Moonshot’s Kimi K2.5 is a multimodal, coding-focused open model that helps show how Chinese AI labs are catching up fast to US rivals.

Alibaba’s reasoning model pairs test‑time scaling with web search and code tools, topping Gemini 3 Pro and GPT‑5.2 on HLE search and math benchmarks.

Maia 200: 10k TFLOPS FP4, optimized memory keeps big models local. Competes with Google TPU (Gemini trainer) and xAI's custom silicon push.

Instead of “real vs fake”, experts suggest judging AI images by intent, context and labelling, just like we already do with photography.

Chinese open source AI like DeepSeek and Qwen is winning US clients by mixing solid performance with flexibility and lower operating costs.

Europe's building its DeepSeek: open collab on 100B models via SOOFI. Hundreds of millions fund the break from US AI dominance.

Tesla revives Dojo 3 supercomputer as AI5 chip hits Hopper-level perf single, Blackwell dual, lower power/cost vs Nvidia.

FLUX.2 [klein] packs 4B and 9B models into a unified pipeline for generation and editing, aiming at near real time performance on modern RTX cards.

GLM-Image from Z.ai mixes AR + diffusion for top text accuracy, beating Nano Banana in benchmarks like CVTG-2k (91% vs 78%). Great for infographics.

Sony’s AI ghost concept would let a summoned helper demonstrate routes, solve puzzles or even finish encounters.

Claude Code 2.1.0 improves agent workflows with lifecycle hooks, hot reloaded skills, and better terminal UX for day to day coding tasks.

NVIDIA’s new RTX pipeline pairs LTX-2 with ComfyUI to deliver 4K video and audio on consumer GPUs using efficient NVFP4 and NVFP8 formats

“MicroSLOP” is shorthand for frustration with Microsoft’s AI strategy and with generative “slop” that fills timelines without adding much real value.

The mHC idea lets DeepSeek train 3–27B models more efficiently, supporting its push to rival US labs while spending only a fraction on hardware.

From Abilene’s Stargate campus to Microsoft and Meta sites, Epoch AI’s maps reveal how quickly AI data centers are eating power and capital.

Qwen-Image-2512 offers open source, Apache licensed image generation that challenges Google’s Nano Banana Pro for flexible, enterprise ready workflows.

Chinese coding models now sit close to Claude tier performance, while Doubao and Yuanbao prove domestic AI platforms can win huge mainstream audiences.

Doctorow’s enshittification model shows platforms turning from helpful to hostile as monopoly power, ads and data mining reshape the modern internet.

As enterprises discover capable open models they can run themselves, the pricing power of closed US platforms starts to look increasingly fragile.

Qwen-Image-Layered splits flat images into editable RGBA layers, enabling consistent, Photoshop-like edits with precise control over each element.