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- PrismML releases ternary AI models as small as 0.43GB for local agents
The free Apache 2.0 Bonsai 2 models use ternary weights and add vision and tool calling, alongside performance figures reported by PrismML.
- IBM packs chat, decisions and speech recognition into Granite Switch 4.1
The October 15th update combines IBM's Granite models with task-specific adapters and a speech recognizer, aiming to run several workloads from one model deployment.
- XGRIDS maps Minning Town in 6.2 billion Gaussian splats for film production
The company says the 23.5-square-kilometer reconstruction combines Lixel L2 Pro and PortalCam capture with an Unreal Engine workflow.
- Cellino launches Reservoir, charging $4,995 to bank immune cells
Nabiha Saklayen's consumer service stores cells below -150 degrees Celsius, while leaving any future medical use to the customer and their physician.
- Kling AI makes Kling 4.0 available through MCP and CLI
The release adds assistant- and terminal-based workflows; Kling says 10-bit HDR output and API access are still coming.
- ElevenLabs automates video scores and sound-effect placement in one pass
The feature pairs original music with effects placed at selected moments, and is available through ElevenCreative, ElevenMusic and ElevenAPI.
- a16z's Fabrizio Serafini seeks startups building computer-use agents
The investor wants agents that finish business workflows inside software companies already use, a problem his August research says depends on reliability beyond model scores.
- fal launches Worlds to turn generative video models into live experiences
The new showcase runs models including LingBot World and H3 Max Director on fal's WebRTC-based World Model Accelerator, whose developer API remains experimental.
- Vercel launches Token Pass at $30 for $80 in model credits
The subscription bundles GLM 5.3 and Kimi K3 through Vercel AI Gateway, with zero data retention enabled by default and early access capped at 500 Pro teams.
- Video Rebirth launches BACH 1.0 Pro with 12-reference video control
The Singapore startup says its model ranked No. 2 in Artificial Analysis' silent image-to-video category and lists 1080p API generation at $0.12 per second.
- Prime Intellect and NVIDIA lift Nemotron's enterprise score by 70% with RL
A 2,500-task training set raised the model's score on AutomationBench-AA's public split from 34.0% to 57.7% in about 11 hours.
- MBZUAI's Jais 3 turns Arabic models into agents, from phones to GPU clusters
The six-model release pairs Arabic language models with speech recognition and publishes weights, training checkpoints and evaluation code under Apache 2.0.
- Hedra says its AMD tuning cuts Krea 3 image edits to 3.6 seconds
The San Francisco startup says custom ROCm kernels and lower-precision math cut a 2K edit from about 22 seconds on the same MI355X hardware.
- Poetiq says its system optimized an LLM router in 12 hours
The test used simulated company workloads; Poetiq says its custom routers improved cost and accuracy against OpenRouter and TypeSafe's JEV on its benchmark.
- Origin secures $20M to move its construction robot beyond drywall
Co-founded by Amazon-exit veteran Yogesh Ghaturle, Origin will build its OG-1 fleet and pilot the robot with contractors in the U.S. and Europe.
- OpenAI updates GPT-Live voice for six languages across ChatGPT, Codex and Dots
The October 15th update adds voices for French, German, Hindi, Mexican Spanish, Korean and Japanese; OpenAI says the API version will follow.
- Cognition launches Devin Oncall to investigate and fix production incidents
The product connects to observability and ticketing tools, investigates alerts and bugs, and can open tested pull requests; Cognition says it already handles thousands of alerts daily.
- Multiverse Computing cuts NVIDIA's multimodal model to 61B parameters
Comet 60B keeps text, image and video inputs, with downloadable weights in three formats; Multiverse's benchmark results are company-reported.
- Katie Zacharia promoted Shakeology through Beachbody's former MLM network
BODi confirmed she was one of 300,000 independent distributors in 2013; the company ended its multilevel marketing program in 2025.
- UpCodes launched Plan Review; Reynolds says estimates draw on users, studies
Scott Reynolds told RuntimeWire the potential-cost estimates draw on customer and partner accounts, alongside third-party research.
- Tucuvi joins Microsoft Pegasus to make clinical voice AI easier to buy
CEO and co-founder María González Manso built Tucuvi around clinical follow-up; the program adds Microsoft sales channels and Marketplace procurement, not a reported customer deal.
- Black Forest Labs releases a 5.6B image model for local deployment
FLUX 3 Image Klein adds editing and multi-reference generation, with weights for fine-tuning and an API priced from $0.009 per 1K images.
- Bland says 30 seconds is enough to turn a website into an iMessage agent
Isaiah Granet's latest product push automates website and API setup, while Bland's existing iMessage offering is still described as an enterprise service.
- Better appoints former X CEO Linda Yaccarino to its Better 2.0 board
Better's first Better 2.0 board appointment comes days after shareholders restored founder Vishal Garg's control of the mortgage lender's board.