ThursdAI - The top AI news from the past week

Episodes

• 📆 Open source just pulled up to Opus 4.6 — at 1/20th the price

  Feb 13, 2026

  Open source AI models are rapidly advancing, with GLM-5 and MiniMax 2.5 pushing boundaries in performance and efficiency.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Feb 5 - Opus 4.6 was #1 for ONE HOUR before GPT 5.3 Codex, Voxtral transcription, Codex app, Qwen Coder Next & the Agentic Internet

  Feb 6, 2026

  Anthropic's Opus 4.6 and OpenAI's GPT 5.3 Codex demonstrate significant advancements in AI, showcasing fierce competition between leading models.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Jan 29 - Genie3 is here, Clawd rebrands, Kimi K2.5 surprises, Chrome goes agentic & more AI news

  Jan 30, 2026

  The transition of Clawdbot to Moltbot illustrates the complex dynamics of copyright in AI.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Jan 22 - Clawdbot deep dive, GLM 4.7 Flash, Anthropic constitution + 3 new TSS models

  Jan 23, 2026

  Clawdbot leverages local storage and self-improvement, allowing it to adapt and create new skills based on user needs.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Jan 15 - Agent Skills Deep Dive, GPT 5.2 Codex Builds a Browser, Claude Cowork for the Masses, and the Era of Personalized AI!

  Jan 16, 2026

  Agent Skills allow for customization of AI agents with domain expertise without overwhelming their context.

• ThursdAI - Jan 8 - Vera Rubin's 5x Jump, Ralph Wiggum Goes Viral, GPT Health Launches & XAI Raises $20B Mid-Controversy

  Jan 8, 2026

  Autonomous coding techniques like Ralph Wiggum allow for efficient software development by breaking projects into smaller tasks for AI agents.

• ThursdAI - Jan 1 2026 - Will Brown Interview + Nvidia buys Groq, Meta buys Manus, Qwen Image 2412 & Alex New Year greetings

  Jan 1, 2026

  Major AI acquisitions including Meta's purchase of Manus.ai and NVIDIA's acquisition of Groq highlight ongoing consolidation in the industry.

• 🔥 Someone Trained an LLM in Space This Year (And 50 Other Things You Missed)- ThursdAI yearly recap is here!

  Dec 25, 2025

  2025 was the definitive year for AI agents, marking advancements in automation and efficiency.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Dec 18 - Gemini 3 Flash, Grok Voice, ChatGPT Appstore, Image 1.5 & GPT 5.2 Codex, Meta Sam Audio & more AI news

  Dec 19, 2025

  Gemini 3 Flash's speed and low cost make it a leading model for AI applications.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Dec 11 - GPT 5.2 is HERE! Plus, LLMs in Space, MCP donated, Devstral surprises and more AI news!

  Dec 12, 2025

  OpenAI's GPT 5.2 introduces significant advancements in reasoning, coding, and long-context capabilities.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Dec 4, 2025 - DeepSeek V3.2 Goes Gold Medal, Mistral Returns to Apache 2.0, OpenAI Hits Code Red, and US-Trained MOEs Are Back!

  Dec 5, 2025

  DeepSeek V3.2 showed exceptional performance in reasoning tasks, rivaling top models in the market.

• ThursdAI Special: Google's New Anti-Gravity IDE, Gemini 3 & Nano Banana Pro Explained (ft. Kevin Hou, Ammaar Reshi & Kat Kampf)

  Dec 2, 2025

  Google's new AntiGravity IDE integrates innovative features like the Agent Manager and dynamic artifacts for improved coding workflows.

• 🦃 ThursdAI - Thanksgiving special 25’ - Claude 4.5, Flux 2 & Z-image vs 🍌, MCP gets Apps + New DeepSeek!?

  Nov 27, 2025

  AI is rapidly evolving, with major releases such as Anthropic's Opus 4.5 reestablishing the landscape for coding LLMs.

• 📆 ThursdAI - the week that changed the AI landscape forever - Gemini 3, GPT codex max, Grok 4.1 & fast, SAM3 and Nano Banana Pro

  Nov 20, 2025

  Gemini 3 Pro has emerged as a leading AI model with impressive benchmarks and capabilities.

• GPT‑5.1’s New Brain, Grok’s 2M Context, Omnilingual ASR, and a Terminal UI That Sparks Joy

  Nov 13, 2025

  Terminal Bench 2.0 is a significant benchmark for evaluating coding agents, emphasizing the importance of rigorous task evaluation.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Nov 6, 2025 - Kimi’s 1T Thinking Model Shakes Up Open Source, Apple Bets $1B on Gemini for Siri, and Amazon vs. Perplexity!

  Nov 7, 2025

  The launch of Kimi K2 Thinking signifies a robust advancement in open-source AI, challenging existing models with its capabilities.

• ThursdAI - Oct 30 - From ASI in a Decade to Home Humanoids: MiniMax M2's Speed Demon, OpenAI's Bold Roadmap, and 2026 Robot Revolution

  Oct 30, 2025

  MiniMax M2 emerges as a leading open-source LLM, offering significant cost efficiency.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Oct 23: The AI Browser Wars Begin, DeepSeek's OCR Mind-Trick & The Race to Real-Time Video

  Oct 24, 2025

  The competitive landscape of AI browsers is evolving with new player integrations like OpenAI's Atlas.

• 📆 ThursdAI - Oct 16 - VEO3.1, Haiku 4.5, ChatGPT adult mode, Claude Skills, NVIDIA DGX spark, Wordlabs RTFM & more AI news

  Oct 17, 2025

  AI has made a substantial leap in contributing to scientific discoveries, particularly in cancer research.

• 📆 Oct 9, 2025 — Dev Day’s Agent Era, Samsung’s 7M TRM Shock, Ling‑1T at 1T, Grok Video goes NSFW, and Serverless RL arrives

  Oct 10, 2025

  We're entering a post-reality era with advanced AI tools challenging our perceptions of reality.