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Today’s Highlights

Claude Desktop Integrates Code for Parallel Multi-task Development
Cursor's Dynamic Context Discovery Mode Reduces Token Consumption by 47%
Razer Unveils Grok-Powered Holographic AI Companion Project Ava at CES
Liquid AI Releases Open-Source LFM2.5 Small Model Family for Edge Devices
Andrew Ng Proposes Turing AGI Test to Evaluate Remote Work Capabilities

Product & Feature Updates

1. Claude Desktop now supports local Claude Code. For developers not keen on command-line terminals, this is a game-changer! You can now use Claude Code locally directly within Claude Desktop (AI News) with its graphical interface. Just toggle the “Code” switch in the sidebar, authorize a folder, and let Claude help you write code and modify projects. It also supports parallel multi-tasking, allowing multiple sessions without interference, just like developing two branches simultaneously. Enterprise users also benefit from permission control, ensuring security and peace of mind.
   
   

2. Cursor launches Dynamic Context Discovery Mode. Cursor has launched its Dynamic Context Discovery Mode. While traditional AI assistants often cram all information into the prompt box, leading to skyrocketing token consumption, Cursor takes the opposite approach. Its Agent dynamically fetches context only when needed, keeping prompts concise. The Official Blog (AI News) reports that using MCP tools can reduce token consumption by an average of 46.9%. Got a super long chat history? Just convert it into a file and let the Agent search, so you’ll never miss a detail again!
   
   

3. Razer unveils Project Ava, a holographic AI desktop companion at CES. Razer unveiled its holographic AI desktop companion, Project Ava, at CES. This AI companion, showcased by Razer at CES 2026 (AI News) , is powered by Elon Musk’s xAI Grok. It features a 5.5-inch holographic capsule housing an anime-style girl that can even monitor your screen and your presence. Currently, 5 character options are available, including the anime girl Kira and the muscular Zane. Pre-orders are just $20, and the company boldly claims it will sell a billion units. Though, Grok’s “flirty” style has apparently been inherited too.

4. Liquid AI releases LFM2.5 small model family for edge devices. Liquid AI has released its LFM2.5 family of small models for edge devices. Specifically designed for edge devices and local deployment, these 1.2B parameter models still managed to score 38.89 on GPQA. The Open-Source Weights (AI News) have already been released on Hugging Face. The family also includes a Japanese-specialized version, a vision-language version, and an audio-language version. Notably, the audio model’s anti-tokenizer speed is 8 times faster than before, making it perfect for real-time voice conversations.
   
   

Cutting-Edge Research

1. VTONQA: First virtual try-on quality assessment dataset released. VTONQA, the first virtual try-on quality assessment dataset, has been released. Virtual try-on images for online shopping often get distorted or look wonky, but now there’s a dedicated evaluation standard. The arXiv Paper (AI News) reveals that the dataset contains 8,132 images generated by 11 try-on models, with scores across three dimensions: garment fit, body compatibility, and overall quality. This release highlights the limitations of existing models and provides clear direction for developers.

2. CodeEvolve: Open-source evolutionary code generation framework. CodeEvolve, an open-source evolutionary code generation framework, has been launched. It combines large models with evolutionary search to synthesize high-performance algorithms. The GitHub Open Source (AI News) repository shows it outperforms AlphaEvolve in benchmark tests. It’s pretty wild that an open-source model can rival closed-source solutions, and with just a fraction of the computational cost!

Industry Outlook & Social Impact

1. Andrew Ng proposes a new “Turing-AGI Test” standard. Andrew Ng has proposed a new “Turing-AGI Test” standard. For his first tweet of the new year, instead of predicting AI’s prowess, he’s asking how we’ll know if AGI has truly arrived. Andrew Ng’s Tweet (AI News) suggests: Give an AI an internet-connected computer, let it work continuously for several days like a remote employee—receiving training, handling customers, and getting feedback. If it performs as well as a skilled human employee, it passes. Interestingly, for the classic Turing Test, the most effective method was deliberately making typos!

2. Nvidia unveils its Vera Rubin platform. Nvidia has unveiled its Vera Rubin platform. At CES, Nvidia dropped a bombshell with this new platform. It only requires a quarter of the chips needed by Blackwell to train a 10-trillion-parameter model, cutting the training time down to just one month. Inference Cost (AI News) will be slashed to a mere tenth, with shipments planned for the second half of the year.

3. Reddit post with thousands of upvotes confirmed as AI-fabricated. A Reddit post, claiming to expose food delivery platform fraud, has been confirmed as AI-fabricated. This bombshell post garnered 87,000 upvotes, but it turns out to be AI-generated. An AIbase Report (AI News) indicates that the so-called “employee ID” and 18 pages of “technical documentation” all bore AI traces. Interestingly, the scam was also debunked by AI—using Google Gemini’s SynthID watermarking technology.

4. AI penetration testing agents show impressive performance but have limitations. AI penetration testing agents show impressive performance but have limitations. Stanford research reveals that AI penetration bots cost less than $60/hour and can defeat 9 out of 10 human testers. However, a HackerNews Discussion (AI News) points out that about 18% were false positives, and they also missed obvious vulnerabilities. While network penetration has become highly automated, application-layer testing still requires human judgment.

Top Open-Source Projects

1. googletest: Google’s testing framework. googletest is the industry standard for C++ testing and mocking frameworks, boasting 37.7k stars. Its GitHub Repository (AI News) is continuously updated. It’s an old friend for writing unit tests – stable and reliable.

2. ebook2audiobook: An e-book to audiobook tool. ebook2audiobook is a tool that supports voice cloning and over 1158 languages! The Project Address (AI News) has already garnered 16.6k stars. Turning your e-books into audiobooks is no longer a dream.

3. MiroThinker: Open-source search Agent series. MiroThinker focuses on tool-augmented reasoning and information retrieval. Its GitHub Repository (AI News) currently has 2.5k stars. It aims to make Agents better at using tools and searching for information.

Social Media Shares

1. Learn Agent Skills building from Anthropic. @shao__meng has summarized the key takeaways from the Official Blog (AI News) on building Agent Skills: Use gerunds for names (e.g., processing-pdfs), and third-person for descriptions. The core principle is to “only provide information Claude doesn’t already know,” because tokens are expensive! A verification loop is also crucial; make Claude copy a checklist and tick items off before execution.
   
   

2. ByteRover adds long-term memory to AI coding Agents. ByteRover solves the problem of Agents losing context across sessions with just one line of code. The Detailed Tutorial (AI News) shows it supports almost all AI coding tools, including Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex. It lets you push and pull context just like Git, making team sharing seamless.
   
   

3. LTX-2 open-source Veo3 video model released. The 19B parameter LTX-2 model can generate both video and audio simultaneously! The Hugging Face Model (AI News) is already live, supporting text-to-video and image-to-video generation. There’s also a Prompt Guide (AI News) to help you get great results.
   
   

4. X opens long-form content access for regular members. X has opened up long-form content access for regular members. Teacher Orange’s Claude Code tutorial easily garnered over 2 million views, which is pretty inspiring! JimmyLv’s Share (AI News) mentions that by combining it with the Typeless voice input method, daily output becomes unstoppable.

5. 2026 General Earning Methodology. @Yangyixxxx has proposed a Three-Step Method (AI News) : Find high-quality information sources → Let AI analyze and summarize → Form a knowledge base to feed back into AI. By learning alongside AI, you can acquire an AI that possesses expert know-how.

6. Logitech mouse driver certificate expiration causes issues. Logitech mouse driver certificate expiration causes issues. It’s the same kind of frustrating bug as in League of Legends! The Solution (AI News) involves: changing your date to yesterday, starting the driver, adjusting settings, then closing it, and finally changing the date back. It’s genuinely astounding that Logitech hasn’t fixed this for so long.
   
   

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