Dear Readers,

Tonight’s issue feels like a glimpse into the future: governments claiming “sovereign” AI, small models automating browser tasks, and Amazon delivering gigabit internet from orbit while Claude Opus 4.5 competes for coding supremacy. We’ll explore Germany’s SOOFI project, which is symbolically significant but financially limited, how Fara-7B transforms your computer into an on-device coworker, and what Amazon Leo’s ultra antenna means for connecting areas still lacking cloud and cable access.

Opus 4.5 emerges as a vital backbone for agents, supported by new benchmarks and a graph illustrating the coding race's progress. Expect robots dodging like MMA fighters, DIY open-source bots on GitHub, and a discussion between Bernie Sanders and Geoffrey Hinton on the implications for work, power, and society. If you're interested in the future of AI workers, networks, and machines, continue reading to explore the stories.

In Today’s Issue:

🇩🇪 Germany’s SOOFI project and the limits of “sovereign” AI funding
🤖 Fara-7B turning small models into on-device automation engines
📡 Amazon Leo’s gigabit antenna for hard-to-reach regions
🧠 Claude Opus 4.5 taking the coding lead with new benchmarks
✨ And more AI goodness…

All the best,

Germany has launched a new initiative called SOOFI (Sovereign Open-Source Foundation Models) that aims to develop an open large-language model (LLM) with about 100 billion parameters, co-led by six German research institutions and two startups, funded with €20 million by the federal government.

With all due respect: But with €20m you'll probably be investing too little to really make a difference.

Bernie Sanders discusses the transformative impact that artificial intelligence will have on our country with the “Godfather of AI” Dr. Geoffrey Hinton.

Anthropic just threw down a massive gauntlet in the coding wars: Claude Opus 4.5 lands as its most advanced model yet, and new state-of-the-art for code generation, hitting 80.9 percent on SWE-Bench Verified and edging past GPT-5.1 Codex Max and Gemini 3 Pro. The model is built for serious agentic work: autonomous computer use, multi-step debugging, and spreadsheet or backend automation, now tuned by a new “effort” parameter that lets developers trade latency and cost against deeper reasoning in a predictable way.

Opus 4.5 offers more than just benchmark performance. Anthropic highlights a 20% accuracy boost and 15% efficiency gains in Excel workflows, along with improved resilience to prompt-injection attacks compared to rival models. Within Anthropic’s range, Opus 4.5 serves as the precision tool for critical tasks, while Sonnet 4.5 manages high-volume agents and Haiku 4.5 functions as a fast, cost-effective “sub-agent.” With a Chrome extension for direct browser control, this release feels like essential infrastructure for full-stack AI workers.

Why it matters: Claude Opus 4.5 sets a new standard for coding- and agent-centric frontier models in production, particularly for teams focused on automated development and workflows. It speeds up the transition from “chatbot” to dependable digital coworker, increasing competitive pressure on labs developing reasoning models.

Sources:

🔗 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-5
🔗 https://www.itpro.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-announces-claude-opus-4-5-the-new-ai-coding-frontrunner

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