AllSpark has released Iris-mini and Iris-pro, open-weight search agents built on Qwen models that lead benchmarks among open-source models in their respective size classes (The Decoder). According to the accompanying paper, the training data and models also transferred to tasks they were never explicitly trained for, suggesting architectural improvements beyond the base benchmark tasks.
ElevenLabs made Music v2.5 available via both app and API with free and pro tier options (The Decoder). In blind testing of nearly 48,000 comparison pairs, listeners preferred the new version over its predecessor, and the company states the model was trained only on licensed music.