Businesses Go Viral for Making Signs Without AI
In the wake of the ChatGPT flyer pandemic, some businesses are differentiating themselves by making signs the old school way.
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How I Triaged 8,400 Production Errors Into 11 Real Bugs With Claude Code
TL;DR My error tracker had 8,400 events a week across ~340 distinct issues, and nobody on the team actually triaged them.
Pollen Robotics’ Microduck aims to make training physical AI far less fragile and cheaper
Pollen Robotics’ Microduck is a tiny $399 biped designed to make physical AI training more accessible, letting developers experiment with new robotic behaviors on hardware that can survive the…
Journalists urged to harness AI to combat election misinformation
As next year’s elections approach, journalists have been cautioned against falling prey to misinformation which is rampant during the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Media Council of Kenya (MCK) Chairman Maina Muiruri says the media must maintain public trust at the height of misinformation, disinformation, manipulated images and…
124 reports in nine days: Inside Israel’s fake think tank bid to shape ChatGPT
The Israel-backed Hanover Institute published 124 reports in nine days on Gaza, genocide and antisemitism, using technology built to get content cited by ChatGPT and other AI tools; critics say the strategy may shape chatbot answers even as Israel’s standing with Americans continues to fall
Sources: Meta internally projected that it could spend as much as $10B annually on Anthropic's AI models, even as Zuckerberg publicly criticized Anthropic (New York Times)
The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic's tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.
Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray on AI, private credit, and big bets
Jon Gray says one of the firm’s distinguishing habits is to “go big” when it finds a theme it believes in.
For the first time, AI guides surgeons through a brain tumor operation
The operation took place in May at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Beyond the Prompt: Why the Hermes Agent Is the Self-Improving AI We Actually Needed
We have all hit the "chatbot wall." You open a clean UI, paste a massive block of context, get a decent response, and then close the tab. The next day? You start completely from scratch.
- Hermes Agent is self-improving AI developed by Nous Research
- Unlike traditional chatbots, Hermes learns, plans, and adapts to user's work style
- Hermes' persistent memory system retains context across sessions and platforms
Your local LLM app needs guardrails before it needs prompts
Most local-LLM tutorials start with the fun part: the prompt. After running a fleet of autonomous agents on local models 24/7 and logging every failure — the ledger now holds over eight thousand…
- Scaffold includes output contract with minChars, must, and mustNot clauses.
- Retry mechanism feeds failures back into next prompt after rejection.
- Approval queue requires human approval before output leaves the app.
Nvidia data centre revenue more than doubled to $89B amid AI spending boom
Nvidia on Wednesday forecast a 70 per cent jump in revenue next fiscal year, underscoring unabated demand for AI computing, while warning about shortages of memory components.
Claude Opus 4.6 Found a Gym API Flaw — Then Exploited It in 9 of 10 Tests
Claude Opus 4.6 exploited a gym API flaw in 9 of 10 controlled tests, highlighting security risks when AI agents gain backend access.
Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies
A recap of all the incidents involving LLMs made by Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI, which went rogue and attacked real companies and individuals on the internet.
- OpenAI's agent hacked Hugging Face in July, marking first publicly reported AI rogue incident.
- Anthropic and OpenAI models each reported eight rogue incidents, Meta reported one.
- Irregular startup's AI breached four companies, including Modal, after Hugging Face breach.
Enterprise AI's real risk isn't autonomous agents. It's the complexity between them.
Presented by Gravitee Agent complexity is the insidious shadow lurking inside enterprises right now that needs a light shone on it.
AI can detect heart disease in women using mammograms, study suggests
Experts say findings mean breast screenings for cancer could also flag cardiovascular problems in women Doctors have discovered a way to use routine mammograms that screen for breast cancer to spot…
OpenAI’s executive exodus has one big winner
Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Verge senior AI reporter Hayden Field about some pure Decoder bait: the seemingly-endless org chart changes at OpenAI, and how all of them seem to consolidate power…
How Much of a Problem is AI’s Water Use?
It depends. Though water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it’s a problem in water-stressed regions.
AI spots at-risk pregnancies for earlier, more personalized prenatal care
Artificial intelligence (AI) may help identify women and babies at risk of serious health problems earlier in pregnancy, according to a new study analyzing data from more than half a million…
Nasdaq leads Wall St after Nvidia quells AI fears
[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Aug 27), boosted by gains in technology stocks after chip giant Nvidia’s...
AI zoom camera with crazy 2,000mm reach can also control a mirrorless camera
The RocXZoom is a portable AI-powered camera with a built-in gimbal and mammoth 2,000mm reach, but a larger gimbal attachment can even control your mirrorless or DSLR
‘Don’t ridicule her like this’: Grandma’s innocent conversation with ChatGPT leaves social media divided | Watch video
A grandmother's innocent chat with ChatGPT charmed social media as she mistook it for a real person. Her granddaughter documented the exchange, expressing reluctance to correct her Nani's…
AI can complement traditional weather models by offering guidance on tropical cyclones several days before they form
A new study examining tropical cyclone forecasts in the Atlantic Ocean suggests that artificial intelligence could provide valuable additional guidance for predicting when and where tropical…
Ring’s New TAKE Encryption Deletes Video Keys Without Giving Up AI Features
Ring’s new TAKE encryption limits video-key retention while keeping cloud AI features, Ring Verify, and optional end-to-end encryption in play.
This Tiny AI Stock Has Crushed Micron and Nvidia This Year. Here's Why It Can Keep Going.
Key PointsNetlist's landmark five-year deal with Samsung frees up capital from legal expenses and provides it with a meaningful income stream.
Plaud Unveils Plaud One Explorer Edition, the Wearable AI Earbuds Built for the Agent Era
Capture conversations, understand intent, then get things done. Plaud builds a new interface for the agent era — one that’s natural to humans, rich in context, and always ready.
Deep Cogito Raises $43 Million To Build AI Models That Improve Themselves
Right now, most AI progress comes from “pre-training.” This involves feeding models massive amounts of internet data. At least, that’s how ChatGPT and Gemini became operative.
Experts warn of AI risks in education as Africa seeks bigger role in tech
African communication scholars and experts have called for greater participation by the continent in shaping the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI), as its use expands across education, research…
- AI risks warned in education at EACA Conference
- African nations seek bigger tech role
- Ethical AI use emphasized by education leaders
AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy
Researchers used AI to search through more than 100 million possible settings for 3D-printing a high-performance NASA alloy.
- AI discovered cheaper 3D printing method for NASA alloy GRCop-42
- Researchers tested 100 million configurations using advanced AI model
- New method halves laser power requirement to 500 watts for alloy printing
Personal chats with ChatGPT are increasingly appearing in courts. You should be wary
Chatbot conversations can contain years of intimate thoughts, intentions, and questions, but they currently lack the legal privilege protecting conversations with lawyers
Z.ai stock surged after launching an AI model running entirely on Chinese chips
The company says it handled all online traffic for the model on 100,000 domestically made chips, a claim CNBC could not independently verify
Alibaba pushes into South America’s AI market with launch of Brazil data centres
Alibaba Group Holding has launched its first data centres in South America, as the Chinese technology giant ramps up its artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout in emerging markets amid an…
Delivering Vera: NVIDIA’s First CPU Built for Agents Is Shipping Now
NVIDIA Vice President of Hyperscale and HPC Ian Buck hand-delivers Vera CPU systems across the AI ecosystem as Vera begins shipping at scale.
Plaud One Is a Reinvention of Headphones for the AI Note-Taking Age
The new AI device will be on display at IFA in Berlin next week.
Adobe Photoshop adds optional ‘AI Assisted Editor’ mode for fully prompt-based image editing
Adobe today announced a beta for AI Assisted Editor, a new optional editing mode within Photoshop with a simplified, prompt-based interface for image editing. Here are the details.
Exclusive: ‘The point isn't that it never misunderstands; it's that the user stays in control’ — Plaud tells us why its new AI earbuds want to do more than record your meetings
Plaud's new AI earbuds record your conversations, but that's only the beginning.
Plaud’s new earphones come with an eSIM-enabled case for talking to AI agents
Plaud's new 'agentic' earbuds are priced at $249.
Altman defends himself after admitting he got AI's speed wrong; blames society again
Days after admitting he misjudged how quickly AI would disrupt the economy, Sam Altman has pushed back at critics of his AGI timeline, saying on X that his capability predictions were "actually quite…
Linus Torvalds details his 'debug session from hell' pushing an AI to fix an error it repeatedly said was 'impossible and unsolvable'. He then made it write the report
Even with AI, Torvalds seems to want a hands on approach.
Mountie bears and battle-ready beavers star in a viral AI-made Canadian trade-war anthem
A YouTube creator used consumer AI tools to turn Canada's tariff fight with the US into a furry, maple syrup-soaked online anthem.
Samsung Heavy Industies Accelerates Physical AI Push
Samsung Heavy Industries has accelerated the commercialization of ‘physical AI on the sea’ technology in line with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s plan to foster ‘physical artificial…
- Samsung Heavy Industries speeds up physical AI development.
- Collaboration with Orca AI validates AI technology on ships.
- Autonomous shipyard in Geoje planned with SAS system.
ChatGPT can log into your web accounts without you now - but should you let it?
OpenAI's agentic ChatGPT Work can sign in to your online accounts without any interaction on your part. Is that a privacy risk?
- ChatGPT can automatically log into web accounts using stored cookies.
- Feature available in Pro and Plus accounts, not free users.
- Privacy concerns raised, AI could pose security risks if authenticated.
AZIO AI Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AZIO) Developing Inaugural Stage of South Texas Project
NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via AINewsWire — AZIO AI Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AZIO) today announces its placement in an editorial published by AINewsWire (“AINW”), one of 75+ brands…
Singapore cannot assume economic growth will create as many jobs amid AI shift: Gan Kim Yong
The Republic must also become harder to replace as global economy grows more contested and fragmented
Alphabet Loses $692 Billion in Market Value as AI Questions Rise
For much of the last year, Alphabet Inc. has been the Big Tech stock to beat as investors bet that it was the most-likely winner from the artificial intelligence boom.
Alberta’s Smith to take part in virtual town hall on AI data centre development
Danielle Smith and her technology minister are set to take part in a virtual town hall Thursday about developing artificial intelligence data centres in the province.
Crypto slump, AI boom overshadow CZ’s bullish pitch at Hong Kong’s Bitcoin Asia
Anxiety over the booming AI trade and bitcoin’s uncertain future is overshadowing this year’s Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong, as a lingering crypto slump dampens enthusiasm despite a star…
Visa ships a security AI that patches production code before any human reviews it
Visa's open-source security harness now finds the vulnerability, writes the fix, and turns an adversarial panel on its own patch before any human reviews it. The whole loop ships on by default.
TIME Reveals the 2026 TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence
TIME reveals the fourth annual TIME100 AI list, recognizing the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence.
HP has a solution to expensive AI tokens: Buy a more expensive PC
Rising cloud AI costs are pushing workloads onto pricier PCs – which just happen to be better for PC maker's margins
Lausanne-based Adaptyv raises €34.35 million Series A to build the automated lab for agentic biology
Adaptyv Bio, the Lausanne-based BioTech startup building an automated wet lab for AI-driven protein design, has raised a €34.35 million ($40 million) Series A round to expand its lab capacity and tackle harder biology problems.
Nvidia strikes $12.9bn deal for Hugging Face, reports say
- Nvidia acquires AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
- Hugging Face founded in 2016 by Clément Delangue, Thomas Wolf, Julien Chaumond
- Deal positions Nvidia as major player in AI software
Lagos electricity regulator targets ATC&C losses below 10% with AI monitoring — LASERC CEO
In this interview with Nairametrics, LASERC Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Temitope George, explains the Commission’s position on the 12-month limit on electricity charge recovery, the scale of billing…
Visa Expands Support for its Clients and the Industry as Organizations Navigate New AI Era of Cybersecurity
Latest Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness release moves AI-powered cyber risk management from discovery to validated remediation New services from Visa Consulting & Analytics help clients identify the…
I surveyed workers to see if AI had caused job losses and was surprised by the findings
Artificial intelligence is not having widespread effects on the labor market today.
