Letters
AI-Native Software Development Needs Generalists: As AI accelerates software development, teammates must play a wider variey of roles
AI-native software engineering teams operate very differently than traditional teams.
Latest
Data Points
Anthropic’s claims for Claude Mythos raise questions: 40 percent of U.S. data-center projects may be delayed
OpenAI’s big bet on an alternative to Nvidia. Meta’s plan to build a virtual CEO. Financial risks of lending money to companies affected by AI. Luma’s AI-driven film production studio.
Machine Learning Research
Simulating Diverse Human Cohorts: Persona generation simulates human characters across a controllable range of points of view
If you want to understand how the public will respond to your offerings, large language models can simulate users who answer questions about capabilities, features, promotions, or prices.
Tech & Society
US States Move Forward With AI Laws: Most states are regulating AI despite President Trump’s opposition to state-level laws
U.S. states are continuing to enact laws that regulate AI, despite President Trump’s efforts to discourage state-by-state legislation in favor of national laws.
Machine Learning Research
Big Pharma Bets Big on AI: Pharmaceutical kingpin Eli Lilly gave Insilico $2.75 billion for AI-driven drug development
Generative AI has proven that it can produce text, images, audio, video, and code. The world’s most valuable pharmaceutical company is betting billions that it can produce drugs as well.
Machine Learning Research
Life After Llama: With Muse Spark, Meta pivots away from its open-weights Llama strategy
Meta pivoted from its open-weights strategy to deliver a closed alternative.
The Batch Newsletter
Meta Pivots From Open Weights, Big Pharma Bets On AI, Regulatory Patchwork, Simulating Human Cohorts
The Batch AI News and Insights: AI-native software engineering teams operate very differently than traditional teams.
Data Points
Nvidia’s open AI models go quantum: Suspect arrested for attack on OpenAI HQ and CEO’s home
Muse Spark, Meta’s model for AI glasses, social media, and more. Rubber Duck, Copilot’s tool to make GPT-5.4 check Claude’s work. Claude Managed Agents, a built-in harness for enterprise tools. GPT-5.4-Cyber, OpenAI’s new not-for-public cybersecurity model.
Machine Learning Research
How Liquids and Gases Behave: A dynamic fluids model appears to solve transformers’ pixellation problem
Simulating complex physical systems through traditional numerical methods is slow and expensive, and simulations based on machine learning are usually specialized for a specific type of system, such as water in a pipe or atmosphere surrounding a planet.
Science
Dark DNA Unveiled: Google’s AlphaGenome interprets DNA that regulates genetic expression
An open-weights model could help scientists compare the impact of genetic variations, identify mutations that cause diseases, and develop treatments.
Tech & Society
Pitfalls in Assistive Models for the Blind: Blind people can use AI models as virtual mirrors, but don’t always like what they see
People whose vision is impaired increasingly use AI to assess their own appearance, raising questions about the psychological impact of AI models that are trained on conventional standards of beauty.
Machine Learning Research
Claude Mythos Preview Raises Security Worries: Why Claude’s advanced Mythos Preview model will be limited-release-only
Anthropic took unusual steps to prepare the world for a forthcoming large language model that it said poses extraordinary risks to cybersecurity.