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Study: ChatGPT teen safeguards an 'unacceptable risk'
Common Sense Media released research the same day OpenAI defended its teen safety features, finding that ChatGPT's parental alerts frequently failed during testing of self-harm and suicide conversatio
ChatGPT’s ‘Intelligent UI’ update fills its responses with pictures, charts, and buttons
OpenAI is rolling out an "Intelligent UI" feature in ChatGPT alongside its GPT-6 models, letting the chatbot embed diagrams, charts, forms, and tappable buttons directly inside conversations.
GPT-6 Astra Drives a Toyota Through In-N-Out
Three Axiom engineers tapped OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to steer a Toyota Corolla through an In-N-Out drive-thru, showing general-purpose language models can acquire rudimentary real-world driving skills wi
Microsoft Unveils Nvidia-Powered AI Laptops
Microsoft unveiled Nvidia-powered Windows laptops on Wednesday, its latest bid to tie the operating system closer to AI by creating a high-end category for users who want to run demanding AI workloads
Microsoft's $5,999 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box preorders
Microsoft opened preorders for the $5,999 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, an Nvidia-powered AI mini PC with 128GB of unified memory for running local models with 120B+ parameters, shipping in November.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5, its cheapest and fastest small model, priced 75% lower on average than Haiku 4.5 and adding adjustable effort settings, while also cutting Sonnet 5.5 cache read co
Microsoft is giving Copilot more control over Windows and your files
Microsoft unveiled a Copilot upgrade at its Windows and Surface event that lets the AI assistant access local PC files and take actions across the operating system, powered by a new 'Hybrid Intelligen
ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual, with the launch of a new interface
OpenAI launched Intelligent UI for ChatGPT alongside its new GPT-6 model, adding interactive visuals like tappable buttons, editable charts, and custom calculators designed to make learning complex to
Microsoft and Nvidia Unveil RTX Spark for Local AI Laptops
Microsoft and Nvidia are partnering on a new RTX Spark platform that brings GPU-accelerated local AI to laptops like the Surface Laptop Ultra, positioning Windows to compete more directly with Apple's
Study: Claude, ChatGPT Charge Different Prices by Wealth
A study found that Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT offered different shopping prices to users depending on signals of their wealth, raising fresh questions about algorithmic price discriminati
ChatGPT Adds College Planner for High School Students
OpenAI is rolling out a College Planner feature to ChatGPT for Teens that consolidates application requirements, deadlines, and financial-aid steps into one dashboard, alongside new study tools includ
Meta's Muse adds iPad support and business integrations
Meta's Muse AI agent now runs natively on the iPad, nearly a month after its iPhone debut and weeks atop the App Store's free charts, as the company rapidly expands the agent across devices and adds i
Healthleap Raises $38M for AI Patient Screening
Healthleap, a startup building AI software that reads patient records to surface patients at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, raised $38M across a $30M Series A and an $8M seed.
Pentagon Speeds AI Buys With 5-Minute Videos
The Pentagon's Tradewinds program lets AI vendors including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google secure 'post-competitive' status and fast-track military contracts by submitting product videos capped at five
PoeLLM Malware Hijacks 3,400+ AI Servers for Crypto Mining
Lumen Black Lotus Labs has uncovered a malware campaign called PoeLLM that has infected more than 3,400 exposed AI and LLM servers since April 2026, weaponizing them into a cryptocurrency mining botne
Bloom raises $3.6M for AI manufacturing marketplace
Detroit-based Bloom raised a $3.6M seed round led by SNAK Venture Partners to scale its AI-driven manufacturing marketplace, which connects hardware startups like drone and robotics makers with U.S. c
OpenAI’s Alexander Embiricos is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — days after the launch of Dots
OpenAI's Dots product lead Alexander Embiricos will take the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco days after the launch of the company's always-on personal AI agent, to discuss the shi
Tell HN: Apple not letting removal of AI models on macOS 27 is outrageous
A Hacker News user is calling out Apple for refusing to let macOS 27 users delete Apple Intelligence AI models, which they say occupy 30 GB of local storage even when Siri is disabled and can't be off
Google's Playground Lets Anyone Build Games With Prompts
Google launched Playground, a browser-based platform that lets anyone create, play, and share custom games through text prompts with no coding required, featuring community sharing, multiplayer, and a
Microsoft, Nvidia Unveil Surface Laptop Ultra AI PC
Microsoft and Nvidia's CEOs are jointly unveiling a new AI laptop, the Surface Laptop Ultra AI PC, at a San Francisco event framed by coverage as a direct MacBook Pro rival.
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