AI Agents
OpenAI Challenges Speech-to-Speech Leaders: RealTime API updates audio models that reason, transcribe, and translate
An update of OpenAI’s speech-to-speech model lets developers tune the tradeoff between speed and reasoning.
AI Agents
Strategic Thinking in LLMs vs. Humans: Researchers at UT-Austin and Google model human decision-making in Rock-Paper-Scissors
While large language models can behave in human-like ways, the similarities are superficial. A simple strategy game revealed clear differences in their strategic approaches.
AI Agents
Kimi K2.6 Challenges Open-Weights Champs: Kimi K2.6 matches open Qwen3.6 Max andDeepSeek V4, falls just behind top closed models.
Moonshot AI’s updated Kimi model handles longer autonomous coding sessions and scales up its multi-agent orchestration relative to its predecessor.
AI Agents
GLM-5.1 Aims for Long-Running Tasks: Z.ai’s GLM 5.1 evaluates interim results and may change its approach hundreds of times before it delivers final output
Z.ai updated its flagship open-weights large language model to work autonomously on single tasks for up to eight hours.
AI Agents
Inside Claude Code: Claude Code’s source code leaked, exposing potential future features Kairos and autoDream
The inner workings of the popular coding agent Claude Code are available for all to see.
AI Agents
Context As An External Variable: Recursive Language Models offer path to aramatically expand beyond the context window
When processing long contexts, large language models often lose track of details or devolve into nonsense. Researchers reduced these effects by managing context externally.
AI Agents
OpenAI Tracks Agent States on AWS: OpenAI’s deal with Amazon to build a stateful runtime environment for AI agents
OpenAI partnered with Amazon to build infrastructure for agents on the world’s largest cloud platform, a further sign that its close relationship with Microsoft is weakening.
AI Agents
Agent Solves Stubborn Math Problems: Google’s Aletheia uses Gemini 3 Deep Think to find original mathematics solutions
LLMs have achieved gold-medal performance in math competitions. An agentic system showed strength in mathematical research as well.
AI Agents
Management for Agents: OpenAI’s Frontier agent insights and orchestration platform launches to select customers
Managers need to understand how their subordinates get work done, what resources they require, and what they accomplish. OpenAI’s latest product aims to fulfill this need when the teammates are AI agents.
AI Agents
Claude Opus 4.6 Reasons More Over Harder Problems: Anthropic updates flagship model, places first on Intelligence Index
Anthropic updated its flagship large language model to handle longer, more complex agentic tasks.
AI Agents
Toward Consistent Auditing of AI: OpenAI alumni found Averi to set standards for AI model audits
AI is becoming ubiquitous, yet no standards exist for auditing its safety and security to make sure AI systems don’t assist, say, hackers or terrorists. A new organization aims to change that.
AI Agents
More Robust Medical Diagnoses: Inside Dr Cabot, an agent trained to diagnose complex conditions
AI models that diagnose illnesses typically generate diagnoses based on descriptions of symptoms. In practice, though, doctors must be able to explain their reasoning and plan next steps. Researchers built a system that accomplishes these tasks.
AI Agents
Kimi K2.5 Creates Its Own Workforce: Moonshot AI takes the open model crown with vision updates, aided by subagents
An open source vision-language model unleashes minion agents that enable it to perform tasks more quickly and effectively.
AI Agents
Agents Unleashed: Cutting through the OpenClaw and Moltbook hype
The OpenClaw open-source AI agent became a sudden sensation, inspiring excitement, worry, and hype about the agentic future.
AI Agents
Shopping Protocols for AI Agents: Google’s open-source UCP (Univeral Commerce Protocol) standardizes AI transactions
Google introduced an open-source protocol designed to enable AI agents to help consumers make purchases online, from finding items to returning them if necessary.
Subscribe to The Batch
Stay updated with weekly AI News and Insights delivered to your inbox