Hugging Face has launched Beam, a 501-billion parameter open-source AI model. The launch comes as Replit ends its partnership with Anthropic. Adobe has also updated Firefly's structural controls.
500B-plus open models give teams another option to assess for self-hosting. Changes in provider partnerships are also a reason to check how easily an application can switch models.
Tether AI Research announced the release of QVAC BotPsy-0.8B on 11 November 2026. The release is an open-weight, 0.8-billion-parameter model built to support tool-using artificial intelligence on personal devices.
Anthropic has released two new models, Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2. The company reports that the models feature up to 30 percent faster output generation. Anthropic also claims performance breakthroughs across coding, robotics and scientific research.
Anthropic has announced an expansion of its AI platform into workplace productivity software with the launch of Claude Sheets, Whiteboards, Meetings, and Data. The announcement prompted an immediate market reaction, with Microsoft shares falling by more than 2 per cent.
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