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How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco thereâs a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of itâevery bl
2026-01-12In sprawling stretches of farmland and industrial parks, supersized buildings packed with racks of computers are springing up to fuel the AI race. These engineering marvels are a new species of infras
2026-01-12Hupo, backed by Meta, pivoted from mental wellness to AI sales coaching for banks and insurers, and secured a $10M Series A led by DST Global
Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year.
AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.
We tried Amazon's new AI wearable Bee. It's not for pro users yet, but more features are expected this year.
Robot vacuums are impressive devices that will clean your floors well and â thanks to bigger batteries and better robot brains â rarely get tired of doing their job. Over the last few years, these flo
New York governor Kathy Hochul says she will propose a new law allowing limited autonomous vehicle pilots in smaller cities. Full-blown services could be next.
Yesterday my production app went down. The cause? DigitalOcean's managed PostgreSQL update broke private VPC connectivity to their managed Kubernetes. Public endpoint worked. Private endpoint timed ou
AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.
We tried Amazon's new AI wearable Bee. It's not for pro users yet, but more features are expected this year.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. I decided to go to CES kind of at the last minute. Over the ho
How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco thereâs a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of itâevery bl
In sprawling stretches of farmland and industrial parks, supersized buildings packed with racks of computers are springing up to fuel the AI race. These engineering marvels are a new species of infras
Hundreds of millions of people now use chatbots every day. And yet the large language models that drive them are so complicated that nobody really understands what they are, how they work, or exactly
Chatbots are skilled at crafting sophisticated dialogue and mimicking empathetic behavior. They never get tired of chatting. Itâs no wonder, then, that so many people now use them for companionshipâfo
Generative AIâs ability to write software code has quickly created one of the technologyâs first real use cases for business. Professional software engineers and novices alike are using AI coding assi
Amazon explains where its wearable Bee fits in and whether it will merge with Alexa.
Meta is ramping up its efforts to build out its AI capacity â Zuckerberg said the company intended to drastically expand its energy footprint in the coming years.
Anthropic's Claude for Healthcare is unveiled about a week after OpenAI announced its ChatGPT Health product.
Pebble's founder talks about how his new company is doing things differently.
Built into the Claude Desktop app, Cowork lets users designate a specific folder where Claude can read or modify files, with further instructions given through the standard chat interface.
The Trump administration plans to stop assigning value to human life when analyzing the costs and benefits of air pollution controls.
A UK employment tribunal rejected a request from fired Rockstar Games employees to receive interim pay while waiting for a full hearing about their dismissal, according to Bloomberg and IGN. After Roc
Just weeks after raising the price of its RAM modules, Framework has announced that it's also increasing the price of its desktop PC in response to the global memory shortage. The Framework Desktop wi
Meta's Reality Labs team is expected to lose around 10 percent of its staff, with layoffs concentrated on the division's metaverse employees, as reported by The New York Times. The layoffs are apparen
If youâre planning on traveling at all this year, the Baseus EnerCore CG11 Universal Travel Adapter is worth a look. The adapter can power up to six devices at once, and now through the end of today,
The UK is bringing a law into force that makes creating nonconsensual intimate deepfake images, like the ones that have proliferated on X because of the Grok AI chatbot, a criminal offense, as reporte
It's a weird time in the Stranger Things community. Following a monthslong lead-up to a finale that was so big it screened in theaters, the show's superfans have been spending their time dissecting th
Anthropic wants to expand Claude's AI agent capabilities and take advantage of the growing hype around Claude Code - and it's doing it with a brand-new feature released Monday, dubbed "Claude Cowork."
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is making kids' online safety a cornerstone of her administration, and she's eyeing a platform that has often flown under the radar: Roblox. As progress in Congress has stag
The Nintendo Switch 2 can be enjoyed right out of the box, but itâs even better with the right accessories. Some of these add-ons are more crucial than others, especially if youâre deciding what to bu
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
The testimony also calls into question whether Ross failed to follow his training during the incident in which he reportedly shot and killed Minnesota citizen Renee Good.
Corsairâs updated Void Wireless sports Dolby Atmos and a lightweight, breathable fit.
Clips from creators in Minnesota have become primary evidence in attempts by the right wing to justify ICEâs surge on American cities.
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMeâs own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
Jeff Bezosâ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls âtransformational.â
Weâve found the best travel camerasâfrom point-and-shoot to full-frameâto help you bring home the perfect vacation photos.
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Hyteâs rounded glass case brings a fun, bubbly aesthetic to your desk.
Users can give Claude access to a folder and tell it what to do for them.
"We can't keep everyone living on that first ship that sailed to North America."
WBD calls Paramount's lawsuit "meritless" and its offer deficient.
"But then I cut out the middle manâme."
FCC waives rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after activation.
AI Overviews provided false liver test information experts called alarming.
Donald Trumpâs social media post triggers rare Fifth Amendment ruling.
Scientists analyzed carbonate deposits from baths, aqueduct to learn more about city's changing water supply.
AT&T and Verizon claim right to a jury trial was violated by FCC fines.
Google describes apps exactly like Grok and says they are banned from Google Play.
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Our LLM API bill was growing 30% month-over-month. Traffic was increasing, but not that fast. When I analyzed our query logs, I found the real problem: Users ask the same questions in different ways.
Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72, announced at CES 2026, encrypts every bus across 72 GPUs, 36 CPUs, and the entire NVLink fabric. It's the first rack-scale platform to deliver confidential computing across
Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users â and according to company insiders, the team bui
Presented by NetSuite Most companies racing from startup to an industry leader face a choice: limp along with scrappy early systems or endure a costly platform migration. DoorDash did neither. The lo
Pebble's founder talks about how his new company is doing things differently.
OpenAI and SoftBank Group partner with SB Energy to develop multi-gigawatt AI data center campuses, including a 1.2 GW Texas facility supporting the Stargate initiative.
OpenAI and Datadog brand graphic with the OpenAI wordmark on the left, the Datadog logo on the right, and a central abstract brown fur-like texture panel on a white background.
Anthropic has confirmed the implementation of strict new technical safeguards preventing third-party applications from spoofing its official coding client, Claude Code, in order to access the underlyi
A new framework from researchers Alexander and Jacob Roman rejects the complexity of current AI tools, offering a synchronous, type-safe alternative designed for reproducibility and cost-conscious sci
Enterprise security teams are losing ground to AI-enabled attacks â not because defenses are weak, but because the threat model has shifted. As AI agents move into production, attackers are exploiting
Ozlo Sleepbuds are going to have a big year, with new products, AI features, and more.
How Netomi scales enterprise AI agents using GPT-4.1 and GPT-5.2âcombining concurrency, governance, and multi-step reasoning for reliable production workflows.
OpenAI for Healthcare enables secure, enterprise-grade AI that supports HIPAA complianceâreducing administrative burden and supporting clinical workflows.
Cyera raised another $400 million just six months after its last huge round.
Apple expects the transition to take 24 months.
The settlements are among the first tied to lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users.
Tolan built a voice-first AI companion with GPT-5.1, combining low-latency responses, real-time context reconstruction, and memory-driven personalities for natural conversations.
ChatGPT Health is a dedicated experience that securely connects your health data and apps, with privacy protections and a physician-informed design.
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand whatâs coming next. You can read more from the series here. I am writing this bec
Larry Page is reportedly moving assets out of California over concern the state will vote in a tax on billionaires.
VC firms DST Global and Iconiq are piling into e-commerce startup Swap Commerce, which is going up against Shopify.
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Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt.
MIT Technology Reviewâs Whatâs Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. In an industry in constant flux
Applications are now open for OpenAI Grove Cohort 2, a 5-week founder program designed for individuals at any stage, from pre-idea to product. Participants receive $50K in API credits, early access to
Weâre in the midst of a global mental-Âhealth crisis. More than a billion people worldwide suffer from a mental-health condition, according to the World Health Organization. The prevalence of anxiety
Google 2025 recap: Research breakthroughs of the year
OpenAI is strengthening ChatGPT Atlas against prompt injection attacks using automated red teaming trained with reinforcement learning. This proactive discover-and-patch loop helps identify novel expl
More than one million customers around the world now use OpenAI to empower their teams and unlock new opportunities. This post highlights how companies like PayPal, Virgin Atlantic, BBVA, Cisco, Moder
OpenAI introduces a new framework and evaluation suite for chain-of-thought monitorability, covering 13 evaluations across 24 environments. Our findings show that monitoring a modelâs internal reasoni
Gemini 3 Flash offers frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost.
Open interpretability tools for language models are now available across the entire Gemma 3 family with the release of Gemma Scope 2.
Google DeepMind and UK AI Security Institute (AISI) strengthen collaboration on critical AI safety and security research
Deepening our partnership with the UK government to support prosperity and security in the AI era
Learn more about Googleâs launches, milestones and more from 2025.
Systematically evaluating the factuality of large language models with the FACTS Benchmark Suite.
Scientists are using AlphaFold to strengthen a photosynthesis enzyme for resilient, heat-tolerant crops.
Learn more about using Google products like Gemini, Search, Shopping, Pixel and more over the holidays.
Explore how AlphaFold has accelerated science and fueled a global wave of biological discovery.
AlphaFold has revealed the structure of a key protein behind heart disease
Googleâs deep investments in American technical infrastructure, R&D and the workforce will help the U.S. continue to lead the world in AI.
Hereâs a look at what we announced at Google Cloud Next 25.
At The Check Up 2025, we shared more about the potential of AI in health and our latest health AI research, partnership and product updates.
Learn more about the latest Pixel and Android updates, featuring the latest in Google AI innovation.
Google DeepMind and the Royal Society are co-hosting the AI for Science Forum to explore how AI is rapidly accelerating science.
Explore our collection looking back on some of our biggest moments and milestones from 2023.
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