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Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg named among The Jerusalem Post’s most influential Jews
NewsSep 14, 20262 min read

Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg named among The Jerusalem Post’s most influential Jews

Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg share ninth place in The Jerusalem Post’s 2026 ranking.

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ApprenticeBench: Can an AI agent learn to do a job?
NewsSep 13, 2026

ApprenticeBench: Can an AI agent learn to do a job?

NeoCognition tests whether AI agents can learn a new job over time.

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Apple introduces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone
NewsSep 10, 2026

Apple introduces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone

Apple introduces iPhone Duo, new iPhone 18 Pro models, Apple Watch updates, and AirPods 5.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.5 with more precise editing
NewsSep 9, 2026

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.5 with more precise editing

ChatGPT Images 2.5 brings more precise editing, stronger detail preservation, and two new API models.

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GPT‑6 Astra: Record Benchmarks, More Autonomy, and the Cost of Mistakes
NewsSep 3, 2026

GPT‑6 Astra: Record Benchmarks, More Autonomy, and the Cost of Mistakes

OpenAI introduced GPT‑6 Astra with strong results in mathematics, coding, computer use, and cybersecurity — but the numbers need context.

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Google DeepMind Introduces WeatherNext 3 for Hourly Global Weather Forecasts
NewsSep 2, 2026

Google DeepMind Introduces WeatherNext 3 for Hourly Global Weather Forecasts

WeatherNext 3 uses real-time satellite data and weather-station observations to generate hourly forecasts, with up to 5 km resolution for temperature and moisture.

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Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 for long-running work
NewsSep 2, 2026

Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 for long-running work

Anthropic introduces Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, focusing on coding, research, and long-running tasks while targeting lower usage costs.

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Gemini 3.5 Transcribe: Intelligent transcription that leads to action
NewsAug 27, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe: Intelligent transcription that leads to action

Google introduced a transcription model that recognizes languages, speakers and self-corrections, turning conversations into useful business input.

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Z.ai Introduces GLM-5.3-Flash with 18B Active Parameters
NewsAug 26, 2026

Z.ai Introduces GLM-5.3-Flash with 18B Active Parameters

Z.ai has introduced GLM-5.3-Flash, a multimodal model with 320B total parameters, 18B active parameters and a 1M-token context window.

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OpenRouter: More Than 90 Trillion Tokens a Week as AI Agents Take the Lead
NewsAug 24, 2026

OpenRouter: More Than 90 Trillion Tokens a Week as AI Agents Take the Lead

OpenRouter’s weekly token volume grew from 10 billion in early 2024 to more than 90 trillion in August 2026. At the same time, agentic workloads became the largest source of token consumption on the platform.

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MiniMax Design turns video production into work with one AI Agent
NewsAug 23, 2026

MiniMax Design turns video production into work with one AI Agent

MiniMax Design brings scripting, storyboarding, video, audio and editing into one Agent-driven creative workflow.

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Anthropic launches Claude Academy, an open learning platform for AI
NewsAug 21, 2026

Anthropic launches Claude Academy, an open learning platform for AI

Claude Academy brings together courses and guides on Claude, AI fundamentals, Claude Code, Cowork, the API, and responsible AI adoption at work.

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GLM-5.3: performance gains from post-training
NewsAug 14, 2026

GLM-5.3: performance gains from post-training

Z.ai reports major coding and cybersecurity gains in GLM-5.3 after scaling post-training.

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Google introduces Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding and AI agents
NewsAug 13, 2026

Google introduces Gemini 3.7 Flash for coding and AI agents

Google introduces Gemini 3.7 Flash with reported gains in coding, document reasoning and multi-step workflow execution.

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Five AI Developments That Show Where the Industry Is Heading
NewsAug 12, 2026

Five AI Developments That Show Where the Industry Is Heading

Five AI Developments That Show Where the Industry Is Heading

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Muse Glimmer 30B: Meta’s open-weight model for local agents
NewsAug 11, 2026

Muse Glimmer 30B: Meta’s open-weight model for local agents

Muse Glimmer is Meta’s open-weight multimodal model for long-running agent workflows, with quantized variants designed for local deployment.

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Qwen turns multimodal capabilities into tools for AI agents
NewsAug 10, 2026

Qwen turns multimodal capabilities into tools for AI agents

Qwen-MM-Plugins presents a modular tool layer for agents, with capabilities such as OCR, video reading, grounding, segmentation and speech transcription.

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TIME Is Serving Ads Designed for AI Crawlers
NewsAug 7, 2026

TIME Is Serving Ads Designed for AI Crawlers

TIME is serving AI crawlers Markdown versions of pages containing sponsored FAQ-style content, raising new questions about GEO, trust and disclosure.

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AI digest: GPT-5.6, ByteDance rejects distillation, and Alibaba Wan 3.0
NewsAug 6, 2026

AI digest: GPT-5.6, ByteDance rejects distillation, and Alibaba Wan 3.0

Three signals from the AI market: OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 family, ByteDance’s decision to avoid distilling rival models, and Alibaba’s public beta for Wan 3.0.

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Meta: the Muse Spark 1.1 incident was a test-environment misconfiguration, not a confirmed AI escape
NewsAug 6, 2026

Meta: the Muse Spark 1.1 incident was a test-environment misconfiguration, not a confirmed AI escape

Meta said Muse Spark 1.1 reached the internet because of a testing misconfiguration. It was not confirmed as a sophisticated sandbox escape, but it is a serious lesson in securing autonomous AI agents.

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AI & Automation
AI & AutomationAug 2, 2026

OpenAI published Lean proofs for ten open problems: what to check now

OpenAI says an internal model called Astra produced new results in mathematics and theoretical computer science, formalised in Lean. The event is notable, but its scientific weight still depends on community review.

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