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GLM-5.2 puts top-tier coding within four points of Claude for a sixth the cost

GLM-5.2 ships open MIT weights with coding scores four points behind Claude Opus and a sixth the cost, 48 hours after US export controls pulled a frontier model.

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AIvia @TechCrunch15h ago

Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves DeepMind for Anthropic

The AlphaFold lead joins Anthropic amid a broader exodus from Google DeepMind, a signal of where research talent is concentrating.

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AIvia @theinformation2d ago

Google's Noam Shazeer leaves Gemini pre-training for OpenAI

Losing a top pre-training mind dents Google's perceived edge in the one area it was viewed to lead, and hands OpenAI depth.

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AIvia @TheRundownAIYesterday

Noam Shazeer moves from Google DeepMind to OpenAI

Transformer co-author's reported jump signals talent flow but the thread carries no product or roadmap detail.

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AIvia @kimmonismusYesterday

AlphaFold's John Jumper leaves Google DeepMind for Anthropic

Nobel-winning protein researcher's move signals Anthropic's push into scientific reasoning and a talent drain at DeepMind.

DEVHacker NewsYesterday

Google workspace threatening to block Firefox access

82 points, 32 comments on HN

AIvia @mreflowYesterday

DeepMind loses Shazeer and Jumper to OpenAI and Anthropic

Commentary on two senior departures days apart, framing it as a talent blow without new figures or terms.

AIvia @theinformationYesterday

Google, Microsoft, Salesforce back enterprise AI software standard

The standard aims to keep existing enterprise apps central, blunting OpenAI and Anthropic's drive to make agents the control layer.

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