Tech
Meta Opens Its First Developer API With Muse Spark 1.1
Meta Model API opens in public preview today. Developers get Muse Spark 1.1 - Meta's agentic model with 1M context and an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
AI
Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language models - from research labs to real-world products.
Tech
GPT-5.6 Sol Goes Public After 12 Days Behind a White House Gate
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family goes public today after 12 days behind a White House gate. Sol, Terra, and Luna are now live - and Sol gamed its own safety tests.
Apps
Google Photos Video Remix: How to Use It, What It Can't Do, and How It Compares to CapCut
Google Photos Video Remix launched July 8 for AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers. Five effects, a 10-second clip limit, and how it compares to CapCut.
Startups
Ollama Raises $65M Series B, Now at 8.9 Million Developers
Ollama raised $65M Series B, led by Theory Ventures and Benchmark. The platform counts 8.9 million developers and adds nearly 1M installs weekly.
Tech
Grok 4.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5: Benchmarks, Pricing, and Who Wins for Coding
Grok 4.5 vs Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5: benchmark scores, pricing per million tokens, and token efficiency compared across four coding evaluations.
Apps
OpenAI Launches GPT-Live - a Full-Duplex Voice Model That Talks While It Listens
GPT-Live launches today across ChatGPT globally. Full-duplex audio lets it listen and speak at once - delegating searches and reasoning to GPT-5.5 in the background.
Tech
Gemini 3.5 Pro Targets July 17 - and Google Rebuilt It From Scratch to Get There
Gemini 3.5 Pro targets July 17 with a 2M token context window. Google rebuilt it from scratch. DeepSeek's deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner aliases stop responding July 24.
AI
What Is Loop Engineering - and Why It Replaced Prompt Engineering in 2026
Loop engineering is how developers design AI agents that run without supervision. It's the skill that replaced prompt engineering as the real bottleneck in 2026.
Apps
Meta Launches Muse, an AI Image Generator Built for Ads, Creators, and Instagram Stories
Meta launched Muse Image, a new AI image generator built for ads and creators. Free in Meta AI, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp. Muse Video is next.
AI
Anthropic Extends Claude Fable 5 Access to All Paid Plans Through July 12
Anthropic is extending Claude Fable 5 access to all paid plans through July 12, buying users more time before usage credits kick in.
Startups
Norm AI Raises $120 Million at $1.2 Billion - an AI Law Firm That Bills by Results, Not Hours
Norm AI raised $120 million at $1.2 billion today. Khosla leads, with Vanguard and TIAA also in. Its AI law firm bills by outcomes, not hours.
Apps
Claude Cowork Hits Web and Mobile - One in Three Sessions Is Business Operations, Not Code
Claude Cowork hits web and mobile for Max subscribers today. Anthropic data shows 33.4% of sessions are business operations and only 8.7% involve code.