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Why LA Comic Con thought making an AI-powered Stan Lee hologram was a good idea

I suppose if we do it and thousands of fans... don't like it, we'll stop doing it.

Can AI detect hedgehogs from space? Maybe if you find brambles first.

Cambridge researchers use satellite-based bramble detection as a proxy for mapping hedgehog habitats.

YouTube Music is testing AI hosts that will interrupt your tunes

YouTube Labs will be a place to preview all the app's upcoming AI features.

ChatGPT Pulse delivers morning updates based on your chat history

New mobile chatbot feature analyzes conversations overnight.

Experts urge caution about using ChatGPT to pick stocks

AI-selected portfolios might perform well in a growing market, but experts warn of downturn risks.

Google DeepMind unveils its first thinking robotics AI

DeepMind researchers believe this is the dawn of agentic robots.

DeepMinds robotic ballet: An AI for coordinating manufacturing robots

An AI figures out how robots can get jobs done without getting in each other's way.

Why does OpenAI need six giant data centers?

OpenAI's new $400 billion announcement reveals both growing AI demand and circular investments.

When no means yes: Why AI chatbots cant process Persian social etiquette

New study examines how a helpful AI response could become a cultural disaster in Iran.

OpenAI and Nvidias $100B AI plan will require power equal to 10 nuclear reactors

"This is a giant project," Nvidia CEO said of new 10-gigawatt AI infrastructure deal.

DeepMind AI safety report explores the perils of misaligned AI

DeepMind releases version 3.0 of its AI Frontier Safety Framework with new tips to stop bad bots.

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

LLM "tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity" when writing news briefs.

AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities

Bias-reflecting LLMs lead to inferior medical advice for female, Black, and Asian patients.

Google announces massive expansion of AI features in Chrome

Chrome's future as an AI browser starts today.

New attack on ChatGPT research agent pilfers secrets from Gmail inboxes

Unlike most prompt injections, ShadowLeak executes on OpenAI's cloud-based infrastructure.

White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropics law enforcement AI limits

Officials say Claude chatbot usage policies block FBI, Secret Service contractors' work.

Gemini AI solves coding problem that stumped 139 human teams at ICPC World Finals

Gemini shows off at another high-level academic competition.

After childs trauma, chatbot maker allegedly forced mom to arbitration for $100 payout

"I know my kid": Parents urge lawmakers to shut down chatbots to stop child suicides.

China blocks sale of Nvidia AI chips

China steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence, compete with US.

ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says

Chatbot will "default to the under-18 experience" when age is uncertain after teen suicide lawsuit.

Millions turn to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confession

Bible Chat hits 30 million downloads as users seek algorithmic absolution.

Google releases VaultGemma, its first privacy-preserving LLM

Google Research shows that AI models can keep training data private.

What do people actually use ChatGPT for? OpenAI provides some numbers.

New study breaks down what 700 million users do across 2.6 billion daily GPT messages.

Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002sAnimal Crossingusing memory hack

Unofficial mod lets classic Nintendo GameCube title use AI chatbots with amusing results.

Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources

Experts find fake sources in Canadian government report that took 18 months to complete.

OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms

Companies work to finalize terms as OpenAI pursues for-profit restructuring.

Ted Cruz AI bill could let firms bribe Trump to avoid safety laws, critics warn

Ted Cruz wont give up fight to block states from regulating AI.

One of Googles new Pixel 10 AI features has already been removed

The Pixel 10 Daily Hub has vanished, but Google says it will come back when it's ready.

Developers joke about coding like cavemen as AI service suffers major outage

Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software.

Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools

Spotify sent a warning to stop data sales, but developers say they never got it.

Physicist David Deutsch argues that you can't test for AGI the way you test a piece of software.Instead, what sets humans apart is that they have their own history, shaped by choosing what matters to them in the first place.

Apple introduces Manzano, a model for both image understanding and generation

Anthropic settles landmark AI copyright lawsuit for at least $1.5 billion

Microsoft's VibeVoice is a new AI podcast model that might generate spontaneous singing

Google updates Gemini 2.5 Flash models to deliver faster responses and improved performance

Meta has rolled out "Vibes," a new short-form video feed in the Meta AI app featuring AI-generated clips.Users can create original videos, remix existing ones, or simply scroll through the feed. For now, Meta is partnering with Midjourney and Black Forest Labs,with its ...

Google Deepmind brings agentic AI capabilities into robots with two new Gemini models

AI-generated "workslop" is costing companies millions and hurting team morale, study finds

Lionsgate's AI deal with Runway is moving slower than planned.Thestudio wanted to use its film library to train an AI modelfor movie production, butTheWrapreports the data just isn't enough-even Disney's catalog falls short, according to an insider.

Alibaba has released Qwen3-VL, an open-source language vision model that works with both images and text.The top version, Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B, is available in two variants: "Instruct," which Alibaba reports outperforms Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro on major vision benchma...

AI Agents Spend Money, Online Betting Automates, ChatGPT Users Shift, Reinforcement Learning Accelerates

AI Agents Spend Money, Online Betting Automates, ChatGPT Users Shift, Reinforcement Learning Accelerates

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

Drone Swarms Go To War, States Ban AI Mental-Health Treatments, Qwen3-Next Accelerates, Transformers Get Energized

Drone Swarms Go To War, States Ban AI Mental-Health Treatments, Qwen3-Next Accelerates, Transformers Get Energized

Stronger Chatbot Guardrails, Weaker Google Monopoly, AI-Assisted Education, 10 Million Tokens of Context

Stronger Chatbot Guardrails, Weaker Google Monopoly, AI-Assisted Education, 10 Million Tokens of Context

Gemini''s Environmental Impact, China''s Emerging AI Hub, Chatbot Job Interviews, Security For Agents

Gemini''s Environmental Impact, China''s Emerging AI Hub, Chatbot Job Interviews, Security For Agents

AI-Powered Phones Get Proactive, Robot Antelope Joins Herd, LLM Environmental Impacts Get Measured

AI-Powered Phones Get Proactive, Robot Antelope Joins Herd, LLM Environmental Impacts Get Measured

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

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

Beware coworkers who produce AI-generated workslop

AI startup Friend spent more than $1M on all those subway ads

How South Korea plans to best OpenAI, Google, others with homegrown AI

YouTube Music tests AI hosts that share trivia and commentary

The Trump administration is going after semiconductor imports

Today is the last day to save up to $668 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets

Aaron Levie on building for the long game in enterprise software at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli military unit over Palestinian surveillance

Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms

Cohere hits $7B valuation a month after its last raise, partners with AMD

Microsoft adds Anthropics AI to Copilot

Oracle is reportedly looking to raise $15B in corporate bond sale

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs

It isnt your imagination: Google Cloud is flooding the zone

It isnt your imagination: Google Cloud is flooding the zone

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

Robotics Special: Google unveils its first 'thinking' robotics model

OpenAI rolls out Pulse for daily morning updates

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Microsoft adds Claude to 365 Copilot

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Ex-Google developers launch AI audio assistant

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Nvidia's $100B OpenAI bet

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Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok 4 Fast

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Sunday Special: A safety system for air crashes

Robotics Special: Figure AI hits $39B valuation

Chrome gets new AI powers

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Meta unveils AI-powered smart glasses

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New AI tool turns images and text into 3D environments

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OpenAI and Anthropic reveal how people actually use AI

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Hardware inspector fired for spotting an error he wasn't trained to find

Microsoft agrees to 11th hour Win 10 end of life concessions

SpaceX Dragon huffs, puffs... and fizzles out as NASA aborts ISS boost

800,000 tons of mud probably just made electronics a little more expensive

Prompt injection - and a $5 domain - trick Salesforce Agentforce into leaking sales

UK to roll out mandatory digital ID for right to work by 2029

Many employees are using AI to create 'workslop,' Stanford study says

Just using open source software isn't radical any more. Europe needs to dig deeper

Software CEO tells Catholic uni panel AI won't take out jobs, but it could take out brains

If you can't use AI then it's bye bye, Accenture tells staff

Alibaba unveils $53B global AI plan - but it will need GPUs to back it up

AI that once called itself MechaHitler will now be available to the US government for $0.42

Harness pitches AI agents as your new DevOps taskmasters

DARPA wants AI to know when it's being an energy hog

Oracle saddles up with $18B debt amid AI infrastructure gamble

Alibaba Cloud plans expansion into Europe and South America

Microsoft puts Claude on the M365 menu

AI hype train may jump the tracks over $2T infrastructure bill, warns Bain

US banking giant Citi pilots agentic AI with 5,000 staff

OpenAI's Stargate project to pave the world with AI datacenters announces five new US locations

Boffins fool a self-driving car by putting mirrors on traffic cones

Nearly half of businesses suffered deepfaked phone calls against staff

AI coding hype overblown, Bain shrugs

Kaspersky: RevengeHotels checks back in with AI-coded malware

How I learned to stop worrying and love the datacenter

Stop runaway AI before it's too late, experts beg the UN

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...