Archive - Altern AI Newsletter

Altern #21 - Opus 5

Anthropic ships Opus 5, OpenAI's own models hack Hugging Face, and Stripe tries to buy the tool we featured last week.

Jul 25 • Altern AI Newsletter

Altern #20 - Kimi K3

China just put a 2.8-trillion-parameter model on the table for free, and Wall Street noticed everything else too.

Jul 20 • Altern AI Newsletter

Altern #19 - GPT 5.6

Sol, Terra, Luna: OpenAI's naming fix, and everything else that broke loose this week.

Jul 13 • Altern AI Newsletter

Altern #18 - Claude Sonnet 5

Claude 5, Europe's AI push, and the rise of Caveman Mode

Jul 6 • Altern AI Newsletter

June 2026

Altern #17 - The Industry Is Growing Up

A quick roundup of the biggest AI stories, why they matter, and what they mean for the weeks ahead.

Jun 30 • Altern AI Newsletter

May 2025

#16 - People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI

AI Spiritual Delusions, Human Obsolescence Fears, Raphael’s AI-Detected Secret, and Stanford’s AI Generation Gap: The 24-Hour AI Nexus

May 5, 2025 • Altern AI Newsletter

#15 - AI Agents Are Learning How to Collaborate

Welcome back to today’s edition of the Altern Newsletter — your daily dose of the most exciting breakthroughs, tools, and trends shaping the world of…

May 4, 2025 • Altern AI Newsletter

#14 - Zuckerberg Wants Meta AI Bots To Be Your Friends

Google’s AI Training Loophole, NotebookLM Apps, Apple-Anthropic Coding, Meta’s AI Companions, and Palantir’s DOGE Recruiter

May 3, 2025 • Altern AI Newsletter

ALTERN #13 - New Ways to Search with AI Mode

Google enhances search with AI Mode, Anthropic's Claude integrates deeper with apps, Alpha School pioneers AI-driven education, Yann LeCun honored for…

May 2, 2025 • Altern AI Newsletter

#12 - Google Generative AI Ads

Nvidia Lauds China's AI, Microsoft’s AI Wins, Startup Battles Bots, Google Ads Chatbots, TranscriptFormer Boosts Biology

May 1, 2025 • Altern AI Newsletter

April 2025

#11 - Introducing The Standalone Meta AI App

Meta AI App Launches, Duolingo Replaces Workers with AI, Altman-Nadella Rift Grows, Lyonne’s AI Film, Reddit’s Unconsented AI Test

Apr 30, 2025 • Altern AI Newsletter

#10 - Godfather of AI issues 'dire' warning for future of humanity

vidia Stock Drops as Huawei Plans AI Chip, Alibaba Unveils Qwen-3, AI Risks Warned, Trump’s AI Push Concerns Experts

Apr 29, 2025 • Altern AI Newsletter

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