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Startup offers free home cleaning-if it can record it all for robot training

The latest twist in paying humans to wear head cameras for robot training data.

LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that theyre false

Fine-tuning tests show bias... toward confidently representing the claims as true.

Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code

Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output.

Apple working to cram massive Gemini model into iPhone to power new Siri

As Apple tries to shrink Gemini for the iPhone, a cloud component is probably inevitable.

Trump loses more control over AI regulation as Illinois passes landmark law

Heres why Anthropic and OpenAI are on board with Illinois safety testing.

Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trumps plan to make US an AI hub backfires

Nvidia will invest $150 billion a year to make Taiwan an AI epicenter.

YouTube to begin automatically labeling AI videos

AI videos that are animated, unrealistic, or only have a little AI may still hide their origins, though.

US law enforcement warns of anti-tech extremism as AI hatred grows

The feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat.

Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package

BadHost was found in Starlette, a package with 325 million weekly downloads.

FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent

A creepy saved post on Instagram linked man to AI porn account, FBI says.

3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild

Hugging Face debuts $2,500 bipedal robot project for builders and researchers.

US scrambles to stop Internet users re-creating dead pilots voices

Workaround flouts law that bans NTSB disclosures of cockpit audio recordings.

Trump abruptly cancels EO signing event after top AI firm CEOs declined to go

Trump delays AI safety testing EO, claiming it would be an innovation blocker.

AI put synthetic quotes in his book. But this author wants to keep using it.

Steven Rosenbaum explains how inaccurate quotes got into his bookThe Future of Truth.

As Grok flounders, SpaceX bets future on beating Big Tech at AI

SpaceX IPO filing pitches orbital data centers as Grok lags rival AI services.

Buckle up: Google is set to remake search with agentic AI in 2026

Googles AI search evolution is accelerating at I/O 2026.

The Internet cant stop watching Figure AIs humanoid robots handling packages

Figure AIs 24/7 livestream showcases human soft spot for humanoid robots.

Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks

Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data.

Googles SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more

AI content is getting good, but SynthID might be able to help tell truth from fiction.

Gemini 3.5 Flash might be fast enough for gen AI to make sense

Google says its more efficient Gemini 3.5 Flash is the key to your agentic AI future.

Electrical utility megamerger is all about the data centers

NextEras blockbuster deal with Dominion likely means higher bills for consumers.

Legal fail: Dont use AI to sue Facebook users for calling you a bad date

Fake citations dashed a dudes Are We Dating the Same Guy revenge lawsuit.

Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees

Musk plans to appeal after judge immediately affirmed the jurys decision.

Bug bounty businesses bombarded with AI slop

Never-ending AI slop strains corporate hacking reward schemes.

The US is betting on AI to catch insider trading in prediction markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants us to know its taking this very seriously.

Anthropics $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval

Lawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees.

Send the arXiv AI-generated slop, get a yearlong vacation from submissions

One of the sites moderators described the new policy on social media.

OpenAI feels burned by Apples crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say

Judge orders Apple to give Musk internal messages discussing secretive ChatGPT deal.

Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom

This is a public trust and transparency issue.

Claude Codes product lead talks usage limits, transparency, and the lean harness

We have no grand plan, says Anthropics Cat Wu-but thats by design.

Ask AI what goes with chicken and the answer depends on whether it learned from recipes or molecules

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Anthropic bans AI tools during job interviews unless explicitly stated otherwise.According toBloomberg Businessweek, candidates go through up to five rounds of interviews and tests, including a so-called "culture interview." In that round, applicants face questions abou...

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

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

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

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

GPT-5.4 Makes A Splash, AI''s Growth on Mobile, Data Centers Go Off-Grid, Apple''s Diffusion Research

GPT-5.4 Makes A Splash, AI''s Growth on Mobile, Data Centers Go Off-Grid, Apple''s Diffusion Research

Anthropic vs. the U.S. Government, Nano Banana''s Makeover, Frontier Agent Management, Google''s Mathematics Solutions

Anthropic vs. the U.S. Government, Nano Banana''s Makeover, Frontier Agent Management, Google''s Mathematics Solutions

Gemini Seizes the Lead, Investors Panic Over Agentic AI, Optimism at Global AI Summit, Local Versus Cloud

Gemini Seizes the Lead, Investors Panic Over Agentic AI, Optimism at Global AI Summit, Local Versus Cloud

The New Open-Weights Leader, Big AI''s Political Influence, Predicting Illness, Faster Reasoning

The New Open-Weights Leader, Big AI''s Political Influence, Predicting Illness, Faster Reasoning

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinks Smarter, xAI Joins SpaceX, AI Outperforms Doctors, Standardized AI Audits

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinks Smarter, xAI Joins SpaceX, AI Outperforms Doctors, Standardized AI Audits

Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy

Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis

SoftBank says it will invest up to EUR75 billion to build French data centers

Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2026

After Nvidias $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

Cognitions Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldnt replace humans

Today is the last day to apply to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Kiwibits AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy

In just 3 weeks, StrictlyVC is coming to Los Angeles

Blue Origins New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida

Blue Origins New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida

Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new dynamic workflow tool

Anthropic releases Opus 4.8 with new dynamic workflow tool

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

Sunday Special: A major setback for Blue Origin

May 31, 2026

Exploding rockets and exploding hardware prices make for a lousy new normal

This week on The Kettle, we mull over whether the Steam Deck is a canary in the coal mine for the future of hardware prices, and the effect of Blue Origin's blowout on NASA's Moon missions

Netflix wiz creates app to slash AI bills, then open sources it

Project Headroom could save you big money, too

AWS reportedly to tuck Elon Musk's Grok into Bedrock, despite zero enterprise demand

The energy drink of frontier models

Okta writes its own license to kill rogue AI agents

CEO Todd McKinnon says customers including ServiceNow want an off switch

QEMU mulls relaxing AI contribution ban

Red Hat engineer reckons the balance of risk has shifted, but core code stays off limits

Microsoft slaps new coat of paint on Copilot, buries annoying button

Look, says Redmond, usage up 27-43% based on one week of data - admits it 'may not be indicative of long-term usage trends'

Snowflake buys Natoma to help freeze out rogue agents

It is the database titans sixth acquisition announcement since June 2025

Google, Canonical team up to certify Ubuntu images for TPU VMs

Chocolate Factory shifts Tensor Processing Unit Ubuntu support back upstream

Zig creator seeks 'uncompromising perfection' before blessing 1.0

Andrew Kelley interview describes paying monthly for cloud-powered AI coding as an 'insane proposition'

AI agents get their own phone directory built atop DNS

DNS-AID, under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, promises easier agent discovery

Salesforce waves bye-bye to UI in 'headless' embrace

Anthropic's use of Sales Cloud increased five-fold as its workers access Salesforce through Claude and Slack

Snowflake to burn $6B on AWS Graviton CPUs and AI accelerators

Dataware house gambles cloud conveniences, AI accelerated insights will justify the cost.

Argonne flexes spare supercompute to build private AI inference service

Think ChatDoE

AI hiring algorithms reject Black, Asian job seekers at higher rates

Stanford researchers argue need for transparency and independent testing

Bosses blinded by confidence about shadow AI use by workers

More than half of orgs in Okta survey faced an AI-related security incident or near miss last year

AIs don't like religion - particularly Jehovah's Witnesses, study claims

LLMs prefer secular, rational reasoning, and while they'll still get religious on occasion, they have a negative view of Jehovah's Witnesses

Researchers find all big-name bots bomb EU compliance tests

Given a chance, AI will be breaking the law, breaking the law

4 in 10 AI agents headed for demotion or the rubbish bin

Gartner predicts governance struggles to plague rollout of this years much-hyped technology

Broadcom's custom ASIC biz adds South Korea's FuriosaAI to its empire

Third-gen chips to use Broadzilla's advanced packaging, networking tech

Tony Blair and the Reform party both want AI in government, though they can't agree on what for

Former UK PM demands modernization, and right wing party channels inner Musk to call for mass job cuts in public sector

Anthropic co-founder hallucinates ghost in the machine

The nature of AI is unnatural. It's not intelligent. It's not human

Rogue states are putting AI agents to work on sanctions evasion

RUSI warns fake IDs, shell companies, and crypto laundering could soon operate at industrial scale

The SaaS-pocalypse can wait, Salesforce still has customers where it wants them

AI coding agents may make software cheaper to build, but switching off major platforms remains expensive and risky

SaaS outfit ClickUp promises seven-figure salaries for survivors of 22 percent staff purge

CEO jumps on the We must be fit for the AI future bandwagon

Pope Leo warns AI boom can give Big Tech and the people who run it too much power

Worries change may be governed only by technocratic thinking and presented as necessary and inevitable

Google is cannibalizing the web to feed AI

Google Search used to direct users to websites; AI Mode will keep them in Google's garden

Anthropic to release Mythos-class models to the public

AI flaw-finder still under lock and key for now while company figures out guardrails, but extends access to more users including governments

Linus Torvalds to start being more hardnosed about pointless pull requests - some of which come from AIs

Warns large release candidates are *not* conducive to long-term stability

AI eyes scanning for bugs create a worrisome Linux security trend

Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, and Fragesia show the new reality

Minor edits to AI skills can make agents go rogue

Text is the new attack

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...