January 2026
AI News: Gemini 3.5 LEAKED, GPT-5.3 CONFIRMED and DeepSeek R2?
The AI development race is accelerating with three major model developments happening simultaneously. OpenAI confirmed GPT 5.3 is in development, DeepSeek dropped hints about a new model through code...
Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots
A professor at École Polytechnique de Louvain conducted an experimental open-book exam that allowed students to use chatbots, requiring them to declare usage in advance and share their prompts. Only...
jordanhubbard/nanolang
Jordan Hubbard (FreeBSD co-founder) released NanoLang, a programming language specifically designed for LLM code generation. The language successfully demonstrates that LLMs can reduce friction in...
GLM-4.7-Flash: 42x Cheaper Than Claude, Actually Good at Coding!
GLM-4.7-Flash is a new open-source AI model that delivers competitive performance at significantly lower costs than premium alternatives. The model excels particularly at coding tasks and agentic...
How METR measures Long Tasks and Experienced Open Source Dev Productivity - Joel Becker, METR
Joel Becker from METR presents research on AI capability measurement through "time horizon" metrics and a controversial study showing that AI coding tools may not significantly speed up experienced...