OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra can look at a photo and tell whether an IKEA furniture piece was assembled incorrectly, hitting an 80 percent accuracy rate. Back in…
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Nvidia’s SoL-Pi system cuts coding agent token usage nearly in half by optimizing the harness
SoL-Pi cuts coding agents’ token usage by up to 49 percent with little change in performance by optimizing the control layer between the model and its…
OpenAI pauses its “most capable models” after agents exploit loopholes and leak data
OpenAI has shared new details from its ongoing AI safety investigation. One research model exploited a DNS loophole to reach the internet from a…
Pentagon was right to slap Anthropic with a security supply chain risk label, federal court says
A federal appeals court has upheld the Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic from military contracts. Defense Secretary Hegseth argues the company’s safety…
Another Google Deepmind researcher quits, says building superintelligent AI soon is “inherently irresponsible”
Google Deepmind researcher Robert O’Callahan has quit, saying AI’s “current rate of change is far too high.” He worked on chip design tools that helped…
Microsoft gives Copilot another makeover, adding an Autopilot agent and usage-based billing
Microsoft is splitting its Copilot app into three sections: Home, Code, and a new agent called “Autopilot.” Built on OpenClaw, the agent runs continuously…
Meta’s Muse agent gives every user a full cloud computer running Ubuntu Linux
Meta gives every Muse user a free cloud computer running Ubuntu Linux where they can install software, write code, and browse the web. A “Sentinel”…
Intelligence doesn’t come cheap as AI drives up costs for the NSA, hospitals, and insurers
The NSA is already spending billions of dollars to test advanced AI models, mostly on computing power, according to The Washington Sun. Lawmakers expect…
Google’s “Call for Me” lets Gemini phone businesses for you
Google is testing “Call for Me,” a feature that lets Gemini call businesses on a user’s behalf. The article Google’s “Call for Me” lets Gemini phone…
Anthropic signs $11.6 billion cloud deal with Akamai, pushing its compute spending past $500 billion in under a year
Anthropic has reportedly signed a seven-year, $11.6 billion cloud deal with Akamai Technologies and will receive a warrant for up to 5 percent of Akamai’s…