Comp Ai

Gemini 4 Argon - Out and Tested!!: Sam Witteveen posted a video testing Gemini 4 Argon, comparing it with other models, reviewing its strengths and generated outputs. The description links to a Google blog post introducing Gemini 4 Argon and an Artificial Analysis page but reports no specific benchmark results.

Artificial Intelligence • Sam Witteveen

ModelBest open-sources MiniCPM-V 4.7, saying its MoE model runs in about 3GB on an iPhone 17 Pro Max: ModelBest open-sourced MiniCPM-V 4.7, its first MoE multimodal model, in 35B-A3B and 1B sizes. The company says the MoE version runs in about 3GB of memory on an iPhone 17 Pro Max and decodes at over 13 tokens per second.

open source • Pandaily

MagicLab's EchoPolicy-0 tops AI2's MolmoSpaces board with 75.4% manipulation success: MagicLab said its VLM agent framework EchoPolicy-0 averaged 75.4% across four MolmoSpaces tasks, and AI2's published leaderboard data lists it first. Its MagicBrain component reached 94.4% on the pick task.

AI & Robotics • Pandaily

Amex introduces framework to prevent unauthorized AI agent purchases: American Express introduced a framework to ensure AI agents only complete purchases their users have authorized. The initiative aims to prevent unauthorized purchases and related disputes as AI-powered shopping grows. Specific availability and enforcement details were not disclosed.

American Express • TechCrunch AI

Nvidia • Nvidia

Nvidia commits $250M in accelerated computing to UK AI safety research over five years: Nvidia pledged $250 million worth of accelerated computing resources to Britain over five years to fund AI security and agentic safety research, Jensen Huang said. Reuters reported the US chipmaker made the commitment to support UK research.

AGIBOT • AGIBOT

Chinese AI robot maker AGIBOT nears new funding round at about RMB 50 billion valuation: AGIBOT is nearing completion of a new funding round of approximately RMB 1 billion to RMB 1.5 billion, valuing the Chinese AI robot maker at about RMB 50 billion, according to investors cited by Caijing. Founded in 2023, AGIBOT began preparing for a Hong Kong listing in July.

Pluto Security • Series A

Pluto Security exits stealth with $42M, including $34M Series A, to monitor AI agents: Pluto Security has exited stealth with $42 million, including a $34 million Series A, to monitor AI agents and vibe-coded apps. The company says it has reached more than $2 million in ARR since April.