Data Points
Microsoft’s Phi-4 updates add reasoning to small models. OpenAI rolls back cloying update to GPT-4o, explains what went wrong. Amazon debuts its largest multimodal teacher/agent model yet. Meta partners with fast inference providers for new official API.
Letters
I hope we can empower everyone to build with AI. Starting from K-12, we should teach every student AI enabled coding, since this will enable them to become more productive and more empowered adults.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch AI News and Insights: I hope we can empower everyone to build with AI.
Machine Learning Research
Large language models can improve systems that recommend items to purchase by inferring customer preferences.
Business
AI agents and infrastructure made a strong showing on CB Insights’s latest list of the top 100 AI startups.
Machine Learning Research
Google refreshed its experimental tools for composers and producers.
Machine Learning Research
ChatGPT’s image generator is available via API.
Data Points
Microsoft adds search and research tools and an Agent Store. Adobe updates its image model, opens door to competitors. Understanding why AI models react the way they do. Dia, an open speech-to-text model to rival ElevenLabs and NotebookLM.
Data Points
GPT-4o’s image generator now available via API. Google updates its Lyria model and music editing tools. Grok 3 models now available for API developers. Executive order would overhaul K-12 AI education in U.S. schools.
Letters
Even though I’m a much better Python than JavaScript developer, with AI assistance, I’ve been writing a lot of JavaScript code recently.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch AI News and Insights: Even though I’m a much better Python than JavaScript developer, with AI assistance, I’ve been writing a lot of JavaScript code recently.
Machine Learning Research
Large language models excel at processing text but can’t interpret images, video, or audio directly without further training on those media types. Researchers devised a way to overcome this limitation.