StepFun open-sources Step 5, a 600B model that runs on 8 GPUs
StepFun released the Step 5 Preview weights on Hugging Face as promised. The 600B MoE model runs in FP8 on a single 8-GPU H200 server.
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View archive →Anthropic swaps git for in-house Scion in five months
Anthropic says it moved its entire monorepo from git to a homegrown system called Scion in five months, after daily merges grew more than tenfold, with Claude doing much of the work.
OPPO brings Manus into its phone agent
OPPO is building Manus into its AI Mind Pilot assistant as an agent mode, debuting on the Find X10 series with ColorOS 17. Key details on China availability remain unclear.
One Extra Dot in a Filename Lets Copilot Run Commands in VS
A trailing period slips past Copilot's protected-file check in Visual Studio and SSMS, enabling remote code execution. Microsoft fixed CVE-2026-103572 in its October patch.
Gemini 4 Argon goes wide, scores 87% on embodied reasoning
Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to developers and paid subscribers, reporting 87% on ERQA and a jump in real-robot success from 56% to 75% after sim-trained fine-tuning.
OpenAI engineer arrested over hidden recorder in executive meeting room
A 35-year-old OpenAI engineer is accused of hiding a recording device in an executive conference room in San Francisco. He was arrested Oct. 9 and fired the same day.
Qwen N1 AI glasses go on sale, Pro adds iris-scan payment
Alibaba's Qwen launched the N1 and N1 Pro AI glasses plus a Bose-partnered earclip headset on Oct. 13. The Pro can verify payments by iris scan and track vital signs.
ModelBest open-sources MiniCPM-V 4.7, a 35B model in 3GB on a phone
ModelBest and OpenBMB release MiniCPM-V 4.7, including a 35B-A3B MoE that reportedly runs in about 3GB of memory on an iPhone 17 Pro Max at over 13 tokens/s.
RTX Spark laptops go on sale Oct 16 with a 74B local model
NVIDIA and Microsoft say RTX Spark Windows laptops arrive Oct 16 with up to 128GB of unified memory, alongside the open Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B model.
Character.AI files for Chapter 11; Disney to buy assets for $20M
Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 protection and agreed to sell part of its assets to Disney for $20 million, while the wider platform still awaits a buyer.