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Reflection AI launched its first open-weight model, Beam

The Brooklyn-based startup says Beam, a 501-billion-parameter model, matches leading Chinese open models on reasoning benchmarks at lower compute cost

Reflection AI launched its first open-weight model, Beam

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Your privacy policy now has to describe your AI

From 10 December 2026, Australian Privacy Principles 1.7 to 1.9 require APP entities to disclose automated decision-making in their privacy policy.

  • Australian privacy policies must disclose AI use starting Dec 10, 2026
  • Applies to organizations classified as APP entities under Privacy Act
  • OAIC provides guidance to help meet new regulatory requirements

Paul Graham Versus the Pope

Pope Leo XIV recently tweeted that there is “an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of…

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