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AI2 releases Olmo 3.1 32B Think, up 5+ points on AIME and 4+ on ZebraLogic
AI2 just sharpened its scalpel. With the launch of Olmo 3.1 32B Think, the institute has hacked significant chunks off math and reasoning benchmarks:...
Runway launches General World Model with three versions and Gen-4.5 upgrades
Runway just divided the future of AI into three distinct paths. GWM Worlds builds explorable environments.
Pangram 3.0 AI detector reports 99.98% accuracy, adds four usage tiers
The machine never lies, but it does edit, tweak, and rewrite in shades of gray. Pangram’s latest detector cuts through that ambiguity.
Google Translate adds real-time speech translation to any headphones
Google Translate just smashed its own hardware cage. Until this morning, its live speech translation feature was locked tight to Pixel Buds.
HBO Max launches 12 themed channels streaming Friends, Game of Thrones 24/7
HBO Max just launched twelve permanent channels. You can now watch Friends or Game of Thrones exactly as a 1998 college dorm did: aimlessly, and with...
Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio Improves Context Recall for Cohesive Calls
The hum of a voice assistant that forgets what you just said, that friction has long been the silent killer of natural conversation.
Altman predicts superintelligence by 2035 as OpenAI marks 10 years
Sam Altman just gave the world a new deadline: 2035. That's the year, he says, when superintelligence arrives.
Experts say data centers' water use is less risky than public perceives
Every ChatGPT prompt doesn't drain a bottle of water. That stat is basically an urban legend, and it distracts from a less dramatic truth.
Disney pours USD 1 billion into Sora characters, challenging Google’s API push
Disney is betting a billion dollars that beloved characters, Mickey, Elsa, Simba, belong in Sora’s generative video world, a direct shot across...
After ditching AI fitness apps and a Fitbit, I return to Peloton classes
The fitness industry loves to sell you a solution to a problem you didn't know you had. For me, that solution was data.
The Vergecast: Netflix vs Paramount, AI hits Nashville, Times New Roman returns
Three stories, three very different industries, one undeniable truth: the future is being rewritten in real time.
Disney sues Google over AI “virtual vending machine” after USD 1 bn OpenAI deal
Disney has chosen its side in the AI gold rush, and it’s not Google. Just days after sealing a billion-dollar partnership with OpenAI to license its...
Author defends USD 40 cable paperweight over cheap clips for kitchen table
A forty-dollar paperweight for a cable is an insult. It's also the only product that gets why you'd spend the money.
U.S. Leads Pax Silica Initiative Launched at Summit to Secure Silicon Supply
Power depends on sand. Specifically, the kind you refine into silicon for computer chips.
NVIDIA invests USD 5 billion in Intel, gaining a significant equity stake
A $5 billion bet on a longtime rival is not an act of charity, it is a strategic realignment.
Broadcom discloses USD 21 B Anthropic order for Google’s 7th-gen TPUs
Broadcom reported a $21 billion order from Anthropic for Google’s seventh-generation Tensor Processing Units.
Harness secures USD 240 M E round, led by Goldman Sachs, for AI software delivery
Goldman Sachs just wired $240 million into Harness, a company that sells the plumbing for software delivery.
Time names AI power brokers 2025 Person of Year as firms spend billions
It was the year the brakes came off. Time has named AI’s power brokers its 2025 Person of the Year, a choice that reflects a world where caution gave...
Tomb Raider unveils Legacy of Atlantis remake on Unreal Engine 5
Crystal Dynamics is going back. Way back. The studio confirmed "Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis," a full 2026 remake of the 1996 original that...
Trump signs executive order threatening to punish states that pass AI laws
The White House just fired a shot across the bow of every state legislature wrestling with artificial intelligence.