Meta’s surprise Llama 4 drop exposes the gap between AI ambition and reality
Touted 10M token context proves elusive, while early performance tests disappoint experts.
Benj Edwards
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AI // Open the pod doors
Google’s AI Mode search can now answer questions about images
Google's AI Mode can now understand images as part of your searches.
Ryan Whitwam
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Midjourney introduces first new image generation model in over a year
The new model is now in public alpha and has personalization enabled by default.
Samuel Axon
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Gemini “coming together in really awesome ways,” Google says after 2.5 Pro release
Google's Tulsee Doshi talks vibes and efficiency in Gemini 2.5 Pro.
Ryan Whitwam
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DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world
DeepMind says AGI could arrive in 2030, and it has some ideas to keep us safe.
Ryan Whitwam
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Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots
Trump accused of consulting chatbots after critics mock tariffs on islands of penguins.
Ashley Belanger
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Feeling curious? Google’s NotebookLM can now discover data sources for you
NotebookLM can do the legwork for you now.
Ryan Whitwam
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Google shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins
With fresh leadership, Google aims to create new products based on Gemini.
Ryan Whitwam
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AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%
Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten Wikipedia project stability, foundation says.
Benj Edwards
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Gemini is an increasingly good chatbot, but it’s still a bad assistant
Op-ed: Google's generative AI is not ready to serve as your virtual assistant.
Ryan Whitwam
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DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an edge
A tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy make it harder to publish.
Financial Times
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MCP: The new “USB-C for AI” that’s bringing fierce rivals together
Model context protocol standardizes how AI uses data sources, supported by OpenAI and Anthropic.
Benj Edwards
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With new Gen-4 model, Runway claims to have finally achieved consistency in AI videos
The new model is rolling out to paid users starting today.
Samuel Axon
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Google’s new experimental Gemini 2.5 model rolls out to free users
Google's improved AI model is now available for free, but usage is limited.
Ryan Whitwam
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Why do LLMs make stuff up? New research peers under the hood.
Claude's faulty "known entity" neurons sometimes override its "don't answer" circuitry.
Kyle Orland
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Gemini hackers can deliver more potent attacks with a helping hand from… Gemini
Hacking LLMs has always been more art than science. A new attack on Gemini could change that.
Dan Goodin
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OpenAI’s new AI image generator is potent and bound to provoke
The visual apocalypse is probably nigh, but perhaps seeing was never believing.
Benj Edwards
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After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers
Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo's fault.
Timothy B. Lee
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Gemini 2.5 Pro is here with bigger numbers and great vibes
Google's new "thinking" model is ready to think for you.
Ryan Whitwam
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Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries
AI bots hungry for data are taking down FOSS sites by accident, but humans are fighting back.
Benj Edwards
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No cloud needed: Nvidia creates gaming-centric AI chatbot that runs on your GPU
Nvidia G-Assist has limited functionality right now, but it runs locally.
Ryan Whitwam
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You can now download the source code that sparked the AI boom
CHM releases code for 2012 AlexNet breakthrough that proved "deep learning" could work.
Benj Edwards
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Can we make AI less power-hungry? These researchers are working on it.
As demand surges, figuring out the performance of proprietary models is half the battle.
Jacek Krywko
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Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts
New approach punishes AI companies that ignore "no crawl" directives.
Benj Edwards
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Anthropic’s new AI search feature digs through the web for answers
Anthropic Claude just caught up with a ChatGPT feature from 2023—but will it be accurate?
Benj Edwards
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Why Anthropic’s Claude still hasn’t beaten Pokémon
Weeks later, Sonnet's "reasoning" model is struggling with a game designed for children.
Kyle Orland
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Apple reportedly planning executive shake-up to address Siri delays
Apple is looking to right the ship after key Siri features delayed to 2026.
Ryan Whitwam
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Study finds AI-generated meme captions funnier than human ones on average
Mollick proclaims "the meme Turing Test has been passed," but a new study offers a key caveat.
Benj Edwards
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Meager 8GB of RAM forces Pixel 9a to run “extra extra small” Gemini AI
Some of Google's coolest AI features don't work on the 9a.
Ryan Whitwam
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Nvidia announces DGX desktop “personal AI supercomputers”
Asus, Dell, HP, and others to produce powerful desktop machines that run AI models locally.
Benj Edwards
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Nvidia announces “Rubin Ultra” and “Feynman” AI chips for 2027 and 2028
CEO Jensen Huang says new chips will power robots and billions of AI agents.
Benj Edwards
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Gemini gets new coding and writing tools, plus AI-generated “podcasts”
Gemini is absorbing features from one of Google's coolest AI products.
Ryan Whitwam
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Farewell Photoshop? Google’s new AI lets you edit images by asking.
New experimental AI allows no-skill photo editing, including removing watermarks. But it's not perfect.
Benj Edwards
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Why wait? Google is already dismantling Assistant as it switches to Gemini.
Assistant is becoming less helpful as Google "prioritizes" experiences.
Ryan Whitwam
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Researchers astonished by tool’s apparent success at revealing AI’s “hidden objectives”
Anthropic trains custom AI to hide objectives, but different "personas" spill their secrets.
Benj Edwards
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End of Life: Gemini will completely replace Google Assistant later this year
Google promises more details on the move to Gemini in the coming months.
Ryan Whitwam
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