Z.ai debuts open source GLM-4.6V, a native tool-calling vision model for multimodal reasoning

Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI aka Z.ai has released its GLM-4.6V series, a new generation of open-source vision-language models (VLMs) optimized for multimodal reasoning, frontend automation, and high-efficiency deployment. The release includes two models in “large” and “small” sizes: GLM-4.6V (106B), a larger 106-billion parameter model aimed at cloud-scale inference GLM-4.6V-Flash (9B), a smaller model […]

Anthropic’s Claude Code can now read your Slack messages and write code for you

Anthropic has launched a beta integration that connects its fast-growing Claude Code programming agent directly into Slack, allowing software engineers to delegate coding tasks without leaving the workplace messaging platform where much of their daily communication already happens. The release, which Anthropic describes as a “research preview,” is the company’s latest move to embed its […]

Why AI coding agents aren’t production-ready: Brittle context windows, broken refactors, missing operational awareness

Remember this Quora comment (which also became a meme)? (Source: Quora) In the pre-large language model (LLM) Stack Overflow era, the challenge was discerning which code snippets to adopt and adapt effectively. Now, while generating code has become trivially easy, the more profound challenge lies in reliably identifying and integrating high-quality, enterprise-grade code into production […]

Booking.com’s agent strategy: Disciplined, modular and already delivering 2× accuracy

When many enterprises weren’t even thinking about agentic behaviors or infrastructures, Booking.com had already “stumbled” into them with its homegrown conversational recommendation system. This early experimentation has allowed the company to take a step back and avoid getting swept up in the frantic AI agent hype. Instead, it is taking a disciplined, layered, modular approach […]

Design in the age of AI: How small businesses are building big brands faster

Presented by Design.com For most of history, design was the last step in starting a business — something entrepreneurs invested in once the idea was proven. Today, it’s one of the first. The rise of generative AI has shifted how small businesses imagine, launch, and grow — turning what used to be a months-long creative […]

The ‘truth serum’ for AI: OpenAI’s new method for training models to confess their mistakes

OpenAI researchers have introduced a novel method that acts as a “truth serum” for large language models (LLMs), compelling them to self-report their own misbehavior, hallucinations and policy violations. This technique, “confessions,” addresses a growing concern in enterprise AI: Models can be dishonest, overstating their confidence or covering up the shortcuts they take to arrive […]

Gong study: Sales teams using AI generate 77% more revenue per rep

The debate over whether artificial intelligence belongs in the corporate boardroom appears to be over — at least for the people responsible for generating revenue. Seven in ten enterprise revenue leaders now trust AI to regularly inform their business decisions, according to a sweeping new study released Thursday by Gong, the revenue intelligence company. The […]