not much happened today

**OpenAI** plans to release its first open-weight language model since **GPT-2** in the coming months, signaling a move towards more open AI development. **DeepSeek** launched its open-source **R1 model** earlier this year, challenging perceptions of China's AI progress. **Gemma 3** has achieved function calling capabilities and ranks on the **Berkeley Function-Calling Leaderboard**, while **GemmaCoder3-12b** improves code reasoning performance on **LiveCodeBench**. **Alibaba_Qwen's Qwen2.5-Omni** introduces a novel Thinker-Talker system and **TMRoPE** for multimodal input understanding. The **TogetherCompute** team achieved **140 TPS** on a 671B parameter model, outperforming **Azure** and **DeepSeek API** on **Nvidia GPUs**. **OpenAI** also expanded **ChatGPT** features with image generation for all free users and a new voice release. **Runway Gen-4** enhances animation for miniature dioramas, and **LangChain** launched a chat-based generative UI agent. Commercial deployment of **Figure 03 humanoid robots** at **BMW** highlights advances in autonomy and manufacturing scaling. New tools include **OpenAI's realtime transcription API** with **WebRTC** support and **Amazon's Nova Act AI browser agent**.