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July 29, 2026. Today's briefing: what moved across AI news, the model leaderboard, GitHub repos, and funding, assembled from live tracked data.

2 stories 6 movers 6 rising repos 2 funding rounds generated 03:32 UTC
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Scientific computing in the age of agentic AI
A new field report documents how scientists are leveraging AI coding agents to modernize scientific computing. The report highlights how these agents are accelerating software development and discover
OpenAI Blog · Tools
Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix
Samsung chip workers are leaving for rival SK Hynix, driven by a massive bonus gap between the two companies. SK Hynix is paying its employees approximately $476,000 each—funded by record profits from
MIT Tech Review · Industry
Leaderboard MoversFull rankings →
Claude Opus 5▲ +14
#34 · Anthropic275B
Laguna M.1▼ -12
#51 · poolside153B
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)▲ +6
#39 · Google232B
Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)▲ +5
#32 · Google295B
GPT-5.5 (batch)▼ -5
#36 · OpenAI260B
Ling-3.0-flash (free)▲ +4
#18 · inclusionai613B
Movement compares stored daily leaderboard snapshots, 2026-07-28 vs 2026-07-29, top 60 by OpenRouter token volume.
Rising ReposAll repos →
bojieli/ai-agent-book
《深入理解 AI Agent：设计原理与工程实践》（李博杰 著）开源主仓库：全书正文、编译版 PDF 与按章配套代码
Python · 24,333 stars
+1,727
mattpocock/skills
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.
Shell · 192,909 stars
+1,595
ayghri/i-have-adhd
A skill for your coding agent to stop it from burying the answer. ADHD-friendly output.
Python · 12,750 stars
+1,351
volcengine/OpenViking
Self-evolving Context Database for AI Agents. Unify Agent Memory, Knowledge RAG and Skills.
Python · 27,575 stars
+1,338
bradautomates/claude-video
Give Claude the ability to watch any video. /watch downloads, extracts frames, transcribes, hands it all to Claude.
Python · 12,069 stars
+1,025
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 · 33,127 stars
+1,006
Star growth measured between stored snapshots, 2026-07-28 vs 2026-07-29.
FundingAll deals →
Fish Audio seed
TechCrunch · 2026-07-28 · view source →
$52M
Throne Science Series A
Investors: Will Ventures, Emerson Collective, Workshop, LEAD VC, Salt VC, Accomplice, Moxxie Ventures
Crunchbase News · 2026-07-28 · view source →
$10 million
Amounts are shown only when verified verbatim in the linked source, never estimated.
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