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Rio's 'Homegrown' 397B LLM Exposed as Nex/Qwen Merge
Nex-AGI alleges that Rio de Janeiro's much-hyped 'homegrown' 397B-parameter LLM, Rio-3.5-Open-397B, is not an original model trained by the city but a direct element-wise merge of Nex's model with Ali
US asks Anthropic to block global access to top AI models: Why it matters
The Trump administration has ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals — including its own foreign employees and H1-B visa holders — from accessing its newly released Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI mo
Apple Launches New Siri With Third-Gen AI Models
Apple rolled out a major Siri overhaul powered by its third-generation foundation models, with outlets framing the launch as a critical test for the company's AI credibility.
The Birth and Death of JavaScript (2014)
A talk titled 'The Birth & Death of JavaScript' by Gary frames itself as equal parts science fiction, comedy, and completely serious, tracing programming history from 1995 to 2035 while taking a delib
Elon Musk drifted from Larry Page over a decade ago, but their companies are closer than ever
Despite Elon Musk's decade-old personal rift with Larry Page over AI, Musk's companies have become more financially intertwined with Google than ever — culminating in SpaceX's new $920 million-per-mon
States Push AI Laws Forward Despite Trump's Executive
Six months after President Trump issued an executive order to curb state AI regulation, states have introduced more AI bills than last year — with Illinois, Colorado, and Connecticut passing targeted
Anthropic Suspends Fable 5, Mythos 5 After US Export Order
The Trump administration imposed new export controls on Anthropic's newest AI models — Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — forcing the company to disable them, after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and other tech leaders ra
As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future
Anthropic halted foreign access to its latest Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after a U.S. export‑control directive, prompting Indian tech leaders to reassess reliance on U.S. AI and consider building hom
Making Claude a Chemist
Anthropic tested its Claude models (Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6) against dedicated NMR software on 20 compounds from post-cutoff ChemRxiv preprints, finding Opus 4.7 matched or beat ChemDraw and Me
Apple Adds Standalone Siri App in iOS 27
Apple is making Siri a standalone iPhone app for the first time with iOS 27, giving it a chat-style interface, conversation history, and cross-device syncing — but only on Apple Intelligence-capable h
Amazon Report Triggered Fable 5 Takedown
Amazon's report showing it could jailbreak Anthropic's Mythos model set off a White House scramble that ended in the dramatic Friday-night takedown of the newly released Fable 5 AI model and sweeping
KPMG Pulls AI Report Over Hallucinated Claims
Professional services firm KPMG has withdrawn its report on agentic AI after multiple organizations, including UBS and the UK's NHS, said its claims about their AI usage were untrue, with researchers
Amazon's Jassy Triggered US Anthropic Export Crackdown
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's security warnings to Trump officials about Anthropic's Mythos 5 set in motion an emergency US export order that forced Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 within days of
Amazon's Jassy Triggered Anthropic Model Export Ban
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly warned Trump administration officials that Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model was vulnerable to cyberattack exploitation, triggering export restrictions on two Anthropic
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Hits $13,250, Up 60% From Launch
NVIDIA's flagship 96GB RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell workstation GPU has hit $13,250 on the official marketplace — a 60%+ jump from its ~$8,000 launch price — as memory shortages and relentless AI demand kee
Gemini Built a Yard-Care App From One Prompt
A writer used Google's Gemini to vibe-code a yard-care Android app from a single text prompt and got a functional preview in minutes, but the experience exposed how little the AI understands legibilit
Apple iOS 27 Adds First AI Photo Editing
Apple's iOS 27 developer beta introduces the company's first serious AI photo editing features — an upgraded Clean Up tool, Extend for expanding frame edges, and Spatial Reframing that mimics moving t
Kidron: Big Tech Needs Its 'Tobacco Moment'
Film director turned crossbench peer Beeban Kidron publishes "Users," a book calling for big tech's "tobacco moment" — accountability for its harm to children — drawn from her 5Rights Foundation activ
Apple Unveils Siri AI, Wall Street Questions Payoff
Apple unveiled a major AI-powered Siri revamp at WWDC, launching in beta later this year, as Wall Street analysts questioned whether the company can turn AI features into a meaningful revenue driver.
JAXA and TOMY Built a Transforming Moon Robot
JAXA, in collaboration with toy maker TOMY, sent a small transforming robot called LEV-2 to the moon, with details of the mission now emerging years after the event.
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