Hey Devs! :) This week brought major updates across AI tooling for researchers, open models, on-device AI, and autonomous systems. Here’s what developers should know.
Prism - A Free AI Workspace for Scientists
OpenAI introduced Prism, a free AI-native workspace for scientific writing and collaboration powered by GPT-5.2.
Think of it as:
AI built inside the research workflow
LaTeX-native writing + collaboration
Literature search + equation assistance
Real-time co-author editing
Unlimited projects & collaborators
Read more: https://openai.com/index/introducing-prism/
Moonshot Releases Kimi K2.5 - Strong Open Model Push
Chinese lab Moonshot AI dropped Kimi K2.5, positioning it as a leading open-weights model.
Beats Sonnet 4.5 benchmarks at ~half the cost
Native multimodal (image + video)
Agent Swarm system → up to 100 parallel sub-agents
Strong coding + reasoning performance
Runs locally with quantization
Read more:
Mercedes-Benz + NVIDIA Push Toward Level-4 Autonomy
Mercedes-Benz unveiled a new S-Class built on NVIDIA’s DRIVE AV platform with an L4-ready architecture.
AI + classical safety stacks running in parallel
Sensor redundancy (camera, radar, lidar)
Built for future robotaxi deployment
Integration with Uber mobility network
Read more: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/mercedes-benz-l4-s-class-drive-av-platform/
LiteRT - Google’s Universal Framework for On-Device AI
Google announced LiteRT, a major evolution beyond TensorFlow Lite.
What’s new:
1.4× faster GPU performance
New NPU acceleration
Cross-platform (Android, iOS, macOS, Web)
PyTorch/JAX model support
Designed for GenAI on edge devices
Read more: https://developers.googleblog.com/litert-the-universal-framework-for-on-device-ai/
Run Claude Code 100% Locally with Ollama launch
In this video, I show you how to run Claude Code 100% locally using Ollama! 🚀 This new update allows you to use open-source models (like GPT-OSS, Qwen, etc.) directly in your terminal without relying on the Anthropic API.
Watch on YouTube: Run Claude Code 100% Locally with Ollama launch
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