Poolside has released Laguna S 2.1, a small open-weight coding model designed for long agentic sessions. Rather than rely on scale, the model was trained to check its work, revise failed approaches, and persist through long tasks. The compact model outperforms several significantly larger rivals in benchmarks according to the company’s testing. (The Decoder)
Runway launched the Media Router, a tool that automatically selects the best image, video, or audio generation model for a request based on developer priorities around quality, speed, or cost. (TechCrunch) Black Forest Labs released Flux 3, a multimodal foundation model capable of generating video with native audio up to 20 seconds long - a first for the company. Internal testing placed it ahead of Seedance 2.0, though independent results remain unavailable. (The Decoder)