🤖 Claude brings learning mode 🤖
Anthropic brings Learning Mode with new explanatory features

Anthropic has expanded Claude's Learning Mode beyond education users, introducing new output styles for Claude Code. The /output-style command now offers three modes: Default for efficient software engineering, Explanatory for educational insights between tasks, and Learning for collaborative coding where Claude adds TODO markers for developers to complete.

The feature transforms Claude into a teaching assistant that explains implementation choices and codebase patterns while maintaining its core capabilities like running scripts and file management.

🤖 Google releases Gemma 3 270M compact model 🤖
New open-source AI model can run on your smartphone

Google has launched Gemma 3 270M, a lightweight version of its Gemma model family designed for edge computing and mobile applications. The model maintains competitive performance while requiring significantly less computational resources than its larger counterparts.

This release targets developers building AI applications with limited hardware constraints and continues Google's strategy of democratizing AI access through smaller, efficient models.

💰 OpenAI Startup Fund invests $14M in Excel AI agent Endex 💰
Convert complex documents to clean digital formats

OpenAI's Startup Fund led a $14 million investment in Endex, a startup founded by Thiel Fellow Tarun Amasa that created the first AI agent integrated directly into Microsoft Excel. Powered by OpenAI's reasoning models, Endex can execute multi-step financial tasks for hours, from building discounted cash flow models to parsing SEC filings and converting PDFs into structured tables. The tool integrates cell reference tracing, automated formatting, and deep research capabilities while maintaining audit trails for compliance requirements.

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🦠MIT's AI discovers new antibiotics against super bacteria🦠

MIT researchers have developed an AI system that successfully identified new antibiotic compounds effective against drug-resistant bacteria. The AI model analyzed over 12 million chemical compounds and discovered several promising candidates that showed efficacy against superbugs in laboratory tests. This breakthrough demonstrates AI's potential to accelerate pharmaceutical research and address the growing global threat of antibiotic resistance. Clinical trials for the most promising compounds are expected to begin within 18 months.

💰 Cohere raises $500M in Nvidia-led funding round 💰

Canadian AI company Cohere has secured $500 million in Series D funding led by Nvidia, valuing the enterprise-focused startup at $5.5 billion. The round included participation from existing investors Index Ventures and Inovia Capital. Cohere specializes in large language models for enterprise applications and competes directly with OpenAI's business offerings. The funding will accelerate Cohere's expansion into European markets and enhance its enterprise AI platform capabilities.