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Developer

Meta's Muse Glimmer Launch and Zuckerberg's Personal Superintelligence Essay Mark a Return to Open-Weight Leadership

Meta released Muse Glimmer, an open-weight 30B-parameter multimodal agent model under Apache 2.0, optimized for local deployment on consumer GPUs. CEO Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on Personal Superintelligence, outlining Meta's vision for accessible AI and addressing labor, geopolitics, and compute. The release signals Meta's return to open-weight leadership.

Aug 1113 minNeura News

AI Models

OpenAI Lockdown Mode guards against prompt injection

OpenAI announced a new security feature called Lockdown Mode that helps protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks. The mode disables live web browsing, image retrieval from the web, deep research, and agent mode. It is rolling out to self-serve ChatGPT Business accounts and eligible personal accounts.

Jun 63 minNeura News

Product Launch

xAI Releases Grok 4.3 with Price Cuts and Imagine Agent Mode

xAI has launched Grok 4.3, a model designed for developers that handles tasks such as web searches and code execution at lower prices. It shows gains in some benchmarks but trails leaders from OpenAI and Anthropic. A beta Agent Mode for Grok Imagine supports extended creative projects like movies or manga sets.

May 23 minNeura News

AI Tools

Microsoft Reports 20M Paid Copilot Users with Strong Usage

Microsoft revealed that Microsoft 365 Copilot now has 20 million paid enterprise seats. CEO Satya Nadella shared this during the quarterly earnings call, noting quadrupled growth in large deployments and usage levels matching Outlook. Queries per user rose nearly 20% quarter over quarter, with agent mode now default across key apps.

Apr 293 minNeura News

Product Launch

Microsoft Launches Agent Mode in Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Microsoft begins rolling out Agent Mode, previously called 'vibe working,' in its Office applications Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This upgrade makes Copilot more active in handling commands and edits. It becomes the default for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Premium subscribers, with real-time visibility into AI actions.

Apr 233 minNeura News