2026

A neural network as a time machine: why LLMs are taught to think the old-fashioned way
What if a language model’s knowledge were confined to a specific era — say, 1650 or 1912? It turns out this approach opens unexpected horizo

Alibaba unveils CoPaw — a workstation for scaling AI agents
Alibaba has released the open-source framework CoPaw, which turns a developer's local machine into a full-fledged environment for running au

Nvidia forms alliance to build AI into the foundation of 6G networks
The world's most valuable company is not waiting for the telecom industry to figure out 6G on its own. Nvidia is forming an alliance meant t

Agents of chaos: why AI with admin privileges wipes servers
Twenty specialists spent two weeks attacking autonomous AI agents using social engineering methods. The result: deleted system files, leaked

Billion-dollar deals: the infrastructure behind the AI boom
Meta, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, and OpenAI are investing unprecedented sums in data centers and compute capacity. We examine where hundreds

The Era of AI-Driven Development: Code No Longer Belongs to Programmers
If the author had been born 15 years later, he would not have written a single line of code — and would still have created excellent product

MCP: the protocol that teaches language models to work with the outside world
Model Context Protocol is becoming a key link between large language models and external services. We examine why this protocol is changing

Nvidia prepares specialized chip to accelerate AI agents
The GPU market leader is shifting focus from training neural networks to running them. The new processor will help OpenAI build ultrafast ap

OpenAI secures Pentagon military contract after ban on Anthropic
OpenAI will deploy its models in classified systems of the US Department of Defense. The agreement was reached immediately after Donald Trum

How a lawyer beat 500 programmers: why domain expertise matters more than code
A lawyer’s win at an Anthropic hackathon signals the end of developers’ monopoly. Deep expertise in one’s own profession is now enough to bu

OpenAI adapts its models to the Pentagon's needs
Sam Altman confirmed the deal with the U.S. Department of Defense. While its rivals at Anthropic debate ethics, OpenAI is adapting its techn

Goodbye, patches: TAPe + ML architecture changes the rules of computer vision
The T+ML architecture has been presented, using elements of active perception instead of raw pixels. This allows models to see object struct

OpenAI introduces new tools to protect users' mental health
The company behind ChatGPT unveiled parental controls and improved algorithms for detecting signs of stress to increase the safety of AI sys

Pentagon sees a threat in AI supplier Anthropic
The U.S. Department of Defense is concerned about data security involving AI developer Anthropic.

Trump banned U.S. government agencies from using Anthropic's AI
Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to immediately stop using Claude. The reason was the company's conflict with the Pentagon over the ter

Pentagon deems Claude developer a national security threat
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk. The decision could paralyze defense contractors using Claude AI.

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: Who Will Control Military AI
The standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon over the use of AI in autonomous weapons calls into question the boundaries of corporate eth

Anthropic challenges Pentagon decision to deem the company a security threat
The developer of Claude considers the Pentagon's attempts to blacklist the company legally unfounded after talks on military AI cooperation

Pentagon blacklists Anthropic over restrictions on access to Claude
The only AI provider approved by the US Department of Defense has lost the agency’s trust. The Pentagon plans to replace Claude models with

Google and OpenAI employees supported Anthropic in its dispute with the Pentagon
Anthropic’s conflict with the US Department of Defense over the ethics of AI use sparked a wave of solidarity among leading Silicon Valley e

OpenAI deploys its AI models in the Pentagon's classified networks
OpenAI has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to use its technologies in classified military networks for data analysis

OpenAI to supply AI to the Pentagon after Anthropic scandal
OpenAI will provide access to its AI models for the Pentagon's closed networks.

Unified Latents: Google DeepMind finds a way to improve AI generation
Google DeepMind's new Unified Latents framework solves the dilemma between data compression quality and neural network accuracy.

Elon Musk defends Grok's safety in legal dispute with OpenAI
In the lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk claimed his neural network Grok is safer than its rivals. However, recent deepfake scandals on X ca

OpenAI raises a record $110 billion at an $840 billion valuation
The creator of ChatGPT is preparing for a historic funding round. The company's new valuation has reached an astonishing $840 billion amid t

OpenAI fired an employee for insider trading on prediction markets
OpenAI is taking strict action against the use of confidential information. A company employee was fired for trying to profit on prediction

Anthropic and the Pentagon dispute terms for the military use of AI
Anthropic and the US Department of Defense cannot agree on ethical limits and safety measures for the use of neural networks in the defense

Blackstone opens access to AI infrastructure investment for individual investors
Investment giant Blackstone is launching a public company to acquire data centers. Retail investors will now be able to invest in the founda

OpenAI raised $110 billion at a $730 billion valuation
OpenAI's historic funding round involving Amazon and Nvidia, mass layoffs at Block to pursue AI, and Anthropic's conflict with the military

Trump bans US government agencies from using Anthropic AI
The White House ordered agencies to stop using Anthropic products over disagreements with the Pentagon. The conflict over AI ethical barrier

Anthropic’s Pentagon difficulties open a window of opportunity for OpenAI
UN expert Alondra Nelson believes that a snag in Anthropic’s relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense could temporarily strengthen i

Pentagon Casts Doubt on AI Startup Anthropic’s Business Model
Despite record sales and new investment, Anthropic has faced skepticism from the Pentagon. The future of OpenAI’s main competitor looks unce

Sakana AI has learned to instantly adapt language models without fine-tuning
Tokyo-based lab Sakana AI introduced two methods — Doc-to-LoRA and Text-to-LoRA — that make it possible to adapt large language models to ne

OpenAI and Microsoft update partnership: what is behind the joint statement
OpenAI and Microsoft issued a joint statement on continuing their cooperation in research, engineering, and product development. Behind the

OpenAI and Amazon join forces: agents gain persistent memory in Bedrock
Amazon and OpenAI have introduced Stateful Runtime Environment, a runtime environment for AI agents with persistent memory, orchestration, a

The xAI founders’ exodus: why Musk’s team is losing key people
Toby Pohlen became the seventh co-founder to leave xAI after its merger with SpaceX. The company Elon Musk created to compete with OpenAI is

Notion launched autonomous AI agents: the start of a new era of digital workers
Notion introduced Custom Agents — AI that works in the background 24/7 on schedules and triggers. Behind this release is a fundamental shift

AI reshapes the thinking of top go players
Ten years after Lee Sedol's historic defeat to AlphaGo, professional go players have not just adapted to AI — they have started thinking dif

AI platform LUMI-lab sets record for gene-editing efficiency
Built on foundation models, the LUMI-lab platform autonomously decoded the mRNA delivery code, achieving 20.3% accuracy in lung gene editing

The limits of scaling: why more AI agents do not guarantee results
A new study has identified a critical barrier in the development of multi-agent systems. Information redundancy is becoming the main obstacl

ASML ready for volume production of next-generation lithography systems for AI chips
Dutch company ASML announced that its High-NA EUV systems are ready for mass production. This opens the way to the next generation of AI chi

DeepSeek, together with Tsinghua University and Peking University, improves AI agents' reasoning
DeepSeek has published a new study co-authored with China's leading universities, focused on optimizing reasoning in agentic language models

Mistral AI signs deal with Accenture — the consulting giant that works with everyone
French AI developer Mistral AI has partnered with Accenture — the same company that already works with OpenAI and Anthropic. What is behind

Perplexity releases pplx-embed: embedding models that change the rules of search
Perplexity introduced the multilingual pplx-embed family of embedding models based on Qwen3 with bidirectional attention — and claims it set

Microsoft launches Copilot Tasks — AI with its own computer
Microsoft introduced Copilot Tasks, a system that runs on the company's cloud computer and handles routine tasks in the background — from sc

IronCurtain: the open project that keeps AI agents from getting out of control
The new open source project IronCurtain offers a distinct approach to limiting autonomous AI agents — before they start making decisions tha

Jack Dorsey’s Block lays off nearly half its staff in a bet on AI
Fintech giant Block is cutting 4,000 jobs — nearly half its workforce. Jack Dorsey calls it a strategic bet on AI, which he says will change

How Chinese AI chatbots censor themselves
Researchers from Stanford and Princeton found that Chinese language models systematically dodge political questions and provide inaccurate a

AWS updated its container for running large language models: what changed and why it matters
Amazon Web Services released a major update to the Large Model Inference container, promising a noticeable performance boost and simpler LLM

Google Translate learns to explain: AI update changes the approach to translation
Google added “understand” and “ask” buttons to Translate, along with alternative translation options. Now the translator does not just trans

OpenAI and U.S. national lab aim to speed up bureaucracy with AI
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and OpenAI have created DraftNEPABench, a benchmark that assesses AI agents' ability to speed up feder

Why traditional cybersecurity doesn’t protect AI systems
Businesses are deploying AI agents at scale, but securing them the old way — with DevSecOps tools. The problem is that attacks on models hap

Why the “AI is easy to fool” narrative misses the point
BBC showed how a blog post can influence ChatGPT and Google AI responses. But is this really a “hack” — or are we misunderstanding how large

How hackers weaponize AI agents against users
AI agents have learned to act independently, and attackers immediately took advantage of that. ChatGPT's Deep Research can compromise email

ElevenLabs and Google Cloud Bet on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
London startup ElevenLabs is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud, gaining access to the latest NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. The multiyear

Why AI Agents Lie About the Present: The Problem of Outdated Data
You ask an AI assistant who runs a company and get a confident answer — one that is several weeks out of date. How live search grounding is

Callosum raises $10.25 million to challenge the monopoly in AI computing
London-based startup Callosum has secured $10.25 million to develop multichip infrastructure for AI. The company is challenging established

AI prototyping changes the rules of the game between designers and developers
The Selectel team explained how tools like Figma Make helped shorten the interface approval cycle and eliminate endless post-release revisio

AI investments move beyond Nvidia: the market changes the rules of the game
The era when betting on artificial intelligence simply meant buying Nvidia stock is coming to an end. Bloomberg analysts see a structural sh

Musk announces Grok's return
Elon Musk confirmed: the AI assistant Grok is returning today. What should we expect from the updated version?