Sources
Monitored list
What Straced reads. Official sources first — company blogs, arXiv, GitHub releases. Secondary coverage only when it adds something the primary doesn't.
Source selection is editorial and is not influenced by sponsorships, affiliate relationships, or subscription status.
Cloud docs
- AWS Bedrock Documentation
Primary source for model availability and feature updates on Amazon Bedrock.
- Azure OpenAI Service Documentation
Primary source for model/version availability and platform updates on Azure OpenAI.
- Vertex AI Documentation
Primary source for model availability and release details on Vertex AI.
Enterprise
- Databricks Blog
Primary source for Databricks AI/ML platform updates, MosaicML model releases, and enterprise data + AI announcements.
- Snowflake AI Blog
Primary source for Snowflake Cortex AI, model availability, and enterprise data + AI announcements.
News
- The Verge (AI)
Used for breaking announcements when primary source is unavailable.
- Ars Technica
Technical depth. Used for developer-relevant coverage.
- TechCrunch
Breaking announcements and funding/deal stories. Secondary to official sources.
- Reuters
Wire service. Used for business announcements, investment deals, and policy stories.
- Bloomberg
Business and technology wire. Often breaks AI investment and deal stories. Paywalled — use summary snippets only.
- Financial Times
Business and policy coverage. Used for investment, regulatory, and enterprise AI stories. Paywalled.
- The New York Times (Technology)
Used for broad AI policy and societal impact coverage. Secondary to wire services for breaking news.
- The Guardian (Technology)
Used for AI policy, regulation, and security incident coverage.
- BBC News (Technology)
Broad reach. Used for stories with significant public interest or policy implications.
- CNBC
Business and markets angle. Used for investment rounds, earnings, and enterprise AI adoption stories.
- Wired
Technology depth and culture. Used for longer-form AI analysis when it adds context unavailable elsewhere.
- Engadget
Consumer and developer technology coverage. Used for product launches and tooling updates.
- The Information
Primary source for AI deal, leadership, and strategy scoops. Paywalled — use summary snippets only.
- SemiAnalysis
Compute and supply-chain depth. Paywalled — used for cited analysis on chips, datacenters, and inference economics.
Official blog
- OpenAI Blog
Primary source for OpenAI model releases and API updates.
- Anthropic News
Primary source for Claude releases and Anthropic research.
- Google AI Blog
Primary source for Google AI product announcements — Gemini features, Search AI, Workspace AI.
- Google DeepMind Blog
Primary source for DeepMind research — Gemini model architecture, AlphaFold, fundamental research.
- Meta AI Blog
Primary source for Llama releases and Meta AI research.
- Mistral AI Blog
Primary source for Mistral model and API updates.
- Cohere Blog
Primary source for Cohere model releases and enterprise API updates.
- xAI News
Primary source for Grok releases, xAI product updates, and infrastructure announcements.
- DeepSeek News
Primary source for DeepSeek model releases and API updates. Has moved markets multiple times (V3, R1).
- Qwen Blog
Primary source for Alibaba Qwen open-weight model releases and benchmark updates.
- NVIDIA Developer Blog
Primary source for NVIDIA AI software, CUDA, NIM microservices, and developer tooling updates.
- NVIDIA Newsroom
Primary source for NVIDIA hardware announcements, datacenter deals, and earnings-related news.
- AMD AI Newsroom
Primary source for AMD AI hardware (MI series), ROCm updates, and datacenter wins.
Official docs
- OpenAI Docs / Changelog
Primary source for API behavior changes, model availability updates, and platform release notes.
- Anthropic Docs / Release Notes
Primary source for Claude API documentation changes and release details.
- Google AI for Developers (Gemini Docs)
Primary source for Gemini API capabilities, release details, and integration updates.
Official releases
- GitHub Releases
Release notes for open-source AI tooling. Preferred over secondary coverage.
- Hugging Face Blog
Primary source for open-weight model releases, datasets, and ML tooling announcements.
Policy
- UK AI Safety Institute
Primary source for UK AI safety evaluations and pre-deployment testing reports.
- EU AI Act Tracker
Primary source for EU AI Act implementation status, guidance, and enforcement updates.
Research
- arXiv (cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.CL)
Pre-print research papers. Used for benchmark data and technical claims only when citing the actual paper.
- MIT Technology Review
Used for technical analysis and research coverage when it adds depth the primary source doesn't.
- Hugging Face Papers (Daily)
Curated daily research papers with community discussion. Higher signal than raw arXiv firehose.
- Epoch AI
AI compute, scaling, and capability trend analysis. Used for cited benchmark and trajectory data.
- METR
Model evaluation and risk research. Used for cited eval benchmarks (e.g., autonomous task completion).