Qwen Code Desktop v0.26.1 adds daemon token persistence

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act, requiring image, video, audio, or text ads "significantly modified or generated by" AI to carry a label in the same format as the ad. The law exempts parody, satire, commentary, and "evidently fictional" content, and applies regardless of where an ad was created.

Reddit users on r/StableDiffusion say LoRA and fine-tune creators are increasingly locking downloads permanently behind Civitai's Buzz currency. The poster tolerated earlier time-delayed releases for non-payers but objects to permanent paywalls.

User legarth ran environmental-effect tests on MiniMax H3 with an 8-step LoRA and SLA, covering mud splashes, smoke and detailed physics prompts like a tank flip. They said they were "still quite impressed" despite newer image models dominating attention.

The local open-source image app now offers Photoshop-style lasso selection for inpainting plus keyboard shortcuts for fullscreen and recovering a selection. This version also adds image-to-image support for Krea 2.

In a video from The AI Entrepreneurs, Altman is described as making a "massive claim" about the new agent's power when asked how it benchmarks against competitors Grok, Muse, and Instinct. He said he tries every rival bot, but the snippet gives no benchmark numbers or launch details.