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Big Stories This Week

Model Release

A New AI Just Did Two Months of Work in a Single Day

17 sources · 102 developments

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude assistant, released a new model called Fable 5 that early testers say is far more capable than anything before it — in one test it rewrote a huge company's software in a day, work that would normally take a team of engineers over two months. Reviewers described it building finished apps and polished, professional-looking website designs from a single plain-English request.

Product Launch

Apple Finally Gives Siri a Real Brain

22 sources · 71 developments

At its big yearly event, Apple unveiled a long-delayed, much smarter version of Siri that can hold a real back-and-forth conversation, search the web, and even build simple phone shortcuts when you just describe them in plain words. Interestingly, parts of it quietly run on Google's AI behind the scenes, and most of the new tricks are things ChatGPT and other helpers have offered for a while.

Other

An AI Solved a Math Puzzle That Stumped People for 80 Years

3 sources · 2 developments

An AI system worked out a complete, 125-page solution to a math problem first posed back in the 1940s, and the human mathematicians who carefully checked it confirmed the answer holds up and is headed to a top journal. Within a single week, other mathematicians borrowed the AI's approach to crack a second long-unsolved problem.

Things to Try This Week

1. Talk to AI out loud and have a real back-and-forth conversation

You don't have to type at all — the free apps now let you just talk, like calling a friend who knows a little about everything. It's perfect when your hands are busy, your eyes are tired, or you just find typing slow.

1. Open the free ChatGPT app or the free Gemini app on your phone.
2. Tap the little microphone or voice button (it looks like a soundwave or a headphone).
3. Just say out loud, 'Hi! I've got chicken and rice in the fridge and no idea what to make — can you give me three easy dinner ideas?' Then talk back to it like a normal chat and ask follow-up questions out loud.

Source: From Transcription to Live Music: Gemini's Audio Stack — Thor Schaeff, Google DeepMind

2. Ask AI to build you a tidy list of anything — already researched

Instead of opening ten browser tabs and copying things into a notepad, you can ask AI to gather the information and hand it back to you as a neat list or little table. Great for shopping, planning, or comparing your options.

1. Open ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini (all free).
2. Type this exact thing: 'Make me a list of 15 easy weeknight dinners using chicken, with a short one-line description of each. Put it in a simple table.'
3. Read it over, then tweak — try 'Now show me only the ones that take under 20 minutes' or swap chicken for whatever's in your fridge.

Source: GitHub Trending Weekly #35: bigset, MisoTTS, butterbase, image-extender, memory-os, sandboxed, rift

3. Have AI design a poster or party invitation for you

You no longer need fancy design software or any artistic skill to make something that looks polished. You can describe the occasion in plain words and AI will draw up a colorful invitation, flyer, or sign you can show off or print.

1. Open the free ChatGPT or Gemini app.
2. Type this exact thing: 'Design a simple, cheerful birthday party invitation for a 7-year-old's dinosaur party, this Saturday at 2pm at our house. Make it colorful and fun.'
3. When the picture comes back, ask it to change things — try 'Make the dinosaur green' or 'Add a spot to write the address.'

Source: GitHub Trending monthly #7（2026.05）