Recursive releases Flint, 40B model for local coding

Recursive unveiled Flint, a 40B MoE local coding model with 2.5B active parameters per token. Built in under four months with Eureka Machine, it delivers top sub-50B benchmark results, fast local inference, and Apache 2.0 open weights.

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Google Cloud adds OpenAI models in private preview

Google Cloud is adding OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna to Model Garden, letting enterprises access OpenAI alongside 200+ models with unified billing, governance, and security controls on existing cloud commitments.

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Claude Security gets continuous scans and fix tracking

Claude Security now continuously scans connected repositories, tracks findings through fixes and regressions, and uses team context to prioritize risk. In public beta for Claude Enterprise, it also adds API, webhooks, and MCP support.

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The internet isn't safe, and it never will be (and it never was)

Cybersecurity risks aren't only determined by the level of cyber defense you have, but by the capabilities available for a cyber offense (Check NIST’s risk framework).

It is not possible to make the system "100% secure", and that implies "continuous defense" will be required.

In the future, 24/7 security agents will likely offer such defense. My concern is that many won't be able to access or afford such protection.

Recent security vulnerability announcements are a direct consequence of the "Defenders Gap" (Cloudflare and Microsoft's reported malicious activity highlights the pressure on defenders).

In fact, it's even worse now, as these incidents have shown. Organizations without access to advanced defensive tools may struggle to keep up.

Cyber Defense is named "defense" for a reason, as these threats may pose a real monetary impact on the economy.

If we think of programs like Daybreak as a way for AI labs to pay a "security tax," it becomes clear we have a huge supply-and-demand gap in this area.

This is the gap between the protection governments need to provide to businesses and individuals and what they currently provide.

Cybersecurity risks affect companies worth billions. Soon, tons of rogue agents will be running across the internet, trying to breach whatever they can (speculation).

At some point, these incidents will be happening almost daily. This will affect normies' day-to-day lives, too. Yet, it is an unmatched opportunity to provide cyber defense solutions.

YOU ARE NOT PREPARED! 👀

Ideogram released Vector 1.0, a new vector model that generates detailed SVGs and vectorizes images.

The resulting SVGs are also editable, with each component as a separate layer that users can rotate and move.

It is now available on Ideogram and via APIs.

SVGs are solved now 👀

GOOGLE 🔥: A new Agent Compute Engine for Google Cloud has been introduced.

ACE is a new VM type built for AI agents, designed for users to operate at scale.

The system includes Agent Gateway, Agent Registry, Agent Identity, and Agent Observability.

1Password announced its Agents platform in collaboration with Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXSI, and many others.

> "1Password will connect to your personal agents, whether you have one or multiple, so they can work without seeing your passwords."

Waitlist OPT-IN is open 👀

OPENAI 🔥: Decisions API is now in general availability and can be used via APIs and the OpenAI Platform.

> Decisions API is a Jev-like solution enabling you to build workflows based on extremely quick decisions.

> Predicate, Choice, and Score decisions are available.

It thinks that there is a 21% chance that the GPT-7 family will be released this year.

Looks right 👀

SPACEXSI 🔥: Grok Bot can now be connected to system mobile apps including Calendar, Reminders, Home and more!

This capability is rolling out on both iOS and Android.

So far, I have only seen this integration in Perplexity and Claude. This is quite a big unlock, at least up to a level that iOS and Android provide.

I keep using it more and more!

An upcoming Kimi K3.1 model release was officially teased!

Earlier, Kimi K3.1 has been spotted in testing on Arena and reportedly has a very good performance.

Soon 👀

DAILY AI BRIEF 🗞 — Oct 23

ANTHROPIC 🔥:
- Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed) is now generally available, bringing the full Claude Platform feature set with Google Cloud IAM and billing.
- Starting next week, Claude web, desktop and mobile sessions will run in auto mode by default on Pro, Max and Team plans, with an automated check blocking risky actions.
- Claude Duet will be optimized for Apple's foldable iPhone Duo.

OPENAI 🔥:
- The Decisions API is now generally available with GPT-6 Luna, offering near real-time classifications and decisions up to 10x faster at $0.10 per million input tokens.

SPACEXSI 🔥:
- Grok Bot can now use Calendar, Reminders, Contacts and more apps on your phone, rolling out on iOS and Android.
- Grok Bot can now use your 1Password account to sign in with logins you approve, rolling out over the next few days.

GOOGLE 🔥:
- Google Cloud introduced Agent Compute Engine, a new VM type for running AI agents at scale, alongside expanded agent governance tools.
- Gemini can now reference your Google Maps searches and saved places alongside Google Calendar for tailored daily recommendations.

MINIMAX 🔥:
- MiniMax opened the weights of M3.1 Flash, a 428B-parameter MoE model with 23B active parameters, with day-0 support from Together, SGLang, vLLM partners and NVIDIA NeMo.

MOONSHOT 🔥:
- Moonshot officially teased an upcoming Kimi K3.1 release after the model was spotted performing strongly in Arena testing.

MICROSOFT 🔥:
- Microsoft is rolling out its redesigned Copilot app to more users on web and mobile, with voice mode now appearing to require a paid plan.

PERPLEXITY 🔥:
- Perplexity added a Batch API to its Agent API supporting up to 50k requests per file, and its Decision Model can now run fully locally on a Mac.

CANVA 🔥:
- Canva launched Craft, its first in-house frontier image model built for design, available to all users and via API.

IDEOGRAM 🔥:
- Ideogram released Vector 1.0, a model that generates editable, layered SVGs and vectorizes images, available in Ideogram and via API.

1PASSWORD 🔥:
- 1Password announced an Agents platform with Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXSI and others so personal agents can work without seeing your passwords, with a waitlist open.