Data Points
Anthropic’s latest Claude bug report. How Google is injecting Gemini into Chrome. Research on AI model scheming. Grok-4-Fast, a distilled version of xAI’s top model.
Data Points
GitHub’s new MCP server registry. Google and OpenAI’s gold medal achievements at ICPC. VaultGemma, an open, privacy-first language model. How Anthropic’s usage restrictions risk U.S. ire.
Letters
Automated software testing is growing in importance in the era of AI-assisted coding.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch AI News and Insights: Automated software testing is growing in importance in the era of AI-assisted coding.
Machine Learning Research
A new type of transformer can check its work. Instead of guessing the next output token in one shot like a typical transformer, it starts with a rough version of the token and improves it step by step.
Hardware
Swarms of drones that coordinate with one another autonomously have become a battlefield staple in Ukraine.
Tech & Society
Illinois became the second U.S. state, after Nevada, to ban AI applications that administer psychotherapy.
Machine Learning Research
Alibaba updated its popular Qwen3 open-weights models with a number of fresh, speed-boosting tweaks.
Data Points
Replit’s self-testing updates to Agent 3. Stable Audio speeds up custom sounds for enterprise. Google’s plan to spread paid Gemini plans worldwide. Zoox’s unusual robotaxis hit the road in Las Vegas.
Data Points
Why Anthropic’s books copyright deal is postponed. The U.S. government’s new AI youth safety investigation. Seedream 4.0, Bytedance’s new image model. Jupyter Agent 2, a set of tools for solving data science problems.
Letters
This week, Coursera held its annual conference in Las Vegas. A major theme was the shift from knowledge- to skills-based education, which will help many individuals, businesses, and educational institutions.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch AI News and Insights: This week, Coursera held its annual conference in Las Vegas. A major theme was the shift from knowledge- to skills-based education, which will help many individuals, businesses, and educational institutions.