China’s Palantir? Private tech firms surge into defence AI, aiming to match US giants
The People’s Liberation Army is just a year away from its centenary goals in its evolution into a “world-class” fighting force.
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Quote of the day by Anduril founder Palmer Lucky: 'There's no moral high ground to making a land mine that can't tell the difference between a school bus full of children and Russian armor'
The era of 'dumb weapons' is coming to an end, with companies striving to infuse AI and other technologies into the tools of future warfare
Big Tech Turns to Fuel Cells to Power the AI Boom
Tech giants are tapping fuel cell developers and providers to power data and AI computing centers with technology that is cleaner and faster to implement than a conventional gas-powered electricity…
Anthropic's AI Used Fake Identities, Malware In Rogue Attack On GitHub Project
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents -- the most serious case arising when…
Prompt injection isn't the bug, AI agent frameworks are
Check Point researchers tried to break the frameworks enterprises use to build AI apps. Now they're telling Black Hat attendees what they found
Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases
Meta expanded its AI coding offerings with a new agent that, it promises, can handle complex tasks with complex software.
Meta Is Challenging Claude Code and Codex With New Muse Code
With coding as a key capability for AI companies, Meta throws its hat into the ring.
Celestica’s $3 Billion Deal Joins Data Center Funding Rush
Celestica Inc. is looking to raise $3 billion from selling new shares, joining a flurry of companies raising funds for data centers to power the artificial intelligence buildout.
A.I. Went to the Opera, Creating Images for an Anniversary Production of Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' at the Theater Where He First Staged the Masterpiece
It took Richard Wagner a quarter-century to complete the four-part opera. The new production, called "10010110," uses generative artificial intelligence to explore the artwork’s evolution
Time Magazine has a separate version of its website with ads only AI can see
Brands are already paying to influence what chatbots say about them
Creatorverse: Creators and Platforms Are Grappling With AI Usage in Real Time
Hank Green's AI debacle shows how audience acceptance of this tech is fading The post Creatorverse: Creators and Platforms Are Grappling With AI Usage in Real Time appeared first on TheWrap .
Nearly 60,000 UNAM applicants must retake entrance exam following AI cheating fiasco
Approximately 58,000 among an initial cohort of more than 158,000 test-takers are expected to qualify to sit a second in‑person exam, which will be held between Aug. 12 and 19.
What smart people in tech are saying about Google's AI leadership restructuring
Opinions diverge on what it means for DeepMind's future as Google overhauls its AI leadership.
GETFund, UNESCO partner to strengthen AI and digital skills in Ghana’s TVET sector
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to strengthen digital and Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills development across Ghana’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions.
Mecha, my first AI agent
I asked DeepSeek if she knew how to code an agent and she slapped me in the face, that was her main purpose in life, to share knowledge.
Trusted AI data becomes the missing link as enterprises push models into production
Trusted AI data is emerging as the deciding factor between organizations that successfully scale artificial intelligence and those still stuck cycling through pilots.
Visual Studio Code adds on-device AI dictation and sidebar chats
Visual Studio Code 1.132 introduces multilingual on-device AI dictation powered by Nemotron 3.5, alongside new sidebar chats that let developers interact with Copilot without interrupting their…
Can Machines Learn Taste?
Silicon Valley wants to teach AI good taste. But machines may only learn fixed rules, not the context, judgment, and rebellion that move culture forward. 4. TL
HOL Guard Earns a 301.76 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building a Firewall for AI Agents
HOL Guard earned a 301.76 Proof of Usefulness score for its open-source firewall that blocks risky AI-agent actions before execution.
Reddit is letting AI decide when your post breaks the rules
The machines are moving into the mod queue, and they can be given the power to delete your posts.
One-shotting a Raccoon Heist game using Claude Fable 5
Back in 2024 I tweeted screenshots of a game concept generated by GPT-3 and some concept "art" created using DALL-E. Today, on the fourth anniversary of that tweet, I decided to see if Claude Fable 5…
The Most Dangerous AI Hacking Techniques Still Have Human Input
Security researcher James Kettle tried to push the limit of AI’s hacking abilities—and discovered how effective it can be when combined with human expertise.
Google’s four AI departures: “We wanted to build something differently”
At the start of 2025, investors wondered whether Google could keep pace with OpenAI. By December, Alphabet was completing its The post Google’s four AI departures: “We wanted to build something…
Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage
Article URL: https://blog.fogus.me/llm/born-against.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49187061 Points: 288 # Comments: 291
AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.
AI companions may worsen loneliness for vulnerable users
AI companions are becoming increasingly popular, with millions of users forming deep connections with persona-based chatbots and simulated AI partners.
Beating GPT-5.6 Sol on retrieval with 100x cheaper open models
Article URL: https://neon.com/blog/how-castform-neon-beats-frontier-models-on-price-and-efficiency Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49186762 Points: 280 # Comments: 71
Hitachi America’s CIO says the Japanese conglomerate’s enterprise AI strategy isn’t one-size-fits-all
While AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and Anthropic's Claude Code have been embraced, there isn't yet a single, enterprise-wide AI tool used by Hitachi's 290,000 global workforce.
The 800 mistakes that could reshape Meta’s AI coding strategy
Meta is asking thousands of its software engineers to help train its internal AI coding tools by simply fixing code, The post The 800 mistakes that could reshape Meta’s AI coding strategy appeared…
The End of the 'Simple' Stack: Navigating Enterprise AI Inference, Agent Reliability, and the Collapse of Free Cloud Tiers in 2026
Originally published on tamiz.pro . The era of the "simple stack"—where a single LLM API call, a vector database, and a frontend framework constituted a complete AI product—is over.
Agentic E2E Testing Without the AI Hype: What It Actually Means
I keep seeing two phrases buzzing around my feed: Agentic testing and AI-powered testing . They are often used as though they mean the same thing. They don’t. So let’s break this down first.
Reddit aims to make ‘karma’ less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools
Reddit is expanding its moderation tools and building stronger abuse prevention systems that it says could eventually reduce communities’ reliance on karma and account-age requirements, making it…
Claude Mythos 5 made sock puppet accounts to socially engineer developers: here's what enterprises should know
The UK AI Security Institute (AISI ) disclosed last night that the leading two frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI took 19 unsanctioned actions against the live internet during cybersecurity…
What Happens When You Put an AI-Powered Banana Casino in a Monkey Reserve?
AI really is everywhere these days The post What Happens When You Put an AI-Powered Banana Casino in a Monkey Reserve? appeared first on Nautilus .
Google Overhauls AI Leadership As DeepMind CEO Steps Aside
Google is reshuffling its AI leadership as Demis Hassabis steps away from day-to-day management of DeepMind to become chairman and Alphabet's chief scientist, while CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu takes…
Meet the Cast of ‘The Challenge: Cutthroat II’ | Photos
The MTV reality competition staple moves to Paramount+ for its 42nd season on Wednesday The post Meet the Cast of ‘The Challenge: Cutthroat II’ | Photos appeared first on TheWrap .
Cloudflare Announces Open-Source Cloudflare OS As AI 'Operating System'
Cloudflare has open-sourced Cloudflare OS, an Apache 2.0-licensed platform that lets organizations build AI agents, apps, and workflows using curated company data and tools within isolated, governed…
Nothing is using AI-generated people to show off its new earbuds – everyone hates it [Gallery]
Yesterday Nothing’s CMF brand launched a new pair of pretty cool open-ear earbuds , but a big part of the online discussion is around the AI-generated images the company keeps posting.
Manager of DRAM memory chip stock trade blockbuster ETF is back with new AI thematic bet
Roundhill Investments' DRAM became a blockbuster ETF in record time on the memory trade. It's back with a new fund targeting another AI tech theme: photonics.
IBM's agentic AI platform is under active attack - patch now
A critical Langflow flaw allowing RCE on default deployments is being exploited, says the CISA
‘Now, almost every image looks flat or cartoonish’: I saw Reddit arguing that Google’s AI image generator had got worse — so I ran my own comparison against ChatGPT
Following up on a Reddit conversation about AI image generators I investigate how Nano Banana 2 compares to ChatGPT at image generation.
Cloudflare launches Cloudflare OS: an open-source AI agentic workspace for the enterprise
Cloudflare Inc. today announced the launch of Cloudflare OS, an open-source artificial intelligence agentic workspace available through the browser, filled with custom shared micro-applications for enterprise employees.
How to Talk Like a Human in the AI Era
“For decades, communication coaches counseled clients to ruthlessly eliminate verbal tics and awkward pauses. In the age of AI, those imperfections add something vital,” writes Matt Abrahams.
Why Consumers Are Frustrated With AI And What Retailers Can Do About It
Consumer frustration with AI is growing. This disillusionment, exacerbated by economic uncertainty, is making consumers more pragmatic and risk-averse.
OpenAI to pay $3.2 million over allegations it favored visa holders and discouraged US job applicants
The settlement addresses allegations that OpenAI and Statsig, which makes product development software, violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by preferring visa holders for jobs during…
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
Researchers watched OpenAI, Anthropic models take extreme measures in hacking test
AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic did some pretty out-there things as part of a hacking research test.
Startup Sapiom routes clients’ AI to lowest-cost tokens
As AI spending ramps up, businesses want fast pathways to the cheapest models.
Peptris is using AI to find drug candidates to shorten the time it takes for laboratory validation
The Bengaluru-based company builds models that generate molecules and predict how they will behave, and has licensed its lead candidate to a US developer.
Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs …
Google shakes up AI leadership as DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis shifts role
Google's AI division sees a significant leadership overhaul and key departures. Demis Hassabis moves to chief scientist while Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over daily operations. Several prominent AI engineers, including Jeff Dean, have left to form a new startup.
AI “Council of Models” Improves Workflows and Outcomes
Selecting the best AI models for each step of a workflow while properly preparing structured and unstructured enterprise data enables a more effective systems engineering approach for…
Suno Lost To GEMA: Why The Ruling Should Worry AI Music Companies
A German court ruled AI music company Suno infringed copyright by using works represented by GEMA without permission and downloaded songs by stream-ripping
Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google
Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.
AMD slides after AI growth outlook underwhelms investors
It’s not uncommon for AMD to report positive results and still see its stock slump.
The employee relied on AI and made a mistake: Who will pay the price?
Most employees in Israel already use artificial intelligence on a routine basis, but most organizations ignore the need for clear guidelines.
One.com just rebuilt its website builder around conversational AI – and it can modernize your old website in an instant
Modernize your old website instantly with the power of AI.
AI deepfakes are already in full force this election season
For years, we’ve been warned about the deleterious effects of deepfakes on our elections: AI -generated videos that can dupe voters into believing candidates have said or done things they haven’t. Now, well into the generative AI revolution and with the midterms months away, they’ve become a meme-y, juvenile feature of everyday…
Paramount CEO: Warner Merger Will Happen, and AI Won’t Replace Human Storytelling
But viewers may one day be able to use AI to stand on the bridge of the Enterprise, or speak to the Paw Patrol dogs.