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Reflection debuts Beam, a open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

By Rebecca Bellan · TechCrunch · Monday, 5 October 2026 at 19:33 (2m ago) · Original article ↗

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, its first open-weight model, which it says rivals GLM-5.2 on reasoning with far less inference compute. Weights are due this month.

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Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27

The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.

Ars Technica 21m ago

OpenAI will add a digital watermark to text and code generated in the EU

This move is to comply with the EU's new AI transparency rules.

Engadget 41m ago

Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account

Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take…

TechCrunch 42m ago

Reflection debuts Beam, a open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

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