[Dev Catch Up # 113]- GLM 5.2, Kimi-K2.7-Code, SpaceX acquires Cursor, Anthropic blocks Fable and Mythos access, Vercel’s Eve-Agent Framework, OpenRouter's Fusion,Cursor's Origin,Zed's DeltaDB & more!
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Z.AI has released GLM 5.2, its new open weight coding model. It is built for long coding tasks and supports 1M context. It has two thinking effort levels, High and Max. For coding, Z.AI recommends Max for better reasoning. Check Z.AI’s post for more details.
Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.7 Code. It improves coding and agent performance compared to K2.6. It also uses fewer reasoning tokens, which means less overthinking during coding tasks. The model is available through Kimi API and Kimi Code. Check Kimi’s post for more details.
SpaceX has decided to acquire Cursor. The goal is to build more useful AI models. A new model is already being trained, and SpaceX says it will be available in Cursor and Grok Build soon. Check SpaceX’s post for more details.
Cartesia has launched Sonic 3.5 and Ink 2 for voice AI. Sonic 3.5 is for text to speech, and Ink 2 is for speech to text. Both are built for real time voice agent use cases. Sonic 3.5 also supports more than 40 languages. Check Cartesia’s launch post for more details.
OSS Highlight of the Week
This week we are featuring Eve, Vercel’s framework for building AI agents. Eve lets developers build agents using normal project files and folders. The agent’s instructions, tools, skills, and schedules are kept in standard folders, so it is easier to understand and update the agent. Check the Vercel Eve page for more details.
Good to know
Anthropic is suspending access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a US government directive. The directive blocks access for foreign nationals, and Anthropic says it is removing access for all users to comply. Other Anthropic models are not affected. Check Anthropic’s post for more details.
Midjourney has launched Midjourney Medical. This is not about image generation. They are working on Ultrasonic CT, a full body ultrasound scan using sound and water. Midjourney says the scan can take as little as 60 seconds. The first location is planned in San Francisco by the end of 2027. Check Midjourney Medical’s page for more details.
Many AI products and features get launched, changed, deprecated, or shut down over time. Killed by OpenAI is a site that tracks OpenAI products, features, and APIs that were shut down, deprecated, or inactive. It also shows the status and shutdown date for each item. Check the site if you want to track OpenAI product changes.
OpenAI has added Library for files in ChatGPT. Files you upload or create in ChatGPT are saved in Library, so you can find and reuse them later. Library storage is separate from daily chat attachment limits. Check OpenAI’s help page for more details.
Notable FYIs
Zed has opened early access for DeltaDB, a version control system built for agentic coding. It records every small code change between commits, so developers can rewind to any point. It also links each code change with the agent conversation that created it. Check Zed’s DeltaDB page for more details.
OpenRouter has introduced Fusion, a tool to combine outputs from multiple models. It sends the prompt to a group of models and then uses another model to merge the useful responses. OpenRouter says this works better for deep research tasks than calling one model alone. Check OpenRouter’s post for more details.
Cursor has introduced Origin, a new code hosting and collaboration platform. It is built for teams using AI agents to code faster. The waitlist is open now. Check Cursor Origin for more details.
Exa has launched Exa Agent, an API for web research. It can search the web deeply and collect detailed information for a given task. For large tasks, it splits the work into smaller parts and runs subagents in parallel. Check Exa’s post for more details.
Kage is a tool for saving websites as offline copies. It renders the site and saves the final page with CSS, images, and fonts. It removes JavaScript, so the saved site can be opened later without scripts or network calls. Check the GitHub repo for more details.
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