AI Updates on 2025-10-11

Alibaba releases updates to Qwen3-Omni fixing audio recognition bug that previously limited it to only the first 30 seconds of audio @Alibaba_Qwen
Alibaba announces major updates to Qwen Code v0.0.12-v0.0.14 featuring Plan Mode for AI-proposed implementation plans, Vision Intelligence with auto-switching to Qwen3-VL-Plus (256K input/32K output), and Zed integration with OAuth authentication @Alibaba_Qwen

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei meets with Indian Prime Minister Modi to discuss expansion to India, where Claude Code usage has increased 5x since June, highlighting India's critical role in AI deployment across education, healthcare, and agriculture @DarioAmodei
AI technology adoption is spreading faster than previous technology waves including internet, smartphones, and cloud computing, creating a narrower window of opportunity for tech professionals to make an impact @GergelyOrosz
Research shows AI is accelerating scientific productivity, with GenAI users experiencing 15% increased productivity in 2023 rising to 36% in 2024, while also improving publication quality @emollick
Respected software engineers with 20+ years of experience are adopting AI coding tools for daily use, suggesting these tools have reached sufficient quality and reliability for professional adoption @GergelyOrosz
Enterprise AI deals are accelerating with Zendesk unveiling AI agents capable of resolving 80% of customer service issues, and strategic partnerships between Anthropic-IBM and Deloitte announcements @TechCrunch
Andrew Tulloch, AI researcher, reportedly leaves his position, indicating continued talent movement in the AI industry @TechCrunch

Deloitte faced accountability in Australia for submitting work containing false AI citations, raising questions about corporate responsibility in AI-generated content verification @TechCrunch
OpenAI's Sora enables millions of new creators to generate content, democratizing video creation capabilities @gdb

Sierra introduces outbound AI calling capabilities for proactive customer engagement in financial services sales and account verification @btaylor
Stanford researchers develop "Cartridges" - compact memory modules that study user context offline to enable faster AI bot responses while reducing memory and cost requirements @StanfordHAI
Users can generate podcasts on any topic with Sora by starting prompts with "A four way split screen podcast" and directing discussions or adding custom dialogue @AndrewCurran_
Jesse Vincent demonstrates creative customizations for Claude Code using the new plugin system, including using Graphviz DOT graphs as a prompting language @simonw
Claude's code interpreter mode includes a /mnt/skills/public/ folder with prompt instructions and Python utilities for manipulating PDF, DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX files @simonw

GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro achieve gold medal performance in the International Olympiad of Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), demonstrating world-class capabilities in cutting-edge physics @deedydas
ARC 3 puzzle benchmark shows interesting properties: more accessible to children than ARC 1 & 2, while being significantly more difficult for current AI systems @fchollet
GPT-OSS 20B can now run on Snapdragon phones with 16GB+ of GPU-accessible memory, utilizing unified CPU-GPU memory architecture similar to Apple Silicon @simonw
Research on reinforcement learning scaling laws shows different patterns compared to pretraining scaling laws, with questions about convergence steps and hyperparameter scaling for different model sizes @natolambert