New AI Models April 2026: Anthropic Won't Ship Its Best. Open Source Will.
AI / Open Source
GLM-5.1 Open Source LLM Ships With 8-Hour Autonomous Task Capability, Beating Claude Opus 4
Z.AI's GLM-5.1 is a 754-billion parameter open-source model released under MIT license that can run autonomously for up to 8 hours, outperforming Claude Opus 4.6 on SWE-Bench Pro and other benchmarks — a major leap for open-weight agentic AI.
Creati.ai • 4d ago
Tech
Report: Meta Developing Open-Source Versions of Upcoming AI Models
Meta plans to release open-source derivatives of its next-generation AI models codenamed Avocado and Mango. The open versions will launch 'eventually' with reduced capabilities, continuing Meta's bet that openness is a strategic advantage over closed-source rivals.
SiliconAngle • 6d ago
Nerd Culture
Sam Altman Responds to 'Incendiary' New Yorker Investigation After Attack on His Home
Ronan Farrow's explosive New Yorker investigation, sourced from 100+ insiders and 200+ pages of private notes, alleges Altman repeatedly misled OpenAI's board and deprioritized safety. Altman called the piece 'incendiary' while acknowledging past mistakes.
TechCrunch • 1d ago
Fiber
T-Mobile Eyes Uniti Fiber Assets as Expansion Strategy Continues
T-Mobile is exploring an acquisition of Uniti Group's Kinetic fiber business, building on prior purchases of Lumos and Metronet. The deal would give T-Mobile immediate rural fiber reach as it pushes aggressively beyond wireless into fixed broadband.
Broadband Breakfast • 5d ago
Politics
New Laws in 2026 Target AI and Deepfakes, Paid Leave and Rising Healthcare Costs
States rang in 2026 with new legislation addressing AI-generated imagery in elections, paid family leave expansions, and expiring healthcare subsidies. The wave of AI-specific laws reflects growing pressure on legislators as 600+ AI bills circulate through state capitols.
NBC News • 102d ago
7-Day Forecast
NWS
This Afternoon
58°F
NW 10 mph
Partly Sunny
Tonight
45°F
N 5 mph
Mostly Cloudy
Sunday
62°F
NW 8 mph
Mostly Sunny
Sunday Night
44°F
N 5 mph
Patchy Fog
Monday
60°F
W 10 mph
Fog then Sunny
Monday Night
46°F
NW 8 mph
Mostly Clear
Tuesday
57°F
NW 15 mph
Partly Sunny, Breezy
Tuesday Night
42°F
N 10 mph
Mostly Clear
Wednesday
55°F
NW 12 mph
Sunny
Wednesday Night
41°F
N 5 mph
Clear
Thursday
59°F
W 10 mph
Mostly Sunny
Thursday Night
44°F
NW 8 mph
Partly Cloudy
Friday
56°F
NW 15 mph
Chance Rain
Friday Night
43°F
N 10 mph
Rain Likely
Kylo — Majestic floof in natural habitat.
Morning Doom
View all →
Tech
Fiber
California Activates Largest Public Broadband Network, Connecting First Rural Community
Open Source
AI Code is Hollowing Out Open Source, and Maintainers are Looking the Other Way
Politics
U.S. Tech Legislative Roundup: 600+ AI Bills, CAV Rules, and AI Agent Standards
Fiber
The Future of Fiber Technology: What's Next?
Tasks
5 open
Review fiber splice report
2d overdue
Push daily-dashboard spec to repo
Order replacement SFP modules
Schedule tower inspection
Update vault project notes
Now Playing
Git Activity
daily-dashboard
Initial project setup
2h ago
gr1ff3n-www
Update landing page copy
1d ago
mendowifi-site
Add coverage map component
2d ago