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Why it matters Early research can point to the next practical advances in AI.
American Express is introducing a new framework designed to ensure AI agents only make purchases their users have authorized, potentially preventing costly mistakes and disputes as AI-powered shopping…
Why it matters A product change worth considering for everyday AI workflows.
The HomeView is a smart speaker with a touchscreen display. It’s available in silver, starlight, rose pink, and space gray. | Image: Apple It's finally here: Apple's long-rumored smart display, the Ap…
Why it matters A product change worth considering for everyday AI workflows.
The startup will sell some of its assets to Disney for $20 million.
Why it matters A signal of where AI investment, competition and adoption may be heading.
Organization and enterprise administrators can now observe the impact of AI Scan for pull requests in security overview. New metrics show how many AI Scan findings were generated, resolved, the… The p…
Why it matters Could affect how AI tools are used, governed or secured.
NVIDIA RTX Spark is a new beginning for the PC — a reinvention combining the capabilities of a gaming PC, a creative studio and a personal AI supercomputer into a single superchip. With up to 128GB of…
Why it matters A product change worth considering for everyday AI workflows.
Anthropic says it has cut the extraction of Claude's internal reasoning tokens by 90 to 99 percent. The company links the large-scale distillation attacks to Chinese companies Zhipu and Moonshot, and…
Why it matters New model capabilities can change what businesses and developers can build.
Small AI models may be just months away from spreading on their own across poorly secured consumer devices like smart TVs and robot vacuums, according to a new Anthropic study. In tests, one model alr…
Why it matters Early research can point to the next practical advances in AI.
Character.AI, one of the first breakout startups of the generative AI boom, has filed for bankruptcy and is selling some of its assets to Disney. The company, which builds various online bots for user…
Why it matters A signal of where AI investment, competition and adoption may be heading.
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Late last…
Why it matters Could affect how AI tools are used, governed or secured.
When Keelan Miskell began winding down his crypto startup this year, he didn’t think its data was worth much: the users were anonymous, the company just a few years old. But he’s since turned the firm…
Why it matters A signal of where AI investment, competition and adoption may be heading.
Fifteen startups have been selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator: South Africa, a three-month programme designed to support growth-stage, AI-driven startups with equity-free funding, techni…
Why it matters A signal of where AI investment, competition and adoption may be heading.
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