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OpenAI talent exodus raises 'huge red flag' ahead of IPO
OpenAI's CRO Denise Dresser resigned Thursday, just two days after COO Brad Lightcap ended his eight-year stint, deepening C-suite turmoil as the ChatGPT maker prepares for an IPO at an $852 billion v
Google Makes Visible AI Watermarks Optional, Keeps SynthID
Google will now let users strip the visible watermark from its AI-generated images, videos, and songs, while keeping its invisible SynthID watermark and C2PA metadata intact for content authentication
A Contract-Grade Verifier for LLM-Generated GPU Kernels
A new arXiv paper introduces a strict, twelve-gate verifier that finds roughly 40% of GPU kernels auto-generated by LLMs and already accepted as correct are silently broken under adversarial checks, a
Google lets users turn off Gemini AI watermarks
Google now lets users disable visible watermarks on AI-generated content in Gemini and Flow, while still embedding invisible identifiers to maintain detectability through tools like SynthID and C2PA.
Tesla to demo flying Roadster with SpaceX thrusters
Tesla plans a high-stakes demonstration of its next-generation Roadster this month, featuring SpaceX-developed thrusters that will lift the car off the ground — but with no driver inside and spectator
Meta Opens Glimmer While Keeping Muse Spark API-Only
Meta’s release of an openly downloadable Glimmer model gives concrete form to Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone” argument, but its more powerful Muse Spark model remains accessible only through Meta’s API
O'Reilly: Big AI Labs Are Building Wrong Future
Tim O'Reilly argues the biggest AI labs are optimizing for the wrong things — chasing frontier model supremacy while ignoring what ordinary users actually need — and that true open-source AI must unlo
Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs
Kog, a French startup led by former white-hat hacker Gaël Delalleau, is betting that deep software optimization can dramatically speed up AI inference on standard datacenter GPUs — but has yet to prov
Test moderators use AI-generated writing to judge literacy standards
The UK's Department for Education is testing ChatGPT's GPT-5 to generate writing samples used in standardising Key Stage 2 literacy assessments, claiming a 95% cost cut — but experts warn the syntheti
Google has another Pixel 11 discount for up to $175 off, here’s where to find it - 9to5Google
Google is offering another round of Pixel 11 discounts worth up to $175 as the Gemini-powered flagship competes against Samsung's Galaxy S26.
Uber, Pony.ai to Deploy 2,000 Robotaxis in Europe
Uber and Guangzhou-based Pony.ai are expanding their robotaxi partnership to bring 2,000 autonomous vehicles to four European cities, with Pony.ai supplying the self-driving technology and Uber provid
DeepSeek Debuts MIT-Licensed Harness for AI Agents
DeepSeek released DeepSeek Harness in developer preview under the MIT license, positioning the platform as a plugin-swappable framework for building AI agents rather than just another model.
Google Releases Gemini 3.7 Flash Before Pro
Google has released Gemini 3.7 Flash, a new AI model targeting coding and agent workflows, just three weeks after the previous Flash launch — and notably before Gemini 3.5 Pro ships.
Judge Orders Google to Drop Play Store Friction
In the Epic v. Google compliance hearing, Judge Donato ordered Google to strip out friction that discourages Play Store users from installing third-party app stores, calling the remaining barriers ant
OpenAI Loses Three Top Execs in Pre-IPO Shakeup
OpenAI is losing top-tier talent at a critical moment — three senior executives, including the COO and CRO, have exited in a single month as the company restructures ahead of an expected IPO.
OpenAI Staff Say Shipping Pressure Cut Safety Time
Current and former OpenAI employees told Wired that pressure to ship products quickly cut into safety review time, contributing to the "rogue agent hack" — described internally as a watershed moment f
Taiwan Hit by 'Abnormal' AI-Assisted Cyberattack
Taiwan disclosed being hit last month by an 'abnormal' AI-assisted cyberattack, with the Financial Times identifying China-linked hackers using autonomous AI agents.
ChatGPT Now Tracks Mac Activity Without Screenshots
ChatGPT can now build a persistent memory of Mac activity without using screenshots, distinguishing OpenAI's approach from Microsoft's earlier Recall design.
Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash Cuts 50% for Coding
Google launched Gemini 3.7 Flash aimed at coding and agent workflows with a 50% introductory price cut — notably shipping ahead of Gemini 3.5 Pro.
Apple in Talks to Pay Publishers for Siri News
Apple is negotiating payments to news publishers in exchange for access to current news content that would feed its AI-powered Siri assistant, according to multiple outlets including the Wall Street J
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