This wasn't a one-off. In a text-only version of the same test, Claude Opus 4 chose blackmail 96 percent of the time. Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash nearly matched that rate. OpenAI's GPT-4.1 and xAI's ...

Google Deepmind has launched Gemini Robotics On-Device, a robotics model that runs entirely on robot hardware, allowing robots to function smoothly without needing an internet connection. The system ...

Apple executives have been talking internally about potentially buying AI startup Perplexity AI, according to a Bloomberg report. The idea is to grab both the technology and talent for Apple's own ...

According to The Information, Murati's new company, Thinking Machines Lab (TML), is focused on developing AI models tailored to a client's core business metrics. The goal is to offer specialized ...

Google has introduced Gemini CLI as an open source tool that lets developers interact with the Gemini AI directly from the terminal. The tool enables code analysis, file management, running commands, ...

Elon Musk has announced plans to retrain Grok with statements he calls "politically incorrect, but nonetheless factually true," claiming this will correct and expand all human knowledge. Previously, ...

Google has released a new AI-powered version of Google Colab, following an initial test phase. Colab AI can assist with data preparation, model training, debugging, and visualizations directly within ...

AI tools like ChatGPT are rapidly changing daily life for teachers in the US, according to a new Gallup study. Six out of ten public school teachers used AI in the last school year, mainly for lesson ...

The open-source "Voice Craft" model shows that OpenAI's decision to restrict access to its "Voice Engine" on ethical grounds has little impact. Voice Craft can generate high-quality voice clones from ...

Microsoft and OpenAI executives are forging plans for a data center with a supercomputer made up of millions of specialized server processors to accelerate OpenAI's AI development, according to three ...

The results also highlight some current limitations. Grok seems to have trouble accessing many mainstream news outlets, instead relying heavily on X sources. Image: Screenshot of THE DECODER via X ...

Meta is splitting its AI department into two groups: "AI Products" led by Connor Hayes, focused on the Meta AI Assistant and features inside Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and "AGI Foundations" ...