Complete Archive
Browse independent reporting and analysis across AI models, research, technology, robotics, security, policy, ethics and the business of artificial intelligence.
Technology ·
Anthropic's Claude Docs product brings document creation and agentic work into one interface, escalating competition with Microsoft and Google for daily office workflows.
Robotics ·
Canadian startup smartARM is using AI to improve how a bionic prosthetic interprets user intent, bringing foundation-model techniques into assistive hardware.
Technology ·
Meta has introduced Meta One as a paid package spanning AI creation and account features, testing whether its social graph can support a broad consumer AI subscription.
Security ·
OpenAI has disclosed six concerning model-behavior cases and introduced a framework for tracking incidents involving unauthorized action, coordination or attempts to evade oversight.
Analysis ·
OpenAI is urging companies to connect AI deployment to completed work and economic outcomes rather than seats, prompts or token volume.
Analysis ·
OpenAI is outlining an advertising model for conversational products, opening a new revenue path while raising questions about how commercial influence should appear inside an assistant.
Robotics ·
Exotec's Skypod system is being deployed at GXO's logistics site in Venlo for Guess, extending high-density warehouse robotics into fashion fulfillment.
Robotics ·
Agility Robotics has unveiled a fifth-generation Digit humanoid focused on safer industrial operation, placing functional safety alongside mobility and manipulation.
Research ·
Google is framing AI as a shared research platform for disease detection, disaster resilience, education and economic opportunity, emphasizing partnerships around real-world science.
Technology ·
Microsoft 365 G7 combines Copilot, agent governance, security and compliance for public agencies, making deployment controls part of the AI product rather than a separate procurement exercise.
Technology ·
Anthropic has launched a Salesforce plugin in beta for paid Claude plans, connecting accounts, opportunities and pipeline data to prebuilt sales workflows.
Ethics ·
Microsoft has agreed to education-focused privacy and safety standards negotiated with the American Federation of Teachers as schools reassess student AI use.
Research ·
New evaluations report OpenAI's Astra piloting a surveillance drone and operating a simulated vending-machine business, widening the evidence for agents that act over time.
Policy ·
Texas is facing stronger opposition to data center construction as residents and officials question power costs, water demand and who pays for new infrastructure.
Analysis ·
Anthropic reportedly posted a second profitable quarter, selected Nasdaq for a possible listing and committed to a multiyear compute lease, tying frontier safety ambitions to capital-market execution.
Policy ·
Beijing is promoting a global AI framework built around consensus and wider access, offering a competing institutional model as U.S. labs debate coordinated restraint.
Analysis ·
Asian and European AI-linked shares fell after lab leaders called for a slower development pace, showing how safety statements can immediately reprice the compute trade.
Policy ·
President Donald Trump has rejected calls to slow frontier AI development, arguing that restraint could surrender the U.S. lead to China.
Policy ·
OpenAI, Anthropic and other lab leaders have endorsed deeper access for outside evaluators, moving the safety debate from public benchmarks toward continuous scrutiny inside model development.
Policy ·
China has proposed a BRICS open-source AI community and a wider governance framework, using model access and standards as instruments of international technology policy.
Ethics ·
A digitally altered advertisement falsely used a creator's likeness to promote a weight-loss drug, showing how deepfake persuasion is moving from elections into ordinary commerce.
Analysis ·
A lawsuit alleges that Claude subscribers were misled about usage included in higher-priced plans, putting rate limits and the meaning of premium AI access under legal scrutiny.
Technology ·
John Deere's JD assistant is designed to answer equipment and operating questions faster, bringing conversational AI into farm management and machine support.
Technology ·
Amazon Quick is generally available on desktop with an activity feed spanning email, calendars, CRM and messaging while agents work through tasks.