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Google’s Newest AI Model Acts like a Satellite to Track Climate Change
Part of Google Earth Engine, AlphaEarth Foundations is a chip off Google’s DeepMind AI block—and it’s here to help save the world.
Amazon-backed Showrunner launches “Netflix of AI” platform — and you can star in your own show
You’ve never seen streaming like this
I Watched AI Agents Try to Hack My Vibe-Coded Websit
RunSybil, a startup founded by OpenAI’s first security researcher, deploys agents that probe websites for vulnerabilities—part of a new AI era for cybersecurity.
I tried Google’s new agentic IDE, and it blows away the popular VS Code
Firebase Studio is a full-stack (both front-end and back-end) AI workspace that aims to accelerate your development projects – and it delivers.
The Netflix of AI? San Francisco AI startup’s Showrunner lets fans create TV shows in minutes
The Amazon-backed streaming tech, which calls itself the “Netflix of AI,” unveiled its new interactive platform
New algorithms enable efficient machine learning with symmetric data
MIT researchers designed a computationally efficient algorithm for machine learning with symmetric data that also requires fewer data for training than conventional approaches. Their work could inform the design of...
Microsoft study reveals the 40 jobs AI is most likely to replace — and 40 that are safe (for now)
See if your role is on the list
Stanford’s holographic AI glasses are coming for your clunky VR headset
Can AI, waveguides, and holography pass the ‘visual Turing Test’ and finally make mixed reality mainstream?
Google DeepMind says its new AI can map the entire planet with unprecedented accuracy
Google DeepMind unveils AlphaEarth Foundations, an AI system that processes satellite data 16x more efficiently to create detailed Earth maps for tracking deforestation, climate change, and environmental shifts.
AlphaEarth Foundations helps map our planet in unprecedented detail
New AI model integrates petabytes of Earth observation data to generate a unified data representation that revolutionizes global mapping and monitoring
Nightfall launches ‘Nyx,’ an AI that automates data loss prevention at enterprise scale
Nightfall AI launches Nyx, the first autonomous data loss prevention platform using AI to cut false alerts by 90% and protect enterprise data from insider threats and ChatGPT leaks.
Real life or AI? Watch these videos and see if you can spot the difference
Google’s AI video generator is so realistic, it’s hard to distinguish from real world footage. So can you spot which videos are AI-made?
The Commodity Cloud Era is Over – The AI-Native Cloud Is Here
CIOs questioning whether hyperscale cloud providers can deliver on their AI promises should follow the money. The numbers tell the story: Microsoft is spending $80 billion in data centers specifically...
From Prompts to Plans: Overcoming The Complexity Gap Between Gen AI and AI Agents
While Gen AI’s adoption curve has been steep and accelerated, propelled by its immediacy and accessibility, the move to Agentic AI is far less straightforward.
China proposes new global AI cooperation organisation
> SHANGHAI, July 26 (Reuters) – China said on Saturday it wanted to create an organisation to foster global cooperation on artificial intelligence, p…
Will Trump’s AI Policies Kill Federal Support in Your State?
A new plan from President Donald Trump proposes that states with restrictive AI laws should lose federal funding. Government Technology analyzed more than 400 state laws to reveal which states...
AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders
Prophet Security raises $30 million to launch a fully autonomous AI cybersecurity platform that investigates and responds to threats without human intervention, promising 10x faster response times and 96% fewer...
Trump may not replace Biden-era AI rule
The unclear plans for a replacement ‘diffusion’ rule are part of a broader softening on chip controls targeting China.
AI Will Determine The Future Of Software And Cloud Spending
Thanks to rapid cost declines and increasingly performant foundation models, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how developers write software and how software will drive productivity. Increasingly, developers are turning to...
GitHub – dkamm/pr-quiz: A GitHub Action that uses AI to generate a quiz from your pull request
A GitHub Action that uses AI to generate a quiz from your pull request – dkamm/pr-quiz
AI6 chip deal with Samsung signals Tesla’s plan to scale AI across its entire product line
Deal for the AI6 chip will run until 2033
Governments Worldwide Race To Lock In AI Leadership
In the past three months, the global AI race went into overdrive. These documents aren’t the run of the mill, vague strategy memos. They are plans to lead the next...
Meta’s AI Recruiting Campaign Finds a New Target
Meta approached more than a dozen staffers at Mira Murati’s AI startup to discuss joining its new superintelligence lab. One received an offer for more than $1 billion.
Could machine learning help to build a unified theory of cognition?
Nature – Two distinct computational approaches provide opportunities for bringing together different theories of cognition.
AI investments surge, but agentic AI understanding and adoption lag behind
/PRNewswire/ — Despite massive AI investments, most organizations are still in the dark about what agentic AI really is — and how to use it. The latest EY US…
Google Search just got a major upgrade — you can now ask images, PDFs and more with AI Mode
AI Mode adds new tools for learning
Nvidia: Selling AI GPUs to China Will Help the US Win. Democrats Are Skeptical
Nvidia, which stands to make billions, pushes back as Democratic senators criticize the Trump administration for letting the company resume the AI GPU sales to China.
Amazon-backed Skild AI unveils general-purpose AI model for multi-purpose robots
Robotics startup Skild AI, backed by Amazon.com and Japan’s SoftBank Group , on Tuesday unveiled a foundational artificial intelligence model designed to run on nearly any robot — from assembly-line...
Senate Bill Tries Again to Make AI Training Transparent
Vermont senator Peter Welch and three colleagues have reintroduced the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act, legislation designed to help copyright holders determine whether their works were...
NSF announces $100 million investment in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes awards to secure American leadership in AI
The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Capital One and Intel, today announced a $100 million investment to support five National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes and a…
My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now
I wrote about the new GLM-4.5 model family yesterday—new open weight (MIT licensed) models from Z.ai in China which their benchmarks claim score highly in coding even against models such...
Stack Overflow data reveals the hidden productivity tax of ‘almost right’ AI code
Stack Overflow survey shows that as more enterprise developers actually use AI tools, their expectations aren’t being met by reality.
Powerful New AI Tools Coming To Photoshop For Content Creators And Creative Professionals
Adobe has unveiled new AI-powered Photoshop tools including Harmonize, Remove and Generative Upscale that produce more convincing visuals thanks to the power of Firefly.
AI and machine learning projects will fail without good data
Without good data, AI and ML projects risk failure
Instructure Partners With OpenAI, Launches Embedded AI Features
Two recent announcements by Instructure reflect a growing interest in industry partnerships and integrations to develop interoperable, purpose-built artificial intelligence tools for education.
CEO Brags That He Gets “Extremely Excited” Firing People and Replacing Them With AI
A CEO who advises other CEOs on how to use AI to replace human jobs doesn’t seem to be possessing a whole lotta guilt — or self-awareness.
Cognigy Sells for $955M in the Latest AI Unicorn Exit: But Was There Even an AI Premium at All?
Dissecting Nice’s $955M AI Acquisition (Almost-a-Corn) and What It Tells Us About Real World AI Market Premiums TL;DR: Nice’s $955M acquisition of AI conversational commerce leader Cogn…
Transcript: OpenAI’s Chief Economist and COO interviewed about AI’s economic impacts
I wanted to refer back to some tidbits from OpenAI’s recent podcast episode on economic impacts, but I didn’t find a transcript, so I decided to crea…
Meta Poached Its New Chief Scientist for Superintelligence From OpenAI
Shengjia Zhao will help set the agenda for Meta’s big AI ambitions.
Six Principles for Production AI Agents
Practical lessons from building production agentic systems