Nvidia scandal deepens: Huang's year-old PR hire, Trump weighs in
Jensen Huang reportedly retained a crisis PR firm a year before admitting the affair now under company investigation — as questions turn to China exposure.
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Anthropic ships Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 as Cisco taps Mythos for red teaming
The new models target professional workloads, while Cisco folds Claude Mythos into AI Defense to run logged, controlled attacks on customers' AI systems.
Meta puts its Muse AI agent on the Apple Watch
An iOS update brings the proactive assistant's character to the wrist, extending Meta's AI footprint onto Apple's wearable.
Anthropic Ships Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, Cuts Fable's Price
The new flagship models promise better coding, reasoning, and vision — and arrive amid questions about recursive self-improvement.
Apple Rolls Out $50 'Intelligence Usage Packs' for Heavy AI Users
Logic Pro now offers a one-time 'Buy More Usage' option as Apple formalizes paid overages for server-side AI features.
Meta Takes Its AI Age-Guessing Tech Global Across Instagram, Facebook, Threads
The system hunts for signals that users claiming adult birthdays are actually teens — and routes suspected minors into restricted accounts.
Apple Intelligence Clears Chinese Regulators for iPad and Mac
Shanghai's cyberspace regulator registered Apple's AI suite for tablets and laptops, extending a rollout that began with iPhone after a two-year wait.
Meta takes Instagram's AI age checks global, sweeping up millions more teens
Age-estimation tech that flags users who misstate their age is expanding worldwide, automatically moving millions of teens into restricted accounts.
Report: Samsung weighs $4.99 Galaxy AI Premium subscription
After shipping Galaxy AI free, Samsung may test a paid Premium tier — reportedly starting with Galaxy S27 users.
China's Envision deploys 800V DC power system at AI data center campus
The 'world first' installation at the Galaxy AI campus promises higher efficiency, battery support, and leaner infrastructure for AI compute.
From phones to robots: ColorOS 17 leans on AI as world models go mainstream
OnePlus's ColorOS 17 bets big on on-device AI features while researchers push world models that teach machines real-world physics.
Android Gets Its DLSS Moment as First AI Frame-Gen Game Arrives
Hands-on with Arm's Neural Dawn suggests AI upscaling and frame generation are coming to mobile gaming whether players like it or not.
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David Ellison says AI could be the ‘biggest creative unlock in modern history’
During Paramount Skydance's latest earnings call, CEO David Ellison said "it's hard to imagine" AI won't have a bigger impact on the film industry than CGI. In response to a question about the…
Jensen Huang’s Troubles Leave the AI Industry Reeling
With a big checkbook and sought-after chips, Nvidia’s CEO had his thumb on the world of AI. An extramarital affair with a suspected Chinese spy may put all of that at risk.
What could China get from Jensen Huang?
It's difficult to overstate Nvidia's power in today's AI landscape. The company's chips are the bedrock upon which advanced AI technology in the US is being built, and demand has consistently…
AI-Driven Tech Layoffs Could Trigger a 1.6 Million Job Recession
With more than 200,000 job cuts in the tech industry in 2026, the bigger question is if layoffs will spread to retail and finance.
Meta's Muse AI now has an Apple Watch app, which you shouldn't install
Meta's AI agent has made its way to the Apple Watch , but all potential benefits are outweighed by the inherent risk associated with the tool, not to mention the privacy implications. Muse AI is…
Anthropic Introduces New Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 AI Models
Overkill for the average user, but the models are smarter than ever for professionals.
Meta's Muse AI Agent Comes to Apple Watch
Meta today updated the Muse app for iOS to add Apple Watch support, which means Muse users can access the proactive AI agent from the watch. The app adds the Muse character to the watch with an…
ByteDance’s Seedream 5.5 can edit one image 100 times without breaking it
ByteDance released Seedream 5.5, an AI image model it says keeps unchanged parts of an image intact over 100 rounds of edits and creates transparent-background assets. It is rolling out in…
The global pledge to use AI for climate good is a cruel joke
At this point, reading through the latest splashy pledge to use AI for the good of the environment feels like downing a nonalcoholic beer. Admittedly, I'm suspicious from the onset. How can this be…
Apple starts offering $50 extended usage packs for AI features in Creator Studio
It'll cost you to access Logic Pro's AI assistant after you reach the monthly usage limit.
Cisco adds Anthropic’s Claude Mythos to AI Defense for red teaming
Cisco will add Anthropic’s Claude Mythos to AI Defense to plan attacks on customers’ own AI apps and agents, a practice called red teaming. Customers get no open prompt access, every test is logged…
A Sam Altman parody offers an amusing lesson in memory management
We verified the RAM numbers are real without sending any emails to OpenAI.
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IBM plans to bring Anthropic’s Claude Mythos to enterprise customers
IBM plans to add Anthropic’s Claude Mythos to Concert Protect so customers can scan their own code for unknown flaws, test which are exploitable and get fixes for developers to approve. It is aiming…
Google pushes ahead with plans for $17 billion Wyoming data center despite US midterms dashing support for AI across the US
Google is investing $17 billion in Wyoming despite election-related opposition, planning 702MW fuel cells, carbon capture technology and substantial community investments.
Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy
The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier.
Baidu says its AI research agent sped up its next ERNIE model
Baidu unveiled ERNIE Evolve, an AI system that runs its own experiments to improve AI code. Baidu says it sped up its in-development ERNIE-5.5-Flash model by 33.7% on GPUs and more than sixfold on…
Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2
Anthropic today introduced its latest models, Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which have improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision. Anthropic says Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 communicate…
Meta’s Muse Ember matches Claude Haiku at a third of the cost per task
Meta has released Muse Ember, its smallest and cheapest AI model so far, the company announced on Monday. Meta built it for the small jobs AI agents repeat all day. These include calling tools,…
Anthropic releases new Mythos and Fable models amid RSI concerns
Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users.
Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, and cuts Fable’s price
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, the company announced on Monday. They are new versions of its most powerful AI models. Both are faster than the 5.1 versions from…
AI hardware startup Nominal triples valuation to $3B in 8 months
Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation.
Apple’s $50 Intelligence Usage Packs extend access to some AI features
After publishing a support article in early September outlining usage limits for some Apple Intelligence features, the company has updated Logic Pro with an option to "Buy More Usage" for a one-time…
Anthropic launches new Claude Fable and Mythos 5.2 models
Anthropic is announcing two new models today: Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which it says are designed to take on "daunting" technical challenges. The company claims the new models show…
Apple’s CEO presses Federighi to speed up AI, Bloomberg reports
Apple chief executive John Ternus has pushed software chief Craig Federighi to speed up Apple’s AI plans, Mark Gurman reported for Bloomberg on Sunday. Ternus wants Apple to move beyond improving…