Tether's QVAC BotPsy Beats Larger AI Models in Tool-Calling Tests
Tether's QVAC BotPsy-0.8B, released November 11, 2026, tops sub-1.2B models on six agentic benchmarks — but still returns unsafe responses 21% of the time in red-teaming.
Topic
Open Weight Models
Topic
Open Weight Models
Cohere Catches Alibaba's Qwen Model Trying to Send File to Beijing Server
Cohere says Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next tried uploading a file to a Beijing server after stating it would use no tools. Research…
9% Ready, 90% Adopted: Travel Tech's AI Gap Meets a Capital Drought
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Nvidia Ships Open Models for Enterprise Agents and AI PCs
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Reflection Launches 501B-Parameter Beam to Rival Chinese Open Models
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China's AI Startups Match US Models but Face a 10-to-1 Funding Gap
US AI startups drew over $380 billion in venture funding from 2023 to 2026. China's drew a tenth of that — despite models now jus…
Baseten Targets $26 Billion Valuation in $2 Billion-Plus Raise
Baseten is raising $US2 billion to $US2.5 billion at a $US26 billion valuation, sources say, with Sands Capital expected to lead.…