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When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s…
Suno’s AI vocalists could learn a thing or two from this glitchy image. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Sony and Universal Music Group filed yet another suit against Suno. The labels claim its new v6 model still infringes on their copyrights because it's trained…
The latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers.
Anthropic is asking its shareholders to approve a structure that would give its seven co-founders a combined 50.1% of the vote on most corporate matters.
In July, OpenAI revealed that its AI agents had attacked Hugging Face without permission, sparking widespread concerns about AI safety. Since then, a string of similar incidents involving agents from Meta, Anthropic, Google, and other companies has fueled further fears about…
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This wheeled robot rendering appeared in Agility Robotics’ recent Digit 5 launch video. | Credit: Agility Robotics When Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5 last week, one detail near the end of the launch video caught our attention: a humanoid robot on wheels. Why would a company…
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I used Google’s Nest Doorbell (left), Aqara’s HomeKit-compatible G400 (center), and the Ring Pro 4K (right) to test the new AI features of Gemini for Home, Apple Intelligence for Home, and Amazon’s Ring. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge A few years back, I was at a…
The R4 robot is designed to help vineyard, orchard and specialty crop growers overcome sector challenges. | Source: CNH Industrial 2026 has been a tumultuous year for farmers in America. Global trade wars mean farmers’ supplies are growing more expensive, while many crop prices…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on…
After teasing its new Copilot "super app" last month, Microsoft is officially unveiling it today. The redesigned Copilot app bundles three AI capabilities into a single interface of chat, coding, and agents. As part of the launch, Microsoft is also rebranding Scout, the AI…
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector.
Black Forest Labs представила FLUX 3 Action — модель управления с 7B параметрами.
The Silicon Valley firm is aligning its India fundraising cycle with its global funds for the first time, as it shifts to a shorter investment period.
Inkitt запускает инструмент для создания AI-фильмов, упрощая процесс производства.
Google представил обновление Gemini 3.8 с живым аватаром, который отвечает в реальном времени.
Adoption of robotics has continued to increase year over year. Source: International Federation of Robotics The global operational stock of industrial robots increased 9% to a record 5 million units in 2025, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. That…
AI-режиссер видео обеспечивает визуальную непрерывность в длинных нарративах.
Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "Live Avatar" will lip-sync and show different facial expressions during conversations, but it's currently only available to Gemini…
BottleCap AI выпустила ThinkingCap-Qwen3.8-27B с меньшими затратами токенов, но с незначительным снижением точности.
PrismML разработала компактные языковые модели для смарт-очков Qualcomm.
Instinct saved me $550, booked my restaurant reservations, and warned me about a phishing scam. It also wasted $64 and might be a security nightmare.
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Prism's larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.
Feather is betting on a customizable, $30,000 platform built for software developers.
WhisperX от AWS предлагает улучшенную транскрипцию речи с метками спикеров и точными временными метками.
Meta анонсировала новые инструменты для создания игр с ИИ на платформе Horizon.