Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on

New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. U.S. AI labs may never recover this enormous market.

Liquid AI's smallest model yet LFM2.5-230M beats models 4X its size at data extraction, can run 'anywhere'

LFM2.5-230M proves that while 3-billion-parameter models like VibeThinker are solving advanced calculus, a ...
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Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and ...

No Claude Fable 5? No problem: Sakana achieves frontier performance with new Fugu multi-model, auto synthesis system

As enterprises increasingly demand fail-safes against single-vendor reliance, Sakana is proving that packaging collective ...
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Japan's Fugu Ultra AI routes around export controls and rivals top AI models

Sakana AI launched Fugu, a multi-agent AI system claiming benchmark parity with Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos Preview.