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In Xcode 26, Apple shows first signs of offering ChatGPT alternatives

Claude support in Xcode heralds bigger moves across the ecosystem.

Is GPT-5 really worse than GPT-4o? Ars puts them to the test.

It's OpenAI vs. OpenAI on everything from video game strategy to landing a 737.

US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says

It appears Groks antisemitic rants stopped it from becoming feds go-to chatbot.

Google releases pint-size Gemma open AI model

The new Gemma model is a fraction of the size of most new models.

Meta backtracks on rules letting chatbots be creepy to kids

Meta drops AI rules letting chatbots generate innuendo and profess love to kids.

Upcoming DeepSeek AI model failed to train using Huaweis chips

Startup encountered persistent technical issues using Huawei Ascend chips.

Sam Altman finally stood up to Elon Musk after years of X trolling

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are beefing. But their relationship is complicated.

Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people?

Opinion: Theatrical testing scenarios explain why AI models produce alarming outputs-and why we fall for it.

Google Gemini will now learn from your chats-unless you tell it not to

Gemini will remember this, so it's time to check your privacy settings.

OpenAI brings back GPT-4o after user revolt

After unpopular GPT-5 launch, OpenAI begins restoring optional access to previous AI models.

OpenAI, cofounder Sam Altman to take on Neuralink with new startup

Sam Altman says we could soon have "high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces."

Why its a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakes

The tendency to ask AI bots to explain themselves reveals widespread misconceptions about how they work.

Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google

Google may soon be ordered to sell Chrome, and Perplexity is ready.

YouTube backlash begins: Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?

Adult YouTubers defend childish viewing habits in fight to block AI age checks.

Musk threatens to sue Apple so Grok can get top App Store ranking

Musk threatens to sue Apple to get Grok to top spot in App Store rankings.

China tells Alibaba, ByteDance to justify purchases of Nvidia AI chips

Move comes after negotiating an export agreement with the US.

The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess

OpenAI faces backlash as users complain about broken workflows and losing AI friends.

Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping

The Internet Archive confirmed it's in ongoing discussions with Reddit after block.

GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down

Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018.

LLMs simulated reasoning abilities are a brittle mirage, researchers find

Chain-of-thought AI "degrades significantly" when asked to generalize beyond training.

Trump strikes wild deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales

The deal wont resolve national security concerns.

Apple brings OpenAIs GPT-5 to iOS and macOS

It's unclear exactly how GPT-5's new approach to model-switching will work here.

Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself a disgrace to my species

Google still trying to fix "annoying infinite looping bug," product manager says.

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

ChatGPT users hate GPT-5s overworked secretary energy, miss their GPT-4o buddy

I want my GPT-4o back and Ill do anything to get it.

After using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide-and suffers psychosis

Literal "hallucinations" were the result.

OpenAI launches GPT-5 free to all ChatGPT users

New model claims fewer confabulations, better coding, and "safe completions" approach.

Heres how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detect

Why AI-based voice cloning is the next frontier in social-engineering attacks.

US executive branch agencies will use ChatGPT Enterprise for just $1 per agency

Questions linger about ideological bias in models as well as data security.

Google search boss says AI isnt killing search clicks

Liz Reid says Google's data shows AI is generating consistent clicks and better experiences.

Yann LeCun, Meta's AI icon and longtime head of the FAIR research group, will now report to 28-year-old Alexandr Wang.Wang, who foundedScale AI, was recently tapped to lead the newMeta Superintelligence Lab (MSL), which is focused on building superintelligent AI.

After the rocky rollout of GPT-5, Sam Altman is trying to shift the narrative by focusing on GPT-6.While it took two and a half years to move fromGPT-4to GPT-5, OpenAI now wants to ship GPT-6 on a faster timeline. Altman says the big breakthrough will be memory: the next model sh...

Google is adding new AI features to the Pixel 10 lineup.TheTensor G5 chip, built with Google DeepMind, lets Google'sGemini Nanolanguage model run directly on the device for the first time. Magic Cue relies on Gemini Nano to connect information from apps like Gmail and Calend...

AI persuades best by overwhelming people with information instead of using psychological tricks

Richard Sutton says the AI industry has "lost its way" by ignoring core principles of intelligence

Alibaba upgrades its Qwen image model with visual and semantic image editing

Microsoft brings Copilot LLM features directly into Excel spreadsheet cells with a new in-cell function

Tencent's Hunyuan-GameCraft transforms single images into interactive gaming videos

Warmer-sounding LLMs are more likely to repeat false information and conspiracy theories

Warnings about runaway expectations are growing louder throughout the AI industry

China Questions Nvidia, When Models Memorize, Mixture of Video Experts, OpenAI & Oracle Join Forces

China Questions Nvidia, When Models Memorize, Mixture of Video Experts, OpenAI & Oracle Join Forces

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

Tumbling Training Costs, Desktop AI Supercomputer, Tighter AI Export Restrictions, Improved Contrastive Loss

Tumbling Training Costs, Desktop AI Supercomputer, Tighter AI Export Restrictions, Improved Contrastive Loss

GPT-5''s Rough Takeoff, AI Video Blockbusters, India''s Homegrown LLMs, Synthetic Data Generation

GPT-5''s Rough Takeoff, AI Video Blockbusters, India''s Homegrown LLMs, Synthetic Data Generation

Open Agentic LLMs Proliferate, Robot Removes Gallbladders, Reasoning Models Boost Emissions, OpenAI Re-Opens

Open Agentic LLMs Proliferate, Robot Removes Gallbladders, Reasoning Models Boost Emissions, OpenAI Re-Opens

Trump Resets AI Policy, Qwen3''s Agentic Advance, U.S. Chips for China, The Trouble With AI Friends

Trump Resets AI Policy, Qwen3''s Agentic Advance, U.S. Chips for China, The Trouble With AI Friends

Power Moves in AI Coding, Moonshot''s Agentic LLM, How to Comply with EU AI Regs, AI Agents Evolve

Power Moves in AI Coding, Moonshot''s Agentic LLM, How to Comply with EU AI Regs, AI Agents Evolve

Grok Raises Questions, Meta Poaches Talent, California Reframes AI Regulations, Multi-Agent Systems Get Stronger

Grok Raises Questions, Meta Poaches Talent, California Reframes AI Regulations, Multi-Agent Systems Get Stronger

How to Make LLMs Commit Blackmail, Robotic Beehive, Walmart''s AI App Factory, Training Web Agents

How to Make LLMs Commit Blackmail, Robotic Beehive, Walmart''s AI App Factory, Training Web Agents

Amazon''s $100 Billion Bet, Meta''s Sensor-Packed Glasses, Anthropic''s Reason-Free Reasoning, Google''s Extreme Weather Prediction

Amazon''s $100 Billion Bet, Meta''s Sensor-Packed Glasses, Anthropic''s Reason-Free Reasoning, Google''s Extreme Weather Prediction

Judge Rules Training AI on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use, Agentic Biology Evolves, Meta Befriends Alexandr Wang

Judge Rules Training AI on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use, Agentic Biology Evolves, Meta Befriends Alexandr Wang

Apple Sharpens Its GenAI Profile, Hollywood Joins Copyright Fight, OpenAI Ups Reasoning Quotient, LLM Rights Historical Wrongs

Apple Sharpens Its GenAI Profile, Hollywood Joins Copyright Fight, OpenAI Ups Reasoning Quotient, LLM Rights Historical Wrongs

FLUX.1 Kontext''s Consistent Characters, Benchmarking Costs Climb, Mary Meeker''s Action-Packed AI Report, Better Video Gen

FLUX.1 Kontext''s Consistent Characters, Benchmarking Costs Climb, Mary Meeker''s Action-Packed AI Report, Better Video Gen

DeepSeek-R1 Refreshed, AI''s Energy Conundrum, Agents Get Phished, Machine Translation in Action

DeepSeek-R1 Refreshed, AI''s Energy Conundrum, Agents Get Phished, Machine Translation in Action

Claude 4 Advances Code Gen, How DeepSeek Built V3 For $5.6m, Google I/O Roundup, O''Reilly Versus OpenAI

Claude 4 Advances Code Gen, How DeepSeek Built V3 For $5.6m, Google I/O Roundup, O''Reilly Versus OpenAI

Codex''s Robot Dev Team, Grok''s Fixation on South Africa, Saudi Arabia''s AI Power Play, 4-Bit Efficiency With 16-Bit Accuracy

Codex''s Robot Dev Team, Grok''s Fixation on South Africa, Saudi Arabia''s AI Power Play, 4-Bit Efficiency With 16-Bit Accuracy

Recipes For Reasoning, Open and Compact Code Generator, Looser AI Regulations, More Factual Output

Recipes For Reasoning, Open and Compact Code Generator, Looser AI Regulations, More Factual Output

ChatGPT Grovels, Qwen3 Takes on DeepSeek-R1, Johnson & Johnson Reveals AI Strategy, Easy Reasoning Hack

ChatGPT Grovels, Qwen3 Takes on DeepSeek-R1, Johnson & Johnson Reveals AI Strategy, Easy Reasoning Hack

Anthropic bundles Claude Code into enterprise plans

Google doubles down on AI phones with its Pixel 10 series

You can now talk to Google Photos to make your edits

Dex is an AI-powered camera device that helps children learn new languages

FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brains

Y Combinator alum SRE.ai raises $7.2M for DevOps AI agents

Meta is shaking up its AI org, again

Your next customer is on the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 expo floor - will they find you or your competitor?

AI crawler Firecrawl raises $14.5M, is still looking to hire agents as employees

Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand its AI-powered sleep tech

Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks

GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now

Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood

AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids

Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids

US government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel

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

New MIT study spooks Wall Street

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Sunday Special: Mind-reading brain chips

Google's new model fits on your phone

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Gemini gets major updates

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OpenAI in damage control after GPT-5 release

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Sunday Special: A trip to a black hole

Robotics Special: Unitree stuns the industry (again)

Baidu robocabs break even in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere

Understanding and controlling AI crawler activity on your website

Automating data pipelines with AI agents

The infrastructure reality behind AI at the edge

KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot

End well, this won't: UK commissioner suggests govt stops kids from using VPNs

August update leaves Windows reset and recovery dead in the water

Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition

Browser wars are back, predicts Palo Alto, thanks to AI

McDonald's not lovin' it when hacker exposes nuggets of rotten security

PinePhone Pro canned in pursuit of RISC-V business

US spy chief claims UK backed down over Apple backdoor demand

Like burglars closing a door, Apache ActiveMQ attackers patch critical vuln after breaking in

More customers asking for Google's Data Boundary, says Cloud Experience boss

Post-privacy AI glasses claim to listen to your every word

Talk to the bot: Salesforce AI agents could replace US govt employees

Perplexity's Comet browser naively processed pages with evil instructions

GSA launches AI sandbox, says it won't be around for long

AI skeptics zone out when chatbots get preachy

Anarchy in the AI: Trump's desire to supercharge US tech faces plenty of hurdles

Open the pod bay door, GPT-4o

Vision AI models see optical illusions when none exist

China sends an AI to its space station, where Taikonauts use it to prep for spacewalk

Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells

GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire

AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed 'a wallet-wrecking tragedy'

UK drafts AI to help Joe Public decipher its own baffling bureaucracy

Every question you ask, every comment you make, I'll be recording you

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...