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Z.ai’s GLM-5.3 Is Closing the Gap With Anthropic in AI Cybersecurity
AI competition is moving into a new battlefield: Cybersecurity. Chinese AI startup Z.ai has announced that its new open-source model, GLM-5.3, is approaching Anthropic's restricted Mythos 5 in…
- Z.ai's GLM-5.3 model outperforms Anthropic's Mythos 5 in discovering software vulnerabilities.
- GLM-5.3 retains advantage in developing working exploits compared to Mythos 5.
- GLM-5.3's cybersecurity capabilities developed through post-training and reinforcement learning.
Beacon Protocol: From Zero to Coordinated Agent in 8 Steps
Beacon Protocol: De Cero a Agente Coordinado en 8 Pasos Un tutorial práctico sobre el protocolo de coordinación social para agentes de IA — con código real que puedes copiar, pegar y ejecutar.
Jane Street took $15 billion hit in July tied to Situational Awareness, AI selloff, sources say
In July, Jane Street suffered a staggering $15 billion loss amid a challenging AI-driven stock market downturn. Despite this setback, the firm has accrued more than $40 billion in revenue this year…
- Jane Street suffered $15 billion loss in July
- Exposure to AI-focused Situational Awareness hedge fund caused losses
- Citadel bought out Situational Awareness portfolio
AI training, free coaching, Nasha Mukt Yuva Abhiyan and more: PM Modi announces new initiatives for youth from Red Fort
PM Modi in his 80th Independence Day speech talked about a ‘Viksit Bharat’, linking it with the youth of India. Check initiative launched by the PM today.
Building Vyapar AI: My 10-Day Journey Building an Indian Voice Agent with Murf Falcon
* 10 Days of Voice Agents — VoiceForBharat Edition * What if a small business owner could simply speak to an AI assistant in Hindi or a mix of Indian languages and get useful business information…
We will train 1 crore youth in AI skills over next year: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, referring to India's recent AI Summit, announced a major initiative aimed at expanding AI skills among the country's youth.
Singapore tightens sexual offences laws, criminalises non-consensual AI-generated intimate images
SINGAPORE is set to enforce tougher laws protecting people from online sexual abuse, including a new offence targeting the creation of intimate images, including AI-generated explicit material…
- Singapore enacts stricter laws to criminalize non-consensual AI-generated intimate images.
- Offenders face up to two years in prison for creating such images without consent.
- Penalties increase to seven years for grooming minors overseas before committing offenses.
Elon Musk Admits He Underestimated Anthropic's AI -- Why Amazon Investors Should Care
The AI rocket ship is turning into a fruitful partnership with Amazon.
I challenged ChatGPT and Gemini to find the best ways to unwind — these 7 ideas made National Relaxation Day even better
I discovered the best ways to relax thanks to suggestions from ChatGPT and Gemini—and they made my National Relaxation Day “celebration” extra chill.
I stopped writing careful ChatGPT prompts and rambled at it for 10 minutes instead — the results changed how I use AI
A messy, unfiltered conversation with ChatGPT produced more insightful answers than carefully crafted prompts
Did Nvidia’s Jensen Huang just make the AI buildout too big to fail?
Nvidia Corp. is no longer just selling technology. It is helping create a financial asset class around artificial intelligence compute. In our last Breaking Analysis, we argued that AI can be technologically transformative and still produce a capital bubble.
KP govt launches initiative to provide artificial intelligence education
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday formally launched Global Virtual School (GVS), the first such initiative in the public sector by any government in the country, to provide virtual artificial intelligence education, linking up hundreds of schools across the length and breadth of the province.
AI fueles a surge in online abuse against women in India: ‘It felt like someone had taken control of how I exist visually’
In the Asian country, there has been a rise in sexually explicit deepfakes on social media, causing significant emotional and social harm to the victims
Grok 4.6 matched Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. Downloadable models set that price.
I’m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments, The post Grok 4.6 matched Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. Downloadable models set that price. appeared first on The New Stack .
Independence Day 2026: PM Modi Announces Free Online Coaching For Youth; 1 Crore To Get AI Training In One Year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced free online coaching for young people as part of his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, with the government also set to launch an artificial intelligence training scheme targeting one crore youth in a year.
Open-weight Chinese AI models gain foothold in Europe despite Brussels’ trepidation
European businesses are increasingly weighing whether cheap but capable Chinese artificial intelligence systems represent a new threat to the continent’s technological sovereignty or a practical tool to strengthen it.
AI designed a virus, scientists brought it to life
Stanford and Arc researchers used AI to design bacteriophage genomes, producing 16 working viruses that attacked E. coli, a potential step toward fighting antibiotic resistance that also raises urgent questions about biological safety and oversight
Data centres, artificial intelligence find mentions in PM Modi's speech at Red Fort
PM Modi Red Fort speechThese remarks from the prime minister come as part of India's push for energy security.
US to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China
"Signature of the Pax Silica Declaration is not merely a membership subscription, but a commitment," the draft letter says, referring to the United States-led AI coalition launched last year.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China
Washington is warning other nations they will be excluded from a U.S.-led coalition if they also sign up for Beijing's competing framework.
Anthropic says text watermarking scheme relies on inconsequential words
And other AI model makers are expected to deploy something similar
Be more open on RM2bil AI cloud project, experts urge govt
Cybersecurity specialist points out that transparency is a strategic necessity.
Pakar gesa kerajaan lebih telus mengenai projek awan AI RM2 bilion
Pakar keselamatan siber berkata ketelusan bukan sekadar soal imej, sebaliknya satu keperluan strategik.
Unified multi-task YOLO-Lite framework for road defect detection and image-level classification with edge-optimized quantization and explainable visual inference
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66591-1 Unified multi-task YOLO-Lite framework for road defect detection and image-level classification with edge-optimized…
Bridging Ecological Inference and Decision Optimization for Conservation Using Artificial Intelligence
The ability to model the complex and uncertain population dynamics of endangered species has improved dramatically in recent decades.
Domain-specific ControlNet training for neonatal pose-conditioned image generation
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-65122-2 Domain-specific ControlNet training for neonatal pose-conditioned image generation
Pretesting with AI-generated static and video ads
Scientific Reports, Published online: 15 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-67219-0 Pretesting with AI-generated static and video ads
AI stories may be easier to enjoy, but readers still prefer human authors
A recent study suggests people find machine-written fiction engaging and accessible, even as authenticity continues to shape their judgement.
AI stocks keep selling off. Here’s what is making investors nervous
Dubai: Investors have grown used to sudden bouts of selling in AI-linked stocks, but analysts say the recurring swings are less about discovering new risks and more about fresh evidence forcing markets to reconsider how much companies are spending and how long it will take for those investments to pay off. The concerns themselves are…
AI Code Review in Regulated Environments: What a Human Expert Still Has to Own
Why a name on a pull request isn't proof anyone actually reviewed it, and what AI-generated code is exposing about code review at scale.
SpaceX closes its $60B acquisition of Cursor, two months after SpaceX formally announced it had agreed to acquire the startup (Bloomberg)
SpaceX has completed a $60 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence coding startup Cursor, a key part of Elon Musk's bid to gain ground on rivals Anthropic PBC and OpenAI.
Nvidia Uses $500 Billion Financing Initiative to Dispel AI Bubble Fears
Nvidia’s $500 billion artificial intelligence financing initiative that was announced Monday (Aug. 10) aims to assure the company’s investors that there is plenty of financing available to the AI…
Why tech bosses keep sharing their manifestos about AI
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg is the latest Big Tech name to pen a letter thousands of words long about AI.
GLM-5.3 is here with advanced cyber capabilities — and reportedly already found a 'serious vulnerability' in Cursor
Chinese AI startup Z.ai, known internationally for its growing lineup of powerful, largely open source GLM series of language models, today released GLM-5.3 with substantial gains in long-horizon…
Situational Awareness filing shows AI bets before forced portfolio sale to Citadel
The hedge fund's five largest disclosed stock holdings at the end of June were Sandisk, Micron Technology, Bloom Energy, Taiwan Semiconductor and Nebius Group.
Clippy Is Back and Less Chatty
Codex pets revive Clippy’s personality without the interruptions, turning animated assistants into useful status indicators for long-running AI tasks.
Speed Becomes the Product as OpenAI and Google Sell Faster AI
OpenAI and Google both released faster artificial intelligence models this week. Both put speed at the center of the pitch, and both are starting to treat response time as something businesses will…
White House AI Safety Reviews Could Expand to Open Models
White House officials may expand voluntary AI safety reviews to powerful open models, raising new questions about security, competition, and compliance.
Anthropic defends and explains its AI watermarking feature
Anthropic addresses concerns about its new watermark, which will affect Claude users globally. It said the watermark is to comply with the EU AI Act.
An AI company paid humans to climax with a bot. It now claims big stress and focus wins.
Joi AI claim that after AI-guided masturbation sessions, stress levels reduced by 25% and restlessness trickled down by 19% on average.
GLM-5.3: How Chinese labs keep stride with the frontier
Hint: It’s really not a distillation story.
OpenAI Appoints Former Wiz Executive Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer
OpenAI appointed former Wiz executive Dali Rajic as chief revenue officer, according to a Thursday (Aug. 13) blog post. Rajic will lead the company’s global revenue organization and will build the…
ChatGPT Can Now Add Your Mac Activity to Its Memories
OpenAI’s latest feature can use your clicks, keystrokes and other interactions to supplement ChatGPT and Codex context.
ChatGPT can now keep tabs on what you’re up to in case you need reminding later
ChatGPT's new feature sounds an awful lot like Windows Recall.
A smarter Claude model burns more tokens, not fewer
- Claude model requires more tokens for effective functioning
- Higher complexity and cognitive capabilities increase token count
- Larger token volume maintains accuracy and efficiency
Z.ai debuts GLM-5.3 with long-horizon coding, cybersecurity upgrades
Chinese artificial intelligence developer Z.ai Co. today debuted GLM-5.3, an open-source large language model that set records across several popular benchmarks. The LLM is based on an algorithm called GLM-5.2 that the company released in mid-July.
ChatGPT subscribers can now open and edit Google Drive files from inside the chat
ChatGPT is rolling out a deeper integration with Google Drive, allowing users to add Google Drive files to their ChatGPT Library and edit documents without leaving the chat. Here are the details.
DeepSeek's innovative harness treats everything as a plug-in
Chinese AI labs keep moving forward while US labs play defense
OpenAI and Anthropic Cut AI Costs as Open-Weight Models Gain Ground
OpenAI and Anthropic are emphasizing lower AI costs as open-weight models gain ground, forcing enterprises to weigh price, performance, and risk.
Gemini’s VPN workaround stops working for some users in Russia
Google’s Gemini AI has stopped working for some users in Russia, according to complaints on the Downdetector website. Kod.ru, a Russian tech outlet, flagged the outage.
China's Z.AI Ships GLM-5.3, Calling It the Top Open-Weight Coding Model
The Chinese lab says the release beats comparably sized open models on code benchmarks. The blog's own numbers show it trails the closed frontier and at least one open rival.
Apple’s new AI split means your iOS app could behave differently in China
Apple is splitting up its AI stack. Instead of rolling out the same system worldwide, the company reportedly built a The post Apple’s new AI split means your iOS app could behave differently in China…
Industry Voices—AI should help cancer patients survive the healthcare system
Cancer care navigators are an invaluable resource, but there are nowhere near enough navigators to meet the scale of the need.
Claude users are canceling their subscriptions, citing Anthropic’s new AI watermark
One developer said they feared Anthropic's watermark could lead clients to flag their work as AI-generated and raise questions about authorship.