Daily AI Pulse

July 25, 2026. Archived briefing: what moved across AI news, the model leaderboard, GitHub repos, and funding on this day.

4 stories 7 movers 6 rising repos 1 funding rounds generated 19:59 UTC
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Librarians host viral workshops teaching people to disable AI features on popular platforms
Librarians across the country are hosting "Avoiding AI" workshops that teach attendees how to disable artificial intelligence features on popular tech platforms and devices. The workshops, which have
TechCrunch · Industry
Boris Cherny: Opus 5 Is Anthropic's Least Prompt-Injectable Model Yet
Boris Cherny states that Opus 5 is Anthropic's least prompt-injectable model yet. This detail is somewhat buried in the model's system card, appearing on page 73.
Simon Willison · Models
OpenAI releases Micro keypad for coders, leaves others puzzled
OpenAI has released Micro, a small hardware keypad with six "agent" keys and six command keys designed to work with ChatGPT and its coding tool Codex. The device connects via Bluetooth or USB and feat
TechCrunch · Tools
Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM prompt instruction in floor speech
Bill Oliver, a Progressive Conservative Party member of the legislative assembly of New Brunswick, inadvertently embarrassed himself by reading an apparent LLM prompt instruction into the parliamentar
Ars Technica · Industry
Leaderboard MoversFull rankings →
GPT-5 Mini▼ -1
#47 · OpenAI134B
Qwen3.7 Plus▼ -1
#48 · Qwen133B
Laguna XS 2.1 (free)▼ -1
#49 · poolside126B
MiniMax M2.7▼ -1
#50 · MiniMax125B
Qwen3.7 Max▼ -1
#51 · Qwen124B
Kimi K2.7 Code▼ -1
#52 · moonshotai121B
Ling-3.0-flash (free)NEW
#46 · inclusionai137B
Movement compares stored daily leaderboard snapshots, 2026-07-24 vs 2026-07-25, top 60 by OpenRouter token volume.
Rising ReposAll repos →
block/buzz
A hive mind communication platform
Rust · 9,905 stars
+1,509
mattpocock/skills
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.
Shell · 186,672 stars
+793
diegosouzapw/OmniRoute
Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 290+ providers (90+ free), 500+ models — Kimi, Claude, GPT, OpenAI, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works
TypeScript · 28,802 stars
+739
koala73/worldmonitor
Real-time global intelligence dashboard. AI-powered news aggregation, geopolitical monitoring, and infrastructure tracking in a unified situational awareness in
Script · 73,244 stars
+548
Nutlope/hallmark
Anti-AI-slop design skill for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
CSS · 17,061 stars
+531
yorukot/superfile
19,559 stars
+443
Star growth measured between stored snapshots, 2026-07-24 vs 2026-07-25.
FundingAll deals →
Prentis
TechCrunch · 2026-07-24 · view source →
$100M
Amounts are shown only when verified verbatim in the linked source, never estimated.
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