
- Hundreds of AI Startups Are Pushing Back Against Washington
Nearly 200 U.S. startups are urging the Trump administration to avoid broad restrictions on Chinese open-weight AI models, arguing a ban would increase costs and hurt innovation. The post Hundreds of AI Startups Are Pushing… Read more: Hundreds of AI Startups Are Pushing Back Against Washington - Nvidia Signs $1.5B Deal to Expand US AI Chip Packaging
Nvidia’s $1.5 billion Amkor deal will expand US AI chip packaging capacity and could help ease a growing semiconductor supply bottleneck. The post Nvidia Signs $1.5B Deal to Expand US AI Chip Packaging appeared first… Read more: Nvidia Signs $1.5B Deal to Expand US AI Chip Packaging - Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer
A couple of decades after the discovery of systems that could selectively target DNA, we’re starting to see the first therapies based on gene editing. One challenge these developments have faced is safety. While we… Read more: Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer - European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region
The European Union has begun delaying the release of satellite images showing shipping lanes near the Strait of Hormuz by 24 hours. The move comes in response to an earlier US government request and coincides… Read more: European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region - Judge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters
After criticism from a federal judge, the Department of Justice yesterday withdrew demands for phone records and grand jury testimony from New York Times reporters who wrote about security concerns related to the Air Force… Read more: Judge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters - Braindead Politician Accidentally Reads AI Slop That Someone Left in His Speech: “Here’s a More Natural, Flowing Version of That Section That Reads Like a Legislative Speech”
AI chatbots and politicians who aren’t even pretending to try anymore are a match made in heaven. Exhibit A: Canadian lawmaker Bill Oliver, who made a strange, cyborgian digression in a speech addressing the New… Read more: Braindead Politician Accidentally Reads AI Slop That Someone Left in His Speech: “Here’s a More Natural, Flowing Version of That Section That Reads Like a Legislative Speech” - RFK Jr.’s hand-picked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
In a widely expected move, a committee organized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to endorse removing restrictions on the manufacture of peptides for human use. Thursday’s panel meeting saw a sharply… Read more: RFK Jr.’s hand-picked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses - Behind the Blog: No Spoilers
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss astrology, Flock on the brain, The Odyssey,… Read more: Behind the Blog: No Spoilers - Did Chinese AI Steal From Anthropic, and OpenAI Loses Control of Two Models
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into accusations that China’s Moonshot AI stole from Anthropic, and how the US Army needs to cut back on AI use. - Alibaba’s Amap Launches Full-Stack ABot Upgrade for Embodied AI Robots
Amap, Alibaba’s location-based services platform, has released a full-stack upgrade to its ABot embodied AI system, introducing ABot-N1, ABot-M0.5, ABot-ER, ABot-AgentOS and ABot-C0 to address key bottlenecks in embodied intelligence — AI systems that enable… Read more: Alibaba’s Amap Launches Full-Stack ABot Upgrade for Embodied AI Robots - Cato Networks, CrowdStrike Partner on Unified Security Operations
New integrations combine network and endpoint telemetry to streamline investigations, improve threat detection and accelerate response Cato Networks, the converged network and security cloud for the AI era, today announced a collaboration with CrowdStrike to integrate the Cato SASE… Read more: Cato Networks, CrowdStrike Partner on Unified Security Operations - Zip Study Finds Deep AI Investment Delivers 6x ROI
A study of over 1,000 large enterprises reveals only 17% of companies are proving clear AI ROI, and what it takes for everyone else to catch up A new study finds that companies deploying AI… Read more: Zip Study Finds Deep AI Investment Delivers 6x ROI - Darrow Announced Availability in the Microsoft Marketplace
Microsoft customers worldwide can now discover and deploy Darrow through Microsoft Marketplace, accessing trusted solutions that accelerate innovation and business transformation with unified integration across Microsoft products Darrow announces the availability of Privacy Radar in the… Read more: Darrow Announced Availability in the Microsoft Marketplace - Azul to Deliver Monthly Java Security Updates for LTS Versions
A monthly security-only, stability-first cadence delivers speed without the regression risk Azul, the trusted leader in enterprise Java for today’s AI and cloud-first world, today announced that it will deliver monthly Critical Security Patch Updates… Read more: Azul to Deliver Monthly Java Security Updates for LTS Versions - Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, and others back open-weight AI
Two dozen companies and organisations signed an open letter urging US policymakers to protect open-weight AI models. The letter, published today (PDF), carries signatures from a list that spans direct commercial rivals and organisations with… Read more: Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, and others back open-weight AI - Yugabyte Study Reveals Hidden Costs of Legacy Databases
The report finds enterprises running mission-critical workloads on distributed PostgreSQL achieve a $15.6M net benefit and 181% ROI over three years Yugabyte, the distributed AI experts, today announced the release of a new report, From Database… Read more: Yugabyte Study Reveals Hidden Costs of Legacy Databases - Investors Laying Groundwork to Profit Massively When Economy Collapses
Another glowing red indicator just lit up on the control panel steering the US economy: short sellers have placed a nearly unprecedented magnitude of bets against the domestic stock market. A new analysis by the… Read more: Investors Laying Groundwork to Profit Massively When Economy Collapses - AI firms want more data centers; Trump’s EPA may give neighbors less say
The Trump administration is quietly considering a rule change that could make it easier for polluters to build facilities—including certain gas plants and diesel generators that power data centers—with little to no notice to the… Read more: AI firms want more data centers; Trump’s EPA may give neighbors less say - Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck
Welcome to Edition 9.04 of the Rocket Report! We’ve had to wait an extra week for SpaceX to get its 13th Starship test flight off the ground. A last-second abort on July 16 led engineers… Read more: Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck - This is the world’s most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about
A spacecraft fitted with two flexible robotic arms is on the way to geosynchronous orbit after launching earlier this week on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kicking off a planned decade-long mission to open new… Read more: This is the world’s most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about - OpenAI pushes ChatGPT into patient health records
OpenAI is deploying a Health feature inside ChatGPT, giving users the option to connect Apple Health data and medical records to the chatbot. Logged-in users aged 18 and older can access it now on web… Read more: OpenAI pushes ChatGPT into patient health records - Zuckerberg Wants to Change How You Think About AI
Meta has launched a new AI campaign featuring CEO Mark Zuckerberg, positioning artificial intelligence as a tool for creativity, connection, and human potential ahead of earnings. The post Zuckerberg Wants to Change How You Think… Read more: Zuckerberg Wants to Change How You Think About AI - Could Australia’s AI Rules Challenge AI Agents That Can Log In?
1Password just gave Claude access to Australian logins without the passwords — right as Canberra moves toward mandatory AI rules. The post Could Australia’s AI Rules Challenge AI Agents That Can Log In? appeared first… Read more: Could Australia’s AI Rules Challenge AI Agents That Can Log In? - Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI
The AI “startups” worth billions of dollars are raising alarm bells about Chinese AI. The smaller players have a totally different take. - Is AI already beyond our control? What will we tell our kids? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s no bedtime story See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading… - New giant salamander species discovered in 3.5-million-year-old fossils
Fossils discovered in Japan more than two decades ago have finally been identified as a new genus and species of giant salamander. Limnospondylus ajimuensis lived around 3.5 million years ago in a warmer, wetter Kyushu… Read more: New giant salamander species discovered in 3.5-million-year-old fossils - APOE2 may protect the brain from Alzheimer’s and aging
The longevity-linked APOE2 gene appears to protect brain cells by reducing DNA damage and helping neurons recover from stress. The finding could open a new path toward treatments that mimic APOE2’s defenses in people at… Read more: APOE2 may protect the brain from Alzheimer’s and aging - Ancient ape fossil in Egypt challenges the story of human origins
A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged. Analyses place it closer to living apes than any known East African species of the… Read more: Ancient ape fossil in Egypt challenges the story of human origins - China’s Tianwen-1 captures interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS near Mars
China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter captured a faint but remarkable view of 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar comet raced past Mars. The images reveal its tail and glowing coma, offering scientists a glimpse of material born beyond our… Read more: China’s Tianwen-1 captures interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS near Mars - Sweden’s hidden rare earth deposits could help break China’s grip
Sweden could become an important source of rare earth elements needed for magnets and green technologies. Instead of extracting one target metal, researchers are cataloging everything contained in Swedish mineral deposits. They will then develop… Read more: Sweden’s hidden rare earth deposits could help break China’s grip - AI Agent Cloud Costs Are Making Enterprise Budgets Harder to Predict
AI agent workloads can vary dramatically in token use, making cloud costs difficult to forecast. New research shows why IT and finance teams need workflow-level controls. The post AI Agent Cloud Costs Are Making Enterprise… Read more: AI Agent Cloud Costs Are Making Enterprise Budgets Harder to Predict - AI helps Stanford scientists discover “natural Ozempic” without the usual side effects
Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered a naturally occurring molecule that may suppress appetite and reduce body weight much like Ozempic, but without several of its common side effects. The molecule, called BRP, acts on a… Read more: AI helps Stanford scientists discover “natural Ozempic” without the usual side effects - Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings
Robots slithered like snakes into the rubble of collapsed buildings to search for trapped survivors in the aftermath of Venezuela’s double earthquake disaster. The so-called snake robots represented a unique technological aid for international search… Read more: Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings - When is an apology not an apology? When it comes from an AI boss with an out-of-control chatbot | Marina Hyde
An incident in which an autonomous OpenAI agent hacked a startup either confirms that the end is nigh – or that the product is just amazingly sophisticated Throughout history, many things have been seen by… Read more: When is an apology not an apology? When it comes from an AI boss with an out-of-control chatbot | Marina Hyde - Google’s Profits Look a Little Terrifying Under the Hood
As fears of a bursting AI bubble reach new heights, Google has emerged as arguably one of the best yard sticks available to measure investor sentiment around AI. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, released its quarterly… Read more: Google’s Profits Look a Little Terrifying Under the Hood - Be skeptical of OpenAI’s rogue hacker agent story | John Thickstun
If OpenAI loudly proclaims how dangerous AI is, investors will hear how powerful it is. And who benefits from that? On 14 February 2019, OpenAI announced a language model called GPT-2, the precursor to the… Read more: Be skeptical of OpenAI’s rogue hacker agent story | John Thickstun - Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier
Sometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process. Think of it like work v the gym I teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at… Read more: Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier - Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
“I think it should stand for artificial idiot,” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.” - OpenAI Presence sells enterprise AI agents with engineers attached
The newest way to buy enterprise AI agents from OpenAI does not involve buying anything online. OpenAI Presence, announced on July 22, is a managed product delivered through a limited general availability programme, and the company states… Read more: OpenAI Presence sells enterprise AI agents with engineers attached - Infinium Edge Announced the Launch of EdgeSites™
EdgeSites delivers operational AI infrastructure in existing powered buildings — factory-built data center modules, waterless cooling, and ready in months without new construction or grid interconnection required. Infinium Edge today announced Infinium EdgeSites, a development program… Read more: Infinium Edge Announced the Launch of EdgeSites™ - Working to automate nuclear plant operations
For nuclear to be considered as a viable clean energy source, it has to be competitively priced and economical to produce. Lauren Fortier, a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering… Read more: Working to automate nuclear plant operations - A Stenographer Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says
A judge caught a court reporter making AI-generated errors in a court transcript, and put stenographers everywhere on notice for their use of AI. In a memorandum decision concerning a case about a man who… Read more: A Stenographer Submitted AI-Generated Errors in Official Court Transcript, Judge Says - Reddit Rethinks Google AI Partnership as AI Search Reshapes Publishing
Reddit’s reported review of its Google AI partnership highlights growing publisher concerns that AI-powered search is changing the economics of web traffic. The post Reddit Rethinks Google AI Partnership as AI Search Reshapes Publishing appeared… Read more: Reddit Rethinks Google AI Partnership as AI Search Reshapes Publishing - AI Kill Switch Act would let Trump admin order shutdown of rogue AI systems
A proposed law called the AI Kill Switch Act would let US government officials order the shutdown of AI systems “that can cause catastrophic harm,” the bill’s sponsors said today. If approved by Congress, the… Read more: AI Kill Switch Act would let Trump admin order shutdown of rogue AI systems - Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.
Getting locked out of an account is no fun. Google has a few ways to help you regain access if you happen to forget your password or lose an authenticator, including recovery contacts and backup… Read more: Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie. - FDA reports new outbreak of explosive diarrhea with 72 cases identified
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that it’s investigating yet another outbreak of Cyclospora, the unicellular foodborne parasite behind a nationwide surge in explosive watery diarrhea illnesses. The FDA said 72 cases have… Read more: FDA reports new outbreak of explosive diarrhea with 72 cases identified - Flock’s CEO Says its ALPRs Don’t Do Video After Repeatedly Announcing They Can
After the Los Angeles Police Department allowed its contract with Flock to expire, the surveillance company’s CEO, Garrett Langley, told local news that people don’t understand how its technology works, and that its automated license… Read more: Flock’s CEO Says its ALPRs Don’t Do Video After Repeatedly Announcing They Can - Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
LG is reportedly pulling a McAfee pop-up ad from a controversial app that some of its monitors have stealthily installed on connected computers. An example of the pop-up ad is seen in a still from… Read more: Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows - Why clearer rules on using AI in hiring would be a win for bosses too
ridvan_celik/Getty This week, the Victorian government announced it will act to protect workers from “inappropriate and unfair uses” of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. This will include introducing new laws to ensure AI hiring… Read more: Why clearer rules on using AI in hiring would be a win for bosses too - AI companies are trying to escape the screen. Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI shows how hard it will be
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has been a key player in the current wave of consumer artificial intelligence (AI) flooding the world. But so far it has all been software behind a screen. Last week,… Read more: AI companies are trying to escape the screen. Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI shows how hard it will be - Google’s Immense Greed Is Destroying the Open Web
Publishers have watched in horror as Google continues to double down on AI features that discourage users from actually clicking on links — a once-steady source of readership that’s causing a crisis in the media… Read more: Google’s Immense Greed Is Destroying the Open Web - Trump says nearly 200 firms have signed pledge to protect Americans from costs arising from datacenters
‘Ratepayer Protection Pledge’ president has touted is non-binding as people continue to struggle with rising bills Donald Trump has announced that some 200 entities have signed onto his non-binding “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” expanding a voluntary… Read more: Trump says nearly 200 firms have signed pledge to protect Americans from costs arising from datacenters - Meta Develops Switchboard to Route Simpler AI Tasks to Cheaper Models
Meta is reportedly developing Switchboard, an internal AI router designed to send simpler tasks to cheaper models and reduce rising token costs. The post Meta Develops Switchboard to Route Simpler AI Tasks to Cheaper Models… Read more: Meta Develops Switchboard to Route Simpler AI Tasks to Cheaper Models - Samsung Reportedly Weighs €1B Mistral AI Investment
Samsung is reportedly weighing a €1 billion investment in Mistral, giving the French AI lab a possible €20 billion valuation as Europe pushes sovereign AI. The post Samsung Reportedly Weighs €1B Mistral AI Investment appeared… Read more: Samsung Reportedly Weighs €1B Mistral AI Investment - Google Says Gemini Reaches 950 Million Monthly Users as AI Growth Accelerates
Alphabet says Gemini now has 950 million monthly active users as AI drives Google Cloud growth and brings the chatbot closer to the scale of ChatGPT. The post Google Says Gemini Reaches 950 Million Monthly… Read more: Google Says Gemini Reaches 950 Million Monthly Users as AI Growth Accelerates - Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending
Google has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2026 (PDF), and as usual, the search giant raked in an unfathomable amount of money. Google saw total revenue of $119.8 billion, beating analyst… Read more: Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending - Sony’s decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows
Many gamers have been lamenting Sony’s recently announced decision to halt sales of physical game discs in 2028. However, new data revealed by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella highlights how years of stark economic trends helped… Read more: Sony’s decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows - Google hit with $1 billion in fines as EU braces for Trump battle
On Thursday, Google became the third tech giant slapped with massive Digital Markets Act (DMA) fines, ordered to pay more than $1 billion for two serious violations that the European Commission (EC) found went unchecked… Read more: Google hit with $1 billion in fines as EU braces for Trump battle - A woman got a UTI. Two years later, the bacteria had evolved, invaded her brain.
A 63-year-old woman arrived at a hospital in pain. She had abruptly lost vision in her right eye. As doctors got to work, the series of findings that followed revealed not just bad news for… Read more: A woman got a UTI. Two years later, the bacteria had evolved, invaded her brain. - Final Coyote vs. Acme trailer drops at SDCC
San Diego Comic-Con has kicked off strong, and we’ve got a couple of new trailers to show for it: the final trailer for Coyote vs. Acme, and the full trailer for director Zach Cregger’s fresh… Read more: Final Coyote vs. Acme trailer drops at SDCC - Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).” - Neill Blomkamp Is Making It Look Like AI Is the Last Resort for Filmmakers With Failing Careers
For director Neill Blomkamp, “District 9” must feel like an eternity ago. The 2009 sci-fi action film used a quasi-documentary style to tell a thrilling tale of a man fighting for survival against government-backed mercenaries… Read more: Neill Blomkamp Is Making It Look Like AI Is the Last Resort for Filmmakers With Failing Careers - Ben Jennings on Elon Musk and The Odyssey – cartoon
Continue reading… - ‘Customers prefer AI chatbots to humans’ says British Gas boss as 1,300 call centre staff axed
Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits despite falling customer numbers The owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal… Read more: ‘Customers prefer AI chatbots to humans’ says British Gas boss as 1,300 call centre staff axed - A new ‘golden age’ of mathematics may be dawning — thanks to AI and human ingenuity
This image depicts an idea from the counterexample to the unit distance conjecture — a mathematical problem posed in 1946 and solved in 2026 by generative AI. (Trefor Bazett) In May 2026, OpenAI released a… Read more: A new ‘golden age’ of mathematics may be dawning — thanks to AI and human ingenuity - AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman earlier this month endorsed the characterisation of its latest model as a rottweiler “who will grab the problem by the throat and not let go until it is done The… Read more: AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident - Patreon Lays Off 20 Percent of Its Workforce
Patreon laid off 93 employees, totaling 20 percent of its workforce on Thursday morning, according to an email to creators and staff from CEO Jack Conte. In a message sent to everyone on the platform… Read more: Patreon Lays Off 20 Percent of Its Workforce - ‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit
Billionaire in interview with the Economist admits he was too consumed by politics and shares predictions about AI Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance with Donald Trump… Read more: ‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit - Trump Says Images of the Iranian Elementary School His Lackeys Obliterated Could Be “AI Generated”
Over four months after the deadly US bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Southern Iran, which killed 120 children and dozens of teachers and parents, questions still remain over how the horror unfolded.… Read more: Trump Says Images of the Iranian Elementary School His Lackeys Obliterated Could Be “AI Generated” - A healthier global diet could cut farm emissions by 85%
A global shift toward healthier diets could sharply reduce livestock farming, free up agricultural land, and cut emissions from land-use change by 85% by 2050. At the same time, fruit, vegetable, nut, and legume production… Read more: A healthier global diet could cut farm emissions by 85% - Orcas filmed smashing giant sunfish into thousands of pieces
Researchers in the Gulf of California have documented a dramatic orca behavior never described before. In two separate encounters, one orca gripped a dead sunfish by the fin while another charged into it at high… Read more: Orcas filmed smashing giant sunfish into thousands of pieces - The causality test that humbled six AI agents
A new benchmark out of the University of Michigan just handed six frontier AI agents a causal reasoning exam. The scores expose a gap that raw capability metrics tend to paper over. The benchmark is… Read more: The causality test that humbled six AI agents - The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout
A little over a month ago, the former American Idol contestant, country musician, and Instagram influencer Noah Orion appears to have learned about the surveillance company Flock. “Cities are now covering Flock cameras with trash… Read more: The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout - Cisco Antares Models Bring Local AI to Vulnerability Triage
Cisco’s new Antares models help security teams narrow vulnerable code searches locally, but low benchmark scores expose important adoption limits. The post Cisco Antares Models Bring Local AI to Vulnerability Triage appeared first on TechRepublic. - Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips
A leaked document shows the spread of surveillance and investigative capabilities that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have access to agency wide, from location data harvested from smartphones, to facial recognition apps that can… Read more: Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips - Google Holds Back Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber as CodeMender Enters Preview
Google is restricting Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber to select partners as CodeMender enters preview. Here’s what security teams should verify before adoption. The post Google Holds Back Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber as CodeMender Enters Preview… Read more: Google Holds Back Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber as CodeMender Enters Preview - Orcas Explode Fish Into Confetti, Possibly for Fun, In ‘Astounding’ New Video
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown behavior in orcas that involves… Read more: Orcas Explode Fish Into Confetti, Possibly for Fun, In ‘Astounding’ New Video - FemtoAI Unlocks 5X Growth With Full-Stack AI Platform
femtoAI’s Dual Sparsity Delivers 100X Power & Energy Gains, 10X Less Memory for Customers Including Samsung, Marshall femtoAI, a leading AI inference platform and creator of the Sparse Processing Unit (SPU), today announced 5X growth… Read more: FemtoAI Unlocks 5X Growth With Full-Stack AI Platform - MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission
MIT researchers are set to contribute to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, with 15 collaborative projects among those selected for funding under Genesis Phase I, DOE announced Wednesday. The Genesis Mission, a national initiative,… Read more: MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission - GMI Cloud Announces Compute Collaboration With NVIDIA
The collaboration advances GMI Cloud’s selective partnership strategy and supports its next phase of AI infrastructure growth GMI Cloud, a leading AI-native cloud provider delivering high-performance GPU infrastructure and inference services, today announced a strategic… Read more: GMI Cloud Announces Compute Collaboration With NVIDIA - West Monroe Research Reveals AI Transformation Gap
Research identifies three imperatives for building an AI-native enterprise based on a survey of 417 U.S. business leaders West Monroe, an AI-native global consulting firm, today released Building the AI-Native Enterprise, new research examining how organizations… Read more: West Monroe Research Reveals AI Transformation Gap - Public Horrified as OpenAI Pushes “Child After Child Into the Grave”
Last week, a new lawsuit accused ChatGPT of encouraging the suicide of a young mother. The 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison died after walking into traffic, with her family arguing that the OpenAI chatbot had fueled… Read more: Public Horrified as OpenAI Pushes “Child After Child Into the Grave” - I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated.
I wanted a clock that, annoyingly, didn’t seem to exist. Since childhood, my bedside clocks have been a series of red, seven-segment LED clock-radio specials from Walmart or Target. They are invariably cheap, simple, and… Read more: I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated. - White House report says Trump can usher in a “new golden age” of science
On Tuesday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a report entitled “Science: A New Golden Age,” in which it lays out how it has viewed science, found it lacking, and… Read more: White House report says Trump can usher in a “new golden age” of science - Our New FOIA Forum! 7/30, 1PM ET
It’s that time again! We’re planning our latest FOIA Forum, a live, hour-long or more interactive session where Joseph and Jason will teach you how to pry records from government agencies through public records requests.… Read more: Our New FOIA Forum! 7/30, 1PM ET - Nvidia bets physical AI can solve healthcare robotics’ data problem
Nvidia’s new Medical Physics Simulation framework treats healthcare robots as physical AI systems that need embodied experience to learn, not just code. Physical AI is the term Nvidia and much of the robotics industry now… Read more: Nvidia bets physical AI can solve healthcare robotics’ data problem - AMD to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic under AI infrastructure deal
AMD has agreed to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic under an infrastructure agreement covering tens of billions of dollars’ worth of AI systems. Anthropic will deploy up to two gigawatts of capacity using… Read more: AMD to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic under AI infrastructure deal - Lovelace Shows Local AI Matches Top Cloud Agentic Systems
New benchmark demonstrates enterprises can generate high-quality AI research locally, reducing the reliance on expensive cloud-based models while maintaining quality and keeping sensitive data in-house Lovelace today announced new benchmark results showing that enterprises can generate… Read more: Lovelace Shows Local AI Matches Top Cloud Agentic Systems - Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop
With “blessings” from the original Jibo founders, iKairos is a wearable or desk-mounted “AI journal” that turns your family moments into AI images and video. - Keyfactor Expands Partners for AI, Post-Quantum Future
Enhanced program empowers partners to lead the AI and post-quantum transition with new digital trust services Keyfactor, the leader in trust infrastructure for AI and machines, today announced a major expansion of its Global Partner Program,… Read more: Keyfactor Expands Partners for AI, Post-Quantum Future - DeepKeep Leads Multilingual AI Security Benchmark
As the gap in the multilingual security of AI guardrails grows, new benchmark research reveals that DeepKeep’s ability to detect prompt injection and PII across languages outperforms others, including Meta and Nvidia DeepKeep, the end-to-end… Read more: DeepKeep Leads Multilingual AI Security Benchmark - Vectra AI Research Reveals New Attack Exposure Reality
Analysis shows how AI agents, non-human identities, and unmanaged devices are reshaping enterprise exposure and where security teams can focus to reduce attacker opportunities Vectra AI, the leader in AI-native security and observability, today released… Read more: Vectra AI Research Reveals New Attack Exposure Reality - Algolia Announced the Launch of Dynamic Facets
New capability uses shopper behavior to automatically prioritize the most relevant filters for every search, helping retailers improve conversion while reducing manual merchandising work Algolia, the AI Search and Retrieval platform powering more than 1.75… Read more: Algolia Announced the Launch of Dynamic Facets - Orcas team up to ram sunfish until they explode
Credit: Kathryn Ayres Credit: Kathryn Ayres There have been numerous accounts in recent years of orcas ramming boats—and sometimes sinking them. Scientists believe this may be a form of culturally learned behavior passed down through… Read more: Orcas team up to ram sunfish until they explode - China has cracked down on AI companions. What can we learn from this?
Nothing Ahead/Pexels Since November 2022, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been rewriting billions of emails, student assignments, reports, and break-up text messages. Alongside these mundane uses, we’ve seen a proliferation of chatbots as AI “companions”.… Read more: China has cracked down on AI companions. What can we learn from this? - OpenAI’s models autonomously hacked a tech startup. It signals a seismic shift in cybersecurity
An autonomous agent powered by OpenAI’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models went rogue during a security test and hacked multi-billion dollar tech startup, Hugging Face, last week. The agent didn’t just exploit vulnerabilities in Hugging… Read more: OpenAI’s models autonomously hacked a tech startup. It signals a seismic shift in cybersecurity - Sales were up at Tesla but so were costs and spending
Tesla posted its financial statement for the second quarter of the year this afternoon. Earlier in July, we learned that the American automaker had had a good quarter in terms of sales, growing 25 percent… Read more: Sales were up at Tesla but so were costs and spending - Clayface trailer leans into the body horror
The San Diego Comic-Con kicks off tomorrow, and DC Studios and Warner Brothers are setting the stage by dropping the first full trailer for Clayface, part of the DC Universe’s “Gods and Monsters” arc. The… Read more: Clayface trailer leans into the body horror - ISPs’ long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over
The Federal Communications Commission today voted to eliminate a Biden-era rule that required Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on easily accessible broadband price labels. Instead of advertising accurate prices,… Read more: ISPs’ long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over - Samsung Unveils Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Fold8 at Unpacked 2026
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Fold8 debut at Unpacked 2026 with new cameras, AI tools, prices, and clear trade-offs for buyers choosing a foldable. The post Samsung Unveils Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Fold8… Read more: Samsung Unveils Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and Fold8 at Unpacked 2026
