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Internal memos: Meta said Avocado is its “most capable pre-trained base model” and achieves 10x compute efficiency “wins” on text tasks vs. Llama 4 Maverick

Internal memos: Meta said Avocado is its “most capable pre-trained base model” and achieves 10x compute efficiency “wins” on text tasks vs. Llama 4 Maverick2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (50+ words) Jyoti Mann / The Information: Internal memos: Meta said Avocado is its "most capable pre-trained base model" and achieves 10x compute efficiency "wins" on text tasks vs. Llama 4 Maverick This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at…...

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Sam Altman says the Anthropic Super Bowl ads are funny but “dishonest”, and Anthropic serves a “product to rich people” while OpenAI is committed to free access

Sam Altman says the Anthropic Super Bowl ads are funny but “dishonest”, and Anthropic serves a “product to rich people” while OpenAI is committed to free access2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (50+ words) Sam Altman / @sama: Sam Altman says the Anthropic Super Bowl ads are funny but "dishonest, and Anthropic serves a "product to rich people while OpenAI is committed to free access This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the…...

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Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs home batteries into “virtual power plants” and began deploying its own batteries last year, raised $232M

Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs home batteries into “virtual power plants” and began deploying its own batteries last year, raised $232M3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (46+ words) Coco Liu / Bloomberg: Lunar Energy, which develops software that syncs home batteries into "virtual power plants" and began deploying its own batteries last year, raised $232M This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 2:45 PM ET,…...

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GitHub integrates Claude and Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for Copilot Pro Plus and Enterprise users

GitHub integrates Claude and Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for Copilot Pro Plus and Enterprise users5+ hour, 1+ min ago   (48+ words) Tom Warren / The Verge: GitHub integrates Claude and Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for Copilot Pro Plus and Enterprise users This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared…...

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Microsoft says cybersecurity head Charlie Bell will move into a position focused on engineering quality; Hayete Gallot will return from Google to run security

Microsoft says cybersecurity head Charlie Bell will move into a position focused on engineering quality; Hayete Gallot will return from Google to run security5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (47+ words) Jordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft says cybersecurity head Charlie Bell will move into a position focused on engineering quality; Hayete Gallot will return from Google to run security This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at…...

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Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta, allowing creators to generate interactive objects with individual moving parts rather than static 3D models

Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta, allowing creators to generate interactive objects with individual moving parts rather than static 3D models5+ hour, 22+ min ago   (47+ words) Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta, allowing creators to generate interactive objects with individual moving parts rather than static 3D models This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:40 PM ET,…...

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Mistral debuts Voxtral Transcribe 2, a family of speech-to-text models with speaker diarization and ultra-low latency, under the Apache 2.0 open-weight license

Mistral debuts Voxtral Transcribe 2, a family of speech-to-text models with speaker diarization and ultra-low latency, under the Apache 2.0 open-weight license7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (51+ words) Sabrina Ortiz / The Deep View: Mistral debuts Voxtral Transcribe 2, a family of speech-to-text models with speaker diarization and ultra-low latency, under the Apache 2.0 open-weight license This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:15 AM ET,…...

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Sources: Amazon and OpenAI are discussing a deal that could require OpenAI to dedicate researchers and engineers to developing customized models for Amazon

Sources: Amazon and OpenAI are discussing a deal that could require OpenAI to dedicate researchers and engineers to developing customized models for Amazon8+ hour, 47+ min ago   (45+ words) The Information: Sources: Amazon and OpenAI are discussing a deal that could require OpenAI to dedicate researchers and engineers to developing customized models for Amazon This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:15 AM ET,…...

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Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to all Prime members in the US via any Alexa-enabled device, Alexa.com, and the Alexa app, and launches a free tier for non-Prime users

Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to all Prime members in the US via any Alexa-enabled device, Alexa.com, and the Alexa app, and launches a free tier for non-Prime users8+ hour, 57+ min ago   (56+ words) Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to all Prime members in the US via any Alexa-enabled device, Alexa.com, and the Alexa app, and launches a free tier for non-Prime users This is a Techmeme archive page....

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Anthropic says Claude “will remain ad-free”, users “won't see ‘sponsored’ links adjacent to” conversations, and responses won't be influenced by advertisers

9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (43+ words) Anthropic: Anthropic says Claude "will remain ad-free, users "won't see "sponsored" links adjacent to conversations, and responses won't be influenced by advertisers This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:15 AM ET, February 4, 2026....