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00 — THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

The Week in AI

September 6, 2026

  1. Tools & Launches
    1OpenAI announces GPT-6 Astra: it can do your computer work fastX · OpenAI · 121M views
  2. Tools & Launches
    2Claude announces Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 for coding and knowledge workX · Claude · 20M views
  3. Tools & Launches
    3World Labs unveils Atlas to create 3D scenes with controllable camerasX · World Labs · 10M views
  4. Tools & Launches
    4Google releases Gemini 3.8 with Flash and Flash Cyber variantsX · Google · 3.5M views
  5. Tools & Launches
    5Meta releases Muse Spark 1.3 with better multi-step work and codingX · AI at Meta · 337K views

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The Week in AI

August 29, 2026

  1. Tools & Launches
    1GLM-5.3-Flash launches as an open-source model with 1M-token contextX · Z.ai · 6.4M views
  2. Tools & Launches
    2ChatGPT Work can now sign into websites for you without seeing passwordsX · @ChatGPT · 5.3M views
  3. Tools & Launches
    3Introducing Microduck, a tiny open-source robot you can teachX · clem 🤗 · 4.4M views
  4. Builders
    4SpaceXAI publishes Grok Bot Guides with real user playbooksX · X Freeze · 2M views
  5. Tools & Launches
    5Claude Cowork gets a built-in browser that completes web stepsX · Claude · 1.7M views

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The Week in AI

August 21, 2026

  1. Builders
    1Grok Bot won back customers who had left, and paid for itselfX · Liam · 35M views
  2. Tools & Launches
    2Cursor launched Origin, its own place to store codeX · Cursor · 14M views
  3. Builders
    3Andrew Ng published a map of the AI skills worth learningX · Andrew Ng · 5.4M views
  4. Tools & Launches
    4ChatGPT can now remember what you do on your computerX · OpenAI · 4M views
  5. Tools & Launches
    5Claude Academy is now open, with free courses on AI basics and how to use ClaudeX · Claude · 2.8M views

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