The Day Of All The Models

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🗓️ 9 July 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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SpaceXAI debuted Grok 4.5 with Cursor, targeting Opus-level performance at lower cost. Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1 via API, OpenAI rolled out full-duplex GPT-Live voice models, PrismML ran the largest AI model on an iPhone, and Character.AI launched AI microdramas. SpaceXAI debuts Grok 4.5, its first model built in partnership with Cursor, designed to "handle difficult, long-running tasks" across finance, legal, and coding (Bloomberg) Meta releases Muse Spark 1.1, capable of more advanced coding and a "step-change" from the first generation, available to US developers via a public API preview (The Verge) OpenAI launches GPT-Live, new voice models powering ChatGPT Voice and built on a full-duplex architecture, meaning they can listen and speak at the same time (OpenAI) OpenAI launches GPT-Live, new voice models powering ChatGPT Voice and built on a full-duplex architecture, meaning they can listen and speak at the same time (VentureBeat) PrismML says it ran a 27B-parameter Qwen 3.6 model on an iPhone 17 Pro, bigger than any prior on-device model; sources: Apple held talks with PrismML about it (The Information) Character.AI launches three human-written, AI-generated microdramas, whose characters users can chat with, and aims to eventually let users make their own shows (TechCrunch) Subscribe to the ad-free feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the TechBrewrite Home for Thursday, July 9th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.8	SpaceX debuted Rock 4.5 with Cursor. Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1. OpenAI rolled out full
0:15.0	duplex GPT live voice models and GPT 5.6 is still coming later today.
0:20.7	Prism ML ran the largest AI model on an iPhone and character AI launched AI microdramas.
0:27.7	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
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1:13.4	We're in this weird place this week where Open AI is going to release its new models probably
1:18.5	today, and everyone seems to be rushing to front run that. For example, SpaceX AI has debuted
1:25.1	GROC 4.5, its first model built in partnership with Cursor,
1:29.2	designed to handle what it calls difficult, long-running tasks across finance, legal, and coding.
1:34.5	Quoting Bloomberg. The software called GROC 4.5 marks the first joint AI model developed by the two
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