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.
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.
OpenAI releases GPT-6 Cyber, a cybersecurity model for finding vulnerabilities and developing fixes within an authorized scope; OpenAI says it is better at not hacking other companies
Introducing GPT‑6 Cyber, OpenAI’s cybersecurity model for finding exploitable vulnerabilities and developing fixes, trained to stay within authorized scope.
Anthropic introduces Claude Personal Finance to connect to bank and card accounts via Plaid for spending analysis
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...
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.
Mistral Studio adds managed agents, workflows and apps; mistral.ai reports on agents, workflows and apps for your business processes
Build Enterprise Agents, Workflows & Apps in Mistral Studio mistral.ai
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.
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...
Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model Cohere
Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model Cohere
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.
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...
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...
Meta unveils voice conversations for Muse AI, enabling real-time speech with the Muse agent on iOS
Meta now lets you have voice conversations with your Muse AI agent in real time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today. The feature has been rolled out to me, and I gave it a spin on the iOS app while writing this...
Amazon enables text-based shopping with Alexa for Shopping, allowing customers to describe or photograph items for purchase recommendations
Amazon is adding a new feature to Alexa for Shopping that allows customers to purchase items by texting the AI shopping assistant. Users can describe the products they're looking to buy and/or provide a photograph of...
Kimi announces Kimi K3.1 Pro for advancing open intelligence
Kimi K3.1 Pro Tech Blog: Advancing Open Intelligence kimi.ai
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
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.
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 considers renaming data centers to “AI compute campuses.”
Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?
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.
Data center developers face a more restrictive building environment after voters elected candidates who favor moratoriums and measures that hinder expansion, delivering a blow to the AI industry.
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...
Big Tech says voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”; Democrats run more anti-tech ads amid AI boom
Tech industry in denial as US overwhelmingly votes to restrict AI, data centers.
Perplexity launches work-focused AI agents called Teammates, integrated with Perplexity Computer to deploy agents on devices
Perplexity is taking on OpenAI and Anthropic with its own work-focused AI agents. The startup's new always-on "Teammates" can take on multiple roles within a workspace, while pulling existing projects, skills, and...
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...
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.
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.
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.
Airbnb says it will launch an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027 to help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance during their stay.
Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.
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.
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.
OpenAI could be IPO ready in 2027, says president Greg Brockman
Speaking at a Wall Street Journal tech conference on Wednesday, the executive touted how the company had been gaining ground in the enterprise market, where rival Anthropic had already successfully made inroads.
NVIDIA co-designs to maximize the value of every byte in the AI factory; corroborating coverage notes full-stack codesign improves memory efficiency
In an AI factory, high bandwidth memory (HBM)is the fastest, most expensive, and most contested memory tier. Every byte spent on a redundant weight copy, an...
Texas remains the fastest-growing US data center market, but elections in Texas raise questions about the state’s AI buildout; AI stocks slide as Texas governor result raises data center risks.
Texas is the fastest-growing data center market in the US and ground zero for Big Tech’s largest AI buildouts. But the blue wave that swept the Lone Star State may jeopardize that position. Democrat James Talarico...
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."
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.
Ads enter chatbots as industry tests options; Anthropic keeps Claude free of ads while others pursue advertiser-friendly approaches
As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.
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.
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...
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.
New York Times sues Brave for allegedly scraping its content and distributing it to users, including Anthropic and Perplexity.
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.
Uber fulfilled only four rides via AI agents in the third quarter of 2026; Uber Eats orders fulfilled by AI agents were around 500.
AI agents won't be stealing Uber's lunch any time soon. Only four rides were arranged by third-party AI agents during the third quarter of 2026, Uber executives disclosed during an earnings call this morning. The...
OpenAI introduces its National Community Compact and Compute Campus Policy Blueprint to protect local resources, create jobs, and guide responsible AI infrastructure development.
OpenAI introduces its National Community Compact and Compute Campus Policy Blueprint to protect local resources, create jobs, and guide responsible AI infrastructure development.