https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/projects/liquid-d1/ Material changes in AI models, agents, engineering and infrastructure, with primary sources and recommendations. en Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:56:00 GMT https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/events/ev-20261007-02/ ev-20261007-02-d1-ultra Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:56:07 GMT Update TRIAL <p>Liquid AI launches the hosted d1-ultra decision API</p><p>Original story: Liquid AI releases multimodal d1 decision models for edge devices</p><p>Recommendation: TRIAL</p><p>Sources: <a href="https://www.liquid.ai/blog/d1-ultra">Liquid d1-ultra</a></p> https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/events/ev-20261007-02/ ev-20261007-02-published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:04:39 GMT New TRIAL <p>Liquid AI now offers both downloadable d1 decision weights and the hosted multimodal d1-ultra API. d1-ultra returns fixed-choice probabilities for text and image decisions at $0.042 per million input tokens with no output-token charge. Vendor evaluations across 112 tasks report gains over Jev 1.14; independent results are not yet available.</p><p><strong>Why read: </strong>Liquid d1 moves routing and review from token generation to one structured decision, warranting latency and calibration tests.</p><p>Recommendation: TRIAL</p><p>Sources: <a href="https://huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/open-d1">huggingface.co · open d1</a> · <a href="https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/d1-3B">huggingface.co · d1 3B</a></p>