Signal

What actually matters right now.

Every entry carries a verification state. Verified means we confirmed it against a primary source. Reported means one credible source, not independently confirmed.Developing means it is still moving.

MODELS

Open weights are becoming the default starting point

Teams that assumed a hosted frontier model now start with an open model and only escalate when the workload demands it. The decision has moved from ideology to cost, latency, and control.

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EDGE

Inference keeps moving to where the work happens

Bandwidth, privacy, and latency all push the same direction — models running next to the sensor, the camera, the machine, or the operator rather than in a distant region.

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