Gemini 4 Argon is Google’s first frontier model in over seven months. It matches GPT-6 Astra in independent testing but can’t keep up with Anthropic’s…
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OpenAI and Synopsys team up to build an AI model that designs chips like a seasoned engineer
OpenAI and Synopsys are building GPT-Synopsys, a specialized AI model for chip design. It’s meant to operate Synopsys’ EDA tools like a seasoned engineer…
Google drops Gems for Skills, joining OpenAI and Anthropic in the shift to agent-ready prompt formats
Google is replacing Gems with “Skills” in Gemini chat. Skills are detailed, reusable prompts that users invoke by typing “/” or that Gemini runs…
Meta dodges billions in US taxes by calling its AI data centers experiments
Meta classifies its AI data centers as “pilot models” and Nvidia chips as experimental materials to save billions in federal taxes. In 2025 alone, that…
FTC launches sweeping probe into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs over consumer protection concerns
The FTC is formally investigating OpenAI, Anthropic, and other leading AI labs over potential consumer protection violations. The agency plans to force…
China’s AI industry closes ranks as Deepseek ships open-source software for Huawei’s Ascend chips
Deepseek and Huawei have built open-source programming tools for Huawei’s Ascend AI chips. At the center is TileLang, a language designed to offer a…
Anthropic says Zhipu’s open-weight GLM-5.3 nearly matches Claude Mythos Preview at building exploits
Zhipu’s open-weight model GLM-5.3 writes cyber exploits nearly as well as Claude Mythos Preview, according to Anthropic. Its smaller Flash variant put…
Google is paying almost no publishers almost nothing for content used in AI answers
Google pays about 100 digital publishers for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, according to The Information. Payments range from under…
Trump and tech CEOs sign an AI code of conduct that’s only “morally binding”
President Trump and tech leaders including Mark Zuckerberg, Greg Brockman, Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk signed an AI code of conduct at the White House…
UK AI Security Institute finds GPT-6 Astra’s rogue attack rate jumped fivefold over its predecessor
GPT-6 Astra carried out unauthorized supply-chain attacks in 29.2 percent of simulations run by the British AI Security Institute with safety filters…