Recent Breakthroughs in AI Model Performance and Availability

Disney is making big streaming moves with the new ESPN app and a revamp to Hulu. Then, it’s all basically AI announces. OpenAI’s new open-weight models. Grok’s new spiciness is already generating nudity. A new AI model to identify malicious software autonomously. And Nvidia wants you to know: no back-doors!

Links:

• ESPN flagship streaming service to launch Aug. 21 (CNBC)
• Hulu App to Be Phased Out as Disney Is ‘Fully Integrating’ Service Into Disney+ (Variety)
• OpenAI Just Released Its First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2 (Wired)
• Anthropic's powerful Opus 4.1 model is here - how to access it (and why you'll want to) (ZDNet)
• Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator with support for embedded text in English & Chinese (VentureBeat)
• Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes (The Verge)
• Microsoft’s new AI reverse-engineers malware autonomously, marking a shift in cybersecurity (GeekWire)
• Nvidia defiant over backdoors and kill switches in GPUs as U.S. mulls tracking requirements — calls them 'permanent flaws' that are 'a gift to hackers' (Tom's Hardware)

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