Kimi announces Kimi K3.1 Pro for advancing open intelligence
Kimi K3.1 Pro Tech Blog: Advancing Open Intelligence kimi.ai
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...
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.
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...
Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model Cohere
Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model Cohere
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...
AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions; Anthropic reports the expansion
AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions Anthropic
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.
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.
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.
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.
OpenAI models come to Google Cloud via Gemini Model Garden and Google Cloud Marketplace
OpenAI and Google Cloud are bringing frontier models and Codex workflows to Gemini’s Model Garden, available through Google Cloud Marketplace.
GPT-6.1 Terra launched; Max scores 48 on Artificial Analysis
Bringing fast and capable computer use to everyone
Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before the vulnerability was patched.
Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.
Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover critical vulnerabilities
Patch the Planet connects security researchers, maintainers, and incident responders to help address critical vulnerabilities across open source.
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.
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.
DeepSeek v4.1-Flash-1017 introduces wish-driven programming across its API.
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017: Wish-Driven Programming Made Real DeepSeek
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.
OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps Research used distributed AI agents to uncover promising research leads in data from millions of brain cells.
See how OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps Research used distributed AI agents to uncover promising research leads in data from millions of brain cells.
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...
Google AI grows more forthright about 2020 election result outside the US
But the AI responses get more forthright when asked outside the US.
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...
Anthropic files S-1 with the SEC for proposed initial public offering
Anthropic files S-1 with the SEC for proposed initial public offering Anthropic
Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis; OpenAI says its AI disproved the Exponential Time Hypothesis
TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery.
Mistral.ai cybersecurity news
Sovereign AI for cybersecurity. mistral.ai
OpenAI uses layered monitoring to detect frontier model misalignment and unauthorized agent behavior before incidents escalate.
OpenAI uses layered monitoring to detect frontier model misalignment and unauthorized agent behavior so responders can intervene before incidents escalate.
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.
Google unveils Genie 4 world model for generating more realistic interactive experiences, with real-time updates via natural language prompts, audio generation, and Gemini 3.8 Flash integration.
Google announced today its Genie 4 world model for generating interactive experiences using AI. The company says the model has four main updates: It allows for more realistic worlds, lets users update an experience...
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.
US orders federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek AI and related services from government IT systems due to national security concerns
The U.S. has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built using its technology, citing national security concerns.
Anthropic donates agent skills to the Agentic AI Foundation
Donating Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation Anthropic
Identifying limits on MoE inference to speed up Ling-3.0-flash on NVIDIA DGX Spark
Generating tokens faster starts with identifying what limits inference performance. In the batch-size-1 evaluation of Ling-3.0-flash from Inclusion AI on NVIDIA...
Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund
Investing in the public benefit Anthropic
Nvidia releases a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but only works on recordings, not live audio.
Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still...
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."
Anthropic proposes AI safety bill that blocks a model if 50+ people could be killed; bill also restricts federal agencies from blocking a release without a judge’s permission
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI running amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.
Meta quietly launches an “AI pet journal” app called Waddle World with chatty virtual creatures and doodles, pitched as a daily journal disguised as a 16-bit pet care game
Meta has launched a "tamagotchi-style" pet game called Waddle World, with virtual creatures that chat with users and create doodles to illustrate conversations. According to its Apple and Play Store listings, the...
Retell uses OpenAI models to power 100M monthly calls; GPT-6 Astra tops Retell’s voice agent benchmark and Codex contributes to a $1.6M annual revenue run rate per employee.
GPT-6 Astra tops Retell’s voice agent benchmark, while Codex helps it reach a $1.6M annual revenue run rate per employee.
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across US, UK, Canada, and India
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to up to 60,000 employees across the US, UK, Canada, and India. In a message to employees, Microsoft chief people officer Amy Coleman writes that this gives staff members "the...
r/opensource bans projects that use AI, are AI-made, or are intended for AI, and prohibits non-English submissions; moderators announce new submission rules
The mods at r/opensource posted new submission rules that, among other things, banned projects that use AI. The post made Saturday evening opens by saying, "If your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for...
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.
Hacker uses an army of AI agents to break into more than 100 websites, including John Deere and SharkNinja, according to Norforge findings and Reuters reporting.
A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge. Though Norforge doesn't name the targets, Reuters...
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.