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Artificial Analysis publishes AA-PersonalityBench: GPT-6 and Grok models are the most direct
Artificial Analysis published AA-PersonalityBench, a benchmark of model personality traits, with a results page, a methodology page and a tool for building your own personality ranking. The scores are the site's own.
Google's AI Mode gives evasive answers about who won the 2020 US election
Ars Technica reported on October 28 that Google's AI Mode in Search often answers "Who won the 2020 presidential election?" by pointing to the Federal Election Commission instead of naming the winner. The reporter says they saw the same for the 2024 election, and a link to an outside data page for 2012, while elections back to 2000 otherwise got direct answers. Other Ars staff got direct answers for some election years and links for others, with the years differing by person. Asked which party controlled the Senate after the 2020 elections, AI Mode linked to a Senate history page, but it answered directly for 1992.ElevenLabs introduces Cue, a forced alignment model
ElevenLabs research introduced Cue, a forced alignment model: the step that turns a transcript into timestamps, used for subtitles, dubbing and clickable transcripts. It places every character on the audio timeline.Vercel launches Vercel CI in beta on all plans
Vercel introduced Vercel CI, a continuous integration product now in beta on all plans. It skips tasks intelligently using Turborepo, and is optimized for agents through the Vercel MCP server and CLI.Rime launches Prism, a speech-to-speech model for voice agents
Rime launched Prism, a speech-to-speech model for AI voice agents. The figures below are Rime's own claims, not independently measured.Anthropic adds a gallery of ready-to-use artifacts to Claude for Legal
Anthropic added a gallery of ready-to-use artifacts to Claude for Legal: interactive tools, such as trackers and dashboards, that legal teams can adapt with their own data and connectors and share with colleagues. Each artifact opens with an example, and Anthropic says each answer or output links to its source.Claude Enterprise adds smart reports, in-app surveys and pooled group budgets
Anthropic says smart reports, in-app surveys and pooled group budgets are generally available for Claude Enterprise, though availability varies by configuration, including for organizations with a HIPAA configuration or customer-managed encryption keys.Eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can claim up to $500 a month in free API credits
OpenAI says eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim up to $500 per month in free API credits as a subscription benefit.Vercel Observability now shows AI traffic
Vercel says its Observability product now shows which AI bots visit a site, how often they come and what they request. The details are in Vercel's changelog entry.Vercel's open-source agent harness fx is now a built-in provider in T3 Code
Vercel says fx, its open-source agent harness, is now a built-in provider in T3 Code. Vercel says it runs on web, desktop and mobile and works with a user's existing models and skills. Vercel published a changelog entry, and its post had 39 points on X by October 28.Google launches a preview of its Connected Apps Platform for Search and the Gemini app
Google says developers can build an app once and reach users in both Search and the Gemini app. They integrate through a cloud-hosted MCP server, or through Android MCP using the AppFunctions APIs. They then register, test and submit the app in the Google Connected Console, and choose before review whether it goes live in Search, the Gemini app or both. Once live, developers can track traffic, latency and error rates, and keep control of their brand identity, including verified logos and authenticated accounts.Microsoft brings the Copilot harness to Foundry Agent Service
Microsoft introduced the Microsoft Copilot harness in Foundry Agent Service. Microsoft says GitHub's engineering team built a multi-model harness that it has now implemented across Microsoft products, and that the Foundry version lets developers build agents without rebuilding the execution layer. According to Microsoft, the harness handles orchestration, tools, context and controls, so developers can focus on their agent's skills and outcomes. Microsoft published a demo video and a Foundry blog post.
Artificial Analysis launches AA-Video-I2V v2.1, a benchmark for image-to-video models
Artificial Analysis launched AA-Video-I2V v2.1 and AA-Video-I2V-Silent v2.1, a benchmark for image-to-video models. Each prompt pairs a 1080p starting image with a prompt written for it and is tagged by use case, capability and visual style; models are judged at up to 1080p and ranked across 10 use cases and 10 capabilities. The overall ranking samples evenly across them. The results are Artificial Analysis's own.
GitHub Copilot in VS Code adds cloud sessions that follow you across clients, an Agent Host and experimental computer use
GitHub's VS Code update, announced at Universe, focuses on where agents run and how developers stay involved.GitHub Copilot Fusion, which routes and orchestrates models for each task, is generally available
GitHub says Copilot Fusion is generally available. Instead of choosing a model, a user picks Copilot Fusion in the model picker and an effort level (Standard, High or Max); Copilot decides which models to use and how they work together. It combines the multi-model orchestration of the earlier Project HydraFusion preview with Copilot's auto model selection. Workflows include a single model, a cascade (an efficient model drafts and a quality check decides whether to escalate) and critique (one model drafts, another reviews, the first revises).
OpenBMB releases MiniCPM-OCR, a 1B document parser, with a 2B model that scores OCR results
OpenBMB showed MiniCPM-OCR on X on October 28, running locally on an iPhone and an iPad. It is released with open weights and can run with llama.cpp, vLLM, SGLang or Ollama; fine-tuning code is open source, and OpenBMB also offers a demo and an API.GitHub Copilot app adds Projects and computer use in public preview
GitHub says the GitHub Copilot app now has Projects, in public preview: one place for work that spans several repositories or sessions, or that has no repository at all. A user describes a goal and adds context such as repositories, design mocks, Slack threads or meeting notes, picks models and tools, and Copilot runs as many agents as needed and returns results such as pull requests for review. Project automations cover repeatable tasks, for example creating a promo video whenever a feature lands. Context from connected tools such as Slack and Figma can be used to research a request or draft a specification.GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user
GitHub says enterprises working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team can now get Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise for every licensed user, so the thing to manage is AI usage against the enterprise budget rather than seat counts. It is available now for GitHub Enterprise Cloud through sales; self-serve availability is coming in stages with dates to follow, and current self-serve subscriptions are unaffected. Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise remain on sale.AssemblyAI launches its first text-to-speech model, AssemblyAI-TTS-1
AssemblyAI launched AssemblyAI-TTS-1, its first text-to-speech model, built for voice agents. AssemblyAI says it streams in 90 ms at $15 per million characters and calls it the best TTS model you can run at scale on accuracy, naturalness and cost together. OpenRouter says the model is live there, with 4,000+ voices served from the US or EU.