Newsletter Saturday, October 24, 2026
Daily update on the AI tools we track. Headings come from public sources (X, GitHub, Hacker News); the Dutch commentary and summary are machine-generated. Each heading links to our own news page on that topic; the source link is right next to it.
In brief
OpenAI has released a model that streamlines code migration from COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. In addition, smaller language models have been released, including Recursive's Flint coding model with 2.5 billion active parameters, which is available for free via OpenRouter, and Raon-1. Base Labs has open-sourced the Mammoth-1 decision model. Finally, the Shanghai AI Lab has released the Sage-A1 model.
Repos, releases & updates
- Tuesday morning AI FACTS roundup 🤖 20.10 - 💻 OpenAI releases a model that streamlines code migration in COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic - 👥 · source: X · 2026-10-20
OpenAI has released a model that facilitates code migration from COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic, which can help indie developers modernize old codebases. - LLM update, Oct 22 No new frontier model, but 3 smaller releases: • Flint (Recursive): 2.5B-active coding MoE, free on OpenRouter • Raon-1 m · source: X · 2026-10-22
There are three smaller LLM releases, including Flint featuring a 2.5 billion-parameter coding MoE available for free via OpenRouter, and Raon-1, providing indie developers with additional model options. - Thursday afternoon AI NEWS roundup 🤖 22.10 - 🔓 Base Labs open-sources its Mammoth-1 decision model - 🔬 Shanghai AI Lab releases the Sage-A1. · source: X · 2026-10-22
Base Labs has open-sourced the Mammoth-1 decision model and Shanghai AI Lab has released Sage-A1, allowing indie developers to use new decision and generative models.