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OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you

Rebranded Codex promises independent workflows that can run for hours if needed.

Humanoid robots controlled by surgeons did world-first operation on live pigs

Preclinical trial is testing the feasibility of humanoid robots in surgery.

OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs

OpenAI may be sanctioned for hiding, deleting ChatGPT logs in NYT copyright fight.

Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%

AI cheating leads to a failed society, professor says.

Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself

More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.

Google updates Android Bench with new LLMs, but Gemini still lags behind

Android Bench is evolving, and developers can help guide that process.

Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets

HalluSquatting weaponizes LLMs inability to say I dont know.

Data centers energy demand threatens Trumps Made in America plan

Squeeze on Rust Belt electricity bills threatens Trumps manufacturing plan.

Facing US export controls, Chinas DeepSeek plans to make its own chips

Its early, but the plan is to reduce dependency on Nvidia and Huawei.

How AI could enable autonomous robot workers in workplaces-and maybe homes

Top robotics researchers and founders explain how robot autonomy is evolving.

Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropics anti-surveillance stance

Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says experiment is over.

UK regulator warns of arms race to keep up with AI use in financial services

FCA official makes case for greater powers for watchdog as millions use technology for personal finance decisions.

Trump gets OpenAI to offer US 5% stake, far lower than Sanders target

Insiders say Sam Altman is in active talks with the Trump administration.

Musks X poses serious risk to Americans privacy, advocates warn FTC

FTC urged to reject Elon Musks bid to end X monitoring amid AI concerns.

Googles AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025

Google tries balancing AI data center emissions with clean energy efforts.

After spooking Trump into safety testing, Anthropic AI models get global release

US lifts curbs on Anthropics advanced Fable and Mythos models.

New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea

Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden instructions.

Googles new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet

They may not look as good, but Nano Banana 2 Lite images only take a few seconds to create.

Trumps plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors

A year in, National Design Studio delays plan to update government web standards.

Trump asked Musk for SpaceX stock to seed US kids savings accounts, report says

Sources suggest Musk may be mulling big donation to Trump Accounts.

South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots

South Korea targets physical AI lead and commercial humanoid robots by 2028.

South Korea plans to train entire military as drone warriors

Half-million-strong military will train on drones as universal combat tool.

NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for OpenAI

NYT shifts OpenAI/Microsoft copyright claims after SCOTUS ruling against Sony.

Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead

Notion is going all in on using agents to run your inbox.

Google finally releases a Finance Android app, promises iOS version later in 2026

It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.

Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack

Alibaba allegedly used 25,000 accounts to mine Claude over 28.8 million exchanges.

IBM claims worlds first sub-1 nanometer chip technology

IBMs nanostack transistors could boost chip performance or energy efficiency.

OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale

The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.

Oracles 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments

Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.

How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots

Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book,The Reverse Centaurs Guide to Life After AI.

OpenAI''s GPT-5.6 Family, New Ways to Train Robots, Models Invoking Models

OpenAI''s GPT-5.6 Family, New Ways to Train Robots, Models Invoking Models

Introducing DeepLearning.AI Pro

Introducing DeepLearning.AI Pro

Reinforcement Learning Heats Up, White House Orders Muscular AI Policy, Computer Use Gains Momentum, Fine Control of Fine-Tuning

Reinforcement Learning Heats Up, White House Orders Muscular AI Policy, Computer Use Gains Momentum, Fine Control of Fine-Tuning

DeepSeek Sharpens Its Reasoning: DeepSeek-R1, an affordable rival to OpenAI''s o1

DeepSeek Sharpens Its Reasoning: DeepSeek-R1, an affordable rival to OpenAI''s o1

A New Generation Studies AI, Apple's Recipe for On-Device Models, GLM5.2 Tackles Open-Ended Problems

A New Generation Studies AI, Apple's Recipe for On-Device Models, GLM5.2 Tackles Open-Ended Problems

Testing Mythos and Fable, Moving Beyond SWE-bench, Nvidia's Open Contender

Testing Mythos and Fable, Moving Beyond SWE-bench, Nvidia's Open Contender

Mythos Begets Fable, Cursor's Composer 2.5, Agents Building Agents

Mythos Begets Fable, Cursor's Composer 2.5, Agents Building Agents

Qwen3.7-Max Challenges Google for Third Place, AI Saves Whales, Fine-Tuning Breaks Copyright Alignment

Qwen3.7-Max Challenges Google for Third Place, AI Saves Whales, Fine-Tuning Breaks Copyright Alignment

Gemini Flash Gets Pricey, AI Act Delays, Agents Drive Online Traffic

Gemini Flash Gets Pricey, AI Act Delays, Agents Drive Online Traffic

Hermes vs. OpenClaw, Cybersecurity Alarms Ring, More-Interactive Conversations, Can Agents Do Human Work?

Hermes vs. OpenClaw, Cybersecurity Alarms Ring, More-Interactive Conversations, Can Agents Do Human Work?

China Thwarts Meta''s Agentic Ambition, U.S. Evaluates Upcoming Models, AI Diagnoses Mammograms

China Thwarts Meta''s Agentic Ambition, U.S. Evaluates Upcoming Models, AI Diagnoses Mammograms

Seedance Makes A Splash, Nvidia's AI-Guided Chip Designs, Helping Robots Not Forget

Seedance Makes A Splash, Nvidia's AI-Guided Chip Designs, Helping Robots Not Forget

GPT-5.5 Outperforms (and Hallucinates), Kimi K2.6 Leads Open LLMs, AI Strains Climate Pledges, Strategic Thinking in LLMs vs. Humans

GPT-5.5 Outperforms (and Hallucinates), Kimi K2.6 Leads Open LLMs, AI Strains Climate Pledges, Strategic Thinking in LLMs vs. Humans

GLM 5.1 Thinks Strategically, Data-Center Revolt Intensifies, When Helpful LLMs Turn Unhelpful, Humanoid Robots Get to Work

GLM 5.1 Thinks Strategically, Data-Center Revolt Intensifies, When Helpful LLMs Turn Unhelpful, Humanoid Robots Get to Work

Meta Pivots From Open Weights, Big Pharma Bets On AI, Regulatory Patchwork, Simulating Human Cohorts

Meta Pivots From Open Weights, Big Pharma Bets On AI, Regulatory Patchwork, Simulating Human Cohorts

Anthropic''s Claude Mythos Problem, Dark DNA Unveiled, Pitfalls for Assistive Models, Simulating Fluid Dynamics

Anthropic''s Claude Mythos Problem, Dark DNA Unveiled, Pitfalls for Assistive Models, Simulating Fluid Dynamics

Claude Code''s Source Leaks, OpenAI Exits Video Generation, Gemini Adds Music Generation, LLMs Learn at Inference

Claude Code''s Source Leaks, OpenAI Exits Video Generation, Gemini Adds Music Generation, LLMs Learn at Inference

Nvidia''s Open Salvo, OpenAI''s Amazon Deal, Grok Cuts Video Prices, Recursive Language Models

Nvidia''s Open Salvo, OpenAI''s Amazon Deal, Grok Cuts Video Prices, Recursive Language Models

Attacks On Data Centers, Qwen3.5 In All Sizes, DeepSeek''s Huawei Play, Apple''s Multimodal Tokenizer

Attacks On Data Centers, Qwen3.5 In All Sizes, DeepSeek''s Huawei Play, Apple''s Multimodal Tokenizer

OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the preferred model for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAIs no. 2 role

An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise

Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia

Instagram users: Heres how to stop Metas AI from using your photos

Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund

Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B

Googles deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic

This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment

Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app

Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app

DeepSeek-V3 New Paper is coming! Unveiling the Secrets of Low-Cost Large Model Training through Hardware-Aware Co-design

DeepSeek Unveils DeepSeek-Prover-V2: Advancing Neural Theorem Proving with Recursive Proof Search and a New Benchmark

Can GRPO be 10x Efficient? Kwai AIs SRPO Suggests Yes with SRPO

DeepSeek Signals Next-Gen R2 Model, Unveils Novel Approach to Scaling Inference with SPCT

Beyond Next-Token Prediction? Metas Novel Architectures Spark Debate on the Future of Large Language Models

The model wars are raging on

Jul 9, 2026

Microsoft warns customers AI will mean busier Patch Tuesdays

More patches mean more reasons to buy Redmonds auto-patching tools

AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X

One in four long-form social media posts appear entirely AI-generated, with nearly half of those on Microsoft's and Elon's platforms involving AI in some form

AI tool scours the web for job openings, preps your resume and cover letter

Searching for work sucks; AI combs the internet and sucks it all up. Combine the two and let 'er rip with this Python project

Brown says AI make student brain no work good, teacher should help use it better

Take-home midterm row sharpens fears that the tools are dulling minds and easing cheating

UK.gov withholds GBP10M payment from Capita over pensions project fiasco, as dispute continues

After CEO promised 'flagship use-case' for AI, retired scheme members still struggling to make ends meet, MPs hear

Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek thinks AI is going to pay off

Downer for doomers as conservative investor plans to lift portfolio exposure by 150 percent, and even more once it adds electrification ventures

OpenAI makes ChatGPT better at banter

With GPT-Live, talking, listening, and formulating answers all happen at once

The AI that spawned MechaHitler and deepfake porn puts on a suit to become legal advisor and Excel jockey

The newly renamed SpaceXAI wants you to believe little ol' Grok is all grown up

Intel-backed AI chip startup SambaNova breathes new life into aging Nvidia GPUs in latest benchmarks

Third-party testing shows heterogeneous compute platform combining H200s and SN50 RDUs churning out 763 tok/s in MiniMax M2.7

Former GitHub CEO launches competitor designed for the age of vibe coding

As GitHub struggles to manage AI load, challengers take aim

OpenAI job listing suggests ChatGPT could someday replace junior analysts at Goldman Sachs

What, did someone get some bad news during their IPO process or something?

GitHub Copilot: Sorry Dave, I can't do that harmful thing - unless you ask me in code

More fun with AI jailbreaks, this time at the workflow level

Tool promises to make lazy academics' AI-written papers sound more human

Startup insists it's not trying to help anyone cheat the system - honest!

Bug in top AI coding agents shows that Unix-era security headaches never really die

'GhostApproval' problem highlights human-in-the-loop fails

AI is becoming a bargain hunter's market, with a few luxury models on top

Inference is become a commodity except for frontier models

Avoid AI atrophy - new tool promises to reverse vibe coding skills decay

Want big muscles? Keep working out. Want big coding skillsets? Flex your dev skills with the Atrophy CLI app before they wither away

GitHub AI agent leaks private repos when asked nicely

Per usual, there's no fix - or even any documentation - for GitLost

South Korean chip startup FuriosaAI invades European datacenters

RNGD accelerators land in Equinix's Lisbon DCs

Enterprise AI still smarting from leaping before looking

Majority report AI-related security incidents or vulnerabilities

MPs tell Brit government: Sort out your tech sovereignty or get left out in the cold

Committee says Anthropic's brief US export ban shows UK can't even trust its allies to keep the AI lights on

UK guts planning red tape so datacenters can bypass the neighbors faster

Overhaul of process could give NIMBYs one year less to complain

AI startup thats never turned a profit say's it'll totally be around in 2047 to close its $19B lease

Model dev and AGI fearmonger Anthropic signs 20-year lease with TeraWulf

Boffins bet on quantum computers, AI supers to solve fusion fuel dilemma

Department of Energy, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM simulate a soup of molten salts and techno babble in pursuit of tritium

Software engineers can still rake in big bucks by working for fast-growing companies

AI's impact on tech business is complicated

Microsoft says the world is changing faster than it can keep up as it guts commercial, Xbox teams

Xbox chief says company can't afford to mistake longevity for inevitability

AMDs Ryzen AI Halo makes local AI look easy, but at $4K, easy doesn't come cheap

128 GB of memory! In this economy?

Even banks and hyperscalers are now sounding the alarm about the AI bubble

Oracle's down more than 40% this month, the BIS thinks AI could destroy the economy, and we've got the Kettle on for a chat about the whole mess

Insert token to continue, says AI. Yeah, about that...

Barney Rubble points to bubble trouble

AI bills are baffling the C-suite after shift to usage-based pricing

KPMG finds nearly a third of execs struggle to understand costs as companies rethink deployments

Amazons Mechanical Turk to stop accepting new customers - and not even AI can save it

Workers who use OG crowdsourcing platform say AWS is closing accounts

Which Agent Causes Task Failures and When?Researchers from PSU and Duke explores automated failure attribution of LLM Multi-Agent Systems

In recent years, LLM Multi-Agent systems have garnered widespread attention for their collaborative approach to solving complex problems. However, its a common scenario for these systems to fail at a task despite a flurry of activity.

ByteDance Introduces Astra: A Dual-Model Architecture for Autonomous Robot Navigation

ByteDance introduces Astra, an innovative dual-model architecture revolutionizing robot navigation in complex indoor environments.

MIT Researchers Unveil SEAL: A New Step Towards Self-Improving AI

MIT introduces SEAL, a framework enabling large language models to self-edit and update their weights via reinforcement learning.

Researchers from PSU and Duke introduce Multi-Agent Systems Automated Failure Attribution

Automated failure attribution is a crucial component in the development lifecycle of Multi-Agent systems. It has the potential to transform the challenge of identifying what went wrong and who is to blame from a perplexing mystery into a quantifiable and analyzable problem

Adobe Research Unlocking Long-Term Memory in Video World Models with State-Space Models

By combining State-Space Models (SSMs) for efficient long-range dependency modeling with dense local attention for coherence, and using training strategies like diffusion forcing and frame local attention, researchers from Adobe Research successfully overcome the long-standing ch...

Zhipu.AIs Open-Source Power Play: Blazing-Fast GLM Models & Global Expansion Ahead of Potential IPO

Zhipu.AI open-sources faster GLM models (8x speedup), launches Z.ai, aiming for global expansion, potentially ahead of IPO.

AI Video Generation Race Shifts from Capability to Profitability, Challenging Soras Dominance

The AI video generation landscape is shifting from capability to profitability, challenging OpenAI Soras dominance. Competitors are surpassing Sora in quality and efficiency, with users preferring alternatives. The focus is now on improvements like precise control and style custo...

Nvidia Intensifies Robot Push with New Humanoid Platform as Industry Giants Eye Lucrative Future

Nvidia will launch Jetson Thor for humanoid robots in H1 2025, entering a growing market where Google is also active. The robotics sector is projected for substantial growth. Nvidia offers integrated hardware and software solutions. Simultaneously, Chinas rapidly developing domes...

Automating Artificial Life Discovery: The Power of Foundation Models

A research team introduces Automated Search for Artificial Life (ASAL). This novel framework leverages vision-language FMs to automate and enhance the discovery process in ALife research.

Llama 3 Meets MoE: Pioneering Low-Cost High-Performance AI

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and NVIDIA proposes upcycling approach, an innovative training recipe enables the development of an 8-Expert Top-2 MoE model using Llama 3-8B with less than 1% of the compute typically required for pre-training.

DeepMinds JetFormer: Unified Multimodal Models Without Modelling Constraints

A DeepMind research team introduces JetFormer, a Transformer designed to directly model raw data. This model maximizes the likelihood of raw data without depending on any pre-trained components, and is capable of both understanding and generating text and images seamlessly.

NVIDIAs nGPT: Revolutionizing Transformers with Hypersphere Representation

An NVIDIA research team proposes the normalized Transformer, which consolidates key findings in Transformer research under a unified framework, offering faster learning and reduced training steps-by factors ranging from 4 to 20 depending on sequence length.

From Token to Conceptual: Meta introduces Large Concept Models in Multilingual AI

A research team at Meta introduces the Large Concept Model (LCM), a novel architecture that processes input at a higher semantic level. This shift allows the LCM to achieve remarkable zero-shot generalization across languages, outperforming existing LLMs of comparable size.

NVIDIAs Hybrid: Combining Attention and State Space Models for Breakthrough Performance of Small Language Models

An NVIDIA research team proposes Hymba, a family of small language models that blend transformer attention with state space models, which outperforms the Llama-3.2-3B model with a 1.32% higher average accuracy, while reducing cache size by 11.67x and increasing throughput by 3.49...

From Response to Query: The Power of Reverse Thinking in Language Models

In a new paper Time-Reversal Provides Unsupervised Feedback to LLMs, a research team from Google DeepMind and Indian Institute of Science proposes Time Reversed Language Models (TRLMs), a framework that allows LLMs to reason in reverse-scoring and generating content in a manner o...

Yann LeCun Teams New Research: Revolutionizing Visual Navigation with Navigation World Models

In a new paper Navigation World Models, a research team from Meta, New York University and Berkeley AI Research proposes a Navigation World Model (NWM), a controllable video generation model that enables agents to simulate potential navigation plans and assess their feasibility b...

The Future of Vision AI: How Apples AIMV2 Leverages Images and Text to Lead the Pack

An Apple research team introduces AIMV2, a family of vision encoders that is designed to predict both image patches and text tokens within a unified sequence. This combined objective enables the model to excel in a range of tasks, such as image recognition, visual grounding, and ...

Redefining Music AI: The Power of Sonys SoniDo as a Versatile Foundation Model

In a new paper Music Foundation Model as Generic Booster for Music Downstream Tasks, a Sony research team presents SoniDo, a groundbreaking music foundation model that offers robust framework for improving the effectiveness and accessibility of music processing.

DeepMinds Socratic Learning with Language Games: The Path to Self-Improving Superintelligence

Researchers from Google DeepMind introduce the concept of Socratic learning. This refers to a form of recursive self-improvement in artificial intelligence that significantly enhances performance beyond the initial data or knowledge available to the system, as well as a practical...