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OpenAI Builds An "Offline World" To Train Frontier Models - DTH

B1IntermediateOctober 24, 20265 min
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Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3.1 Pro, Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield are working normally again, Block introduces Dessa, a voice AI trained from human conversation alone. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Want to get this show ad free? Head to dailytechnewsshow.com slash subscribe to find out how. These are the Daily Tech headlines for the week ending Saturday, October 24th, 2026. I'm Sarah Lane.

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Let's catch up on the news. China's moonshot AI released Kimi K3.1 Pro, now fourth on the artificial analysis intelligence Index. That's three points behind Claude Opus 5.5. It's up 11 points from Kimi K3, with big gains in tool use and independent tasks. Developer prices are down a third,

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and Moonshot says its high-speed version is two to three times faster. It's in Kimi's apps and developer service now, with downloadable model weights planned by November 4th. ACAS powers the world's best podcast. Here's the show that we recommend. What do you really know about Canadian history? Maple history digs beyond the names and dates to

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