Anthropic launches roadshow for proposed initial public offering; nearly $70B IPO plan circulated to banks
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Gemini Decisions API enables fast, calibrated multimodal decisions
Meet the Gemini Decisions API, powered by our state-of-the-art model Gemini Decision for fast, calibrated multimodal decisions.
Israel’s VCs see opportunity for challengers as Nvidia faces turmoil
Given Nvidia’s stronghold on AI and its importance in Israel, many in the country's startup ecosystem are worried about the impact of his departure.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid reports of extramarital affairs and a potential spy connection
Nvidia's board announced that Jensen Huang - its longtime co-founder, president, and CEO - has resigned after reports of two extramarital affairs, one with an alleged Chinese spy and one with an Nvidia executive who...
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash offers native 15-second video generation and editing with stronger consistency and 30%…
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash brings native 15-second video generation and editing, stronger consistency, and 30% lower pricing.
Anthropic announces Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2 with improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision;…
Anthropic is announcing two new models today: Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which it says are designed to take on "daunting" technical challenges. The company claims the new models show improvements in...
Anthropic updates Claude Code to block use for recreating existing video games; Tom's Hardware reports the…
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...
Anthropic warns that it is very close to RSI capability, defined as AI that trains itself…
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.
United Airlines blocks AI agents from booking flights citing cybersecurity risks
The airline said it will not allow customers to use AI agents to book flights and manage reservations.
Cyberattack on Fireworks AI exposed Notion customers’ chat transcripts
This is Fireworks' second data breach in as many months.
Hugging Face CEO vows to keep fighting for open-source AI after Jensen Huang’s exit; Nvidia’s $12.9B…
Hugging Face's CEO pledged to keep fighting for open-source AI after Huang's exit, raising questions about Nvidia's $12.9B acquisition.
Anthropic plans to move forward with IPO; Wall Street Journal reports valuation range to be set…
The AI company is expected to set its valuation range this week, the Wall Street Journal reported.
AI agents did not discover a previously unmapped Maya site; a Google researcher claimed discovery that…
Armed with a team of AI agents, Google researcher Pietro Miotti claimed earlier this week to have discovered a potentially unmapped Maya site in Mexico. There was just one problem: The site had already been...
OpenAI and Upwork find shifting demand for freelance work, new skill combinations, and larger budgets and…
New research from OpenAI and Upwork finds shifting demand for freelance work, new skill combinations, and larger budgets and more hours for AI-related projects.
Anthropic’s AI models are improving roughly twice as fast as a year ago, according to a…
Anthropic is using AI to build more powerful AI. And it appears to be working remarkably well, with the company's models improving roughly twice as quickly as a year ago, with little indication of slowing down....
Google allows schools to disable its AI tools but doing so blocks access to Google Search…
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.
Google Search upgrades with Gemini 4 Hydrogen to provide more helpful, visual, and intuitive responses.
We are bringing Gemini 4 Hydrogen to Google Search globally to provide you with more helpful, visual, and intuitive responses.
OpenAI releases GPT-6 Cyber, a cybersecurity model for finding vulnerabilities and developing fixes within an authorized…
Introducing GPT‑6 Cyber, OpenAI’s cybersecurity model for finding exploitable vulnerabilities and developing fixes, trained to stay within authorized scope.
Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for work
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Google Cloud launches Gemini for healthcare to unify clinical data and automate workflows
Google Cloud launches Gemini for healthcare to unify clinical data and automate workflows. Reduce administrative burnout. See how it works.
What could China get from Jensen Huang?
It's difficult to overstate Nvidia's power in today's AI landscape. The company's chips are the bedrock upon which advanced AI technology in the US is being built, and demand has consistently outpaced supply for...
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...
OpenAI introduces BioBasicsBench, a 100-task benchmark measuring how well AI agents interpret raw experimental data and…
OpenAI introduces BioBasicsBench, a 100-task benchmark measuring how well AI agents interpret raw experimental data and handle everyday wet-lab science.
IGF jurors say they won’t vote for games that use generative AI in any capacity; Big…
Some Independent Games Festival (IGF) jurors published a statement yesterday saying they would not vote for games that use generative AI in "any capacity." Soon after, the developer of indie hit Big Walk has...
Meta warns that political opposition to data centers could hamper AI expansion.
Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects.
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
Ring unveils its home security drone, the Ring Drone Cam, with shipping planned for January 27,…
Ring is finally shipping a flying indoor drone camera. For real this time. The Ring Drone Cam will arrive on January 27th, 2027, for $249.99, Ring founder Jamie Siminoff said at a launch event in New York City this...
Meta releases Muse Ember, a lightweight model for agent execution
Introducing Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember Meta AI just launched their entry in the Claude Haiku/GPT Luna category: Muse Ember, which they describe as: [...] our smallest and most efficient model...
Ramp data shows AI spending stalling as Anthropic nears its IPO
AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost controls among the biggest spenders could challenge investor assumptions about AI hypergrowth.
Anthropic introduces Claude Personal Finance to connect to bank and card accounts via Plaid for spending…
Anthropic has a new pitch for managing your personal finances: let Claude do it instead, with a new Personal Finance feature that connects it to your bank and card accounts via the Plaid bank bridging platform. You...
Gemini Robotics 2.5 accelerates real-world general dexterity; DeepMind reveals Gemini Robotics 2.5 and open safety benchmark…
Our most capable vision-language-action model enhances robot dexterity, reliability, and safety
Megaspeed executive Alice Huang recruited by China’s MSS to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, per…
China's intelligence agency recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to The New York Times. The Ministry of State Security (MSS) enlisted her to glean information about...
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13-year-old used school Chromebook and Google AI Mode to plan suicide; school monitoring did not flag…
The young girl’s parents allege that she used Gemini via her school Chromebook to plan her suicide, but the school’s monitoring systems didn’t know until it was almost too late.
OpenAI considers renaming data centers to “AI compute campuses.”
Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?
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."
Mistral Studio adds managed agents, workflows and apps; mistral.ai reports on agents, workflows and apps for…
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Nvidia investigates Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy; Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld says…
Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO.
Data center developers face a more restrictive building environment after voters elected candidates who favor moratoriums…
Data center developers are poised to face a more restrictive building environment after voters across the country voted in candidates who favor moratoriums and ballot measures that put more obstacles on their...
Apple cuts internal AI usage budgets to reduce spending.
The tokenmaxxing frenzy has been short-lived as bills for said tokens came due, and companies decided that token rationing might be a more fiscally sensible approach.
TSMC to invest $1B in Anthropic and OpenAI
Latest example of the AI boom’s circular financing comes as AI trade wobbles.
Big Tech says voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”; Democrats run more anti-tech ads amid…
Tech industry in denial as US overwhelmingly votes to restrict AI, data centers.
New York Times sues Brave for allegedly scraping its content and distributing it to users, including…
The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted content and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.
ChatGPT introduces Businesses to manage information and insights for businesses; ChatGPT is getting verified AI ‘Business…
Manage your business information, get insights about how your business shows up, and turn interest into action in ChatGPT.
Google DeepMind formally verified key parts of Signal’s security, showing the protocol works as intended.
DeepMind researchers were able to formally verify that the widely used encryption protocol works as intended. Their stretch goal? Do the same for “all the software of the world.”
Protesters break into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam, with about 100 people entering…
Protesters have broken into a construction site of a new Microsoft data center in Amsterdam this morning. Members of the Geef Tegengas group helped organize the protest against the construction of three 85-meter data...
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OpenAI rebuilds AI shopping with ChatGPT Wallet, enabling tokenized payments and biometric confirmation after scrapping Instant…
OpenAI is taking a second shot at AI-powered shopping with ChatGPT Wallet after scrapping its first approach, Instant Checkout. Users register a card once and confirm each purchase through Face ID or a fingerprint,...
AI chatbots direct shoppers to fake retail websites, study finds
Shoppers using AI chatbots to research products or find places to buy items could be directed to imposters and other risky websites, a new study found. The study conducted by IP protection firm Podqi and shared...
FAA plans $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion; FAA Rolls Out AI Air…
FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
Runway releases Praxis-1, an open-source video-trained robotics model with Apache 2.0 license
Runway releases its robotics model Praxis-1 with open weights and source code under the Apache 2.0 license. The model uses knowledge from video training for robot control and leads the World Action Model category on...
Gemini 4 Carbon wins the MathArena crown, costing 15 times more than GPT-6.1 Sol
For the first time in a while, no OpenAI model leads the MathArena AI math benchmark. Google's Gemini 4 Carbon and Anthropic's Fable 5.2 have knocked GPT-6.1 Sol from the top, though both cost significantly more....
Anthropic can already retrain Mythos with a fraction of the compute originally needed, says former researcher…
Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon points to a slide from Anthropic's IPO roadshow as a reason he left, saying it shows the company's algorithms are improving not just quickly but at an accelerating...