AI agents have consumed more tokens than humans on OpenRouter since February 6, 2025. Agentic usage has grown 14x since then, while human usage is up just…
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AI could make scientists do more work less well, not less work better, study argues
Even if language models worked perfectly, they could make research worse, not better. A new theoretical study argues that because AI saves time,…
Memory shortage reportedly drives Nvidia AI server prices up about 15 percent
Nvidia servers with Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips are set to cost about 15 percent more due to an ongoing DRAM shortage from Samsung, SK Hynix, and…
How China’s gray market sells Claude tokens at a fraction of the price
Anthropic’s strict access controls against China, from geoblocking to selfie verification, are being systematically bypassed through a thriving network of…
Study explains why AI agents benefit from “skills” and when they fail
A study from researchers at Princeton University and UC San Diego finds that so-called skills make AI agents better mainly through structured workflows,…
World models that ignore human beliefs predict the wrong actions, new research shows
Current world models like Sora or Genie only simulate physics and ignore what people think, want, or feel. The new “Mental World Modeling” framework adds…
RayNeo’s new AI glasses skip the camera, focus on text overlays
RayNeo is launching a new headset without a camera or speakers. The article RayNeo’s new AI glasses skip the camera, focus on text overlays appeared first…
Netflix tests language model as alternative to hand-built recommendation logic
Netflix pitted its years-old recommendation engine against an in-house language model called GenRec and says it got better results. Instead of relying on…
Psychological methods reveal major weaknesses in AI security testing
Researchers at the UK AI Security Institute used psychometric methods to show that popular safety benchmarks for language models don’t measure one…
Anthropic puts its most powerful model Claude Mythos 5 to work for cyber defense
Anthropic is now running its security scanner Claude Security on Claude Mythos 5. The tool scans codebases for vulnerabilities, provides severity ratings…