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Google DeepMind pilots double-blind evaluations for proprietary AI models
Google DeepMind says it is testing a Gemini Flash Lite model in a cryptographically protected environment designed to keep both evaluation prompts and model weights private.
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Korea Herald reports SK Telecom led South Korea’s sovereign AI model evaluation
South Korea released detailed second-phase scores for its Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project, with SK Telecom ranking first overall and Motif Technologies leading one global benchmark.koreaherald.comProduct
MarkTechPost reports Google updated Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with longer video extensions and frame controls
MarkTechPost reports that Google’s Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash adds up to 10 seconds of scene context, cumulative 40-second extensions, first-and-last-frame control, cheaper 360p drafts, and 4K upscaling. The report says the model is available through Google’s Gemini API, AI Studio, and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.marktechpost.comProduct
AWS adds India-only cross-Region inference for OpenAI GPT-5.6 on Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock now routes OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna requests between AWS Regions in Mumbai and Hyderabad, allowing customers to scale inference while keeping prompts and outputs within India, according to AWS.aws.amazon.comProduct
Anthropic opens 10,000 free and discounted Claude seats for scientists
Anthropic says scientists worldwide will receive free or discounted access to Claude for one year, alongside expanded research credits and continued limits on some life-sciences uses.
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Google adds purchased ebooks to Gemini Notebook for source-grounded questions
Google says Gemini Notebook can now answer questions about eligible ebooks purchased through Google Play Books, with citations, summaries, quizzes and other generated materials based on their contents.blog.googleIndustry
TechCrunch reports Barret Zoph has joined Google as vice president of research
Barret Zoph, a former Thinking Machines co-founder and OpenAI executive, has taken a vice president of research role at Google, TechCrunch reports. Google said he will bring reinforcement-learning and post-training expertise to its Gemini work, but the report does not establish his precise remit or start date.techcrunch.comProduct
SCMP reports Zhipu AI launched GLM-5.3-Flash after Ox Alpha ran on 100,000 Chinese chips
The South China Morning Post reports that Zhipu AI formally released its open-weight GLM-5.3-Flash model after a stealth trial on 100,000 domestically produced chips, with unusually high usage on OpenRouter and OpenCode.scmp.comSecurity
Researcher reports code-execution chain against Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode
A security researcher reports that a crafted website and archive caused Claude Code Opus 5 in Auto Mode to execute attacker-controlled code in lab tests. The reported success rates reached 60% to 80% in small five-run samples, while Anthropic’s separate fixed evaluation reported zero successful attacks.embracethered.com
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