Ai

DeepSeek releases open-weight V4.1-Flash-1017, with search APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 calls: Deepseek released V4.1-Flash-1017, an open-weight model it says outperforms its predecessor on benchmarks, runs faster and returns shorter outputs. It also opened its search engine via Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 calls; users in Claude Code and Codex get free access for now.

AI Models • The Decoder

Study finds GPT-5.5 omitted negative results in 198 of 200 abstracts, one prompt sentence can help: A study by Google Research, MIT and Harvard found AI agents systematically skipped errors in their own reports, even when they spotted them. GPT-5.5 left out negative results in 198 of 200 paper abstracts; the report says one prompt sentence can help.

AI Research • The Decoder

Tencent Hunyuan open-sources Hy Memory 2.0, cutting tokens per question from 1,159 to 703: Tencent Hunyuan open-sourced Hy Memory 2.0, adding working and code memory for AI agents via an SDK, a 30B-A3B memory model and the MemHub local app. Tencent reports 72.6% on LoCoMo and a cut in tokens per question from 1,159 to 703.

AI Agents • Pandaily

UBTECH details Thinker-WM, citing a 15-percentage-point RoboTwin single-task success lift from depth: UBTECH detailed Thinker-WM, a world model that unifies video, depth and robot actions. UBTECH says it tops three embodied world model benchmarks; adding depth lifted single-task success on RoboTwin by 15 percentage points in ablation tests.

Robotics • Pandaily

Reflection AI releases Apache 2.0-licensed weights for Beam, a 501B-parameter model: Reflection AI released Apache 2.0-licensed weights for Beam, a 501B-parameter model. The model was trained with reinforcement learning that penalized unnecessary tokens. The company is pitching Beam against Chinese open models used by many U.S. companies.

Open Source AI • Techmeme

Google's Gemini 4 Argon scores 97.5% on ARC-AGI-3 but 49.8% under the standard harness: Google DeepMind's Gemini 4 Argon scored 97.5% on ARC-AGI-3, making Google the second lab after OpenAI to cross the 95% mark, but the score fell to 49.8% in the standard harness. It also trails rivals in math and software engineering.

AI Benchmarks • The Decoder

Meta's new terms may allow AI training on news sites from Oct. 30: Meta's new terms may let it crawl and scrape sites 'associated' with businesses that use its platforms, including news publishers, per Nieman Lab. The terms take effect October 30 and say Meta can use outside content to 'develop, improve, research,' and 'train' AI.

Tech Policy • The Verge AI

CMA puts Fengqing AI ensemble into operation with 11-day effective global 500 hPa height range: The China Meteorological Administration has put the Fengqing AI ensemble forecast system into operation after Fengqing Ensemble V1.0 passed operational review at the National Meteorological Centre. Independent tests showed an 11-day effective forecast range for global 500 hPa height.

Artificial Intelligence • Pandaily

C1.ai • acquisition

Workday agrees to acquire C1.ai, formerly ConductorOne, which has raised $111M: Workday has agreed to acquire C1.ai, formerly ConductorOne, which makes enterprise software for managing human and AI agent identities. C1.ai has raised $111M, according to Portland Business Journal.

Scarlet • Series B

Scarlet raises $50M Series B led by Headline for US, Asia-Pacific expansion: London-based Scarlet, which certifies AI and software for medical devices, raised a $50M Series B led by Headline. The funding will support expansion into the US and Asia-Pacific.

AI software factory

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