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- AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AIby Hayden Field on July 28, 2026 at 7:46 pm
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development - or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance […]
- AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervousby Elizabeth Lopatto on July 28, 2026 at 7:33 pm
It's earnings season, and investors got an unpleasant surprise from Google: an increase on its spending estimate, to as much as $205 billion - from the last quarter's projection of up to $190 billion. Even the lower end of Google's new projected range - $195 billion - is much more than the company […]
- Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns Windows PCs into AI agentsby Jess Weatherbed on July 28, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Perplexity has expanded its agentic Personal Computer tool to Windows, allowing computers running the world's most popular OS to be used as a locally run AI system. Like the Mac version that Perplexity launched in April, Personal Computer for Windows operates like a "general-purpose digital worker" […]
- Smart rings are looking like my kind of AI gadgetby David Pierce on July 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Over the last few months, I've spent a lot of time talking to my computer. One underrated feature of the LLM revolution has been a remarkable leap in all kinds of dictation technology - even the fastest, cheapest models are getting very good at understanding and processing speech. I've tested lots […]
- Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and childrenby Jess Weatherbed on July 28, 2026 at 9:07 am
Hugging Face is being used to make nonconsensual deepfakes, and the popular open-source AI model repository is doing very little to prevent it. That's according to a new report published by the European nonprofit AI Forensics, which found that seven out of the top nine image editing models hosted […]
- Why China is giving away its best AI modelsby Robert Hart on July 27, 2026 at 4:51 pm
Silicon Valley has spent much of the past week on red alert, digesting the arrival of Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, a Chinese AI model that can allegedly beat some of the best systems built by US companies at a fraction of the cost. Its performance alone would have been enough to intensify the rivalry […]
- Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance — without OpenAI, Google, or Anthropicby Robert Hart on July 27, 2026 at 12:06 pm
Nvidia on Monday said it is joining forces with Microsoft, SpaceX, IBM, and other tech companies to build and share open-source AI security tools. The new Open Secure AI Alliance said open tools are required to effectively defend against attacks from frontier models. The initiative is a direct […]
- Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Starby Emma Roth on July 24, 2026 at 7:06 pm
Midjourney, which has gone from generating AI cat images to full-body ultrasound scans, is getting into a new field: astrology. The AI startup announced on Thursday that it has acquired the personalized astrology app Co-Star, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Co-Star is a free app that offers daily […]
- You can’t ignore Google Zero anymoreby David Pierce on July 24, 2026 at 5:29 pm
The web and Google once had a deal: Google collects data and indexes webpages and in exchange sends oceans of traffic to websites. The deal wasn't perfect and certainly made Google more money than it made the websites, but it worked for a long time. Now, however, the deal seems to be dead. And the
- Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilitiesby Hayden Field on July 24, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Weeks after Anthropic's latest toe-to-toe with the US government, and days after an OpenAI security incident that dominated tech industry discussions, Anthropic on Thursday released its newest model, Claude Opus 5. The company said in a release that Opus 5 "comes close to the capabilities of Claude […]
- Which Agent Causes Task Failures and When?Researchers from PSU and Duke explores automated failure attribution of LLM Multi-Agent Systemsby Synced on August 14, 2025 at 6:31 am
In recent years, LLM Multi-Agent systems have garnered widespread attention for their collaborative approach to solving complex problems. However, it's a common scenario for these systems to fail at a task despite a flurry of activity. The post Which Agent Causes Task Failures and When?Researchers […]
- ByteDance Introduces Astra: A Dual-Model Architecture for Autonomous Robot Navigationby Synced on June 24, 2025 at 9:17 am
ByteDance introduces Astra, an innovative dual-model architecture revolutionizing robot navigation in complex indoor environments. The post ByteDance Introduces Astra: A Dual-Model Architecture for Autonomous Robot Navigation first appeared on Synced.
- MIT Researchers Unveil “SEAL”: A New Step Towards Self-Improving AIby Synced on June 16, 2025 at 12:58 pm
MIT introduces SEAL, a framework enabling large language models to self-edit and update their weights via reinforcement learning. The post MIT Researchers Unveil “SEAL”: A New Step Towards Self-Improving AI first appeared on Synced.
- Researchers from PSU and Duke introduce “Multi-Agent Systems Automated Failure Attributionby Synced on June 16, 2025 at 7:39 am
"Automated failure attribution" is a crucial component in the development lifecycle of Multi-Agent systems. It has the potential to transform the challenge of identifying "what went wrong and who is to blame" from a perplexing mystery into a quantifiable and analyzable problem The post Researchers […]
- Adobe Research Unlocking Long-Term Memory in Video World Models with State-Space Modelsby Synced on May 28, 2025 at 9:31 am
By combining State-Space Models (SSMs) for efficient long-range dependency modeling with dense local attention for coherence, and using training strategies like diffusion forcing and frame local attention, researchers from Adobe Research successfully overcome the long-standing challenge of […]
- DeepSeek-V3 New Paper is coming! Unveiling the Secrets of Low-Cost Large Model Training through Hardware-Aware Co-designby Synced on May 15, 2025 at 5:58 pm
A newly released 14-page technical paper from the team behind DeepSeek-V3, with DeepSeek CEO Wenfeng Liang as a co-author, sheds light on the “Scaling Challenges and Reflections on Hardware for AI Architectures.” The post DeepSeek-V3 New Paper is coming! Unveiling the Secrets of Low-Cost Large […]
- DeepSeek Unveils DeepSeek-Prover-V2: Advancing Neural Theorem Proving with Recursive Proof Search and a New Benchmarkby Synced on April 30, 2025 at 3:46 pm
DeepSeek AI releases DeepSeek-Prover-V2, an open-source LLM for Lean 4 theorem proving. It uses recursive proof search with DeepSeek-V3 for training data and reinforcement learning, achieving top results on MiniF2F. The post DeepSeek Unveils DeepSeek-Prover-V2: Advancing Neural Theorem Proving with […]
- Can GRPO be 10x Efficient? Kwai AI’s SRPO Suggests Yes with SRPOby Synced on April 24, 2025 at 2:30 am
Kwai AI's SRPO framework slashes LLM RL post-training steps by 90% while matching DeepSeek-R1 performance in math and code. This two-stage RL approach with history resampling overcomes GRPO limitations. The post Can GRPO be 10x Efficient? Kwai AI’s SRPO Suggests Yes with SRPO first appeared on […]
- Zhipu.AI’s Open-Source Power Play: Blazing-Fast GLM Models & Global Expansion Ahead of Potential IPOby Synced on April 16, 2025 at 12:23 pm
Zhipu.AI open-sources faster GLM models (8x speedup), launches Z.ai, aiming for global expansion, potentially ahead of IPO. The post Zhipu.AI’s Open-Source Power Play: Blazing-Fast GLM Models & Global Expansion Ahead of Potential IPO first appeared on Synced.
- DeepSeek Signals Next-Gen R2 Model, Unveils Novel Approach to Scaling Inference with SPCTby Synced on April 11, 2025 at 2:43 pm
DeepSeek AI, a prominent player in the large language model arena, has recently published a research paper detailing a new technique aimed at enhancing the scalability of general reward models (GRMs) during the inference phase. The post DeepSeek Signals Next-Gen R2 Model, Unveils Novel Approach to […]
- 12 keychain gadgets worth carrying every day (and why they're worth it)on July 28, 2026 at 7:27 pm
We test dozens of gadgets each year - these are some of our favorite keychain accessories we're still using.
- You can lease an iPhone through Klarna now - but should you? I did the mathon July 28, 2026 at 6:40 pm
Apple Upgrade allows customers to lease their devices ahead of a future upgrade -- but does it make sense for you?
- How much storage does your phone really need in 2026? Probably less than you thinkon July 28, 2026 at 5:20 pm
Phones today are coming with massive amounts of storage, but is it overkill? Let's break it down.
- Microsoft's new AI model beats Mythos on security benchmarkon July 28, 2026 at 4:59 pm
Our AI Model Release Tracker keeps new models in context with their peers, so you know which are worth your time.
- How to remap the Copilot key on your keyboard to something more helpfulon July 28, 2026 at 3:58 pm
Pressing the Copilot key on your laptop keyboard launches Copilot. But whether or not you use Microsoft's AI, you can remap the key to trigger a different feature.
- Is your smart TV a secret proxy? LG to suspend rogue apps, Samsung sets impacted tooon July 28, 2026 at 3:37 pm
One of your smart TV's apps could be relaying someone else's internet traffic. Here's how to check if you're affected.
- Did ransomware attacks really decline? Here are your business' 4 best defenseson July 28, 2026 at 2:21 pm
Did it look like the ransomware threat was receding last year? New research suggests it was more of a reshuffle - and recommends renewed vigilance.
- I tested Sonos' new beta features on iOS and Android - how to opt in and what to expecton July 28, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Sonos's software comeback is nearly complete, with small but mighty fixes. Here's everything you need to know.
- Why Apple's iOS 26.6 is worth installing (it's not just for the 91 security fixes)on July 28, 2026 at 1:59 pm
The latest update preps your phone for the new and improved Siri AI set to debut with iOS 27.
- Token-maxing is an AI cost sink - how to use agents without busting your budgeton July 28, 2026 at 1:44 pm
Professionals are burning through tokens, but smart business leaders are finding ways to balance costs and value creation.
- You've been using your power bank wrong, and airline rules make that obviouson July 28, 2026 at 12:44 pm
Many of the things you're not allowed to do on an aircraft are things you shouldn't be doing at all.
- How much RAM does your phone really need in 2026?on July 28, 2026 at 12:21 pm
Manufacturers keep putting more and more memory into new phones, and we're the ones paying for it.
- AIO Launcher is one of the coolest minimal Android launchers I've used - and it's freeon July 28, 2026 at 12:16 pm
A minimal Android launcher can simplify your phone interactions, but simple doesn't have to mean boring.
- My 5 favorite Windows Insider features in 2026 so faron July 28, 2026 at 12:14 pm
Microsoft's Windows 11 insider builds let you preview and try upcoming new features and settings. Here are my five favorites this year so far and how you can check them out.
- Get Spotify's student discount plus Hulu for just $6 a month - here's howon July 28, 2026 at 9:00 am
If you're a college student, Spotify has an exclusive bundle that can save you cash on music and streaming. Here's how to get it.
- I wore the two best Amazfit smartwatches for a month - Is the flagship worth $230 more?on July 28, 2026 at 8:30 am
Is the Amazfit Cheetah 2 Ultra worth the extra cost versus the Amazfit Balance 3? Here's what I found after living with both for a month.
- I'm recommending this 14-inch HP laptop to almost everyone in 2026 - even with the RAM crisison July 27, 2026 at 5:54 pm
HP's OmniBook Ultra 14 combines a sleek design and OLED display with the kind of performance professionals appreciate.
- I tested a new Debian Linux loaded with local AI - see if it's right for youon July 27, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Meet Shadowfetch: If AI is your jam and Linux is your OS, here's the best way to give this new Debian-based distribution a try.
- Costco will take your old tech and gift you a gift card - here's what to knowon July 27, 2026 at 4:01 pm
Got old gadgets lying around? Trade them in for gift cards at Costco - no membership required.
- Is open source the answer to rogue AI agents? Nvidia's new alliance says yeson July 27, 2026 at 3:52 pm
As AI cybersecurity incidents ramp up, companies are racing to find a fix.