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Run Powerful AI on Your Phone with Bonsai 27BNews

Run Powerful AI on Your Phone with Bonsai 27B

PrismML has released a new, lightweight version of the Qwen 27B model that fits on everyday devices.

3h ago
Google Launches LiteRT.js for Faster Browser AINews

Google Launches LiteRT.js for Faster Browser AI

Google just released a new tool that lets developers run AI models directly in web browsers with much better performance.

3h ago
New AI cameras catch drivers who skip stop signsNews

New AI cameras catch drivers who skip stop signs

California startup Obvio is putting AI cameras on stop signs to protect pedestrians from reckless drivers.

3h ago
Perplexity accused of ignoring website blocksNews

Perplexity accused of ignoring website blocks

A major web security company says Perplexity is scraping sites that explicitly told it to stay away.

3h ago
Managing PyTorch Experiments with Gin ConfigNews

Managing PyTorch Experiments with Gin Config

Learn how to separate your training code from your model settings using Gin configuration files.

3h ago
Soofi Launches New Hybrid AI Model for German and EnglishNews

Soofi Launches New Hybrid AI Model for German and English

The Soofi Consortium has released a new open source model that mixes two different AI architectures to improve efficiency.

3h ago
Meta expands solar power for AI data centersNews

Meta expands solar power for AI data centers

Meta is adding 100 megawatts of solar energy to run its new data center in South Carolina.

3h ago
New AI glasses record everything you sayNews

New AI glasses record everything you say

Two Harvard dropouts are launching smart glasses that stay on and record your conversations all day.

3h ago
Thinking Machines Lab Launches Inkling ModelNews

Thinking Machines Lab Launches Inkling Model

Thinking Machines Lab has released Inkling, a new open-weights model designed for customization and efficient performance.

3h ago
SpaceXAI Opens Up Their Coding Tool CodeNews

SpaceXAI Opens Up Their Coding Tool Code

SpaceXAI released the core software behind their Grok coding interface to the public.

3h ago
AI helps Indian rice farmers fight climate changeNews

AI helps Indian rice farmers fight climate change

A new project uses AI to track methane reductions on rice farms across India.

3h ago
Meta Adds Big Solar Power to Its Data CentersNews

Meta Adds Big Solar Power to Its Data Centers

Meta just signed three deals to buy one gigawatt of solar energy in the United States.

3h ago
New AI blood test could spot womb cancer fasterNews

New AI blood test could spot womb cancer faster

NHS hospitals are testing an AI tool to check for womb cancer without the need for painful biopsies.

3h ago
New AWS AI tool speeds up drug discoveryNews

New AWS AI tool speeds up drug discovery

AWS technology is helping pharmaceutical companies find new medicines much faster by connecting scattered research data.

3h ago
Railway raises $100 million to take on AWSNews

Railway raises $100 million to take on AWS

A new cloud platform just raised a massive round of funding to fix how developers build AI apps.

3h ago
xAI opens Grok-Build code after security leakNews

xAI opens Grok-Build code after security leak

xAI released its Grok-Build tool to the public following a serious data privacy failure.

3h ago
Google silently improves the Gemma 4 AI modelNews

Google silently improves the Gemma 4 AI model

Google updated its Gemma 4 model to fix bugs and improve performance on specific hardware.

3h ago
Build a Better Restaurant Booking Phone AgentNews

Build a Better Restaurant Booking Phone Agent

Learn how to create a voice agent for restaurant bookings using the Patter SDK.

3h ago
OpenAI Built an AI to Break Its Own SecurityNews

OpenAI Built an AI to Break Its Own Security

OpenAI created a new model called GPT-Red that tests its software for vulnerabilities better than human testers.

3h ago
Converge Bio raises $25 million for drug discoveryNews

Converge Bio raises $25 million for drug discovery

A new AI startup just secured funding to speed up how we find medicine.

3h ago
Data center boom pushes up power plant costsNews

Data center boom pushes up power plant costs

Building new natural gas power plants is getting much more expensive and takes longer than before.

3h ago
Nvidia CEO: Are your AI tools worth the cost?News

Nvidia CEO: Are your AI tools worth the cost?

Jensen Huang believes engineers should track their AI spending against their salary.

3h ago
New rules for AI bots visiting your websiteNews

New rules for AI bots visiting your website

Starting September 15, many websites will automatically block AI research bots unless you give them specific permission.

3h ago
Google is changing its search box foreverNews

Google is changing its search box forever

The classic search bar is being replaced by an AI tool that handles more than just text.

3h ago
Are your AI agents actually just chatbots?News

Are your AI agents actually just chatbots?

New research shows companies are struggling to move beyond simple chatbots even as they invest heavily in agent platforms.

3h ago
Mira Murati releases new AI model InklingNews

Mira Murati releases new AI model Inkling

Former OpenAI leader Mira Murati just launched a new large AI model called Inkling.

3h ago
Kimi Releases Powerful New K3 AI ModelNews

Kimi Releases Powerful New K3 AI Model

The new K3 model from Kimi offers top-tier performance but signals higher costs for Chinese AI.

3h ago
New AI tools help hospitals manage drug program complianceNews

New AI tools help hospitals manage drug program compliance

AWS and Bluesight have launched a new AI tool to help hospitals track pharmacy data and follow federal regulations.

3h ago
Nokia and NVIDIA team up to boost mobile networksNews

Nokia and NVIDIA team up to boost mobile networks

Nokia is using NVIDIA chips to make existing mobile networks faster and more efficient.

3h ago
Companies are shipping AI agents they don't fully trustNews

Companies are shipping AI agents they don't fully trust

Businesses are giving AI more control even though they know their testing methods often fail in the real world.

3h ago
Companies are overspending on AI infrastructureNews

Companies are overspending on AI infrastructure

Businesses are buying expensive AI hardware faster than they can figure out how much it costs to run.

3h ago
Sakana AI uses teamwork to beat big modelsNews

Sakana AI uses teamwork to beat big models

Sakana AI is adding Nvidia models to its system to show that groups of smaller tools can match the power of one large model.

3h ago
OpenAI releases a joystick for AINews

OpenAI releases a joystick for AI

OpenAI and Work Louder created a new controller to help developers manage AI agents with physical inputs instead of just typing.

3h ago
Neko Health Secures $700 Million for AI Body ScansNews

Neko Health Secures $700 Million for AI Body Scans

Neko Health has raised $700 million to grow its AI body scan services.

4h ago
Google DeepMind's New AI Program for BiosecurityNews

Google DeepMind's New AI Program for Biosecurity

Google DeepMind is launching a program to improve biosecurity using AI.

4h ago
Trust Issues in Enterprise AI: The Context GapNews

Trust Issues in Enterprise AI: The Context Gap

Many companies struggle to trust their AI systems' context.

4h ago
AI Agent Security Risks: Over Half of Enterprises AffectedNews

AI Agent Security Risks: Over Half of Enterprises Affected

Many businesses face security issues with AI agents sharing credentials.

4h ago
Germany Takes Action Against Google's AI OverviewsNews

Germany Takes Action Against Google's AI Overviews

Germany says Google's AI Overviews aren't just search results.

4h ago
Google Renames NotebookLM to Gemini NotebookNews

Google Renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook

Google has rebranded NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook.

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