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Why Ostapenko Foundation exists, and why HowUSA came first
16/08/2026 07:17 - Artificial Intelligence on Medium
A new nonprofit structure, a public information portal and one practical lesson about balancing AI safety with useful answers.Continue reading on Medium »
The Hidden Token Tax of Agentic AI: Why Your Tools Are Costing You More Than You Think
16/08/2026 07:09 - Artificial Intelligence on Medium
One architectural change cut my agent’s token bill by 57%. Here’s the math behind lazy tool loading.Continue reading on Medium »
Your Most Experienced People Can Be Your Weakest Evaluators of AI
16/08/2026 07:09 - Artificial Intelligence on Medium
Experience in the old capability, judged against the new.Continue reading on Medium »
AI cheating, leaked papers and marking errors: how exam protests went global
16/08/2026 07:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Student unrest sweeps India, Portugal and Mexico as grievances and pressure for good grades in tough job market collideFamilies with teenagers in education know the…
‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos
16/08/2026 06:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account detailsYou are on a short break in Porto and post some…
‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos - theguardian.com
16/08/2026 06:00 - Technology
‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos theguardian.com
Singapore Inc hopes AI access will stop finance high-flyers moving to Hong Kong - Financial Times
16/08/2026 01:53 - Technology
Singapore Inc hopes AI access will stop finance high-flyers moving to Hong Kong Financial Times
The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center - WSJ
16/08/2026 01:02 - Technology
The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center WSJ
Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery
15/08/2026 21:29 - AI News & Artificial Intelligence
The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."
Have a laugh at AI’s expense by roleplaying as a chatbot
15/08/2026 20:45 - AI
If you squint you can just about make out the hat. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Your AI Slop Bores Me is brilliant…
Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work
15/08/2026 18:58 - AI News & Artificial Intelligence
How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?
SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition
15/08/2026 16:30 - AI News & Artificial Intelligence
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.
Mathematical Experiments Are Becoming Abundant Through Human-Machine Teaming
15/08/2026 15:00 - Latest stories published on Towards Data Science
Two open problems, exact-arithmetic checking and a proof assistant, over a single weekend. The post Mathematical Experiments Are Becoming Abundant Through Human-Machine Teaming appeared first on Towards…
How to Shine as a Data Scientist in the Vibe Coding Era
15/08/2026 13:00 - Latest stories published on Towards Data Science
Here's how to be the Data Scientist who thrives in a world where coding is a commodity. The post How to Shine as a Data…
The Iranian YouTube Show Posing Questions Few Dare Ask
15/08/2026 09:30 - NYT > Technology
Azad, a popular online debate program, has tackled topics that push the limits of Iran’s authoritarian system. Some question how it has remained on air.
Amazon Can Use Your Twitch Content to Train Its AI—Unless You Opt Out
15/08/2026 09:00 - Feed
When Twitch announced that streamers could opt out, thousands of users questioned why their content was being used to train AI models in the first…
Secondhand booksellers in UK and Ireland suspect AI firms behind ‘strange’ bulk orders
15/08/2026 08:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Development comes after Anthropic was found to have spent millions on books to scan for ‘data acquisition’Secondhand booksellers in the UK and Ireland are reporting…
As warfare becomes engineering, the era of the digital mercenary dawns
15/08/2026 00:28 - Nextgov/FCW
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Tech Bills of the Week: Leveraging AI for environmental evaluations; crafting a report on China’s AI ecosystem; and more
14/08/2026 22:31 - Nextgov/FCW
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The Next Big Influencer Is This 4-Foot-Tall Robot From China
14/08/2026 20:59 - Feed
The Unitree G1 has found online fame as a relatively affordable robot that can charm a crowd. But can it ever hold down a real…
Gartner has confirmed the battle for authority is happening right now. Is your agency ready for the aftermath?
14/08/2026 19:40 - Nextgov/FCW
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Google Turns On Gemini A.I. for Students Using Its Classroom App
14/08/2026 18:54 - NYT > Technology
Google enabled A.I. features for K-12 schools that have allowed student access to Gemini. Until this week, Google automatically enabled Gemini in Classroom only for…
MIT Researchers Develop AI Model for Faster Physics Simulations
14/08/2026 18:37 - AIwire
With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios Aug. 14, 2026 — Artificial intelligence models are jacks of many trades,…
Cerebras Powers OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast Mode
14/08/2026 18:09 - AIwire
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 14, 2026 — Cerebras has announced that it is powering Ultrafast mode, a new service tier in the OpenAI API for GPT-5.6…
Digital Signal Processing Pioneer Bede Liu Dies At 91
14/08/2026 18:00 - IEEE Spectrum
Bede Liu, a digital signal processing pioneer, died on 7 May. He was 91.Liu was widely regarded as one of the founders of modern digital…
The Science of Fiction: Three AI Scenarios
14/08/2026 17:53 - Artificial Intelligence
As artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in the systems we use every day, it is up to government leaders, technology experts and the general public…
Best Practices for Defending Against — and Using — Frontier AI
14/08/2026 17:43 - Artificial Intelligence
“Business as usual” will not suffice when it comes to cybersecurity in the wide new world of frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Claude Mythos. Here's…
Predict Antenna Coupling on Electrically Large Platforms Before Building Hardware
14/08/2026 17:27 - IEEE Spectrum
Learn how full-wave simulation predicts very low antenna coupling on aircraft-sized platforms, and which three modeling techniques deliver accurate results with fewer computational resources.Download this…
Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case
14/08/2026 17:26 - AI
A judge has identified what appears to be the first time a US plaintiff has attempted to hide text in court filings that only an…
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indosat and NVIDIA Open Indonesia’s First University AI Center to Develop Local AI Talent
14/08/2026 17:13 - NVIDIA Blog
Indonesia is taking charge of its AI future. This week, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH), NVIDIA…
Mark Zuckerberg has an Instagzam
14/08/2026 16:54 - AI
Instagram's wordmark is iconic. Well, was iconic. Apparently Instagram thought it looked old, so the company rolled out a new one this week. It doesn't…
You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
14/08/2026 16:39 - AI
Google will now allow you to remove visible watermarks from the images, videos, and music made with AI tools. With the update, you can toggle…
A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist in 2026
14/08/2026 16:30 - Latest stories published on Towards Data Science
How AI has massively changed my day-to-day workflow The post A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist in 2026 appeared first on Towards…
Constituents, Politicians Differ on Stances Toward Data Centers
14/08/2026 16:04 - Artificial Intelligence
While the majority of Americans oppose data centers in their areas, many of the lawmakers representing them in Washington argue the U.S. can’t afford for…
Custom reward functions for multi-turn reinforcement learning with Amazon Nova Forge
14/08/2026 16:02 - Artificial Intelligence
In multi-turn reinforcement learning (RL), your custom reward function decides what the model actually learns. A subtly wrong reward can quietly teach the wrong thing…
Building agentic workflows with SageMaker AI and Bedrock AgentCore
14/08/2026 15:58 - Artificial Intelligence
A common challenge in building agentic workflows is mixing managed foundation models (FMs) with your own cost-optimized or domain-specific models, without rewriting your agent framework…
Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want
14/08/2026 15:00 - Feed
Tim O’Reilly built a publishing empire that AI is helping to destroy. Yet he loves AI—as long as it’s open source.
Amazon and Alphabet’s Profits Reveal Circular Nature of A.I. Boom
14/08/2026 14:55 - NYT > Technology
Investment gains at Alphabet and Amazon reveal a new way in which technology companies’ fortunes are increasingly linked.
Jefferson Lab ML Model Predicts Hardware Shifts in Fusion Experiments
14/08/2026 14:47 - AIwire
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Aug. 14, 2026 — At a fusion science facility in balmy Southern California, the ideal conditions for experiments are in fact quite…
Google's $99 Fitbit gets a wild new update - Rundown AI
14/08/2026 14:30 - The Rundown AI
Google's $99 Fitbit gets a wild new update with insulin-resistance tracking. Plus, Flock tightens data rules after backlash.
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
14/08/2026 14:27 - AI
Leading US AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic are releasing cheaper models as they fight to retain cost-conscious customers who are switching to cut-price…
If you run a solo business, here’s how AI agents can help you
14/08/2026 13:09 - Fast Company
Four ways to maximize the technology for your specific needs.
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine could help unlock massive quantum computers
14/08/2026 12:56 - Artificial Intelligence News
A tiny superconducting engine has successfully converted heat near absolute zero into useful work, demonstrating the first cyclic quantum heat engine of its kind. Future…
China’s Z.ai unveils GLM-5.3, claims chart-leading scores
14/08/2026 12:31 - Silicon Republic
GLM-5.3 scores 84.5pc on CyberGym, ahead of Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol. Read more: China’s Z.ai unveils GLM-5.3, claims chart-leading scores
5 careers available to jobseekers with finance skills in 2026
14/08/2026 11:43 - Silicon Republic
If you have broad finance-based skills, but aren't sure how to apply them to a career, then consider one or even all of the following…
Uber, Pony AI to launch 2,000 robotaxis across Europe
14/08/2026 10:37 - Silicon Republic
The companies did not reveal which areas they plan to expand to, but Pony told SiliconRepublic.com that further details will follow. Read more: Uber, Pony…
OpenAI feels the frontier need for speed - Rundown AI
14/08/2026 10:01 - The Rundown AI
OpenAI's new ultrafast tier speeds up frontier AI with GPT-5.6 Sol, plus building a self-updating work Second Brain. Discover the latest AI innovations.
At Black Hat, AI is helping security pros find threats—and creating new ones
14/08/2026 09:13 - Fast Company
Black Hat’s network admins are embracing AI to sort through thousands of security alerts, even as poorly secured AI-built apps give them a new class…
Ukrainian drone attacks force Russia to protect its nuclear submarines with low-tech netting
14/08/2026 09:00 - Fast Company
Moscow is employing a low-cost and ineffective fix to protect its most valued strategic weapons.
State of Open Models: Summer 2026 Observations
14/08/2026 00:00 - Hugging Face
The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop
13/08/2026 17:32 - AI
Today, Instagram unveiled a refresh of its wordmark, accompanied by the usual bland corporate platitudes these kinds of announcements are always packaged with. Head of…
Introducing Gemini 3.7 Flash
13/08/2026 17:04 - Google DeepMind News
Monitor on-premises and multi-cloud AI agents with AgentCore Observability
13/08/2026 16:02 - Artificial Intelligence
When you deploy AI agents built with frameworks like Strands Agents, LangGraph, and CrewAI, you need observability into their performance. This holds true whether they…
Bring a Product Manager Mindset to Your Next Engineering Job
13/08/2026 14:44 - IEEE Spectrum
If you haven’t already seen a job listing for a “product engineer,” you probably will soon. The job everyone’s suddenly hiring for, this role is…
Honor's robot phone is finally here - Rundown AI
13/08/2026 14:30 - The Rundown AI
Honor’s Robot Phone has finally landed, featuring a 200MP camera on a titanium robotic arm that pops out of the chassis and follows whoever’s in…
Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash
13/08/2026 13:41 - Artificial intelligence
The police-tech giant Flock is announcing today that it will change officers’ access to its nationwide network of license plate readers, in an apparent effort…
Class Is in Session: GeForce NOW Levels Up Linux, Chromebooks and More
13/08/2026 13:00 - NVIDIA Blog
GeForce NOW is giving cloud gaming an extra-credit upgrade just in time for back-to-school season. The native Linux app for GeForce NOW is officially out…
The builder’s guide to GPT‑5.6
13/08/2026 11:00 - OpenAI News
Learn how startups use GPT-5.6 to build faster, more cost-efficient AI agents with smarter model selection and new Responses API capabilities.
Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14X the speed
13/08/2026 10:00 - OpenAI News
Preview Ultrafast, a new OpenAI API service tier that runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14× faster. Powered by Cerebras, it delivers up to 750 output…
How kids feel about AI, in their own words
13/08/2026 09:00 - Artificial intelligence
When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear. We expected some to tell us they…
OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer
13/08/2026 09:00 - OpenAI News
OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer to lead its global revenue organization and help businesses realize the full value of AI.
What We Learned by Reproducing 2,200 papers from ICML
13/08/2026 00:00 - Hugging Face
Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data
12/08/2026 16:51 - Artificial intelligence
Business and technology leaders need no convincing that the time of agentic AI is here. Organizations are rapidly adopting agents, and few executives doubt the…
MindTopo reveals VLMs’ spatial reasoning abilities
12/08/2026 16:00 - Microsoft Research
At a glance MindTopo is a new benchmark for testing topological reasoning in AI, evaluating whether multimodal models can understand concepts such as connectivity, enclosure,…
Putting sign language AI into users’ hands
12/08/2026 14:01 - Google DeepMind News
Introducing sign-language-to-text (SL2T), our breakthrough model powering new sign language features for Deaf and hard of hearing users.
NVIDIA CEO Tops Glassdoor’s 2026 List of Best CEOs
12/08/2026 14:00 - NVIDIA Blog
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang is ranked No. 1 on Glassdoor’s Best CEOs list for 2026. In the just-released ranking, recognition is earned directly…
How We’re Building Scam Alert on WhatsApp With End-to-End Encryption and Verifiability Guarantees
12/08/2026 13:00 - Engineering at Meta
WhatsApp is committed to helping people stay safe while protecting the privacy of their messages. As scam tactics evolve — from impersonation to social engineering…
Introducing CARE-X: Towards Clinically Useful Radiology VLMs with Auxiliary Supervision, Reward-Aligned Learning, and Tool-Augmented Measurement
11/08/2026 16:00 - Microsoft Research
Research Note: CARE-X is a research model and not a Microsoft product offering or medical device. It has not been cleared or approved by any…
From User Sequences to Scaling Laws: A Multi-Stage Architecture for Meta’s Ads Ranking
05/08/2026 19:20 - Engineering at Meta
Every day, Meta’s recommendation platforms handle billions of user interactions, generating rich temporal signals that capture individual preferences and intent across products, ads, and content.…
GEM Training: How Meta Doubled the Efficiency of Its LLM-Scale Ads Foundation Model
03/08/2026 18:00 - Engineering at Meta
Meta’s Generative Ads Recommendation Model (GEM), the foundation model behind ads recommendations across Instagram and Facebook, now trains at LLM scale on several thousand of…
Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI
03/08/2026 16:00 - Microsoft Research
At a glance Orchard is an open-source framework for scalable and cost-effective agentic AI research, built around Orchard Env, a reusable environment service for training…
From CUDA to MLX: How K-Search Brings Decades of Kernel Expertise to Apple Silicon
29/07/2026 09:00 - The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
Figure 1: CUDA-to-MLX optimization translation map. CUDA optimization knowledge can be translated into architecture-native MLX strategies rather than copied instruction-for-instruction. We face a new epoch…
Teaching LLMs to Update Beliefs for Efficient Long-Horizon Interaction
26/07/2026 09:00 - The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
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MIT’s new lidar chip could give self-driving cars a wider view
22/07/2026 10:00 - Artificial Intelligence News
MIT engineers have found a way to give chip-based lidar a wider, clearer view without relying on moving parts. Their design uses differently shaped antennas…
New programmable photonic chip can control how fast light moves
22/07/2026 02:43 - Artificial Intelligence News
Scientists have created a programmable optical chip that can slow light on demand, giving engineers far greater control over how optical signals propagate through a…
Intelligence is Free, Now What? <br> Data Systems for, of, and by Agents
07/07/2026 09:00 - The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog
... government of the people, by the people, for the people ... — Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863) The cost of AI is dropping rapidly.…
Causally-informed deep learning towards explainable and generalizable outcome prediction in critical care
Publication date: October 2026Source: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 180Author(s): Yuxiao Cheng, Xinxin Song, Ziqian Wang, Qin Zhong, Kunlun He, Jinli Suo
Anatomy consistent segmentation network for joint PET/CT tumor segmentation
Publication date: October 2026Source: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 180Author(s): Minghao Mao, Yuxuan Qi, Jingya Zhang, Bin Zhang, Jiajun Wang
Self-tuned healthy homogeneous core: Addressing heterogeneities in biomedical datasets
Publication date: October 2026Source: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 180Author(s): Abhidnya Patharkar, Yutong Wen, Jiajing Huang, Firas Al-Hindawi, Teresa Wu, Todd J. Schwedt, Catherine D.…
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