Zhemal Khamidun
Head of AI at Alpina Digital, CPO of AlpinaGPT (~30-person engineering & AI team). Founder of Vibe Academy & Hamidun Consulting, author of the AI channel «Готовим ИИшницу» (@jemal_hamidun).

Stanislav Lvovskiy: AI is the most important cultural event since the invention of writing
Writer and researcher Stanislav Lvovskiy delivered a lecture on AI at London's Idiot Books bookstore and wrote an essay 'They Speak' about its impact on culture.

RxScanner on Small AI: Offline neural network catches counterfeit drugs in Africa
After a failed demonstration in Cape Town, the Nigerian startup RxAll compressed the AI model RxScanner into an offline version for smartphones in 2 hours — this is…

Meta claims new Watermelon model nearly matches OpenAI's GPT-5.5
Meta's AI division head Alexander Wang claimed that the new model codenamed Watermelon has nearly matched the capabilities of OpenAI's flagship GPT-5.5, according…

Linq Launched iMessage Apps — Payments, Tickets and Games for AI Agents Directly in Chats

YuMoney Built RAG Platform and AI Assistant Eugene for Corporate Wiki Search

Developer Optimized ML Library lancetnic for Training on 16 GB RAM

Google Research Releases TabFM — Foundation Model for Tabular Data with Zero-Shot

Claude Sonnet 5 Became First Model to Pass All GitLab Duo Agent Platform Tests
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on GitLab Duo Agent Platform — the first model to pass all GitLab benchmark tasks, versus 93.8% for Sonnet 4.6.

Google Released Nano Banana 2 Lite — Fastest and Cheapest Image Generator
Google on June 30, 2026 presented Nano Banana 2 Lite: images are generated in 4 seconds and cost less than 4 cents per 1000 images — the most affordable model in…

Baidu Develops CUP — Set of Python Tools for Reliable Backend Pipelines

AlpinaGPT Implemented Multi-Agent System Evolver and Cut Code Review to 15 Minutes

Clicks Showed in Video Communicator Smartphone with BlackBerry-Style Keyboard for 499 dollars

How Context Engineering Makes Weak Local LLM a Reliable Agent

OCBC to Raise Technology Spending Above $771 Million as New CEO Bets on AI
Singapore bank OCBC under new CEO Tan Teck Long plans to increase annual technology spending above $771 million, betting on AI and digital banking.

Bending Spoons Raises $1.68 Billion in IPO on Nasdaq Above Announced Range
Milan-based software group Bending Spoons, owner of Vimeo, WeTransfer and Evernote, priced shares at $29 each and raised $1.68 billion ahead of Nasdaq debut.









