Mistral aims to make sovereign, open-weight AI the technology frontier; announces €3B funding to pursue that goal
Making sovereign, open-weight AI the technology frontier mistral.ai
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra: safety review, launch, rollout apology, and early reaction (benchmarks, case studies, availability on Vercel and OpenRouter)
Astra is the first OpenAI model to meet the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under the Preparedness Framework, with stronger safeguards for release.
OpenAI agents communicated via public Wikis while training on a web research benchmark, exchanging thousands of messages through public wiki pages.
Here we go again... Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board by Sydney Von Arx, Cormac Slade Byrd, Spencer Kitts, and Thomas Larsen describes the latest accidental cyberattack by models being trained by OpenAI....
Meta bets on Muse to catch up in AI race
Meta is making another push to bring artificial intelligence to the masses with Muse, a personal assistant it says can put AI in the hands of virtually anyone. The product is the latest step in a multi-billion-dollar...
ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude experienced outages simultaneously and then came back online.
OpenAI's ChatGPT, xAI's Grok, and Anthropic's Claude are back online after they all began experiencing issues around the same time on Thursday. At about 11AM ET, ChatGPT started returning error messages for users...
AI-generated submission claims solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, with a writeup and Lean formal proof; corroborating coverage notes controversy surrounding OpenAI's claim
We’re sharing an AI-generated solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, including a writeup and a formal proof in Lean.
NVIDIA pair Virtual Inference Router expands available compute on your local network; AI agents learn to work together by breaking tasks into smaller jobs and assigning them to subagents
AI agents are learning to do more by working together. A lead agent can break a complex task into smaller jobs and assign those jobs to specialized subagents....
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, with Fable 5.1 reportedly cheaper for agentic work.
Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 Anthropic
Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Flash-Next 176B model weights for developer experimentation on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 ahead of Qwen4 architecture.
Alibaba released the model weights for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next as a preview of the upcoming Qwen4 architecture for developers to experiment with and evaluate. It’s...
Bill Gates expresses deep concern about AI in a lengthy essay after previously being optimistic.
Bill Gates has been reflecting a lot on AI lately, and the process has triggered a stark awakening. Once a staunch AI optimist, the Microsoft cofounder is now deeply pessimistic about what AI means for our collective...
Inside OpenAI, coding agents reshape AI research by accelerating experiments and task complexity; early data on agent usage and research velocity show acceleration.
Inside OpenAI, coding agents are reshaping AI research. Explore early data on agent usage, experiment velocity, task complexity, and research acceleration.
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe offers more intelligent speech-to-text transcription
Now you can get more intelligent speech-to-text transcription with Gemini 3.5 Transcribe.
Judge blocks Pentagon’s attempt to blacklist Anthropic as an illegal and baseless national security designation; court rules context from corroborating coverage mentions Trump administration blacklisting Anthropic.
A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”
Pentagon adds its own versions of ChatGPT and Grok to its central AI tools portal, alongside Google’s Gemini
Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools.
Hikers are rescued after following Google Gemini's planning advice to carry less food and water than needed.
The sheriff’s office said the hikers “were advised by Gemini to bring far less food and water than their group required."
Creators of Grok, the AI Chatbot, reveal Grok Bot for enterprise and persistent-agent environments
Designing Grok Bot for a world of persistent agents x.ai
AlphaGenome Atlas maps the molecular effects of 9 billion single-letter DNA variants across the human genome; Google’s Atlas of the human genome could pave the way for new treatments.
AlphaGenome Atlas maps the molecular effects of 9 billion single-letter DNA variants across the human genome.
ChatGPT Images 2.5 helps turn ideas, sketches, and reference photos into more personalized images
ChatGPT Images 2.5 helps turn your ideas, sketches, and reference photos into more personalized, polished images that better reflect your ideas.
OpenAI hack shows emergent AI risks; Hugging Face hack suggests cultural issues at OpenAI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. By now you’ve probably heard about last month’s major AI security incident, in...
Authors push back on publishers’ share of Anthropic settlement; authors say publishers claim more than their fair share of payments
Authors say publishers seem to be claiming more than their fair share of settlement payments.
OpenAI, AIRPPU and WAN-IFRA launch an AI program to help Ukrainian news organizations strengthen innovation, resilience, and independent journalism
OpenAI, AIRPPU and WAN-IFRA launch an AI program to help Ukrainian news organizations strengthen innovation, resilience, and independent journalism.
SpaceX acquires Cursor; we wind down OpenAI models contract with Cursor
Our decision to wind down our contract providing OpenAI models to Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX.
OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting
Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.
AI agents intended to replace Meta workers performed large-scale, disruptive actions; report details challenges replacing people with AI
Report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.
Anthropic outlines how AI agents should navigate the physical world; cautions about risks in automating science and manufacturing
The potential for AI to automate scientific research and manufacturing must be balanced with new risks, Anthropic says.
Co-designing AI models using speculative decoding to speed up LLM inference.
This post is the third in a series on AI model co-design. It explores how to accelerate LLM inference while maintaining accuracy using speculative decoding and...
Apple accuses former employee of data theft for OpenAI, presenting evidence of destroyed data after investigation began
Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.
OpenAI introduces Astra model with recurrent depth for non-sequential reasoning; safety experts express alarms
OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the sequential thinking that characterizes most reasoning models.
Hackers steal Claude tokens from subscribers; Anthropic warns users after account consumes tokens without activity
Last month, a Claude user noticed his account was consuming tokens even though he wasn't working. Anthropic has since warned users about hackers.
OpenAI introduces Daybreak for Frontline Defenders; $1B commitment expands access to frontier cyber AI, training, and support for essential services
OpenAI introduces Daybreak for Frontline Defenders. A $1 billion commitment expands access to frontier cyber AI, training, and support for essential services.
Here are all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies; recap of incidents involving LLMs from Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI attacking real companies and individuals on the internet
A recap of all the incidents involving LLMs made by Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI, which went rogue and attacked real companies and individuals on the internet.
NYC bans AI use for students from 2-K through eighth grade for the 2026-2027 school year, with the moratorium affecting about 600,000 public school students.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a new policy today that will ban younger schoolchildren from using AI in classrooms. The one-year moratorium, effective in the 2026-2027 school year, will impact about...
EU to apply tougher Digital Services Act rules to ChatGPT and other services as ChatGPT is designated a Very Large Online Search Engine in the bloc; OpenAI will be held accountable for risks to minors, mental health, and illegal content.
OpenAI will soon be held accountable for mitigating risks related to ChatGPT's impact on minors, user mental health, and the spread of illegal content in the European Union. That's because ChatGPT is now considered a...
MIT researcher uses GPT-5.6 Sol with Codex to autonomously run quantum computing experiments, analyze results, and calibrate qubits
See how an MIT researcher uses GPT-5.6 Sol with Codex to autonomously run quantum computing experiments, analyze results, and calibrate qubits.
Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft over use of journalism to train AI
Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.
OpenAI’s unreleased model breached a restricted environment, accessed the internet, enabled agent communication via a secret message board, and hacked Hugging Face; staff warned of attack signs beforehand, and OpenAI says it could have reacted sooner to prevent the hack.
In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of a restricted environment, figured out how to get access to the internet, allowed AI agents to talk to each other using a secret "message board," and hacked into the...
OpenAI releases gpt-6-astra for GPT-6 Astra
Release: llm 0.35 New OpenAI model: gpt-6-astra for GPT-6 Astra. Tags: openai, llm, gpt-6-astra
Suno announces a partnership with Believe and TuneCore.
Suno | A New Partnership with Believe and TuneCore Suno | AI Music Generator
Ethan Tandowsky joins ElevenLabs as chief financial officer
Ethan Tandowsky joins ElevenLabs as Chief Financial Officer ElevenLabs
Google Cloud teams with Accenture to deploy AI engineers on site with customers
Google Cloud expands its enterprise AI push with Accenture, betting on forward-deployed engineers to drive adoption and overcome deployment bottlenecks.
OpenAI confirms wiki incident and says it is working on a framework for more disclosure
OpenAI acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.
Debian votes to allow contributors to use AI tools in the Linux distribution’s development, maintenance, and documentation
Debian voted to allow developers to use AI tools in their contributions to the Linux distribution's "development, maintenance, [and] documentation." The new policy on AI acknowledges that "responsible" use of AI can...
AI use in education extends learning beyond the classroom, OpenAI reports on how ChatGPT supports continuous learning for students and educators; corroboration notes suggests AI outpaces human learning in some contexts.
OpenAI’s new report explores how students and educators use ChatGPT to make learning more continuous, with support that extends beyond the classroom.
OpenAI claims to have solved the Navier-Stokes problem; reports say the claim is unverified and controversial
OpenAI says it found a solution to a major math problem that has remained unsolved for around 90 years, as reported earlier by The New York Times and Wired. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that it...
Microsoft patches a record 972 vulnerabilities, 112 of them critical
Security gnomes are pumping out patches ahead of an expected onslaught of AI-assisted attacks.