Muse Spark Open is announced as the most capable US open-weight model to date, featuring 816B total and 42B active parameters. It supports a 1M token context window and native multimodal input across text, image, video, and audio.
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Parameters: 816B total / 42B active
Context window: 1M tokens
Multimodal: text, image, video, audio
Target use: coding and agentic work, long-horizon tasks, complex software engineering, multi-step reasoning
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Span-02 on OpenRouter launches with $0.01/M input tokens
Span-02 is now available on OpenRouter, costing $0.01 per million input tokens with free output and 131K context. It returns a choice, yes/no/unknown, or a score with probabilities. It can run with a reasoning budget until a deadline and then return its best decision.
Key points
Pricing: $0.01 per million input tokens, free output.
Context window: 131K tokens.
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Gemini 4 Argon (High) lands #5 in Agent Arena with +13.2% net improvement
Gemini 4 Argon (High) by GoogleDeepMind reached #5 in Agent Arena, showing a +13.2% net improvement. MiMo V2.6 Pro by XiaomiMiMo is now #1 among open models in Agent Arena (#13 overall) with +3.9% net improvement. Muse Wonder (Max) by AIatMeta placed #2 in Text Arena, #15 in Code Arena: WebDev, and #12 in Agent Arena with +6.4% net improvement.
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Gemini 4 Argon (High) landed #5 in Agent Arena, +13.2% net improvement
MiMo V2.6 Pro ranks #1 among open models in Agent Arena, +3.9% net improvement
Muse Wonder (Max) debuted #2 in Text Arena (1513 pts), #15 in Code Arena: WebDev (1651 pts), #12 in Agent Arena, +6.4% net improvement
New agentic version of Max: Arena’s model router achieves frontier-level performance at 37% lower cost
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TSK-Bench AI task leaderboard launch announced
TSK-Bench AI task leaderboard launch announced, testing top AIs on building apps, connecting agents, and running automations. Each run improves TSK-1 and BYOK access to Taskade is offered for early access.
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Tested top AIs on building apps, connecting agents, and running automations.
Every run improves TSK-1.
BYOK reply grants early access to Taskade.
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Mirelo SFX 2.0 on Runway generates full soundscapes
Mirelo SFX 2.0 on Runway generates full soundscapes from video while keeping dialogue intact. It provides automatic sound design synced to every frame.
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Mirelo SFX 2.0 is now on Runway
Generates full soundscapes from your video while keeping dialogue intact
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HeyGen MCP new content workflow with HyperFrames Studio
HeyGen MCP introduces a workflow that creates A-roll with realistic avatar and voice, then HyperFrames_ Studio edits, captions and color matches. The process starts by pasting a script into ChatGPT.
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Step 1: Paste your script into ChatGPT
Step 2: HeyGen MCP makes your A-roll with the most realistic avatar and voice you’ve ever heard
Step 3: HyperFrames_ Studio edits it, captions it, and color matches it
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Redis Dev Hub – centralized tutorials and AI guides
Redis Dev Hub now aggregates tutorials, learning paths, and reference docs in one location. It adds hands-on guides for building real-time AI agents with Redis Iris and for using LangGraph to add agent memory.
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Centralized hub for tutorials, learning paths, and reference docs.
Hands-on guides for real-time AI agents with Redis Iris and agent memory with LangGraph.
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- Original post
- Dev Hub Redis - Linked page
Snowflake Named Leader in IDC MarketScape 2026
Snowflake was placed in the Leaders Category of the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Intelligence Platform Software 2026 Vendor Assessment. The assessment highlighted Snowflake’s native unified governance, enterprise-grade resiliency and security, and a deep partner ecosystem.
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Native, unified governance within a broader data platform: Horizon Catalog embeds cataloging, classification, policy enforcement, lineage, and quality into the core Snowflake platform.
Enterprise-grade resiliency and security: cross-region and cross-cloud account and database replication, time travel, and fail-safe recovery provide high availability and business continuity.
