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84 announcements in the last 14 days · checked Oct 4, 8:37 PMPress coverage lives on the news page
Coverage: how each source is tracked (19)
SourceTrackingStatusLast checked
OpenAIFrontier labAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Google DeepMindFrontier labAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Mistral AIFrontier labAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
AnthropicFrontier labAutomatic (page watch, may miss items)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
xAIFrontier labAutomatic (page watch, may miss items)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Meta AIFrontier labAutomatic (page watch, may miss items)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Sam AltmanLeaderAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Greg BrockmanLeaderAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Dario AmodeiLeaderNot tracked automatically (follow link)——
Elon MuskLeaderNot tracked automatically (follow link)——
Mark ZuckerbergLeaderNot tracked automatically (follow link)——
Demis HassabisLeaderNot tracked automatically (follow link)——
Mustafa SuleymanLeaderNot tracked automatically (follow link)——
Jensen HuangLeaderNot tracked automatically (follow link)——
a16zInvestorAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Hugging FaceResearch orgAutomatic (RSS)Last check failedOct 4, 8:37 PM
Apple Machine Learning ResearchResearch orgAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
AI Futures ProjectResearch orgAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Google ResearchResearch orgAutomatic (RSS)OKOct 4, 8:37 PM
Yesterday · 1
Friday, October 2 · 7
Thursday, October 1 · 8
Wednesday, September 30 · 8
  • Apple Machine Learning ResearchResearch orgOfficial
    How Much of a Harness Does a Strong Agent Need for Autonomous ML Engineering?

    Recent autonomous machine learning engineering (MLE) agents have made significant progress on public leaderboards. Often motivated by progress stagnation over long-horizon cycles and limited Large Language Model (LLM) primitives, modern MLE

    machinelearning.apple.com · Oct 1, 2026

  • Apple Machine Learning ResearchResearch orgOfficial
    RLTL;DR: Self-Improvement by Internalizing Self-Generated Feedback

    The common paradigm of reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) is to let agents make multiple attempts at a task, and optimize towards the successful ones. This becomes problematic in the realms of self-improvement, where task

    machinelearning.apple.com · Oct 1, 2026

  • OpenAIFrontier labOfficial
    The Den frees up 10-15 hours a week to grow with ChatGPT Work

    As it opens a new location, the social club prepares grant applications in 2 hours instead of 3 days and liquor-license materials in 3 hours instead of 4 days.

    openai.com · Oct 1, 2026

  • Google DeepMindFrontier labOfficial
    Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence

    deepmind.google · Sep 30, 2026

  • Google DeepMindFrontier labOfficial
    Introducing SynthID Bio

    Proof of concept for watermarking AI-generated proteins while preserving biological function.

    deepmind.google · Sep 30, 2026

  • a16zInvestorOfficial
    State of Markets II

    100+ Charts On The State of Markets (1H’26). It's the best. You wouldn't want to miss it.

    a16z.news · Sep 30, 2026

  • OpenAIFrontier labOfficial
    Disrupting a coordinated model-distillation campaign

    Learn how OpenAI disrupted a campaign to extract protected model reasoning and is strengthening defenses against adversarial distillation.

    openai.com · Sep 30, 2026

  • OpenAIFrontier labOfficial
    Helping small businesses put AI to work

    OpenAI is partnering with America’s SBDC to expand hands-on AI training and local support for small businesses, alongside a new report on how small teams are using AI.

    openai.com · Sep 30, 2026

Tuesday, September 29 · 9
Monday, September 28 · 8
Sunday, September 27 · 4
  • Apple Machine Learning ResearchResearch orgOfficial
    Faster Rates for Federated Variational Inequalities

    In this paper, we study federated optimization for solving stochastic variational inequalities (VIs), a problem that has attracted growing attention in recent years. Despite substantial progress, a significant gap remains between existing c

    machinelearning.apple.com · Sep 28, 2026

  • OpenAIFrontier labOfficial
    Basis completes a tax workbook 2x faster with GPT-6 Astra

    GPT-6 Astra completed a 50-tab tax workbook twice as fast as GPT-5.6 Sol, and its stronger understanding of user intent gives Basis more confidence in real-world use.

    openai.com · Sep 28, 2026

  • OpenAIFrontier labOfficial
    Are you a Codex Original?

    We’re collecting real stories of builders, tinkerers, researchers, and creators who are using Codex to do incredible things. If you want to be a part of the next chapter of the Codex Originals program, tell us more about your story and proj

    openai.com · Sep 28, 2026

  • xAIFrontier labOfficial
    Team Bots: shared AI teammates that learn as they work

    x.ai · Sep 28, 2026

Friday, September 25 · 2
Thursday, September 24 · 3
Wednesday, September 23 · 14
Tuesday, September 22 · 8
Monday, September 21 · 10
Sunday, September 20 · 2

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  • Dario AmodeiLeader

    No feed, and the pages carry no dates.

    darioamodei.com
  • Elon MuskLeader

    Announcements are posted on social media. Not tracked automatically.

    x.com
  • Mark ZuckerbergLeader

    Announcements are posted on social media. Not tracked automatically.

    threads.com
  • Demis HassabisLeader

    Announcements are posted on social media. Not tracked automatically.

    x.com
  • Mustafa SuleymanLeader

    Announcements are posted on social media. Not tracked automatically.

    x.com
  • Jensen HuangLeader

    Announcements are posted on social media. Not tracked automatically.

    nvidia.com