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SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power it

This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAIs mission.

OpenAI picks up pace against Claude Code with new Codex desktop app

The macOS app does everything the CLI, IDE, and web interfaces do.

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and its getting weird fast

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.

Developers say AI coding tools work-and thats precisely what worries them

Ars spoke to several software devs about AI and found enthusiasm tempered by unease.

Web portal leaves kids chats with AI toy open to anyone with Gmail account

Just about anyone with a Gmail account could access Bondu chat transcripts.

How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path?

Anthropics latest paper on user disempowerment has some troubling findings.

Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

Project Genie lets you generate new worlds 60 seconds at a time, but only if you pay for AI Ultra.

New OpenAI tool renews fears that AI slop will overwhelm scientific research

New Prism workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.

Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or is that just what it wants Claude to think?

We have no proof that AI models suffer, but Anthropic acts like they might for training purposes.

US cyber defense chief accidentally uploaded secret government info to ChatGPT

Congress recently grilled the acting chief on mass layoffs and a failed polygraph.

Google begins rolling out Chromes Auto Browse AI agent today

The Auto Browse agent is available to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but there are some limits.

Report: China approves import of high-end Nvidia AI chips after weeks of uncertainty

Over 400,000 H200 chips coming to tech giants as China tries to balance tech needs with self-reliance.

Users flock to open source Moltbot for always-on AI, despite major risks

The open source Jarvis chats via WhatsApp but requires access to your files and accounts.

AI Overviews gets upgraded to Gemini 3 with a dash of AI Mode

AI Overviews may get it right more often with the move to Gemini 3.

OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works

Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop.

Wildly irresponsible: DOTs use of AI to draft safety rules sparks concerns

Staffers warn DOTs use of Gemini to draft rules could cause injuries and deaths.

EU launches formal investigation of xAI over Groks sexualized deepfakes

Elon Musks company faces fines of up to 6 percent of its daily turnover.

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure intact mental health

The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that wont compile.

Report: Apple plans to launch AI-powered wearable pin device as soon as 2027

Apple, OpenAI, Meta, and more are all racing toward AI hardware products.

Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musks chosen court

Millions likely harmed by Grok-edited sex images as X advertisers shrugged.

Google begins offering free SAT practice tests powered by Gemini

Google says more kinds of standardized tests will be added in the future.

Google adds your Gmail and Photos to AI Mode to enable Personal Intelligence

Personal Intelligence is optional and rolling out first to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.

eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents

New policy requires buy for me AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.

Has Gemini surpassed ChatGPT? We put the AI models to the test.

Did Apple make the right choice in partnering with Google for Siris AI features?

Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now theres a plugin to avoid them.

The webs best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.

Elon Musk accused of making up math to squeeze $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft

Musks math reduced ChatGPT inventors contributions to zero, OpenAI argued.

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.

OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US.

TSMC says AI demand is endless after record Q4 earnings

Amid fears of bubble, worlds top chipmaker TSMC says customers just keep asking for more.

Mother of one of Elon Musks offspring sues xAI over sexualized deepfakes

Claims Grok chatbot created countless sexual images of her without her consent.

Frontier Radar #1: From chatbots to problem solvers - the state of AI agents in 2026

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Adobe Firefly subscribers can now generate unlimited images and videos.The change gives users unrestricted access to multiple AI models, including Google Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image Generation, Runway Gen-4 Image, and Adobe's own Firefly models. The offer covers Firefly Pro, ...

Chinese AI companies are pushing to ship major model updates ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday.Zhipu AI and Minimax, both of which recently wentpublic on the Hong Kong stock exchange, plan to release updates to their flagship models within the next two weeks, according to the...

Agents Go Shopping, Intelligence Redefined, Better Text in Pictures, Higher Engagement Means Worse Alignment

Agents Go Shopping, Intelligence Redefined, Better Text in Pictures, Higher Engagement Means Worse Alignment

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

Self-Driving Reasoning Models, ChatGPT Adds Ads, Apple''s Deal with Google, 3D Generation Pronto

Self-Driving Reasoning Models, ChatGPT Adds Ads, Apple''s Deal with Google, 3D Generation Pronto

Governments vs. Grok, Meta Buys Agent Tech, Healthcare Chatbots, Limits of AI-Powered Retrieval

Governments vs. Grok, Meta Buys Agent Tech, Healthcare Chatbots, Limits of AI-Powered Retrieval

LLMs Go To Confession, Automated Scientific Research, What Copilot Users Want, Reasoning For Less

LLMs Go To Confession, Automated Scientific Research, What Copilot Users Want, Reasoning For Less

New Year Special! Hopes for 2026 from David Cox, Adji Bousso Dieng, Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Tanmay Gupta, Pengtao Xie, Sharon Zhou

New Year Special! Hopes for 2026 from David Cox, Adji Bousso Dieng, Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Tanmay Gupta, Pengtao Xie, Sharon Zhou

Top Stories of 2025! Big AI Poaches Talent, Reasoning Models Boost Performance, Agents Write Code, Data Centers Drive GDP, China Turns the Tables

Top Stories of 2025! Big AI Poaches Talent, Reasoning Models Boost Performance, Agents Write Code, Data Centers Drive GDP, China Turns the Tables

OpenAI''s Answer to Gemini 3, Runway''s Interactive Worlds, Disney''s Alliance With OpenAI, Adapting LLMs for Low-Data Domains

OpenAI''s Answer to Gemini 3, Runway''s Interactive Worlds, Disney''s Alliance With OpenAI, Adapting LLMs for Low-Data Domains

Claude Opus 4.5 Saves Tokens, White House Boosts AI-Powered Science, Amazon Exposes Nova 2 Pro Checkpoints, Small Models Solve Hard Puzzles

Claude Opus 4.5 Saves Tokens, White House Boosts AI-Powered Science, Amazon Exposes Nova 2 Pro Checkpoints, Small Models Solve Hard Puzzles

Meta''s Open 3D Pipeline, World Labs'' Virtual Spaces, Baidu''s Multimodal Models, Coordinating Robot Teams

Meta''s Open 3D Pipeline, World Labs'' Virtual Spaces, Baidu''s Multimodal Models, Coordinating Robot Teams

Google Rules Arena Leaderboards, Microsoft+Anthropic, Record Labels Back AI Music, Personality Control for LLMs

Google Rules Arena Leaderboards, Microsoft+Anthropic, Record Labels Back AI Music, Personality Control for LLMs

Self-Driving On U.S. Freeways, Open LLM Tops Agentic Leaderboard, Anthropic Sparks Controversy, Efficient Agentic Search

Self-Driving On U.S. Freeways, Open LLM Tops Agentic Leaderboard, Anthropic Sparks Controversy, Efficient Agentic Search

Safer (and Sexier) Chatbots, Better Images Through Reasoning, The Dawn of Industrial AI, Forecasting Time Series

Safer (and Sexier) Chatbots, Better Images Through Reasoning, The Dawn of Industrial AI, Forecasting Time Series

OpenAI Reorgs For Profit, MiniMax-M2 Leads Open Coding, Universal Music Group Embraces AI, LLMs Go Private

OpenAI Reorgs For Profit, MiniMax-M2 Leads Open Coding, Universal Music Group Embraces AI, LLMs Go Private

Monsters of AI: AI Psychosis, Lethal Drones, Decaying Data, Speculative Bubbles

Monsters of AI: AI Psychosis, Lethal Drones, Decaying Data, Speculative Bubbles

Ling-1T Leads Non-Reasoning Performance, MCP Poses Security Risks, California Regulates AI, Auto-Tune for Agentic Prompts

Ling-1T Leads Non-Reasoning Performance, MCP Poses Security Risks, California Regulates AI, Auto-Tune for Agentic Prompts

DeepSeek Cuts Inference Costs, OpenAI Tightens Ties with AMD, Thinking Machines Simplifies Fine-Tuning, Robots Improve Spatial Awareness

DeepSeek Cuts Inference Costs, OpenAI Tightens Ties with AMD, Thinking Machines Simplifies Fine-Tuning, Robots Improve Spatial Awareness

Elon Musks SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musks xAI, with plan to build data centers in space

What Snowflakes deal with OpenAI tells us about the enterprise AI race

Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features

OpenAI launches new macOS app for agentic coding

Ring brings its Search Party feature for finding lost dogs to non-Ring camera owners

Carbon Robotics built an AI model that detects and identifies plants

Coalition demands federal Grok ban over nonconsensual sexual content

These AI notetaking devices can help you record and transcribe your meetings

AI layoffs or AI-washing?

Why Tethers CEO is everywhere right now

Bye-bye, corporate conglomerates. Hello personal conglomerates.

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Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up

Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI

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

A social network only AI can use

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Sunday Special: Scientists create an "unsinkable" metal

Robotics Special: Tesla pivots to AI and robotics

Create & explore 3D worlds with Project Genie

ALSO: How to turn any PDF into a whiteboard-style visual

Moonshot AI drops Kimi K2.5 with Agent Swarm

ALSO: How to create viral LinkedIn posts with Taplio

Claude connects to your workplace tools

ALSO: How to use AI to find the perfect people for your business

AI is shifting from tool to teammate

ALSO: How to create a report from survey data with Claude

Sunday Special: Scientists uncover a 'new form of life'

Robotics Special: Swiss scientists unveil detachable robotic hand

Meet the 24/7 AI time assistant

ALSO: How AI Influencers Are Replacing Human Creators

Amazon & Anthropic release AI healthcare tools

ALSO: How predictive intelligence can streamline your sales pipeline at Salesforce

South Korea enlists AI to spot pump and dump schemes on social media, or in Spam

Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun

Sword of Damocles hangs over UK militarys Ajax as minister says back it or scrap it

AI security startup CEO posts a job. Deepfake candidate applies, inner turmoil ensues.

Notepad++ update service hijacked in targeted state-linked attack

Help! Does anyone on the bus know Linux?

Open-source AI is a global security nightmare waiting to happen, say researchers

Microsoft's 'atypical' emergency Windows patches are becoming awfully typical

Techie's one ring brought darkness by shorting a server

Microsoft's Sinofsky saw Surface fail coming - then hit up Epstein for advice on exit

Microsoft spends billions on AI, converts just 3.3% of Copilot Chat users

Russia-linked APT28 attackers already abusing new Microsoft Office zero-day

Snowflake bets $200M that OpenAI makes databases more chatty

OpenClaw patches one-click RCE as security Whac-A-Mole continues

'Hey! I'm chatting here!' Fugazi answers doom NYC's AI bot

Ex-Googler nailed for stealing AI secrets for Chinese startups

Feeling taxed by layoffs, IRS turns to AI helpers

Backblaze says AI traffic and neoclouds could shape future networks

Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign

Want digital sovereignty? That'll be 1% of your GDP into AI infrastructure please

OpenAI gives ChatGPT models the chop - two weeks' notice, take it or leave it

Musk distracts from struggling car biz with fantastical promise to make 1 million humanoid robots a year

Google's Project Genie could put even more game developers out of work

Dow Chemical says AI is the element behind 4,500 job cuts

AI datacenter boom triples US gas power builds, filling the air with more CO2

IBM says AI is insane in the mainframe as z17 sales surge

Banker claims Oracle may slash up to 30,000 jobs, sell health unit to pay for AI build-out

Tesla revenue falls for first time as Musk bets big on robots and autonomy

Meta to pour the GDP of Kenya into AI infrastructure push in 2026

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...