October 2026

Much of what we know about how a brain makes decisions comes from studying monkeys watching dots. in a task known as a random-dot-motion task, a cloud of flickering specks drifts weakly in one direction while the subject tries to determine whether—and in which direction— it’s moving. The task has shown that in the primate […]

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 reverse engineering and some wild court docs. SAM: I’m using my btb to shamelessly ask for sources: Have you ever started making a recipe you found online,

Video shows AI likenesses of people linked to Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party appearing to admit to wrongdoing A political ad from Spain’s main opposition party that used a deepfake video of the prime minister’s wife has sparked outrage and set off a wider debate on AI, as the deeply polarised country gears up for general

We start this week with Jason’s article about how everyone is apparently reverse-engineering everything. After the break, Joseph tells us about a big AI shakeup at consulting giant Accenture. In the subscribers-only section, Sam and Jason discuss the Character[.]ai bankruptcy. Listen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Become a paid subscriber for access to

Hugging Face’s Carbon-X AI model lets researchers analyze DNA using natural language, with lower reported costs and local deployment options for labs. The post Hugging Face’s New AI Model Lets Scientists Analyze DNA at a Fraction of the Cost appeared first on TechRepublic.

Trump wants data center companies to pay host communities as opposition to AI infrastructure grows. Here’s what the proposal could mean for future projects. The post The AI Boom Needs More Data Centers. Trump Wants Communities to Get a Cut appeared first on TechRepublic.

Depending on where you sit as an investor, artificial intelligence still looks like a massive opportunity, or it’s now looking way too risky given growing infrastructure investments and the public’s souring on AI and all the data centers needed to power it. Really, it’s both. This week saw continued big venture capital investments in AI

The designation recognizes Avahi’s technical expertise and proven customer success in securing workloads on AWS Avahi, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Services Partner specializing in AI and cloud solutions, today announced that it has achieved the AWS Security Competency. The designation reflects Avahi’s commitment to building security into customer environments from initial deployment

Build it with your AI agent. Use it yourself or invite your household, team, or friends, with sign-in, data storage, and hosting provided by Fulcra Fulcra Dynamics, a company building the tools to help agents connect and collaborate, today released build-and-deploy-a-web-app, an agent skill for creating shared applications that people and their agents can use

DDN Infinia helps Nebul reuse model context across its NVIDIA-powered AI cloud, with testing showing nearly 10x faster token responses DDN, the global leader in AI and data intelligence solutions, announced today at GTC Berlin 2026 that European AI cloud provider Nebul is using DDN Infinia to accelerate AI inference for sovereign workloads across its