Gemini’s overcrowded account switcher could finally get a cleanup alongside these UI changes
Gemini's menus are finally getting some organization.
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What Is RAG? Retrieval-Augmented Generation Explained
Originally published on DevToolHub . What is RAG, in one sentence? A way to make an LLM answer questions using documents it was never trained on, by searching those documents for relevant passages and…
- RAG combines pre-existing model knowledge with live lookup into external index
- Key component of RAG is vector database for indexing and retrieving relevant document chunks
AI21 Labs — Deep Dive
TL;DR: AI21 Labs, the Israeli NLP pioneer behind Jurassic and Jamba, is navigating a turbulent but transformative period in 2026.
- AI21 Labs raised $300M in 2025 funding round
- 61% workforce reduction in May 2026
- Leadership includes academic luminaries
Andrew Bailey: Latest AI advances are an ‘OMG moment’ for cyber crime
The latest advances in frontier AI are an “OMG moment” and countries need to “arm themselves”, Andrew Bailey has said, as he highlighted the new threat of financial crime posed by the technology. Speaking at the annual City of London Police Authority Board dinner at the Merchant Taylor’s Hall on Monday, the Bank of England [...]
AI Didn't Remove the Engineering Work. It Just Made It Easier to Pretend You Did.
On September 15, India — along with Sri Lanka and Tanzania — celebrates Engineer's Day, marking the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
One in four questions in Dutch parliament “written using AI”
Around a quarter of questions from MPs in the Dutch parliament were written with the help of AI tools such...
EUCLYD Raises €200 Million to Break the AI Efficiency Wall With More Efficient Chips
AI models are requiring more power, more memory, more chips, and more money to keep running. Right now, it costs a fortune to run big AI models.
London-based Jack & Jill raises €34.68 million Series A to scale its AI agents for jobseekers and employers
Jack & Jill, the London-based startup that puts an AI agent on each side of the hiring table, has raised €34.68 million ($40 million) in a Series A round. The round was led by Air Street Capital, with new investors Madrona and Antler joining.
- London-based AI startup Jack & Jill raises €34.68 million Series A funding.
- Investment led by Air Street Capital, participation from multiple venture firms.
- AI agents Jack and Jill streamline jobseekers' and employers' interactions.
EU countries to discuss AI rules as Trump calls safety warnings a ‘hoax’
Officials are set to gather in Brussels this week amid growing calls for regulation, including from key figures in the tech industry.
AcademyAI raises £1.65M to close the workplace AI skills gap
AcademyAIhas raised £1.65 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to developits platform for assessing employees' AI skills and providing training tailoredto their roles.
Alphabet May Have Just Gotten Its Biggest Competitor Yet. And It's Not OpenAI or Anthropic.
Alphabet has one of the strongest AI positions in the world, but the competition is becoming far more interesting.
The US and China are hurtling toward Kissinger’s worst AI nightmare
In 2023, diplomat warned that the US and China had five to 10 years to avoid an AI disaster. The clock is ticking.
Gemini overlay crowding your phone screen? This nifty gesture could soon come to your rescue
Gemini could soon duck out of your way while it works in the background.
The Gulf’s AI Nightmare Came Courtesy of an Iranian Drone
Amazon data centers in the U.A.E. and Bahrain are still offline months after being hit in the Iran war, testing the region’s multibillion-dollar ambitions.
The Shark AV2511AE AI robot vacuum is only $299.99 at Amazon — save $300
Get the best robot vacuum deal. Save 50% on the Shark AV2511AE AI at Amazon.
Math Professor Accuses OpenAI of Copying His Work, Says AI Compute Power Makes Racing to Publish 'Pointless'
The New York Post wrote that OpenAI "stunned the mathematics world" last week when it announced its AI model "cracked a legendary math problem left unsolved for nearly a century in just 88 hours." But…
UK government opens door to AI laws as safety warnings mount
The UK government has left the door open to tougher AI regulation after the companies building the world’s most powerful models called for slower development, fearing safety has fallen behind.
Google DeepMind AI Safety and Alignment researcher Bilal Chughtai publicly resigns, saying "I earnestly believe that AI has the potential to kill us all" (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
An AI researcher who recently resigned from Google DeepMind warned humanity is running out of time to prevent artificial intelligence …
Google researchers have been playing with AI ‘consciousness.’ What they found was unexpected
On the surface, stopping artificial intelligence from seeing itself as conscious seems like a no-brainer. An AI model that sees itself as possessing individual emotions, beliefs, and consciousness can promote harmful delusions in its users and lead to overly personal human-machine relationships.
What must happen for AI’s trillion-dollar gamble to pay off
When Jessica Wachter, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, wanted to assess AI’s impact on the economy over the next few years, she faced a long list of business and…
OpenAI Ads, Amazon Ads in ChatGPT, Walmart to Accept Apple Pay
ChatGPT ads are working, and solve Amazon's biggest problem with chatbots. Then, Walmart finally gives in to Apple Pay, because fighting the status quo is hard.
Google DeepMind wants Gemini to power many different robots
The company’s push into physical AI is putting Gemini inside humanoids—and testing whether its intelligence can survive in the real world
- Google DeepMind develops portable AI brain called Gemini.
- Gemini Robotics 2 controls whole-body movement in various robot models.
- Reinforcement learning enables AI to generalize skills across robot bodies.
Why every enterprise needs an AI model exit strategy
Model flexibility helps enterprises protect workflows, institutional knowledge and control as AI evolves.
CNA Explains: Why AI leaders are calling for a slowdown – and what makes it so difficult
One expert says getting companies and countries to slow the AI race could be even harder than negotiating the nuclear arms treaties of the Cold War.
CEOs warn against falling into AI’s efficiency trap: The biggest risk is ‘a better version of yesterday’
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Gemini Daily Brief could soon be actually useful all day long
You might soon be able to refresh your Daily Brief on demand.
Why Arnold Schwarzenegger is More Concerned with “Basic Stupidity” than AI
Arnold Schwarzenegger weighs in on the future of artificial intelligence.
Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts
First secretary to set out benefits of AI to union conference while vowing government will take safety seriously Ministers must “heed the warnings” from industry leaders about the threat posed by AI…
Opportunism, optimism, patriotism, and fear: The AI doom debate is dividing the Chinese internet too
"If the US stops improving its AI software, that would be a historic opportunity for us," one Weibo user in Hebei wrote.
- US AI leaders call for better management, citing fears of losing competitive edge.
- Chinese perspective sees AI race as chance to advance technology and integrate into productivity.
TIME100 AI Panelists Discuss AI’s Potential Impacts, for Better or Worse, on the Economy
Glen Fogel, Ravi Kumar S, and Doreen Bogdan-Martin spoke on a panel at the third annual TIME100 AI Impact Dinner.
‘The Law Should Be Shutting Them Down’: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Others Speak at TIME100 AI Impact Dinner
“Today’s AI companies are operating in such a way that the law should be shutting them down,” the actor and advocate said at the third annual TIME100 AI Impact Dinner.
How the AI jobspocolypse is playing out for young NYC tech workers
NYC entry-level tech jobs plunged 49% from 2022 to 2025, with AI and economic uncertainty cited as key factors impacting the market.
- Entry-level tech job postings in NYC fell 49% between 2022-2025
- AI and economic factors like rising interest rates contribute to decline
- Young tech professionals advised to build experience in civic tech
Perplexity’s local AI agent comes to Windows, but only for RTX GPUs with at least 24GB of VRAM — Portable Computer brings AI for multistep tasks to compatible PCs
Perplexity and Nvidia released Portable Computer for Windows on Sept. 14, bringing the local-first AI agent to GeForce RTX and RTX PRO GPUs with 24GB or more of VRAM.
Facing 5,000 new attacks weekly, Exein reaches Unicorn status as it raises €234 million for Physical AI cybersecurity
Exein, a Physical AI cybersecurity company out of Rome, today announced €234 million ($270 million) in new funding at a €1.4 billion ($1.7 billion) valuation, reportedly making it the most valuable…
Why some people are stepping back from AI as concerns come from inside industry - explainer
Who decides that a model is too powerful to release? What does a meaningful safety test look like? How can regulators verify companies’ claims?
Is the FCA underestimating the AI fraud threat?
Banks must actively test AI-enabled fraud before criminals expose weaknesses.
OpenAI says the AGI era has begun. AI researchers aren’t so sure
Earlier this month, speaking at the launch event for OpenAI’s new GPT-6 Astra , Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president, declared that the “AGI era” had begun.
The Conveniences I Used to Write a Book About Inconvenience (Definitely Not AI)
After a few months, I got used to the sarcasm. If I told a friend I was writing a book called Against Convenience, they’d ask whether I was planning to write it by hand, whether I’d use spell-check, or if
Why a swift AI pause is unlikely: no one trusts AI companies
Most agree the AI industry needs oversight. The critical barrier: Few really trust the industry, or the safety advocates who come from inside the house.
OpenAI has tapped a startup to make its AI work for lawyers
OpenAI wants more lawyers to use its tech. To that end, it's partnered with a new startup to give it boots on the ground inside law firms.
Walmart CEO John Furner is turning the retailer’s 5,200 U.S. stores into an unstoppable AI engine
As he belts the last note of his pop hit “Mystical Magical,” Benson Boone, in a white muscle tee and skintight jeans, backflips off his piano—and 10,000 people inside the Bud Walton Arena in…
Have AI apocalypse warnings reached critical mass?
Warnings about AI's threats to civilization are louder than ever, but it's not clear yet how many are listening.
Grab's Agent Framework LLM-Kit Accelerates AI Agent Production Deployment
Grab has implemented LLM-Kit, a framework that standardizes over 500 internal agent services. This system enhances service integration, evaluation, and secret handling, reducing the time to deploy new…
AI plays sophisticated defense in a broken Washington
The industry is evolving how it applies the big lessons it learned from the social media techlash.
Reynolds hails ‘tremendous upsides’ to AI amid warnings on threats
Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has emphasised the “tremendous upsides” to AI that should not be overlooked, as a growing number of tech engineers have warned of its threat to existence.
AI rebound fails to offset HK, mainland stock losses
Hong Kong and mainland stocks fell on Tuesday as a mild rebound in AI hardware shares failed to offset losses elsewhere, with mixed August data pointing to persistently weak domestic demand.
Sam George calls for African approach to AI development and governance
Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has called for a distinctly African approach to the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
AI content startup Flam raises $40M from QED Investors, Shah Rukh Khan, and others
The Bengaluru- and San Francisco-based tech startup, which delivers AI-powered interactive content, was founded by BITS Pilani alumni Shourya Agarwal, Malhar Patil and Amit Gaiki. It plans to use the funding on R&D, expanding its product portfolio, and scaling enterprise sales.
Israeli AI startup Buildots completes $130m. funding round
Israeli company Buildots combines AI and computer vision at construction sites, targeting an international market on track to reach a value of about $1.4 trillion.
- Buildots raises $130 million in funding, totaling $300 million
- AI startup aims to expand technology and workforce
- Real estate AI market projected to grow to $1.4 trillion by 2030
[CONFERENCE] 'We are continually defining what AI talent and players will be needed'
Education experts and industry leaders called on universities to fundamentally rethink their roles in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), emphasizing that higher education must shift from…
How to audit what your AI agents are accessing
Learn how to audit AI agents with identity-based logging, LLM request tracking, data controls, tool authorization, and pre-request security policies.
Jensen Huang took a surprise call from President Trump onstage at the All-In Summit on Monday in LA, where the two dismissed fears of an AI takeover (New York Times)
Mr. Trump called Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive, while Mr. Huang was onstage in Los Angeles and criticized calls to slow down and regulate A.I.
Microsoft introduces AI guardrails for US schools amid growing backlash
OpenAI and Anthropic said they also were discussing safety and privacy pacts with the American teachers’ union. But Google, the dominant provider of education technology for US schools, has not said…
Open weights are not open source: Why AI's favorite label is under dispute
Downloading a model is increasingly easy. Understanding how it was made, or changing a system at its root, is another matter