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1. Google Launches EmbeddingGemma 2: 740M-Param Multimodal Embedding Model Goes Apache 2.0, Runs On-Device

   

   Google today launched EmbeddingGemma 2: a 740M-parameter open multimodal embedding model under Apache 2.0, wit…

   Stories·Oct 7

2. Mistral Debuts “Le Chonk”: Open-Weight Large 4 in Public Preview, Weights Drop Oct 27

   

   Per the Wall Street Journal on October 6: Mistral on Tuesday opened a public preview of the open-weight Large …

   Stories·Oct 6

3. DeepSeek Nears $12B Funding Round with Tencent and CATL, Doubling Its Original Target

   

   Per Bloomberg on October 6 (via Reuters), DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan (~$12 billion…

   Stories·Oct 6

4. Moonshot AI Closes Final Private Round at ~$50B, Eyes $5B Hong Kong IPO in Q1 2027

   

   Per Bloomberg on October 6, Moonshot AI has closed its final private fundraising round at about $50 billion an…

   Stories·Oct 6

5. OpenAI Launches textGrain Text Watermarking, Auto-Applied to ChatGPT and Codex in the EU

   

   On October 5, OpenAI announced textGrain: an invisible statistical watermark for AI-generated text. Eligible C…

   Stories·Oct 6

6. Nvidia-Backed Reflection Debuts Beam, Its First Open-Weight Frontier Model: 501B Params, 23B Active

   

   On October 5, US startup Reflection AI launched Beam, its first frontier open-weight model: a text-only MoE wi…

   Stories·Oct 6

7. Open-Source Strata Runs a 125-Billion-Parameter Model on a 12GB Gaming PC

   

   Open-source inference engine Strata runs the 125-billion-parameter Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on a gaming PC with 12GB…

   Stories·Oct 5