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July 21, 20263 min readModels & Releases · Tools & Agents
Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and the restricted Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber model, emphasizing lower costs and production use. The expected Gemini 3.5 Pro remains in partner testing without a public release date.
By AI News Daily · Source: TechCrunch AI
July 19, 20263 min readTools & Agents
Manifold Security says two unpatched flaws in Claude for Chrome could let browser code trigger predefined workflows or suppress permission prompts. The researchers said the issues remained reproducible in version 1.0.80 after being reported to Anthropic in May.
By AI News Daily · Source: Anthropic
July 19, 20263 min readModels & Releases
Alibaba has unveiled a preview of Qwen3.8, a multimodal AI model with 2.4 trillion parameters, and claims it trails only Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5. The company has not released benchmarks, a model card or the promised open weights, leaving its performance claims unverified.
By AI News Daily · Source: Anthropic
July 18, 20263 min read
Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter model that Crypto Briefing says competes with leading US systems at a lower price. Its reported performance and planned open-weight release could intensify pressure on Anthropic and other frontier-model developers.
By AI News Daily · Source: Anthropic
July 18, 20263 min read
Comparisons from Decrypt and Yellow.com find that GPT-5.6 Sol leads on price and several benchmarks, while Claude Fable 5 shows strengths in broader intelligence scoring and a hands-on browser-game test. The better choice depends on workload, budget and availability requirements.
By AI News Daily · Source: Anthropic
July 18, 20264 min read
TikTok is testing an opt-in tool that scans for suspected AI-generated likenesses of participating creators and lets them report potential misuse. The limited US experiment moves the platform’s AI safeguards beyond content labels and toward identity protection.
By AI News Daily · Source: The Verge (AI)
July 17, 20264 min read
Microsoft’s multi-agent MDASH security system reportedly discovered 16 previously unknown Windows vulnerabilities, including four critical remote code execution flaws. It also outscored Anthropic and OpenAI systems on the CyberGym vulnerability-discovery benchmark, according to Crypto Briefing.
By AI News Daily · Source: Anthropic