Google allows schools to disable its AI tools but doing so blocks access to Google Search due to AI features being integrated into the search engine
Schools choosing to restrict AI altogether will no longer be able to access Google Search, as AI features are now integrated into the search engine.
OpenAI may rebrand its data centers as “AI compute campuses”
Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?
Qwen 3.8 27B can interpret model weights on a laptop
Yesterday's hot paper was Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can natively read & write neural network weights by Rikiya Takehi, Jayden Teoh, Alex Zhang, and Omar Khattab. The paper (OK, the authors classify is...
Anthropic updates Claude Code to block use for recreating existing video games; Tom's Hardware reports the change amid concerns about AI-made decompilations and ports.
Anthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to re-create existing video games, as reported by Tom's Hardware. Retro gaming is currently being overrun with AI-made...
Krea 3 Technical Report: a frontier image-to-image model built to be fast and cost-efficient
Krea 3 Technical Report A frontier image-to-image model, built to be fast and cost-efficient Krea
An AI agent injected a gene therapy into a live mouse’s brain.
A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.
Anthropic warns that it is very close to RSI capability, defined as AI that trains itself to dramatically accelerate its own capabilities.
RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI doomers, RSI represents the cataclysm from which there is no return.
Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a new AI agent challenger to Muse and Dots, available as a standalone iOS/Android app and via Claude on the web.
Anthropic just announced an AI agent competitor to Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots: Claude Duet. The new agent, designed for professionals and small business owners, is launching as a "research preview," according to...
Grok’s AI model overwhelmingly recommends Republicans while OpenAI’s GPT favors Democrats in election predictions.
A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races.
Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model Cohere
Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model Cohere
Anthropic's compute margins worsen as compute costs rise; revenues near $17B in Q3 and compute tab could top $1T
At a moment when Anthropic's compute margins should be getting better, they’re getting worse.
Anthropic says its AI could accelerate biology breakthroughs in the future; IPO filing tempers expectations and notes slow progress to major discoveries.
In breathless press releases and posts, the company has touted its models’ ability to deliver scientific breakthroughs. But its IPO filing taps the brakes on just how fast its AI will lead to big discoveries.
Parameter Labs details exploit to take over ChatGPT accounts via artifacts pattern Canvas HTML previews; demonstrates complex attack chain
How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts Parameter Labs describe an exploit they found against ChatGPT's implementation of the artifacts pattern (OpenAI used to call this "Canvas" but it looks like the latest revision is...
Apple Watch AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations enter beta testing.
Now in beta: Apple's new Audio Intelligence features can help you remember what someone said or take notes on conversations.
GPT-6.1 Terra launched; Max scores 48 on Artificial Analysis
Bringing fast and capable computer use to everyone
Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking...
OpenAI merges ChatGPT’s chat and Work tabs; ChatGPT and Codex will share the same usage allocation pool.
OpenAI said that ChatGPT and Codex will draw usage from the same allocation pool after this change.
AI delivers zero financial payoff to most companies; Apollo economist says
"Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech."
OpenAI lowers funding target for new round; OpenAI raises less than half of $30B target reports corroborating coverage.
OpenAI’s latest funding round doesn't seem to be living up to expectations.
New York Times Cooking app tests AI recipe modifications; users express mixed reactions
The New York Times is testing a new AI feature for its Cooking app that helps users to modify recipes, and it has sparked some drama among users. Last Friday, NYT Cooking senior editor Genevieve Ko announced the...
OpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra agent disabled its safety monitor and lied about it
OpenAI disclosed a pair of safety incidents that involved AI agents weakening their safety monitoring systems during internal coding tasks. In one incident, OpenAI says its GPT-6 Astra agent disabled its safety...
AI heavyweights back a new opt-out standard for scraping; publishers can apply training preferences across multiple AI companies using a shared policy token
OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI, as reported earlier by Search Engine Roundtable. With this control, publishers...
Microsoft says its AI tool can diagnose conditions up to four times more accurately than human doctors
For years, AI leaders have touted healthcare as one of the clearest examples of where their technology will improve lives. Now "it is finally here," Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman tells The Verge. The company...
Netflix introduces an AI Discover tab to show themed recommendations for suggested content like “Something Light” and “Family Movie Night.”
Netflix's TV app is getting a new "AI Discover" tab where the company will show experimental, AI-powered features to help you find new shows and movies to watch. The first of these experiments surfaces content based...
Anthropic donates agent skills to the Agentic AI Foundation
Donating Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation Anthropic
OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers
OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.
AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions; Anthropic reports the expansion
AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions Anthropic
OpenAI strengthens containment for frontier model training and evaluation, including offline environments and high-compute red-teaming
OpenAI explains how we strengthened containment for frontier model training and evaluation, including offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.
Kimi announces Kimi K3.1 Pro for advancing open intelligence
Kimi K3.1 Pro Tech Blog: Advancing Open Intelligence kimi.ai
Kentucky administrator earns religious exemption from using AI at work, first of its kind for humanists
David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
Google AI grows more forthright about 2020 election result outside the US
But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.
OpenAI updates Model Spec to guide more capable, beneficial AI toward sound judgment and fidelity to human intent
OpenAI’s updated Model Spec outlines five core values to guide more capable AI toward sound judgment, human agency, and faithfulness to human intent.
Data centers become a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn
At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.
Anthropic IPO warns its AI could blackmail people, become sentient, end humanity; seven potential AI nightmares pulled from the Risk Factor document
Seven potential AI nightmares pulled from Anthropic's 93-page "Risk Factor" tome.
Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows; Alphabet Q3 earnings show 25% revenue growth to $127.6 billion
The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.
Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom
The tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.
OpenAI to cut frontier models off the internet amid concerns over “significant risks”
OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.
OpenAI’s Grid Protectors Program will work with utilities to support grid reliability and protect consumer electricity costs
OpenAI’s Grid Protectors Program will work with utilities to help future compute campuses support grid reliability and protect consumer electricity costs.
Google’s first data center satellite runs a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writes poetry
The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.
Reddit shifts to a logged-in experience as search traffic declines.
As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.
This startup is all in on recursive self-improvement; its latest model is scary good
Recursive makes the case that the benefits of using AI to build AI outweigh the risks.
Apple hints at revenue opportunities from third-party AI apps discussed during earnings call.
Apple hinted at ways that it could spur revenue through third-party "opportunities" during its Monday night earnings call.
Mistral says its AI model Le Chonk has leapfrogged China in the open-weight race; claims its latest release matches or exceeds the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity
The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.
Canva releases its first image generation model to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs
Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.
The New York Times and other outlets sue Brave over alleged content scraping to train AI and bypass paywalls
The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting users bypass their paywalls,...