Alibaba unveils Qwen3.5 as China’s chatbot race shifts to AI agents

Alibaba Group has released its newest AI model series, featuring new agentic capabilities, as competition in China's AI space ramps up.
ZDNet

A new Chinese AI model claims to outperform GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.5 - and it's free

Moonshot released its new Kimi K2 Thinking model on Thursday. It claims to outperform GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.5 on some benchmarks. Open-source AI poses a challenge to proprietary US models. The global AI ...
Ars Technica

Google unveils Gemini 3 AI model and AI-first IDE called Antigravity

Google has kicked its Gemini rollout into high gear over the past year, releasing the much-improved Gemini 2.5 family and cramming various flavors of the model into Search, Gmail, and just about ...
CNBC

From Llamas to Avocados: Meta's shifting AI strategy is causing internal confusion

Meta is pursuing a new frontier AI model, codenamed Avocado, that could be proprietary instead of open source, CNBC has learned. The company is trying to keep pace with artificial intelligence rivals ...

Agentic World Models Are Bringing Embodiment And Psychological Grounding When It Comes To Improving AI Mental Health Advice

Agentic world models are aiding the advancement of AI in mental health. Embodiment and psychological grounding come to the fore. An AI Insider scoop.