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- OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch upby Hayden Field on September 28, 2026 at 6:45 pm
OpenAI popularized the modern generative AI chatbot, but as its 2026 DevDay event approaches, it's fallen behind in one of the industry's hottest categories: continuously running, consumer-facing AI agents. On Tuesday, it will likely try to capture the lead in that race. Rumors abound that OpenAI […]
- AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t readyby Hayden Field on September 28, 2026 at 6:30 pm
In March, Janice Malone began getting calls about suspicious activity from her nonprofit organization, Vivian's Door. Vivian's Door, headquartered in Alabama, typically provided training, resources, and community to underserved and minority-owned businesses. The work sometimes put it in close […]
- Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a personby Stevie Bonifield on September 28, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for a judge to block OpenAI from "giving ChatGPT false human attributes," a few months after Florida sued the AI company over safety concerns. According to Uthmeier, users are lulled into a false sense of security by the AI bot, as "ChatGPT's use […]
- OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematiciansby Robert Hart on September 28, 2026 at 5:00 pm
In a chaotic few months, OpenAI has demonstrated it can do two things with remarkable consistency: make impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, then colossally screw up announcing them. OpenAI is now trying to do better. Somehow, it has botched that too. OpenAI's latest attempt to repair fractured […]
- Walmart won’t hike prices based on your shopping history, CEO saysby Emma Roth on September 28, 2026 at 4:44 pm
Walmart says it won't change product prices based on your personal information or the time of day, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal. In a letter to customers, Walmart CEO John Furner writes that the company's switch to digital shelf labels is meant to save store associates time, […]
- The SaaSpocalypse that wasn’t, with Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookesby Nilay Patel on September 28, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Today, I’m talking with Mike Cannon-Brookes, who is cofounder and CEO of Atlassian. Atlassian is one of those companies that every other company runs on — it makes important platform tools like Jira and Trello that allow people to organize and manage big teams, create shared databases of […]
- Nvidia says its new AI safety platform can contain rogue agents within ‘milliseconds’by Emma Roth on September 28, 2026 at 1:36 pm
Nvidia is launching a new safety platform designed to contain and monitor AI agents, a move that comes in response to a wave of rogue hacking incidents, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Monday, Nvidia says its new Open Agent Safety Platform can quarantine agents that attempt to […]
- Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations into musicby Terrence O’Brien on September 27, 2026 at 8:46 pm
Music startup Thoughtful Things has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for its first instrument, Engram. It's a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and even hallucinate completely new sounds. This isn't Suno in a box, though. This isn't a "push-button, get-song" device, […]
- OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN websiteby Terrence O’Brien on September 27, 2026 at 5:21 pm
Security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says that OpenAI agents scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) statistics site over 16,000 times between April and June. While the incident doesn't quite rise to the level of the Hugging Face hack, or the recent attacks on US government […]
- OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’by Terrence O’Brien on September 26, 2026 at 4:34 pm
As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models. The decision was made after a model being tested within a sandbox exploited a loophole to gain internet […]
- 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 […]
- iOS 27.0.1 released: Apple fixes annoying iPhone 18 Pro restart and freezing issuesby Lance Whitney on September 28, 2026 at 8:39 pm
The first update to iOS 27 squashes a bug in which the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max would freeze or restart when you try to use Face ID.
- Bose’s new wired earbuds aim for the same great sound and ANC – no charging neededby Jada Jones on September 28, 2026 at 4:15 pm
The new wired USB-C earbuds mix old-school elements with modern audio features.
- Your Bose headphones are getting a major Bluetooth upgrade – what to expectby Jada Jones on September 28, 2026 at 2:40 pm
Key Bluetooth technologies and upgrades to USB-C audio are coming to the company’s flagship over-ears.
- This one WatchOS 27 feature just solved my biggest issue with Apple Watchby Nina Raemont on September 25, 2026 at 4:51 pm
Sometimes less is more, and the most helpful software update is the simplest.
- Your LG TV is constantly collecting your data – here’s how to stop itby Taylor Clemons on September 25, 2026 at 12:18 pm
Factory resetting your LG TV is the only way to remove certain data logs from its hardware.
- Microsoft’s new Copilot app puts everything in one place – but the price is ‘evolving’by Ed Bott on September 25, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Microsoft says Copilot has gotten ‘actually really good.’ The new app has AI agents and can write code. So how much is all this going to cost?
- Google Wallet got a lot of new tricks in 2026 – these 5 are my favoritesby Artie Beaty on September 24, 2026 at 8:31 pm
You can do a whole lot more than tap to pay with Google’s Wallet app.
- Microsoft’s Surface Mouse is back, now with haptic feedback – and I need itby Lance Whitney on September 24, 2026 at 4:22 pm
Due October 13, the $80 Surface mouse packs an impressive array of features. I want one.
- AI agent kill switch urged by Okta-led alliance – how businesses could make it workby David Berlind on September 24, 2026 at 4:01 pm
In response to the emerging threat of rogue and shadow AI agents, here’s how the newly formed Blueprint Alliance seeks to help businesses secure their systems against anomalous AI activity.
- Is your Apple Watch 12 or Ultra 4 randomly restarting? Here’s the fixby Lance Whitney on September 24, 2026 at 1:42 pm
Some owners, including me, have reported sudden shutdowns while adjusting Apple Watch settings.
- How to fix your Windows File History if the September update broke itby Lance Whitney on September 23, 2026 at 3:01 pm
A bug in the Windows Sept patch Tuesday update may stop File History from working. But a new optional update fixes it.
- Nearly 70% of workers use AI regularly now – but many get no time to upskillby Kayla Solino on September 23, 2026 at 1:00 pm
ZDNET Exclusive: A new Workera report shows businesses and employees aren’t on the same page about AI upskilling. Here’s what organizations need to know.
- Claude Opus 5.5 delivers Fable 5.1 performance – and costs 40% lessby David Gewirtz on September 22, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Anthropic’s newest Claude model aims to make frontier AI cheaper, faster, and safer, while giving subscribers more breathing room before those frustrating usage limits kick in.
- Claim up to $95 today from Apple’s Siri AI settlement – here’s howby Lance Whitney on September 21, 2026 at 4:07 pm
Got an iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max, or 16? Apple is doling out $250 million – here’s how to qualify and file a claim to get your cut.
- The AI models that cheat the most, according to new CAIS benchmarkby Radhika Rajkumar on September 21, 2026 at 11:53 am
We know models cheat. A new benchmark measures how much, and on what tasks.
- Businesses finally seeing AI ROI, but 62% can’t handle the storage demandsby Kayla Solino on September 18, 2026 at 3:09 pm
A Seagate study finds that 99% of IT leaders expect AI to drive increased data storage needs, but only 38% are prepared to meet them, revealing a significant readiness gap.
- Fake calendar invites can infect your system, and they’re surging – how to protect yourselfby Lance Whitney on September 18, 2026 at 2:57 pm
These invites sneak past your security software to embed themselves in your calendar. But you can thwart them before they do any damage.
- Roku rolls out over 30 subscription bundles for up to 30% off, plus a new Labs featureby Artie Beaty on September 17, 2026 at 7:17 pm
Roku’s money-saving bundles include channels like HBO Max, Starz, and Fox One.
- Claude Code’s revised projects adds AI orchestration, but local developers must waitby David Gewirtz on September 17, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Claude Code Projects could change how developers manage complex AI coding workflows by coordinating threads, sharing memory, and spanning repos, but its biggest benefits are still cloud-only for now.
- Bose returns with new open earbuds (and a refreshed favorite)by Jada Jones on September 17, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Bose announces the Ultra Open (2nd Gen) and the Sport Open Earbuds, offering more options for aware listeners.
- I recommend you don’t run these appliances on your power station – even if you canby Maria Diaz on September 16, 2026 at 5:44 pm
Using a power station for backup is ideal, but not with these appliances.
- Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork into oneby Radhika Rajkumar on September 16, 2026 at 4:30 pm
From Claude to Cowork and back again – plus, Anthropic’s all-new Claude Docs.
- How September’s Pixel Drop changes the way you call and message important contactsby Artie Beaty on September 16, 2026 at 4:25 pm
The update lets you contact VIPs with a tap and adds scam protection.
- I’ve used both iPhone 18 Pro models – here’s how my buying advice is changing in 2026by Kerry Wan on September 16, 2026 at 12:05 pm
Can’t decide between the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max? Absolute feature parity makes this year’s decision a little easier for me.
- Windows 11 out-of-band update fixes audio glitch and other bugs – grab it nowby Lance Whitney on September 16, 2026 at 9:04 am
The latest out-of-band update resolves a few problems in Windows 11, including one that cut off the sound for certain USB audio devices.