Drama swirls around OpenAI’s legendary mathematical milestone
OpenAI says it didn’t access user data to solve the Navier-Stokes mathematical problem after a researcher raised questions about how the company reached its conclusion.
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Google, Blackstone Venture Faces Delays at Data-Center Sites
Alphabet Inc. and Blackstone Inc.’s new cloud venture has hit delays for major data-center locations that were supposed to run Google’s chips, underscoring t...
ChatGPT Sketch turns your bad drawings into detailed AI images
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Images 2.5 and added a new “Sketch” feature that lets you make a doodle that you can use as part of your prompt.
Mark Zuckerberg tells you to trust Muse.
With the launch of Meta’s new AI agent that it says can handle your life for you, the social network exec posted this video highlighting how secure, private, and trustworthy Muse is, and that it will get even more secure in the future. Trust. [Media: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdCYVC5Bjca/]
The Trump administration is giving a Google-backed nuclear power plant a $1.9 billion loan.
It’s to finance the restart of an Iowa plant that’s been closed since 2020. Last year, Google announced a partnership with NextEra Energy to reopen the site to help power the company’s AI data centers. But you won’t see that tidbit in the Energy Department’s press release today. [Link: Google’s revived nuclear power plant gets $1.9B loan from US government | TechCrunch | https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/googles-revived-nuclear-power-plant-gets-1-9b-loan-from-us-government/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky | TechCrunch]
Meta unveils AI personal assistant linked to WhatsApp and Instagram
Meta has launched its personal AI agent as Mark Zuckerberg bets that autonomous bots, which promise to do everything from ordering groceries...
Meta Debuts Muse AI Assistant for Personal Tasks and Organization
Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled a new artificial intelligence agent designed to carry out tasks on a user’s behalf, advancing Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of a futu...
Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race
Meta drills down on ease of use and privacy options after spending billions overhauling its AI strategy.
Everyone’s talking about home robots. But they still can’t do anything.
The buzz at IFA was all around robotics — humanoids, quadrupeds, and wheeled bots designed to be household helpers and companions. I was on a panel (watch it here) where roboticists and entrepreneurs insisted that in five years everyone will know someone with a humanoid at home. I don’t buy it. Yes, I saw some impressive-looking robots. But behind almost every one was a human with a PlayStation controller. [Media: https://youtube.com/shorts/nsfAOuVAZbE?si=X3po52c5u60LI4r1]
OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunch
There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.
AI power users claim Anthropic duped them with subscriptions, and they’re taking it to court
The AI money squeeze continues: Some subscribers of Anthropic’s Max plan say they didn’t get what they thought they were paying for in an expanded class action lawsuit.
Google Cloud races to catch up in the AI deployment wars with Accenture deal
Google Cloud expands its enterprise AI push with Accenture, betting on forward-deployed engineers to drive adoption and overcome deployment bottlenecks.
Artificial - Official Teaser Trailer - IGN
Check out the teaser trailer for Artificial, an upcoming movie starring Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Chris O'Dowd, Jason Schwartzman, with Ike Barinholtz, and Mark Rylance. Artificial chronicles the consequential days leading up to the sudden firing and reinstatement of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI, as the fate of who gets to control the technology at the center of an AI arms race hangs in the balance.Artificial is written by Simon Rich.Artificial, directed by Luca Guadagnino, opens in select theaters on December 25, 2026, and in theaters everywhere in January.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) Jumps on Surging AI Infrastructure Demand
Harbor Funds, an investment management company, released its Q2 2026 investor letter for “Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund”. The letter can be downloaded here. Glob...
Has AI surpassed human intelligence? What OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra can actually do
Tech News News: OpenAI last week launched GPT-6 Astra, its latest flagship artificial intelligence model, claiming major advances in computer use, software engineerin.
Mistral raises €3B as sovereign AI becomes big business | TechCrunch
The French AI lab has raised €3 billion at a €21 billion valuation in a Series D round led by Samsung, Scaleup Europe, and PSG Equity.
Google’s Atlas of the human genome could pave the way for new treatments
DeepMind’s new AI-powered tool can learn patterns between DNA changes and our biology.
Qualcomm Signs Deal to Provide Amazon With Custom AI Chips
Qualcomm Inc., the largest maker of smartphone processors, said it’s signed up Amazon.com Inc. as a data center chip customer in a deal that will span “multi...