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OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury

Elon Musk argued the journals show the moment when OpenAI abandoned its mission.

Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean

Panthalassa aims to test floating AI computing nodes in the Pacific in 2026.

Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license

State says chatbot claimed to practice medicine, gave invalid license number.

Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls

Googles smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp.

Notepad++ for Mac release is disavowed by the creator of the original

To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version.

Canadian election databases use canary traps-and they work

Intentional errors can be useful.

Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags

The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.

Musks World War III threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial

OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to coerce a settlement days before trial started.

Study: AI models that consider users feelings are more likely to make errors

Overtuning can cause models to prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.

Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines

More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.

GPT-5.5 matches heavily hyped Mythos Preview in new cybersecurity tests

New results suggest Mythos cyber threat isnt a breakthrough specific to one model.

Elon Musks 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial

Elon Musk spent three days testifying as the first witness in his trial against OpenAI.

Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex

Meta said the Kenyan workers didnt meet our standards.

Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids

Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid.

The hidden cost of Googles AI defaults and the illusion of choice

Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.

OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to never talk about goblins

Directions also include system instructions to act like you have a vivid inner life.

Drone strikes on data centers spook Big Tech, halting Middle East projects

Uninsurable war damage is forcing tech companies to rethink Middle East plans.

Sam Altman is the face of evil for not reporting school shooter, says lawyer

Lawsuits: OpenAI didnt report ChatGPT user to cops to protect Altman, IPO.

Humanoid robots start sorting luggage in Tokyo airport test amid labor shortage

Humanoid robots could load cargo and clean aircraft cabins at Haneda Airport.

GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage

GitHub says it can no longer absorb escalating inference cost from it heaviest AI users.

The great American data center divide

Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure.

Musk and Altman face off in trial that will determine OpenAIs future

Musks shifting stance on AI dangers may complicate trial over OpenAIs mission.

OpenAI ends its exclusive partnership with Microsoft

Amended agreement clears the way for OpenAI models to run on Amazon Bedrock.

EU tells Google to open up AI on Android; Google says thats unwarranted intervention

Gemini gets preferential treatment on Android, but maybe not for long (in Europe).

China kills Metas acquisition of Manus as US-China AI rivalry deepens

The unwinding of Metas deal shows how tech founders struggle to cut China ties.

Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic

This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago.

Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time

The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsungs bottom line.

Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf

Beloved wolf gripped the nation after burrowing out of the zoo.

US accuses China of industrial-scale AI theft. China says its slander.

Trump-Xi summit may be rocked by US mulling huge sanctions.

Greenhouse gases from data center boom could outpace entire nations

Plants from OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Microsoft could emit more than 129M tons annually.

The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), part of the US Department of Commerce, has signed new agreements with Google Deepmind, Microsoft, and xAI.The goal is to test advanced AI models fornational security risksbefore they become publicly available.

Anthropic ships ten AI agents for finance as both it and OpenAI chase IPO-ready revenue

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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

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

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

OpenClaw Runs Amok, Kimi''s Open Model, Ministral Distilled, Wikipedia''s Partners

OpenClaw Runs Amok, Kimi''s Open Model, Ministral Distilled, Wikipedia''s Partners

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

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

SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw

Apple plans to make iOS 27 a Choose Your Own Adventure of AI models

PayPal says its becoming a technology company again - that means AI

Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push

Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria as new investors

4 days left: Get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass to make more deals faster

OpenAIs cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO

Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious

Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks

As workers worry about AI, Nvidias Jensen Huang says AI is creating an enormous number of jobs

As workers worry about AI, Nvidias Jensen Huang says AI is creating an enormous number of jobs

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

Cofounder 2: Run a startup w/ zero employees

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Apple confirms Mac Mini shortage

ALSO: How to generate editable infographics with AI

Sunday Special: Brain implant wins FDA nod to treat depression

Robotics Special: Japan puts humanoid robots to work at airport

Codex challenges Claude Cowork

ALSO: How to create interactive charts and diagrams in Claude

Big Tech blows out earnings

ALSO: How to create real QR codes with ChatGPT Image 2

Claude plugs into popular design tools

ALSO: How to get better outputs with fewer tokens in Claude

OpenAI's iPhone competitor

ALSO: How to set up and use Claude Design

DeepSeek's V4 challenges Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.4

ALSO: How to compare multiple AI models side by side using one prompt

Sunday Special: Scientists discover ancient Kraken-like octopus

Robotics Special: Robots ace humans at ping-pong

OpenAI reclaims the throne

ALSO: How to create images with OpenAI's Images 2

AWS lets agents drive its virtual cloudy desktops - which could cost 500,00 tokens per click

India orders infosec red alert in case Mythos sparks crime spree

AI inference just plays by different rules

How TeamViewer ONE transforms IT operations from firefighting to autopilot

Kids say they can beat age checks by drawing on a fake mustache

Moving to mainframe can be cheaper than sticking with VMware: Gartner

Brit mathematician lets AI agent loose with credit card - cue password leaks, CAPTCHA chaos and more

Ask.com, former home of search butler Jeeves, closes just as conversational search comes back

NHS to close-source hundreds of GitHub repos over AI, security concerns

Microsoft fixes VS Code after app gives Copilot credit for human's work

Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear

Shadow IT has given way to shadow AI. Enter AI-BOMs

Hope your holiday was horrid: You botched the last thing you did before leaving

Hands off my trademark! Notepad++ dev threatens legal action against macOS port

OpenAI exec says company hopes to burn $50B of somebody else's money on compute this year

Astera speaks softly and carries a big switch

Anthropic wants Claude to play with money, unleashes finance agents

IBM asks DBAs to trust AI to act on their behalf

ServiceNow clears agents for landing with new AI control tower

Bun posts Rust porting guide, says rewrite is still half-baked

Microsoft's bad obsession is showing up in shabby services and slipshod software. Here's proof

Singapore boffins get diverse SIEMs singing in harmony with agentic rule translation

Five Eyes spook shops warn rapid rollouts of agentic AI are too risky

Just in time for Labour Day, China makes it illegal to fire humans if AI takes their jobs

Inference is giving AI chip startups a second chance to make their mark

Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents

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...