2026
Microsoft States It's Building Its Own Safeguards for AI, Brad Smith Says
Microsoft President Brad Smith said at CERA Week in Houston that the company is building its own safeguards for AI and betting on internal s
MIT Technology Review: Are We Ready to Grant Real Authority to AI Agents?
MIT Technology Review has released an eBook on the risks of granting real authority to AI agents—experts warn of loss of control and identif
Anthropic adds auto mode to Claude Code: fewer confirmations and protection from dangerous commands
Anthropic introduced auto mode for Claude Code: the mode decides on some access requests, skips safe actions and blocks risky commands to av
Palantir CTO Names Iran War First Major Conflict With Central Role of AI
Palantir's Chief Technology Officer believes the Iran war is the first major conflict where artificial intelligence became not a supplementa
OpenAI Close to Attracting $10B from MGX, Coatue and Thrive in New Round
OpenAI is preparing a deal worth approximately $10B with MGX, Coatue and Thrive; if the round closes, the total amount raised by the company
Abacus AI Pushes ChatLLM as One-Service Replacement for ChatGPT, Claude, and Midjourney
Abacus AI's ChatLLM combines text models, image generation, video, and agent scenarios in a single interface to reduce the number of subscri
Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over Claude Ban for U.S. Military and Contractors
Anthropic seeks in court to suspend the ban on Claude use by U.S. military and contractors following a Pentagon conflict over refusal to par
OpenAI shuts down Sora video generator six months after launching standalone app
OpenAI unexpectedly announced the closure of Sora — a service for generating realistic videos that had become an App Store hit while simulta
OpenAI Shuts Down Sora and Winds Down Separate Video App After Viral Launch
OpenAI has halted its Sora app for iPhone just months after launch: viral interest failed to translate into sustained demand, prompting the
OpenAI Closes Sora Six Months After Launch, Ends Disney Partnership
OpenAI is shutting down the Sora video service just six months after launching the standalone application, while simultaneously terminating
Agentic Legal RAG Challenge 2026: How Sparks of intelligence Tested the Limits of Agentic RAG
The Sparks of intelligence team analyzed their experience in the Agentic Legal RAG Challenge 2026 and demonstrated why chunking, search, gro
US Court Questions Ban on Anthropic AI Use by Federal Agencies
An American court challenged the US government's ban on federal agencies using Anthropic's AI tools, while the company warns of potential bi
SK Hynix Prepares US Listing to Boost Memory Output for AI Market
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix has filed a confidential application for ADR listing in the US, aiming to raise capital for expanding HBM an
HKUDS Detailed OpenSpace — Self-Evolving Skill Engine for AI Agents
HKUDS demonstrated how OpenSpace transforms AI agents into self-learning systems: the engine preserves skills after each task, reuses them,
RooCode for VS Code: How to Set Up Multi-Agent Development Without Chaos and Unnecessary Model Requests
A detailed RooCode configuration guide shows how to split roles across modes, connect MCP servers, and gradually improve AI agent performanc
Arm launches its own AI processors and targets $15 billion in annual revenue
For the first time in 35 years, Arm is exiting its licensing model to directly sell server chips, expecting this new business to generate $1
OpenAI Foundation to Spend $1 Billion on Alzheimer's Disease, Employment, and AI Resilience
The OpenAI Foundation nonprofit announced a plan to spend at least $1 billion in 2026 on Alzheimer's disease research, job protection, AI re
China bans Manus co-founders from leaving country amid Meta startup deal
Chinese authorities have banned two Manus co-founders from leaving the country while investigating whether the sale of the AI startup to Met
Nvidia introduced PivotRL — a framework for AI agents with 4x savings in rollout steps
Nvidia showed PivotRL — an approach to fine-tuning AI agents that preserves quality outside the training domain and achieves comparable accu
Yandex 360 Explained How to Teach AI Assistants to Work with Internal UI Kits
The Yandex 360 team shared how to make a frontend repository understandable to AI — and why without this, the assistant will hallucinate com
Google Introduces TurboQuant: 6x KV-cache Compression for LLMs Without Accuracy Loss
Google Research unveiled TurboQuant — an algorithm that compresses the KV-cache of large language models by at least six times and accelerat
Epoch Biodesign Raises $12M to Scale AI-Powered Nylon Recycling
London-based Epoch Biodesign has secured $12 million to scale enzymes developed with AI that break down nylon 6,6 and return over 90% of fee
Openreach and Google Cloud Deploy AI to Plan Britain's Fiber Optic Network
Openreach strengthened its partnership with Google Cloud: Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise help plan full-fibre deployment in Britain and red
LinkedIn and SHRM: AI Made Resumes a Weak Signal and Turned Them Into a Hiring Filter
Candidates polish resumes with AI, companies filter them with algorithms, and ultimately the value of a 'perfect' CV drops: case studies, in
MCP LLM-Agent in Fusion360: First Vibe-Design Test on a Wooden Staircase
Fusion360 rolled out an MCP LLM-assistant — a Habr author immediately tested it on a wooden staircase he had previously created manually ove
Claude Code Raised Legal RAG to 0.791, but ARLC 2026 Final Hit Scaling Limits
The ARLC 2026 case demonstrates how Legal RAG can be improved across 17 iterations, then lose 42% of results as the corpus scales from 30 to
OpenAI and Grok Lose to Custom RAG in Legal Agentic RAG Challenge
A team on Mac Studio M3 Ultra compared RAG, CAG, BM25, and built-in databases from OpenAI and Grok in a legal challenge and found: grounding
OpenAI to raise another $10B from investors for data centers and training new models
OpenAI seeks to raise an additional $10B in its current funding round: funds will go toward compute infrastructure, data centers, and traini
Kuaishou Boosts Revenue amid Generative AI Monetization and Kling Platform Growth
Kuaishou reported 12% quarterly revenue growth: generative AI, advertising tools, and the Kling platform began making notable contributions
Agent Commerce per MIT Tech Review: why AI agents require data, not banners
When an AI agent books vacation and makes purchases on its own, e-commerce needs not beautiful interfaces, but precise structured data and u
Habr: How Outdated Knowledge Base Breaks LLM-Agents and How to Fix It
Habr explored why outdated documentation is more dangerous than its absence for LLM-agents, and proposed three practices: automated checks,
Vibe Coding Promises 10x Productivity Gains — PyPI Hasn't Confirmed It
Developers claim 10–100x acceleration thanks to AI tools, but if that's true — why doesn't PyPI show explosive growth in Python packages?
Ocorian: 86% of family offices already use AI for financial data analysis
A global Ocorian study shows that 86% of family offices already apply AI in daily operations and data analysis to quickly obtain financial i
Granola raises $125M at $1.5B valuation in AI note-taking market
Granola, whose AI note-taking service is gaining popularity among Silicon Valley employees, raises $125M from Index Ventures at a $1.5B star
Anthropic Strengthens Claude: Why New Corporate Customers Choose It Over ChatGPT
Ramp data from March 2026 shows a shift in corporate demand: among companies purchasing AI tools for the first time, Anthropic's Claude nota
Auburn University Launches AI-Café for Conversations About AI Without Panic and Tech Jargon
Auburn University professors held open AI-cafés in a coffeehouse where students and residents discussed fears about AI and ways to give soci
Periodic Labs Discusses Funding Round at ~$7B Valuation Following Ex-OpenAI Startup Launch
AI startup Periodic Labs, founded by former OpenAI and DeepMind employees, is in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a ~$7 bil
NotebookLM and Gemini Automate Test Creation via Google Apps Script and Forms
An author demonstrated how to integrate NotebookLM, Gemini, Google Apps Script, and Google Forms to quickly assemble educational tests from
General Motors showed how it trains autopilot in simulations 50,000 times faster than reality
GM described an autopilot training system where rare road situations are run through high-precision and abstract simulations up to 50,000 ti
AWS explained the launch of reinforcement fine-tuning in Amazon Bedrock via OpenAI-compatible APIs
AWS released a step-by-step breakdown of reinforcement fine-tuning in Amazon Bedrock: with OpenAI-compatible API configuration, Lambda grade
MIT demonstrates computer vision system for counting fish in citizen science projects
MIT Sea Grant and partners trained a deep learning system to count river herring from underwater video, to supplement volunteer monitoring a
Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5 Billion for AI Startup Bets and Portfolio Support
Venture capital fund Kleiner Perkins raised $3.5 billion to invest in new AI startups and support existing portfolio companies in autonomy,
Google's TurboQuant Algorithm Crashes Memory Manufacturer Stocks After Research Publication
Google unveiled TurboQuant — an algorithm that compresses AI model memory by at least six times without losing accuracy, and the market imme
Microsoft Adds AI Restyle to OneDrive for Artistic Photo Redesign Without Distortion
Microsoft launched AI Restyle in OneDrive — a tool that transforms ordinary photos into anime, movie posters and other styles, preserving th
Doka launches local AI-agent for Russia without VPN, subscription or cloud
A developer bundled a custom AI-agent into the Doka desktop app: the service runs locally, uses the Qwen3 model, and requires no cloud, VPN,
MolmoWeb-4B by Ai2: A Web Agent That Sees Websites Like Humans, Without HTML Parsing
Ai2 released MolmoWeb-4B — an open-source multimodal web agent that controls a browser using only screenshots, without access to HTML or DOM
Why Language Models Make Mistakes Even When They Know the Right Answer: Breaking Down LLM Limitations
TechWill researcher Valery Shabashev analyzed why LLMs can make mistakes even when they have the correct answer: the problem isn't in knowle
LLM Ensemble Examined Theological Interpretations: 1 Tim. 2:15 as a Static Analysis Case
Five language models compared two interpretations of 1 Tim. 2:15 and demonstrated that an LLM ensemble can avoid seeking 'truth' while uncov
Bootik: a console AI agent for servers that runs locally and doesn't require much memory
Bootik is a lightweight console AI agent for SSH operations: it launches on demand, understands server context, and is designed for local mo
Two skiers created the world's best snow forecast service — and outpaced government weather agencies
An independent startup by two skiers outpaces U.S. government weather agencies in snow forecast accuracy — thanks to AI models and real-worl
Pony AI and Uber Begin Robotaxi Tests in Croatia, Expanding Partnership to Europe
Pony AI and Uber have begun testing autonomous vehicles in Zagreb — marking the first expansion of their partnership into Europe following M
Walt Disney Abandons Nearly $1 Billion OpenAI Deal Following Sora Closure
Following Sora's closure, Walt Disney exited a roughly $1 billion deal with OpenAI, according to The Hollywood Reporter, underscoring how fr
Anthropic: agentic AI and GitHub Copilot are changing development rules in 2026
In 2026, AI code tools are no longer just code suggesters: Claude Code, Copilot, and Cursor now read repositories themselves, plan changes,
ChatGPT and AI Delusions: How Chatbots Lead Users to Debt, Divorce, and Psychosis
Stories from ChatGPT and other AI chatbot users reveal a new risk: extended conversations with an agreeable bot can amplify delusional ideas
Amsterdam startup SOUS raised €4M for AI platform for independent restaurants
Dutch startup SOUS, which automates customer acquisition, direct orders, and customer retention for small restaurants, raised €4M to enter G
Earlybird raised €360M in Fund VIII and locked in perpetual ownership model
Berlin-based Earlybird closed its largest early-stage fund to date at €360M, betting on AI infrastructure while rejecting external ownership
Giraffe360 raises $10M from Cipio Partners to expand AI platform for real estate
London-based Giraffe360 closed a Series B round of $10M to scale its AI platform that generates a complete media package for property sales
Uber, Pony.ai and Verne prepare Europe's first commercial robotaxi service
Uber, Pony.ai and Verne are testing robotaxis in Zagreb and promise to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles on European roads, but have n
RPA Still Matters: How AI Is Changing Companies' Approach to Business Automation
RPA remains the foundation for automating repetitive tasks, but AI adds what it lacked: handling documents, text, exceptions, and more flexi
Synaps Raised $3.6M for AI Platform for Architects and Challenged AutoCAD
Austrian-Albanian startup Synaps closed a pre-seed round of $3.6M, gained 60,000 beta users and aims to replace heavy CAD tools with a brows