Daily AI Pulse

September 1, 2026. Archived briefing: what moved across AI news, the model leaderboard, GitHub repos, and funding on this day.

2 stories 6 movers 6 rising repos 5 funding rounds generated 21:04 UTC
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Top StoriesAll news →
John Deere AI chatbot for farmers enters early access testing
John Deere is testing a new "JD" AI assistant designed to help farmers make more money by answering questions about best practices and historical trends based on their own data. The tool uses field, m
The Verge · Tools
Apple shares 'shocking evidence' against former employee Chang Liu accused of stealing company data for OpenAI
Apple obtained former employee Chang Liu's old work laptop for investigation after his legal counsel handed it over earlier this month. Apple alleges that Liu, who now works at OpenAI, used a confiden
TechCrunch · Regulation
Leaderboard MoversFull rankings →
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin (free)▲ +14
#46 · inclusionai220B
GPT-5.5 (batch)▼ -10
#56 · OpenAI135B
North Mini Code (free)▼ -4
#57 · Cohere134B
MiMo-V2.5-Pro▼ -3
#34 · Xiaomi428B
Dots3-Note Preview (free)▲ +3
#52 · Dots Studio155B
Hy4 preview▲ +2
#10 · tencent3.07T
Movement compares stored daily leaderboard snapshots, 2026-08-31 vs 2026-09-01, top 60 by OpenRouter token volume.
Rising ReposAll repos →
tt-a1i/archify
Agent skill for beautiful, verifiable architecture, workflow, sequence, data-flow, and lifecycle diagrams—self-contained HTML with motion and crisp export.
JavaScript · 38,598 stars
+4,142
THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC
Open Multi-Agent Interactive Classroom — Get an immersive, multi-agent learning experience in just one click
TypeScript · 26,936 stars
+3,019
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Turn any AI agent into an AI Scientist. The #1 Agent Skills library for science, used by 190,000+ scientists worldwide. 165 ready-to-use validated skills plus 1
Python · 40,697 stars
+1,509
DietrichGebert/ponytail
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
JavaScript · 118,261 stars
+1,104
freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2
Prompt as Code | GPT-Image2 工业级提示词引擎与模板库，530+ 个案例逆向工程，20+ 套工业级模板，并提炼出Skills，持续更新中
JavaScript · 26,346 stars
+718
omacom/omarchy
Beautiful, Modern & Opinionated Linux
Shell · 36,179 stars
+657
Star growth measured between stored snapshots, 2026-08-31 vs 2026-09-01.
FundingAll deals →
AIR
TechCrunch · 2026-09-01 · view source →
$50M
Félix Series C
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst
Crunchbase News · 2026-09-01 · view source →
$200 million
Blue Voice
TechCrunch · 2026-08-31 · view source →
$6M
Andreessen Horowitz growth
TechCrunch · 2026-08-31 · view source →
$8.5B
Clipto
TechCrunch · 2026-08-31 · view source →
$15 million
Amounts are shown only when verified verbatim in the linked source, never estimated.
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