Large Language Models (LLMs) - The Batch

Diagram of Qwen3-Next architecture with Mixture of Experts, Gated Attention, and Gated DeltaNet layers.

Machine Learning Research

Qwen3-Next Accelerates: Alibaba’s new model uses hybrid attention layers and a sparse MoE architecture for speed and performance

Alibaba updated its popular Qwen3 open-weights models with a number of fresh, speed-boosting tweaks.

Diagram comparing sliding window attention and ATLAS memory, showing wider context tracking in ATLAS.

Machine Learning Research

10 Million Tokens of Input Context: ATLAS, a transformer-like architecture, can process a context window as large as ten million tokens

An alternative to attention enables large language models to track relationships among words across extraordinarily wide spans of text.

Google study chart comparing energy use of AI accelerators for Gemini, including chip power, CPU, and idle machines.

Science

Gemini’s Environmental Impact Measured: Google study directly measures electricity, water use, and greenhouse emissions of its models

Google determined that its large language models have a smaller environmental footprint than previous estimates had led it to expect.

Hangzhou skyline with modern skyscrapers, the golden sphere of Intercontinental Hotel, and the silver dome of Qianjiang complex.

Business

China’s Emerging AI Hub: Inside DeepSeek and the other "little dragons" transforming Hangzhou into China's Silicon Valley

Hangzhou, a longtime manufacturing hub in eastern China, is blossoming into a center of AI innovation.

Bar charts comparing AI and human interviewers show higher rates for AI across job offers, job starts, and one-month retention.

AI Careers

Chatbot Interviewers Fill More Jobs: Study shows AI agent interviewers improve hiring, retention in customer service jobs

Large language models may have advantages over human recruiters when conducting job interviews, a study shows.

Infographic showing Mistral Large 2’s environmental impact across emissions, water, and material use.

Science

Mistral Measures LLM Consumption of Energy, Water, and Materials: French AI startup discloses full lifecycle consumption and emissions for Mistral Large 2

The French AI company Mistral measured the environmental impacts of its flagship large language model.

Hand holding a Pixel 10 smartphone using Google’s Magic Cue AI assistant, which suggests a location reply in a text message conversation.

Hardware

Proactive AI Assistance for Phones: Inside Magic Cue, Google’s new AI assistant for Pixel 10

Google’s latest smartphone sports an AI assistant that anticipates the user’s needs and presents helpful information without prompting.

Golden lotus with circuit design symbolizes India’s push for indigenous AI across multiple native languages.

Tech & Society

India Pushes to Build Indigenous AI: India launches GPU network and talent programs to boost local LLMs

India, which has limited funding and large numbers of languages and dialects, is redoubling its efforts to build native large language models.

Bar charts comparing GPT-5’s speed, price, and intelligence vs. top AI models like Claude, Gemini, and Grok in 2025 benchmarks.

Machine Learning Research

GPT-5 Takeoff Encounters Turbulence: OpenAI's new model hits turbulence with cost, performance, and API complaints

OpenAI launched GPT-5, the highly anticipated successor to its groundbreaking series of large language models, but glitches in the rollout left many early users disappointed and frustrated.

Benchmark comparison of GLM-4.5 models against top AI systems in reasoning, coding, and agentic tasks, showing GLM-4.5’s strong performance in math, tool use, and software engineering.

Machine Learning Research

GLM-4.5, an Open, Agentic Contender: Zhipu AI (Z.ai) releases open-weights GLM-4.5 models that perform comparably to the latest from Claude and DeepSeek

The race is on to develop large language models that can drive agentic interactions. Following the one-two punch of Moonshot’s Kimi K2 and Alibaba’s Qwen3-235B-A22B update, China’s Z.ai aims to one-up the competition.

Table comparing accuracy and Elo scores of gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b models across benchmarks and tool use.

Machine Learning Research

The Re-Opening of OpenAI: GPT-OSS, OpenAI’s first open-weights models since GPT-2, arrives in 120 billion and 20 billion parameter versions

The “open” is back in play at OpenAI.

Graph showing frequent chatbot users report lower well-being, based on Character.AI usage and survey analysis.

Machine Learning Research

People With AI Friends Feel Worse: Study shows heavy use of AI companions correlates with lower emotional well-being

People who turn to chatbots for companionship show indications of lower self-reported well-being, researchers found.