📋 Log for 2026-06-17

😄 Joke of the Day

Why does Norway have barcodes on their battleships? So when they get back to port, they can Scandinavian.

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Latest OpenRouter Models

OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (openai/gpt-5.6-luna-pro)

GPT-5.6 Luna Pro is the same underlying model as <a href="https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-luna">GPT-5.6 Luna</a>, served with `reasoning.mode` set to `pro` for higher-quality responses on complex tasks.

Published: 09/07/2026

https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-luna-pro


OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (openai/gpt-5.6-luna)

GPT-5.6 Luna is a fast, cost-efficient model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series. It is suited for high-volume, latency-sensitive tasks such as chat, classification, and lightweight agentic workflows, providing capable reasoning for...

Published: 09/07/2026

https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-luna


OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Terra Pro (openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro)

GPT-5.6 Terra Pro is the same underlying model as <a href="https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-terra">GPT-5.6 Terra</a>, served with `reasoning.mode` set to `pro` for higher-quality responses on complex tasks.

Published: 09/07/2026

https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-5.6-terra-pro


Free Models Catalog

Model Capabilities Publication Date
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) N/A 11/03/2026
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free) N/A 12/02/2026
Free Models Router N/A 01/02/2026
StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) N/A 29/01/2026
Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free) N/A 27/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) N/A 20/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) N/A 20/01/2026

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (z-ai/glm-5.2)

GLM-5.2 is Z.ai’s flagship model for the era of long-horizon tasks. With a truly usable 1M-token context window, it can handle project-level engineering context, execute long-running tasks more reliably, follow...

Published: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:45:30 GMT



Robot Technology

🤖 New research enables a robot to chart a better course

By rapidly generating a smooth path plan that cuts travel time and avoids obstacles, the open-source “MIGHTY” system could streamline disaster recovery and parcel delivery.

Source: robohub.org • Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:06:45 +0000

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🤖 The Secret to Marathon-Winning Humanoid Robots

On April 19, 2026, the Honor Lightning humanoid robot ran a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds , beating the human world record by 7 minutes and the best robot time from 2025 by almost two hours. How did they do it? Is there some magical technology or technique that unlocked this performance? How did they beat the significantly better-known Unitree (who reportedly had to supply an ice backpack to try and complete the race without overheating)? My doctoral thesis involved building and con...

Source: spectrum.ieee.org • Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:19:27 +0000

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Good News

Artist Beats Brain Cancer And Paints Amazing Portraits of Hospital Staff as Thank-you Gifts (LOOK)

Vincent Serritella was only a little concerned about the flashing bright spots in his lower-left vision field; he wasn&amp;#8217;t expecting anything serious. The former Pixar animator and San Francisco Bay area artist was in for a surprise—going from waking up with the bright spots to making a decision to go into open-brain surgery. At Sutter [&amp;#8230;] The post Artist Beats Brain Cancer And Paints Amazing Portraits of Hospital Staff as Thank-you Gifts (LOOK) appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:03:30 +0000

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‘A Little Hero’ Saves Her Friend from Both Drowning AND a Seizure

A 12-year-old was labeled a hero after saving her friend from drowning with nothing more than a fistful of her hair to hang onto. The harrowing close call with Davy Jones comes to us now from Conwy, Wales, where Tamika and her friend Sofia-Ann were swimming off Pensarn beach during a late-May heat wave. The [&amp;#8230;] The post &amp;#8216;A Little Hero&amp;#8217; Saves Her Friend from Both Drowning AND a Seizure appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:00:38 +0000

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Knee Pain Suffered by Millions Can Be Eased Using New Non-Surgical Procedure

For millions of people suffering with knee pain, a new, non-surgical procedure offers the promise of easing it away for at least 12 months with a single injection. Genicular artery embolization, or GAE, is an emerging, minimally invasive treatment that targets abnormal blood vessels in osteoarthritis patients. In an osteoarthritic knee, abnormal vessels build up [&amp;#8230;] The post Knee Pain Suffered by Millions Can Be Eased Using New Non-Surgical Procedure appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:00:39 +0000

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Good News in History, June 17

141 years ago, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York packed in 241 crates, as a gift from France. The steel skeleton and copper skin were assembled on Bedloe’s Island, later called Liberty Island, and placed on a pedestal to be aligned so that it would face southeast, greeting ships entering the harbor from [&amp;#8230;] The post Good News in History, June 17 appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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Ireland is now paying artists a basic income. Will the idea catch on?

Artists boost the economy and enrich society, yet many struggle to make ends meet. Enter Ireland&#039;s basic income scheme The post Ireland is now paying artists a basic income. Will the idea catch on? appeared first on Positive News .

Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:36:03 +0000

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