Machine Learning Research
Custom Models for Law, News, and Finance: Thomson Reuters’ Thomson LLM, based on Qwen 3.5, trained on proprietary data
Thomson Reuters launched a proprietary large language model family called Thomson.
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Machine Learning Research
Ox Alpha Revealed as GLM-5.3-Flash: Z.ai’s latest model built viral buzz as Ox Alpha while being served on China-made chips
For over a week, the name and maker of the most-used model on OpenRouter remained unknown.
Business
Comparing OpenAI and Anthropic’s Data Retention Policies: How OpenAI’s Private Safety Processing and Anthropic's Enterprise Frontier Safeguards affect ZDR policies
Anyone who sends private data to an AI model or service deserves a clear answer to three questions: (i) Where do they store it? (ii) How long do they keep it? and (iii) What, if anything, will they do with it (such as train on it, show to humans, etc.)
Letters
The AI Engineering Skills Map Part 4 — Coding Agents: How to Use Coding Agents Effectively from Planning to Execution and Monitoring
A key AI engineering skill is using coding agents. Your skill at steering them both to write code and to carry out non-code tasks, such as analyzing data or managing system operations, allows you to get a lot more done.
The Batch Newsletter
Inside Key Changes in Data Policies, Ox Alpha Revealed, Taking Custom Models Beyond Fine-Tuning
The Batch News & Insights: A key AI engineering skill is using coding agents.
Data Points
Claude Fable and Mythos trim the verbiage: Perplexity preserves privacy on local machines
World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li introduces a world model. Times-FM-3 sets new standard for multivariable time forecasts. ChatGPT’s advertising program expands to new countries. Music publishers sue Anthropic for copyright infringement.
Data Points
OpenAI cuts off Cursor: OpenClaw gets a community-driven overhaul
Model Hardware Standard move towards open source release. Gemini 3.5 Transcribe impresses on accuracy tests. Speech-to-text leaderboard expands beyond European languages. U.S. gov’t discriminated against Anthropic, court finds.
Machine Learning Research
LLMs Take Out the Agent’s Trash: Researchers at Xiaohongshu detail LLM-based memory management technique for agents
AI agents typically compact the contents of their context windows by summarizing or deleting the oldest material.
Hardware
DeepSeek-V4-Pro Gets Refreshed: DeepSeek’s flagship only slightly outperforms Flash model; Open source harness draws interest
DeepSeek’s flagship model graduated from preview with improved performance plus the harness the model was benchmarked in.
Machine Learning Research
Inside AI’s Need for Speed: OpenAI Partners with Cerebras, Google Releases Gemini 3.7 Flash, Nvidia Debuts Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Developers who already track models’ cost and accuracy have good new reasons to pay closer attention to a third essential factor: speed.
Machine Learning Research
GLM-5.3 Makes Cybersecurity Gains: Z.ai delayed weights for GLM-5.3 due to cybersecurity risk
Z.ai’s latest flagship model effectively ties open-weights leader Kimi K3 on Artificial Analysis’ index of intelligence benchmarks.
Letters
The AI Engineering Skills Map Part 3 — Fundamentals: Why Software Engineering Fundamentals Remain Essential for AI Developers
How have software engineering fundamentals changed with agentic coding?