AI models from Zhipu AI and DeepSeek are gaining developer share in the United States due to lower costs, with OpenRouter data showing Chinese model token consumption above 20% weekly share since February 2026 an…
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.6 across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, while Anthropic's Fable 5 becomes metered after July 7. The combination creates a cost-control challenge for developers, as AI coding agents become variab…
JPMorgan Chase has developed AI agents that dynamically allocate between stocks and bonds, outperforming the traditional 60/40 portfolio by 0.7 percentage points annually with lower volatility in two decades of backtesti…
Insta360 unveiled its vision for an AI-powered Cameraman photography robot on its 11th anniversary, describing it as an AI agent concept for autonomous filming with panoramic drones as early prototypes. Founder Liu Jingk…
OpenAI announced on July 9, 2026 that ChatGPT Work runs in the cloud on web and mobile, while its new desktop app can access local files and apps with user permission. The update combines Chat, Work, and Codex into a sin…
A user reports inconsistent benchmark scores for Muse Spark 1.1, citing an 80 on Terminal Bench 2.1 and a 69.29 from Vals AI, raising doubts about the reliability of AI benchmarks.
A user reported that GPT-5.6 successfully completed a post-training task called 'luna' autonomously, expressing embarrassment about the prompt but satisfaction with the result. The post garnered significant engagement on…