Reka AI’s Rho-1 is a 19-billion-parameter omni-model that processes and generates text, images, video, and robot control actions in a single neural…
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OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT text in the EU but makes it optional for API users worldwide
OpenAI is adding invisible textGrain watermarks to ChatGPT in the EU, but unlike Anthropic, it will let API customers worldwide opt out. Tests show…
Most Americans want AI development to slow down or stop entirely, new poll finds
According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 77 percent of Americans want to slow down or stop AI development until its safety has been verified. 86 percent…
Anthropic is quietly becoming America’s biggest corporate donor ahead of its mega IPO
Anthropic employees donated $540 million in 2025 alone, nearly five times as much as the next-largest Fortune 500 donors, thanks to a company program that…
Aleph Alpha releases Kolibri, an open-weight model that makes the case for European AI sovereignty
Aleph Alpha has released Kolibri, a German-English mixture-of-experts model with 78 billion parameters, about three billion of which are active per token.…
ChatGPT’s new ad format fills the image generation loading screen with product carousels
ChatGPT users in the US will soon see display ads while the chatbot generates an image for them. The article ChatGPT’s new ad format fills the image…
AI is eroding office hours, study groups, and the trust between faculty and students, MIT report finds
An MIT expert committee warns that AI is eroding key parts of the college experience: office hours, study groups, and the school’s flagship research…
Trump launches “Super Intelligence Force” that has nothing to do with actual superintelligence
Donald Trump has established a “Super Intelligence Force.” “Superintelligence” is his term for artificial intelligence. The unit is led by Director of…
Google researchers find a way to keep self-improving AI agents from memorizing their tests
Self-improving AI agents tend to memorize their test tasks, so their gains shrink or disappear on new ones. RRSI, a new method from Google researchers,…
NASA and IBM’s open source lunar model turns 17 years of orbiter data into a foundation for lunar science
NASA and IBM have released the Lunar Foundation Model, one of the first open-source AI models for lunar science. Trained on nearly 2 million tile bundles,…