AI Brews

AI Brews is a weekly newsletter focused on the latest developments in artificial intelligence, targeting AI engineers, founders, and enthusiasts. It covers advances in models and applications across text-to-video, code generation, drug discovery, natural language processing, and generative AI, with additional insights into AI regulations, economic impacts, and education.

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The hottest Substack posts of AI Brews

And their main takeaways

Diffusion large language model, GPT‑4.5, 3.7 Sonnet, Wan2.1 open-source video model, Phi-4-multimodal, Proxy Lite, Omni-capable text and voice engine, Poe Apps and App Creator, FastRTC,Scribe and more

5 implied HN points • 28 Feb 25
🕹 Technology AI Software Innovation Computing Digital
  1. GPT-4.5 has been released, improving pattern recognition and creative insights. This is a big step for AI technology and helps make better connections.
  2. New models like Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Mercury are making advancements in coding and video processing. These models are faster and more efficient than previous ones.
  3. Companies are launching tools that help with various tasks, like AI task management and seamless communication. These tools aim to reduce stress and improve productivity.

Multi-robot collaboration,Grok 3 , smallest video language model, Generative AI Model for Gameplay, AI co-scientist, Mistral Saba, Fiverr Go, Step-Video-T2V and Step-Audio, Pikaswaps & more

15 implied HN points • 21 Feb 25
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Robotics Machine Learning Software Development Open Source
  1. Grok 3 is a powerful reasoning model that can handle a massive amount of information at once, making it one of the best tools for chatbots right now.
  2. New advancements in AI, like the Vision-Language-Action model Helix and the generative AI model Muse, are making robots smarter and more capable in their tasks.
  3. AI tools are getting more user-friendly, such as Pikaswaps, which allows you to easily replace parts of videos with your own images, making editing simpler for everyone.

New unified reasoning and intuitive language model, Video Ads Foundation Models, Agent Leaderboard, 1.6B open-source expressive TTS, Mobile App development in Replit and Bolt, and more

12 implied HN points • 14 Feb 25
🕹 Technology AI Models Software Tools Open Source Mobile Apps Language processing
  1. A new language model called DeepHermes-3 combines reasoning and regular responses to give better answers. It can switch between detailed thinking and simpler replies.
  2. Google's AlphaGeometry2 has improved and now performs even better than gold medalists in math competitions. This shows how powerful AI can be in solving complex problems.
  3. Replit and Bolt have launched tools for building mobile apps easily, making it simpler for developers to create iOS and Android applications directly from their platform.

Mistral Small 3, Open Music Foundation Models, Qwen2.5-Max and VL, FUZZ, Open-R1, Hailuo Director mode, Tülu 3 405B, Postman AI Agent Builder, Goose, LlamaReport, open-source operator, Codev, and more

17 implied HN points • 31 Jan 25
🕹 Technology AI Software Innovation Digital Tools Data
  1. Mistral Small 3 is a new AI model that is fast and efficient, making it a strong competitor against larger models like Llama 3.3.
  2. Tülu 3 405B is an open-source model that follows an open training approach and has shown great performance on key benchmarks.
  3. There are new tools and apps for music generation and automation, making it easier to create songs and automate tasks through simple conversations.

Gemini 2.0 Pro, Diffusion model for video restoration, OmniHuman , o3-mini, Deep Research in ChatGPT and Open-source DeepResearch, GitHub Agent mode, Arena-Price Plot, Pikadditions and more

10 implied HN points • 07 Feb 25
🕹 Technology AI Software Innovation Research Product
  1. Gemini 2.0 Pro has been updated, bringing new features and improvements to Google's AI offerings.
  2. Topaz Labs introduced a diffusion model that can enhance old videos to high-resolution, making it easier to restore low-quality footage.
  3. ByteDance's new AI system, OmniHuman, animates photographs into realistic videos, leading to more lifelike movements and speech from still images.
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Open-source reasoning models, OpenAI's Operator, Bytedance's free Cursor alternative, Spell 3D worlds, Smallest VLM, Perplexity Assistant, open-source native GUI agent model, Kling's Elements & more

17 implied HN points • 24 Jan 25
🕹 Technology AI Software Open Source Models Innovation
  1. DeepSeek released a new open-source reasoning model that performs as well as some of the top AI systems. It's free to use and has a chat feature on their website.
  2. OpenAI launched a new tool called Operator that can do tasks on the web for you, using its own browser to interact with websites directly.
  3. Hugging Face introduced the smallest Vision Language Model, which can answer questions about images. This could be useful for a lot of applications, especially in learning or assisting with image analysis.

Self-Adaptive LLMs, MatterGen, ChatGPT Reminders,MiniMax-01 with 4M tokens, Tarsier2 by ByteDance, Ray2, Vidu 2.0, Ambient Agents and Agent Inbox, FLUX Pro Finetuning API, Codestral 25.01 and more

15 implied HN points • 17 Jan 25
🕹 Technology AI Development Machine Learning Software Engineering Data processing
  1. AI models are getting smarter and can now adapt to different tasks on the fly. This means they can learn and improve as they go, instead of being stuck in one way of doing things.
  2. New tools for creating materials and coding have been released, allowing for faster and easier generation of complex designs and codes. This can help developers and scientists make better products more efficiently.
  3. Features like task scheduling in AI chat programs are becoming more common. This makes it easier for users to manage their tasks and get reminders, showing how AI is growing to support everyday needs.

Stable Point Aware 3D, Cosmos, Autonomous game characters and Digits by Nvidia, Qwen Chat, Hailuo's Subject Reference, rStar-Math, Text-to-Video gen with Transparency, Cohere's North, STAR, & more

12 implied HN points • 10 Jan 25
🕹 Technology AI Software Game Development Open Source Data science
  1. Stability AI has released a new tool called Stable Point Aware 3D, which lets you edit 3D objects from just one image really quickly. It's free to use for everyone.
  2. Microsoft has made its Phi-4 model open-source and introduced rStar-Math, a new technique that improves math solving in smaller language models.
  3. Qwen Chat is a new web app allowing users to interact with various Qwen models, making it easy to compare their capabilities all in one place.

Meta Motivo behavioral foundation model, Multimodal AI Agents, Gemini 2.0 Flash, Real-time Video and screen-sharing in the Multimodal Live API and ChatGPT, Phi-4, Sora, TRELLIS, Deep Research & more

22 implied HN points • 13 Dec 24
🕹 Technology AI Software Hardware Innovation Research
  1. New AI tools and models are being constantly developed by major companies like Microsoft, Google, and Meta. These include models that improve reasoning and create high-quality 3D assets.
  2. There are exciting features like real-time video and screen-sharing for AI applications. These advancements help make interactions more dynamic and engaging.
  3. Various new products aim to simplify tasks and enhance creativity. This includes tools for preserving stories, creating AI characters, and comparing AI performance easily.

Google's reasoning model, New open-source physics AI engine, Odyssey's Explorer, OmniAudio, AI phone calling, FACTS Leaderboard, Meta Apollo, Global Talent Network, Falcon 3, Veo 2,DeepSeek-VL2 & more

17 implied HN points • 20 Dec 24
🕹 Technology AI Models Software Development Innovation
  1. Google has launched a new reasoning model called Gemini Flash Thinking that shows its thoughts, making it better at reasoning. It has top scores on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard.
  2. There is a new open-source physics simulation platform called Genesis that can help with robotics and AI applications by creating detailed, dynamic worlds.
  3. Meta has introduced a family of models called Apollo that can efficiently process long videos, and other companies are also launching new AI tools for audio and video generation.

New World Models, World's smallest vision language model, o1 Pro Mode, Luma Photon, Largest Open-Source video model, Amazon Nova, PaliGemma 2, Fish Speech 1.5, LTX Video and more

22 implied HN points • 06 Dec 24
🕹 Technology AI Models Software Development Machine Learning Video Generation Open Source
  1. Google DeepMind has developed Genie 2, which creates interactive 3D environments from a single image. This a big step in making virtual experiences more engaging.
  2. Tencent's HunyuanVideo is now the largest open-source text-to-video model, surpassing previous models in quality. This can help content creators make better videos easily.
  3. Amazon has launched a new AI model series called Amazon Nova, aimed at improving AI's performance across various tasks. This will enhance capabilities for developers using Amazon's Cloud services.

Open-Weight alternative to GPT-4o Realtime, Athene-V2, Stripe Agent Toolkit, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B, Prompt Canvas and Promptim, Vidu-1.5, MagicQuill, OpenCoder and more

17 implied HN points • 15 Nov 24
🕹 Technology AI Development Open Source Programming Machine Learning Innovation
  1. Alibaba Cloud launched a new coding model, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B, which performs as well as GPT-4o for programming tasks.
  2. Fixie AI introduced Ultravox, a real-time conversation AI that works directly from speech input without separate recognition, making it very fast.
  3. Google's Gemini model is now top-ranked for chatbots, achieving impressive performance with many user votes.

Hunyuan-Large, AI model for open-world games, X-Portrait 2 for realistic character animations, FLUX1.1 [pro] Ultra and Raw, Magentic-One, Hume AI App, action model for GUI agents and More

15 implied HN points • 08 Nov 24
🕹 Technology AI Models Gaming Animation Software Data science
  1. Tencent has released Hunyuan-Large, a powerful AI model with lots of parameters that can outperform some existing models. It's good news for open-source projects in AI.
  2. Decart and Etched introduced Oasis, a unique AI that can generate open-world games in real-time. It uses keyboard and mouse inputs instead of just text to create gameplay.
  3. Microsoft's Magentic-One is a new system that helps solve complex tasks online. It's aimed at improving how we manage jobs across different domains.

Meta's V-JEPA vision models, OpenAI's Sora video model, Gemini 1.5 Pro with 1 million tokens context, Reka Flash, Largest text-to-speech AI model and more

32 implied HN points • 16 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Language Models Multimodal models Text-to-Speech
  1. OpenAI introduced Sora, a text-to-video model capable of creating detailed videos up to 60 seconds long with vibrant emotions.
  2. Meta AI unveiled V-JEPA, a method for teaching machines to understand the physical world by watching videos, using self-supervised learning for feature prediction.
  3. Google announced Gemini 1.5 Pro with a context window of up to 1 million tokens, allowing for advanced understanding and reasoning tasks across different modalities like video.

Emu Video Edit , General game-playing AI agent, fully autonomous AI software engineer, DeepSeek-VL, Robotics Foundation Model, and more

17 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Generative models Robotics Natural Language Processing
  1. DeepSeek-VL is a new vision-language model for real-world applications with competitive performance.
  2. Cognition Labs introduces Devin, the first fully autonomous AI software engineer, capable of learning, building, and deploying apps.
  3. The European Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, which bans certain AI applications including biometric categorization and emotion recognition in specific contexts.

Screenshots to Code Dataset, Multi Motion Brush in Gen-2, Open-source AGI, AI system that solves complex geometry problems, AI in drug discovery and more

22 implied HN points • 19 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Open Source Code generation Drug Discovery Artificial General Intelligence
  1. Google DeepMind's AlphaGeometry AI system solves complex geometry problems at human Olympiad level.
  2. Codium AI's AlphaCodium improves code generation in LLMs with test-based iterative flow.
  3. Meta is working on open-source AGI and Microsoft Research made progress in AI-driven drug discovery.

Mistral Large, vocal expressive avatar videos, Generative virtual worlds, Reliable text rendering and Magic Prompt, DJ Mode, AI-powered film making and more

17 implied HN points • 01 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Virtual Worlds Generative models
  1. Mistral introduced new models like Mistral Large with top-tier reasoning abilities and Mistral Small optimized for latency and cost.
  2. Alibaba introduced EMO, a framework that generates expressive vocal avatar videos from a single reference image and vocal audio.
  3. Ideogram launched Ideogram 1.0, a text-to-image model focused on state-of-the-art text rendering and a Magic Prompt feature to assist with prompting.

Calude 3 Opus, Train a 70b language model at home, Firewall for AI, Fast 3D Object Generation from Single Images, multimodal foundation model for any-to-any search tasks, and more

12 implied HN points • 08 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Models Open Source Tools Partnerships
  1. New advanced AI models like Claude 3 are being introduced with enhanced features and capabilities, outperforming previous models on various benchmarks.
  2. Innovations in AI technology include tools like a fast 3D object generation model from a single image and a multimodal foundation model for diverse search tasks.
  3. Developments in AI also focus on enabling training large language models at home, creating AI firewalls for protection, and making AI tools more accessible and efficient.

GPT Store, text-to-3d in under 10 seconds, DeepSeekMoE 16B, jailbreaking advanced LLMs, LLaVA-ϕ, Microsoft's open-source agent framework, and more

12 implied HN points • 12 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Language Models Open Source AI Tools
  1. OpenAI launched the GPT Store for finding GPT models and a revenue program for GPT builders.
  2. DeepSeek released DeepSeekMoE 16B, a large language model with 16.4B parameters trained from scratch.
  3. Microsoft Research introduced TaskWeaver, an open-source agent framework to convert natural language requests into executable code.

Meta's New AI model, Generating websites and 3D textures using natural language, economic potential of Generative AI and more

20 implied HN points • 16 Jun 23
🕹 Technology AI Generative AI Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Big Data
  1. Meta AI introduces a new Image Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture model that excels in computer vision tasks and is open-sourced.
  2. McKinsey's report highlights the economic potential of generative AI, estimating it could add trillions annually across various use cases.
  3. EU lawmakers pass regulations for AI systems, requiring review of generative AI like ChatGPT before commercial release and banning real-time facial recognition.

100K context windows, Stable Animation SDK, Airtable AI, Google's massive AI updates, Transformers Agent and more

17 implied HN points • 12 May 23
🕹 Technology AI APIs Models Learning
  1. Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude can now handle 100K tokens and outperforms in complex question synthesis
  2. Stability AI released a Stable Animation SDK for creating animations from text or inputs like images or videos
  3. Airtable launched Airtable AI allowing users to utilize AI in workflows without coding, such as auto-categorizing feedback

ChatGPT for finance.Text-to-3D cinematic-quality digital humans. ChatGPT-like Language Model from Stability AI.

17 implied HN points • 21 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Generative AI Language Models Virtual reality Artificial Intelligence
  1. Stability AI released an open-source language model called StableLM trained on a large dataset.
  2. Synthesis AI developed text-to-3D technology to create cinematic-quality digital humans.
  3. Nvidia introduced Video Latent Diffusion Models for high-resolution text-to-video generation.

Any-to-Any Generative AI Model, Generative AI for 3D game development, Mobile app Development from Text, Context Window of 1 Billion+ tokens, Bark on Discord and more

2 HN points • 07 Jul 23
🕹 Technology AI Generative AI Game Development Mobile Apps Open Source
  1. Microsoft Research introduces a novel generative model that can create any combination of output from any input modalities.
  2. MoonlanderAI launches a generative AI platform for building immersive 3D games using text descriptions.
  3. Bark on Discord now provides text-to-audio capabilities, offering realistic multilingual speech and various audio outputs.