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Agentic AI is rewriting the rules of biomedical research
How the shift from LLM capabilities to autonomous agents is changing the very architecture of team science in biomedicine — and what it mean
Perplexity Computer: the quiet release that could reshape the AI agent market
Perplexity quietly released a product that goes far beyond a search engine. Perplexity Computer is a full-fledged agent platform, and the ma
DistDF: a new method for time series forecasting via distribution alignment
Researchers proposed replacing the standard MSE metric with the Wasserstein distance to improve neural network accuracy in analyzing complex
Google's AI outperformed Olympiad champions in the FirstProof math test
Google DeepMind brought AI closer to the level of the world's best mathematicians, with results on extremely difficult problems beyond the l
Ctrl-World: Joint Tsinghua-Stanford project outperforms Google in robotics
The new world model Ctrl-World sets records in embodied AI, surpassing Google and Nvidia systems in robot control accuracy.
Leading researcher turned down Meta’s $200 million offer for OpenAI
Pan Zhomin unexpectedly left Meta, rejecting a $200 million compensation package and moving to OpenAI. A high-profile talent move in AI.
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: smart assistant for events
AWS showed how to deploy a production-ready AI agent with memory and personalization in a matter of hours — without writing custom infrastru
White House demands AI companies cover rising electricity rates
The US administration wants AI giants to offset rising electricity prices for ordinary consumers. Most major players have already agreed — b
AI training efficiency: why speed isn't everything
The AI industry is rethinking model training metrics. Instead of the familiar throughput, the concept of goodput is moving to the forefront
Gushwork raises $9M, betting on AI search as a customer acquisition channel
Startup Gushwork raised $9 million in a seed round from SIG and Lightspeed after identifying an unexpected customer acquisition channel — AI
Alphabet brings robotics company Intrinsic back under Google
After nearly five years operating independently, robotics software company Intrinsic is losing its independence and moving under Google's ma
Nvidia breaks records amid explosive demand for tokens
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said demand for tokens is growing exponentially — and the company's quarterly results back that up.
Anthropic acquires Vercept, a startup specializing in computer control
Anthropic acquired Seattle startup Vercept after Meta hired away one of its founders. The company was developing agents that use a computer
Baidu loses $11 billion in market value: investors are tired of AI promises
Baidu shares have fallen 20% in a month — investors are no longer willing to buy into AI ambitions without concrete results. What does this
Nvidia reported fourth-quarter results: key takeaways for the AI market
Nvidia presented its fourth-quarter financial results and outlook. Wall Street analysts are unpacking what is behind the numbers and where t
DeepSeek entrusted the final tuning of its latest model to Huawei, not Nvidia
Chinese developer DeepSeek chose Huawei and other local accelerator makers to optimize its latest AI model. It is a sign that the technologi
OpenAI prepares for advertising: COO promises an “iterative process”
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said the company plans to introduce advertising gradually and asked for a few months to experiment. What does this
Google updates Circle to Search to identify multiple objects in one image
Google has updated Circle to Search: users can now explore several items in a single photo at once. This changes the approach to visual sear
Gemini can now hail a ride and order food on your smartphone
Google showed how Gemini automates actions in mobile apps — from booking an Uber to placing a DoorDash delivery order. The first smartphone
Head of Amazon's AGI lab leaves the company
David Luan, who led Amazon's AI lab in San Francisco, is leaving the company after less than two years. He said he wants to devote all his t
One in Eight American Teens Seek Emotional Support from AI
About 12% of teens in the U.S. turn to ChatGPT, Claude, and other chatbots for emotional support and advice. Psychologists warn: these tools
UK Treasury enlists Tony Blair Institute for AI rollout in public services
The UK finance ministry has invited former prime minister Blair’s think tank and private tech companies to advise the government on AI adopt
OpenAI reveals new AI abuse schemes: threats are becoming more complex
OpenAI has published its February threat report: malicious actors are increasingly combining language models with web platforms and social m
Adobe Quick Cut: AI will assemble a rough cut for you
Adobe launches Quick Cut as part of Firefly — it automatically assembles video clips into a structured rough cut based on a text description
Amazon lets users change Alexa’s personality: friendly, concise, or relaxed
Amazon launched three “personality” presets for the Alexa Plus voice assistant. Users in the US can now choose the AI assistant’s communicat
How QA Engineers Are Reshaping Their Work with Cursor, n8n, and LLMs
The tester’s role is changing rapidly: manual checks are giving way to analysis of the architecture of dozens of services. Practical experie
Citigroup creates a dedicated team for AI infrastructure investments
One of the world's largest banks is assembling a dedicated group of senior bankers to work on the AI infrastructure boom. It's a signal: Wal
Ailias creates holograms of historical figures for one-on-one conversations
Startup Ailias unveiled a platform of holographic avatars that lets users converse with virtual copies of great scientists and thinkers from
Alibaba bets on AI tools for programmers with a low barrier to entry
The Chinese giant is opening access to the country’s top AI models for developers at very low prices. Alibaba is turning coding tools into a
Google challenges Nvidia in the AI chip race: prospects and obstacles
The AI accelerator market has grown used to the Nvidia and AMD duopoly, but Google is scaling its TPU ambitions so quickly that it can no lo
Meta’s AI floods investigators with 'junk' child sexual abuse reports
U.S. investigators say Meta’s automated moderation generates huge volumes of useless child sexual abuse reports, diverting resources and slo
Chinese AI startup StepFun prepares $500 million IPO in Hong Kong
Tencent-backed StepFun is planning a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company aims to raise about $500 million amid China’s AI b
Nokia and AWS teach 5G networks to manage themselves with AI agents
The telecom giants are testing a system in which AI agents reallocate 5G network resources in real time without human intervention. This cou
Tech companies are forcing employees to use AI — whether they like it or not
The technology sector is no longer asking workers what they think: companies are imposing strict mandatory-use policies for AI tools, turnin
How to prepare your product for the era of AI agents — and avoid being left behind
AI agents are changing the rules of development. We examine where they are genuinely useful, where they only get in the way, and what develo
Nimble raises $47M for AI agents’ access to real-time web data
Startup Nimble has secured $47M for a platform that lets AI agents search, verify, and structure data from the open internet — turning the c
Andrej Karpathy fit GPT into 243 lines of pure Python
One of the most influential AI researchers showed that the entire transformer architecture fits into 243 lines of code without a single exte
New Relic launches a platform for AI agents and new OpenTelemetry tools
New Relic has introduced a platform for building and managing AI agents in enterprise environments, and has also expanded its integration wi
Liquid AI challenges the race for bigger models: LFM2's hybrid architecture changes the rules
Startup Liquid AI unveiled a 24-billion-parameter model that combines the attention mechanism with convolutions. The goal is to address the
Can Neural Networks Really Reason? A Study of Structural Errors in LLM Logic
A new scientific analysis questions AI's capacity for logical reasoning, identifying critical vulnerabilities in the inference structure of
Alibaba's Qwen3.5: three new open models for consumer GPUs
Alibaba has open-sourced three new Qwen3.5 models that run on standard consumer graphics cards — without expensive server hardware.
AI rewrote Next.js in a week: a revolution in development costs
Developers recreated the complex Next.js framework in just seven days, spending $1,100 on AI tokens. This case is changing perceptions of th
OpenAI prevails in legal dispute with xAI over trade secret theft
A federal court dismissed Elon Musk's xAI lawsuit against OpenAI over employee poaching and trade secret theft. But the story is far from ov
Spanish startup Multiverse Computing launches free AI model that outperforms Mistral
Multiverse Computing has published a compressed version of its HyperNova 60B model on Hugging Face. The company claims it outperforms Mistra
CodeWiki Skill: a multi-agent approach to automated code documentation
A new tool for Claude Code uses several AI agents at once to turn any repository into structured documentation. We explain why this matters
India: Free AI Is Coming to an End — Are Users Ready to Pay?
ChatGPT and its competitors bet on the Indian market by giving away free access. Now comes the moment of truth: will millions of users becom
Isomorphic Labs develops a next-generation AI engine for drug design
The DeepMind spinoff unveiled a closed platform described as a proprietary AlphaFold 4 engine for pharmaceuticals.
Alibaba Cloud launches support for Qwen 3.5 and GLM-5 for coding
The Alibaba Cloud platform has added four new open models: Qwen 3.5, GLM-5, MiniMax M2.5, and Kimi K2.5, focused on programming and high per
Canada demands a safety plan from OpenAI after incident involving a teen shooter
The Canadian government expects “concrete” safety measures from OpenAI after the company failed to report to police a teenager from British
AI-designed proteins could detect cancer through urine analysis
MIT and Microsoft researchers used AI to create molecular sensors capable of detecting early signs of cancer through a simple urine test. Th
Foreign investors buy Taiwanese stocks at a record pace amid the AI boom
Global funds made the biggest one-day purchase of Taiwanese stocks in 20 years. Investors are confident that chipmakers will remain the main
Seedance 2.0 from ByteDance: a breakthrough in video generation or polished junk?
An Irish director created impressive videos featuring a digital Tom Cruise using Seedance 2.0. ByteDance’s model looks better than its compe
EmotionThinker: LLMs learn to explain emotions in speech
A new approach allows speech models not only to classify emotions, but also to explain their conclusions about them.
Unitree unveiled a new robot dog right after the New Year show
China's Unitree Robotics announced a new robot dog model following its high-profile appearance on the country's main TV show.
AI wipes $31 billion off IBM over COBOL coding
The ability of neural networks to work with legacy code triggered IBM's biggest market-cap drop in the past 26 years. Investors fear for the
Oura develops its own AI model for women's reproductive health
Smart ring maker Oura has unveiled a proprietary AI model that covers the full spectrum of women's reproductive health — from first menstrua
U.S. data centers face protests, power shortages, and bubble fears
Construction of new data centers across the U.S. is being widely delayed and canceled. Local residents are protesting, power grids are strug
Tired of AI in search? Seven Google alternatives where links matter more than neural nets
Google is pushing AI answers ever more aggressively instead of the familiar links. But there are search engines that still play by the old r
Anthropic turns Claude into an all-purpose office worker
Claude Cowork now connects to Google Workspace, DocuSign and WordPress, automating routine tasks from HR to finance. Anthropic is betting th
Brookfield buys cloud company Ori Industries, making a major bet on AI chips
Canadian investment giant Brookfield Asset Management has acquired cloud company Ori Industries, which rents out chips. The deal reflects gr