OpenAI wants developers to stop typing commands and start using a joystick to control their AI agents
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OpenAI wants developers to stop typing commands and start using a joystick to control their AI agents

OpenAI and Work Louder have unveiled the Codex Micro, a compact hardware joystick controller designed to help...

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Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
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Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8

Moonshot's upcoming Kimi K3 is expected to be China's largest open AI model with 2-3 trillion parameters, positioning...

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Sakana AI's orchestrator adds Nvidia Nemotron to prove "collective intelligence" can rival single frontier models
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Sakana AI's orchestrator adds Nvidia Nemotron to prove "collective intelligence" can rival single frontier models

Sakana AI is integrating Nvidia's Nemotron open-source models into its Fugu orchestrator to demonstrate that...

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Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu
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Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu

Apple has secured approval to launch Apple Intelligence in China through partnerships with Alibaba and Baidu. This deal...

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Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you
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Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you

1Password has launched a new browser integration allowing Claude to access stored credentials through a zero-exposure...

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Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe
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Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe

The EU has ordered Google to grant rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and...

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Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you
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Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you

Ultrahuman's former hardware VP is launching Aina, a new device startup that has raised $5.5M in funding. The device is...

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The Billion-Dollar Seed Isn’t The Deal You Think It Is
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The Billion-Dollar Seed Isn’t The Deal You Think It Is

The article challenges the notion that massive initial funding rounds lead to strong venture returns, noting that high...

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China And AI Lead Asia’s Startup Funding To Multiyear Peak In Q2
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China And AI Lead Asia’s Startup Funding To Multiyear Peak In Q2

Asia's startup funding reached a multiyear peak of $42.8 billion in Q2 2026, driven largely by China's $7.4 billion...

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Computer cops
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Computer cops

An article examining how AI is being integrated into law enforcement through the International Association of Chiefs of...

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Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI
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Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

The author advocates for changing default settings on generative AI features from opt-out to opt-in, arguing that users...

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Ex-OpenAI CTO Murati's Thinking Machines drops Inkling, a 975B parameter model that leads US labs but trails China
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Ex-OpenAI CTO Murati's Thinking Machines drops Inkling, a 975B parameter model that leads US labs but trails China

Thinking Machines Lab, founded by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, released Inkling, a 975B parameter multimodal open-weights...

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Our approach to bioresilience
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Our approach to bioresilience

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs are presenting their collaborative approach to bioresilience using AI models. The...

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Gemma 4 gets a stealth update that fixes tool calling bugs and truncated responses under the same name
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Gemma 4 gets a stealth update that fixes tool calling bugs and truncated responses under the same name

Google released an update to its open-source Gemma 4 AI model that improves performance on Nvidia Hopper GPUs and fixes...

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Neko Health raises $700 million to expand AI body scans in the US
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Neko Health raises $700 million to expand AI body scans in the US

Neko Health raised $700 million in Series C funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to expand its AI-powered...

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xAI open-sources "Grok-Build" on GitHub after massive data breach
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xAI open-sources "Grok-Build" on GitHub after massive data breach

xAI's Grok-Build tool experienced a massive data breach where it silently uploaded sensitive user data including SSH...

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Patter SDK Guide to Building a Restaurant Booking Phone Agent with Dynamic Variables, Guardrails, Latency Dashboards, and Eval Checks
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Patter SDK Guide to Building a Restaurant Booking Phone Agent with Dynamic Variables, Guardrails, Latency Dashboards, and Eval Checks

The article demonstrates building a voice-enabled restaurant booking agent using the Patter SDK, incorporating dynamic...

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SpaceXAI Open-Sources Grok Build: The Rust Agent Harness, TUI, and Tool Layer Behind Its Coding CLI
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SpaceXAI Open-Sources Grok Build: The Rust Agent Harness, TUI, and Tool Layer Behind Its Coding CLI

SpaceXAI open-sourced Grok Build, a Rust-based agent harness and CLI tool that includes the agent loop, TUI, tool...

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A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping
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A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping

Researchers developed an automated framework that enables AI models to generate CAD programs with improved accuracy and...

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