# This Week in All Things AI - Week 32-2026 *Sunday 2nd August 2026 to Saturday 8th August 2026* By [This Week in All Things AI](https://paragraph.com/@twiata) · 2026-08-09 --- This Week in All Things AI covers key developments in models, agents, tools, infrastructure, and policy curated from discussions in the [**All Things AI Telegram group.**](https://t.me/+PnCnwhgH8V4yMTFl) If you follow AI for work, research, investing, or just to understand where the technology is heading, this [**weekly brief**](https://paragraph.com/@twiata) is a concise way to scan the most important launches, risks, and resources in a few focused minutes. The week of 2nd to 8th August 2026 saw a flurry of agentic coding launches. DeepSeek opened a closed beta for its Harness framework, and Qwen previewed its 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max ahead of an open-weight release. Meta launched Muse Code on the new Muse Spark 1.2 model with steep data-sharing discounts, while Command Code rolled out its GOAT subscription plan bundling access to 30+ coding models. OpenAI, with AWS, Cursor, GitHub, Microsoft, and Vercel, introduced Agent Plugins, an open standard for portable agent skills. Multimodal generation also advanced: MiniMax open-sourced its H3 omni-modal model with day-zero ComfyUI support, Black Forest Labs expanded FLUX 3 Video access, and Alibaba's Wan3.0 entered public beta with native 30-second clips. xAI closed the week with Imagine Image 2.0, adding precision editing tools built for real-world production use. On the infrastructure side, practitioners flagged lighter headless browsers for cutting agent navigation costs, security researchers warned about trust-handoff exploits in agent harnesses, and a widely shared "Power 2026" primer underscored electricity supply as AI's next major bottleneck." The sections that follow walk through these items day by day, with short context and links so you can dive deeper into the pieces most relevant to your work or interest * * * Sunday 2nd August 2026 ---------------------- Tianyi Cui from DeepSeek's Harness team posted on X inviting open-source developers of Agent Harness projects to join the closed beta by replying or DMing with GitHub ID and representative work. DeepSeek Harness is an upcoming agent framework focused on tool calling, context management, and terminal execution, positioned as a competitor to Anthropic's Claude Code and tied to their V4 model's enhanced coding agent capabilities. The beta targets specialized builders, with recent replies already featuring GitHub links to desktop agent tools and CLI integrators, reflecting strong interest from the AI agent development community. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3ae51aba18b1114334dc5ce217751b73f678ff68a0e8af0c460dc1ec76a662db.jpg)](https://twitter.com/tianyi) [Tianyi Cui](https://twitter.com/tianyi) [@tianyi](https://twitter.com/tianyi) [](https://twitter.com/tianyi/status/2083519855203078320) 如果你是 Agent Harness 相关开源项目的开发者，希望参加 DeepSeek Harness 的内测，可以回复或私信联系我。请附上 GitHub id 以及开源代表作。 [3,002](https://twitter.com/tianyi/status/2083519855203078320)[ 11:46 AM • Aug 1, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/tianyi/status/2083519855203078320) Monday 3rd August 2026 ---------------------- Alibaba's Qwen team announced Qwen3.8-Max as their most capable model yet with 2.4T parameters, emphasizing autonomous coding over 10+ days, long-horizon planning, and native multimodal intelligence for real production tasks.  Benchmark charts show Qwen3.8-Max leading in software engineering, agent workflows, visual perception, and embodied reasoning, surpassing models like GPT-5.6 Sol (max), Gemini1.3-Pro, and Opus4.8 across most categories.  Open weights for Qwen3.8-Max and the smaller Qwen3.8-27B will release next week; API pricing is set at $2/M input tokens, $6/M output tokens, with demos highlighting extended agentic coding and dynamic visual workflows. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/63cac069817eb46d92a6879de6375c225392fa290e86a5e49c9db88333c4e7f4.jpg)](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen) [Qwen](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen) [@Alibaba\_Qwen](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen) [](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/2084100707423289643) ![📢](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f4e2.png)Meet Qwen3.8-Max — our most capable model to date. Next week, the open weights of Qwen3.8-Max will be released, and Qwen3.8-27B is also going open-weights to meet you all!![🎉](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f389.png) Qwen3.8-Max, a new bar for coding and cowork at 2.4T parameters: \- Autonomous coding: 10+ days of ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9d3a380fcc9f068fa68bc892f911dce501ef2e7fcc636009d658a6b7b4ccba83.jpg) [22.7K](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/2084100707423289643)[ 2:15 AM • Aug 3, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/2084100707423289643) MiniMax AI announced the open-weight release of its 33B-parameter MiniMax-H3 omni-modal model on Hugging Face, enabling text/image/video/audio-to-video generation with native synchronized stereo audio up to 15-second 2K clips at 24 FPS.  The community license includes a US carve-out due to generative video copyright litigation with Hollywood studios  It is also unavailable in the EU, UK, and South Korea due to regulatory uncertainties around AI-generated video content.  Users in those areas can submit formal licensing requests by committing to robust local compliance controls and guardrails, with MiniMax planning to monitor and adapt policies as regulations change.  ComfyUI announces day-zero native integration for open-weights MiniMax H3, [ MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 · Hugging Face ----------------------------------- We're on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science. https://huggingface.co ![MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 · Hugging Face](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5b222f1aa3b8ca5b1f11faa8eef01a36d2e1058825daeadda96e51e5d00e606e.png) ](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b843a4b50d9e4dc0b1f2462c94990bc309a7102e3eac864331bec1345155ccf4.jpg)](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax) [RyanLee](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax) [@RyanLeeMiniMax](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax) [](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax/status/2084122657503707554) About Licence: This regional carve-out stems from our ongoing generative video copyright litigation with major [@Hollywood](https://twitter.com/Hollywood) studios. We aim to deliver our AI tools globally to all users responsibly. US-based persons looking to deploy MiniMax-H3 may submit formal licensing [257](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax/status/2084122657503707554)[ 3:42 AM • Aug 3, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax/status/2084122657503707554) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b843a4b50d9e4dc0b1f2462c94990bc309a7102e3eac864331bec1345155ccf4.jpg)](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax) [RyanLee](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax) [@RyanLeeMiniMax](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax) [](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax/status/2084136828551209307) For the EU, UK, and South Korea. This regional carve-out is driven by ongoing regulatory evolution surrounding AI-generated video content across these regions. Unlike hosted services, open-weight model releases allow developers to independently deploy and modify model weights, [27](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax/status/2084136828551209307)[ 4:38 AM • Aug 3, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/RyanLeeMiniMax/status/2084136828551209307) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f021a26128dde041f8c51890607fe114f82765375ec57c7dfbddc0567ba5a5c1.jpg)](https://twitter.com/ComfyUI) [ComfyUI](https://twitter.com/ComfyUI) [@ComfyUI](https://twitter.com/ComfyUI) [](https://twitter.com/ComfyUI/status/2084110113078751465) MiniMax H3 is native in ComfyUI, day zero with the weights. Model highlights: → Text-to-video, prompt only → Image-to-video → First-and-last-frame - control the opening frame, the closing frame, or both → Reference-to-video - carry a subject, a motion, or a voice ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2084110051984465920/img/pTxsbi6jNE_salHa.jpg) [2,332](https://twitter.com/ComfyUI/status/2084110113078751465)[ 2:52 AM • Aug 3, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/ComfyUI/status/2084110113078751465) Tuesday 4th August 2026 ----------------------- Wednesday 5th August 2026 ------------------------- via [Alex](https://t.me/zk_alex) If you are using agents to crawl websites and get robo-blocked or spend too many tokens for navigation, I recommend headless browser rebuilts like: [https://github.com/lightpanda-io/browser](https://github.com/lightpanda-io/browser) It cut my token use on navigation by 80+% Flux 3 Video now more available from BFL,  OpenRouter,  FAL,  Replicate It's capable of generating up to 20-second 1080p clips via text-to-video, image-to-video with multiple keyframes, video continuation, and native audio including multilingual dialogue with accurate lip sync.  Draft mode enables fast creative exploration with low-cost previews at $0.06 per second that preserve subjects and motion for seamless upgrade to full quality rendering from $0.17 per second.  2K, 4K support and open weights planned soon. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/48e40d0b60e6cc4b4d50c3a578891946885121c7657784e16afb443921212c93.jpg)](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) [Black Forest Labs](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) [@bfl\_ai](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) [](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai/status/2084693191484469305) FLUX 3 Video is here. Serious, fun, creative, real, cinematic, whatever you need it to be. Native audio, Text to Video, Image to Video with multiple frames, video continuation, dialogue in multiple languages. Comes with Draft mode so you can explore ideas fast at a fraction of ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2084692981563711488/img/jhETe1G2y4aD7CvT.jpg) [2,715](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai/status/2084693191484469305)[ 5:29 PM • Aug 4, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai/status/2084693191484469305) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fcb57ac531b7bcea96bede3d02b1c04020bcbc6e11aa5582f8cc8c19d7077098.jpg)](https://twitter.com/OpenRouter) [OpenRouter](https://twitter.com/OpenRouter) [@OpenRouter](https://twitter.com/OpenRouter) [](https://twitter.com/OpenRouter/status/2084699413898027064) FLUX 3 Video from [@bfl\_ai](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) is now available for everyone on OpenRouter. One unified multimodal model family for video, audio, image, and action-prediction. Serious, fun, creative, real, cinematic, whatever you need it to be. Jointly trained in one unified architecture. ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2084699352946356224/img/rsBIw7XtISAZ9aPU.jpg) [103](https://twitter.com/OpenRouter/status/2084699413898027064)[ 5:54 PM • Aug 4, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/OpenRouter/status/2084699413898027064) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9443d5b767e2aa9f5acf5f6458712e5c891b4873f290d0ba353841066eabb1e4.jpg)](https://twitter.com/fal) [fal](https://twitter.com/fal) [@fal](https://twitter.com/fal) [](https://twitter.com/fal/status/2084694140986777622) FLUX 3 by [@bfl\_ai](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) is now available on fal. Up to 20s per generation with native audio, multilingual dialogue with strong lipsync, multi-scene shots, and video continuation that carries framing and scene logic forward. ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2084687439822835712/img/QEAT0dmQLCd4Lui6.jpg) [280](https://twitter.com/fal/status/2084694140986777622)[ 5:33 PM • Aug 4, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/fal/status/2084694140986777622) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ef23e1aefeedabf89d4fb05527a728f1ed5ea911bc11dc63ef0bbda28d82eca3.jpg)](https://twitter.com/replicate) [Replicate](https://twitter.com/replicate) [@replicate](https://twitter.com/replicate) [](https://twitter.com/replicate/status/2084695365370912909) FLUX 3 Video from [@bfl\_ai](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) is now on Replicate! One multimodal model for video, audio, image, and action-prediction, with video released today. Generate 20 second videos up to 1080p. Try here: [replicate.com/black-forest-l…](https://t.co/z8lSA0vRpu) ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2084693768335134721/img/foLHlA5hqJj0R2SB.jpg) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/48e40d0b60e6cc4b4d50c3a578891946885121c7657784e16afb443921212c93.jpg)](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) [Black Forest Labs](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) [@bfl\_ai](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai) [](https://twitter.com/bfl_ai/status/2084693191484469305) FLUX 3 Video is here. Serious, fun, creative, real, cinematic, whatever you need it to be. Native audio, Text to Video, Image to Video with multiple frames, video continuation, dialogue in multiple languages. Comes with Draft mode so you can explore ideas fast at a fraction of ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2084692981563711488/img/jhETe1G2y4aD7CvT.jpg) [105](https://twitter.com/replicate/status/2084695365370912909)[ 5:38 PM • Aug 4, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/replicate/status/2084695365370912909) via [Alex](https://t.me/zk_alex) God of the gaps. Hacking Agents through (un)trusted handover commands in the harnesses. Many harnesses hardcode trust -> "everything beyong this point is trusted" and this can be used to prompt hijack agents: Quote from the article: > “Most teams audit what the agent can do. The exposure we keep finding is in what happens after, the handoff between ‘approved’ and ‘executed,’ between ‘read’ and ‘published,’ between ‘fetched’ and ‘trusted.'” [ An AI agent can pass every safety check and still leak secrets - Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AI agent security fails at the handoff. Novee's Elad Meged broke Claude Code, Gemini CLI and Codex agents in their default configs. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com ![An AI agent can pass every safety check and still leak secrets - Help Net Security](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1815bd39c88b1984af890c5e8206b52403fa56e37df777ae0b95bd1c2412494d.webp) ](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/29/ai-agent-security-safety-check/) via [Alex](https://t.me/zk_alex) TIMES magazine started to expose bots to abbreviated articles with baked in ads.  [https://TIMES magazine started to expose bots to abbreviated articles with baked in ads.](https://TIMES magazine started to expose bots to abbreviated articles with baked in ads.) Thursday 6th August 2026 ------------------------ Meta Launches Muse Code Beta for Full Repo Engineering Tasks Powered by the new Muse Spark 1.2 model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, Muse Code plans changes, writes code, and validates results across sessions using persistent background sub-agents that parallelize work safely. Benchmarks show it competing with top models from OpenAI and Anthropic on tests like Terminal-Bench 2.1 and DeepSWE 1.1, while pricing starts at $1.25 per million input tokens—with a cheap contributor tier at $0.10 if you opt into data sharing. Mark Zuckerberg and chief AI officer Alexandr Wang emphasized its one-command install and focus on reliable, long-horizon coding tasks. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4f8e9acbd1933423fd0afe84206ee38fd7210765e8772be23243d14818a3fa60.jpg)](https://twitter.com/finkd) [Mark Zuckerberg](https://twitter.com/finkd) [@finkd](https://twitter.com/finkd) [](https://twitter.com/finkd/status/2085080750034940201) Releasing Muse Code in beta today. It's a terminal coding agent that takes on complete software engineering tasks across large repos: planning changes, writing code, validating the results. Powered by Muse Spark 1.2, a coding-focused model update. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/13a18c87f549ce3a8942e49bfc50c515f89cabb0625997164c556ba190faaa33.jpg) [14.3K](https://twitter.com/finkd/status/2085080750034940201)[ 7:09 PM • Aug 5, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/finkd/status/2085080750034940201) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0ba931c49f15868e9153fad0df159edcbe7ce220f21beb102cedf64bd5407362.jpg)](https://twitter.com/alexandr_wang) [Alexandr Wang](https://twitter.com/alexandr_wang) [@alexandr\_wang](https://twitter.com/alexandr_wang) [](https://twitter.com/alexandr_wang/status/2085081833121935745) muse code in beta is live. first coding agent from msl, built on muse spark 1.2. install: curl -fsS [dev.meta.ai/install.sh](https://t.co/TFXsXfJKW8) | bash here's what you should know: ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/91a74e688564447aab42eed56f9adb495d380000ccd7cdf06ff6b5ec32faf88e.jpg) [2,272](https://twitter.com/alexandr_wang/status/2085081833121935745)[ 7:13 PM • Aug 5, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/alexandr_wang/status/2085081833121935745) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/51db31a2ffc8cf9397bcc6fe71f8af7338664b4c3dced759d79bc3bcc2d9ec3a.jpg)](https://twitter.com/ArtificialAnlys) [Artificial Analysis](https://twitter.com/ArtificialAnlys) [@ArtificialAnlys](https://twitter.com/ArtificialAnlys) [](https://twitter.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2085116732231028882) Meta has released Muse Spark 1.2. It's their third release in four months and scores 54 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, significantly improving agentic knowledge work capabilities over prior releases and putting Meta next to SpaceXAI in a tie for third place ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0e74b5cdf36efeec50157f7fe6944021b25109f52a0f24fa658da19fbe6249d0.jpg) [1,148](https://twitter.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2085116732231028882)[ 9:32 PM • Aug 5, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/2085116732231028882) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d0993c56f46ef9ef8b27a1420a78ad0a2323457d31006110d21d7cfb3af60a6c.jpg)](https://twitter.com/scaling01) [Lisan al Gaib](https://twitter.com/scaling01) [@scaling01](https://twitter.com/scaling01) [](https://twitter.com/scaling01/status/2085086087504949294) they actually give you the model almost for free if you allow them to train on your data ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2149d7ae4cc7ed44adc1cfce1a9368cf1618cbadbb1676771f1eb68bb0a60ae9.jpg) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d0993c56f46ef9ef8b27a1420a78ad0a2323457d31006110d21d7cfb3af60a6c.jpg)](https://twitter.com/scaling01) [Lisan al Gaib](https://twitter.com/scaling01) [@scaling01](https://twitter.com/scaling01) [](https://twitter.com/scaling01/status/2085081622471225668) RIP GOOGLE LONG LIVE META [2,283](https://twitter.com/scaling01/status/2085086087504949294)[ 7:30 PM • Aug 5, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/scaling01/status/2085086087504949294) [ Introducing Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2 ---------------------------------------- Introducing Muse Code, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, with persistent background agents, repository-scale execution, and built-in verification. https://research.meta.ai ![Introducing Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8019f9adb475d5c968e0288b8362ad59cf9fc368e26d01a4f90ea824ad57c99d.png) ](https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-code-and-muse-spark-1-2) Deepseek plans to raise API prices significantly but no details announced,  their v4-Flash 0.14/0.28/0.0028 is currently the floor for Chinese models including Mimo-v2.5 though Meta offers a lower price point for its recently launched Meta Spark-v1.2-contributor at 0.1/0.2/0.002.    Note that the low cache price in particularly from Deepseek's own provider allows them to train on input as per their ToS/privacy policy.  Other providers who also server DSv4-Flash-0731 may have different policies and serve it at different price points.   Pricing is always a function of model and provider [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/dc74764be72dd3aea8573352cbe1c0afc4de4835142e0f78e623bc2ce58bb5c5.png)](https://twitter.com/LeroyLi311063) [Leroy Li](https://twitter.com/LeroyLi311063) [@LeroyLi311063](https://twitter.com/LeroyLi311063) [](https://twitter.com/LeroyLi311063/status/2085174514355446183) DeepSeek has just announced: "We plan to raise the overall pricing for DeepSeek API services in the near future; a significant increase is expected." ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4727045a4c1a5b3c67f211e36a4792da1ca04ed3829bf28e4cd1372b29b41382.png) [158](https://twitter.com/LeroyLi311063/status/2085174514355446183)[ 1:21 AM • Aug 6, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/LeroyLi311063/status/2085174514355446183) [https://platform.deepseek.com/usage](https://platform.deepseek.com/usage) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3f935b7c04f1a18856e7ee0a9ad7f75995b05c077dd83e42a08facd98823cc22.jpg)](https://twitter.com/LuminaXspace) [Lumina](https://twitter.com/LuminaXspace) [@LuminaXspace](https://twitter.com/LuminaXspace) [](https://twitter.com/LuminaXspace/status/2085090690795536751) ![🚨](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f6a8.png)Muse Spark 1.2 is disgustingly cheap: Meta has two API versions, one where you share data one where you don't: • Input: $0.10/M vs $1.25/M, 12.5× cheaper • Cached input: $0.002/M vs $0.15/M, 75× cheaper • Output: $0.20/M vs $4.25/M, over 21× cheaper They genuinely give ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3fbe3d96ad5f3334114cc29ae626e3af54f5e3ec39e5d7ad3b40e3c10ba1db96.jpg) [351](https://twitter.com/LuminaXspace/status/2085090690795536751)[ 7:48 PM • Aug 5, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/LuminaXspace/status/2085090690795536751) Command Code's announces the GOAT plan at $10/month for $70 credits, delivering 7x value and access to over 30 open-weight and closed AI models for coding tasks.  The plan builds on their $1 Go starter tier by providing enough usage for meaningful projects, emphasizing solutions to open model challenges like cost, reliability, and performance via high cache rates and design tools.  Command Code positions itself as a leader in open model coding agents with leaderboard success, a v1 codebase rewrite, new Mods API, and upcoming open source release later this month  PS,  It also offers Muse Spark v1.2 and Muse Spark v1.2-contributor [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/920a3a4dc1c89e745da64c6e1e9a3d9c802e7b40c8090634a005d862c32ec3a3.jpg)](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI) [Command Code](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI) [@CommandCodeAI](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI) [](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI/status/2085039006203711649) Introducing the GOAT plan ![🐐](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f410.png) Command Code GOAT plan is the best low-cost coding plan on the market today. \- $10/mo to get $70 credits. 7x what you pay \- 30+ open weight and closed models $1 Go got you started. GOAT gets you shipping. Subscribe — be a GOAT. [1,240](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI/status/2085039006203711649)[ 4:23 PM • Aug 5, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI/status/2085039006203711649) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/920a3a4dc1c89e745da64c6e1e9a3d9c802e7b40c8090634a005d862c32ec3a3.jpg)](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI) [Command Code](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI) [@CommandCodeAI](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI) [](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI/status/2085170097401016693) Muse Spark 1.2 by Meta now live in Command Code ![🔹](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f539.png) Muse Spark 1.2 • Available in plans: GOAT, Pro, Max • $1.25 input, $4.25 output, $0.15 cache ![🔹](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f539.png)Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor • Available in plans: Go, GOAT, Pro, Max • Contributor is ~95% cheaper than Muse Spark 1.2 • $0.10 [373](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI/status/2085170097401016693)[ 1:04 AM • Aug 6, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/CommandCodeAI/status/2085170097401016693) [ GOAT Plan | Command Code ------------------------ The best low-cost coding plan: Command Code GOAT at $10/month. Unlimited coding on 30+ top open source and closed source models - pay $10, get $70 of credits, a 7x multiplier. With deals, usage stretches beyond $100. https://commandcode.ai ![GOAT Plan | Command Code](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1aa7f306c257c4fce9be0f8d5472c2ca1cae922f93b746b23aaf2ccbcb7eab6f.png) ](https://commandcode.ai/docs/plans/goat) Alibaba's Tongyi Lab announces Wan3.0 public beta, a video generation model featuring native 30-second single-run video creation, high-fidelity reality-grade rendering, and expressive character consistency.  Omni-reference capability allows input of structured files like documents, spreadsheets, slides, PDFs, and webpages alongside text, images, audio, and video for more versatile content generation.  Now available on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio and Qwen Cloud with API pricing from $0.05/sec at 480p; additional demos in the thread showcase 30-second outputs and complex reference handling.... [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f985f8d2bb893dbc8606021dc79ab82975e577bfccb68a9891db61f1bd01c2e2.jpg)](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Wan) [Wan](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Wan) [@Alibaba\_Wan](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Wan) [](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Wan/status/2085339761284104529) Introducing Wan3.0 — now in Public Beta. Simple Input. Smart Creation. Where Imagination Meets Reality. • Native 30-Second Video Generation • Reality-Grade Rendering • Omni-Reference: Beyond text, images, audio, and video—now with documents, spreadsheets, slides, webpages, ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/29c6c776ec88f6783ac3c14df274d69614127b6831ddcf7d7deaa20b22a4e521.jpg) [1,983](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Wan/status/2085339761284104529)[ 12:18 PM • Aug 6, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/Alibaba_Wan/status/2085339761284104529) Friday 7th August 2026 ---------------------- OpenAI Launches Agent Plugins Standard for Shared AI Extensions OpenAI, teaming up with AWS, Cursor, GitHub, Microsoft Code, and Vercel, introduced Agent Plugins on Thursday. This open standard lets developers package AI agent skills and MCP server configurations into a shared format, working across tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and VS Code.  Some developers question its depth without broader adoption from players like Anthropic. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c91957622ae01622b0e4f116aa11de1ad548d6edb8ec6647b385ed9b159542d5.jpg)](https://twitter.com/OpenAIDevs) [OpenAI Developers](https://twitter.com/OpenAIDevs) [@OpenAIDevs](https://twitter.com/OpenAIDevs) [](https://twitter.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2085398373511918022) Build a plugin once and use it across compatible agent clients. Introducing Agent Plugins, an open standard developed with [@awsdevelopers](https://twitter.com/awsdevelopers), [@cursor\_ai](https://twitter.com/cursor_ai), [@github](https://twitter.com/github), [@code](https://twitter.com/code), and [@vercel](https://twitter.com/vercel) that packages Agent Skills and supports MCP server configurations in a shared format. ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2085398091726041088/img/_ewlc6Y9cjX6GZnN.jpg) [6,276](https://twitter.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2085398373511918022)[ 4:11 PM • Aug 6, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2085398373511918022) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9036a3c92d415f41257c8e035d81b161c8c2bb45207ddeeba39395e5059e8b2c.jpg)](https://twitter.com/cursor_ai) [Cursor](https://twitter.com/cursor_ai) [@cursor\_ai](https://twitter.com/cursor_ai) [](https://twitter.com/cursor_ai/status/2085464617694777762) Cursor now supports Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers for use across agents. [x.com/vercel/status/…](https://t.co/avJch1Kblq) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b484c20cbc1f271c412b9cfb68fa9b83b061eb6f059e27df2a5668fd46779172.png)](https://twitter.com/vercel) [Vercel](https://twitter.com/vercel) [@vercel](https://twitter.com/vercel) [](https://twitter.com/vercel/status/2085398393179005223) Introducing Agent Plugins, an open standard for extending agents. Supports Agent Skills and MCP, with more to come. Built in collaboration with: [@awsdevelopers](https://twitter.com/awsdevelopers), [@code](https://twitter.com/code), [@cursor\_ai](https://twitter.com/cursor_ai), [@github](https://twitter.com/github), and @openaidevs. [vercel.com/blog/introduci…](https://t.co/duFCQqigZD) [1,783](https://twitter.com/cursor_ai/status/2085464617694777762)[ 8:34 PM • Aug 6, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/cursor_ai/status/2085464617694777762) Some SpaceX'y news  in anticipation of Grok-4.6. For all intents and purposes,  I'm consider the Cursor acquisition by SpaceXAI  a done deal even thought as of now it's not yet closed FWIW,  Grok Build is my daily driver.   I combine it with MCP's of [Monid](https://monid.ai/) \[put in a dollar or two at a time and use the tools it aggregates without worrying about balance sprawl\], [TinyFish](https://agent.tinyfish.ai/sign-up?ref=v1.dXNlcl8zSEN1U1U2S2R4NlJvQklISWRUdVNzUTJFNzc.Bx5L-YtALgbF1hiRLY1CSNFRsH4UQATbf7XfwKbPxXk) and [Nia](https://app.trynia.ai/sign-up?ref=Z0M0XSYI)  \[Nia, you could think of it as [Context7 on steroids](https://www.trynia.ai/blog/nia-vs-context7/)\] [Exa](https://exa.ai/) and [Octen](https://octen.ai/) are my favourite tools to use via Monid [Opencode](https://opencode.ai/) is also [massively improving its web search](https://x.com/thdxr/status/2085517334383337866) in its upcoming version 2   **Cursor's Smart Router Boosts AI Coding Efficiency and Satisfaction** [https://x.com/i/trending/2085480744365785205](https://x.com/i/trending/2085480744365785205) **Grok Build Hits 1.0.0 Milestone with Refined Coding Tools** [https://x.com/i/trending/2085597018781806940](https://x.com/i/trending/2085597018781806940) via [Chyi Yan Hshieh](https://t.me/Chyiyanh) [https://paragraph.com/@twiata/this-week-in-all-things-ai-week-31-2026](https://paragraph.com/@twiata/this-week-in-all-things-ai-week-31-2026)Curious question for the broader group, do you see a demand for FDEs in APAC? Or at least for companies who are doing the legwork of setting up AI systems and agents? Former Citadel quant Neel Somani highlights power supply as the core AI bottleneck over chips or memory, releasing "Power 2026" primer detailing electricity markets, data center demands, and pricing dynamics.  The guide covers US grid regions like PJM, ERCOT, and MISO, marginal pricing via merit order, heat rates, and how AI data centers—already at ~5% of US power—could exceed total generation by mid-2030s.  Somani's expertise from power/gas trading and data center advising informs hedging strategies, buildout challenges, and calls for faster permitting of gas/coal plants plus transmission upgrades to meet surging demand.  Props to [Matthew Mousa](https://t.me/matthewmousa ) of Alpha Compute for pointing me towards this material [ Power 2026 by Neel Somani - Electricity Pricing in the Age of AI ---------------------------------------------------------------- Power 2026 is a primer on AI's impact on the US power markets. The short piece is written by Neel Somani, a former quantitative researcher at one of the world's leading hedge funds. https://power2026.ai ![Power 2026 by Neel Somani - Electricity Pricing in the Age of AI](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/90449d36a640a174cad05e659402318eb3ea63688c1787dd4dc5219a54dec049.png) ](https://power2026.ai/) Saturday 8th August 2026 ------------------------ xAI's next-generation image model Imagine Image 2.0 was just launched emphasizing precision editing, crisp text rendering, improved factuality, and practical real-world applications like infographics, ads, UI mockups, and game assets.  Key new tools include Magic Wand for targeted region changes, Segmentation for precise area selection, Smart Resize for custom aspect ratios, and templates for workflows such as product shots, collages, icons, and consistent character/world building for video.  It ranks #2 worldwide in both text-to-image and image editing arenas per recent Arena leaderboards, and is now available as the Quality Mode on grok.com/imagine, iOS/Android apps, with API access coming soon. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c1715916d0e0e36696223f9eeb49beed0556c576a46af811eb05af2b43e604ed.jpg)](https://twitter.com/grok) [Grok](https://twitter.com/grok) [@grok](https://twitter.com/grok) [](https://twitter.com/grok/status/2085931542262526102) Announcing Imagine Image 2.0, our next generation image model with precision editing, crisp text rendering, improved factuality, and real world usefulness. Image 2.0 helps you make images for real work. [ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/abf9e2648885185d4152fdcfd8e09f07bc0e5a848f3e60fe444cfdbe4f981bbf.jpg) x.ai Imagine Image 2.0 ----------------- Precise image generation and editing, built for real creative work. ](https://t.co/y423lvT7mL) [6,249](https://twitter.com/grok/status/2085931542262526102)[ 3:30 AM • Aug 8, 2026 ](https://twitter.com/grok/status/2085931542262526102) * * * Below is my personal website which aggregates links to many of my socials as well as the various content and community that I curate. Feel free to share this link to others who you think may find this content/community useful to them [**https://linktr.ee/goolamabbas**](https://linktr.ee/goolamabbas) The cover image of this newsletter via generated via the Seedream 5 Pro model within the [**Krea**](https://www.krea.ai/refer/EJQQP9FJ) tool via the following prompt ![](https://paragraph.com/editor/callout/information-icon.png) Craft an image of an expansive, rolling prairie, where the golden grasses sway in the breeze, and herds of wild mustangs roam freely beneath an endless, open sky --- *Originally published on [This Week in All Things AI](https://paragraph.com/@twiata/this-week-in-all-things-ai-week-32-2026)*