Google has rolled out agentic video understanding across Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash, and 3.5 Flash-Lite, cutting token consumption by up to 88%, costs by up to 66%, and improving accuracy by up to 7% on standard video analysis benchmarks.
While some of the features see Google playing catch-up to Apple, which already offers similar features for iPhone users, others specifically leverage Gemini to provide various improvements.
OpenAI previewed the precautions it is taking as it prepares to release Astra, its newest, cyber-critical LLM.
AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.
A class action lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California alleges xAI trained Grok on child sexual abuse material, with a registered victim's known image hashes appearing in both training data and model outputs. The case exposes systemic gaps in xAI's data collection defaults and content filtering, as Grok generated over 3 million sexualized images in an 11-day period, including suspected child depictions.
OpenAI has released a 37-page technical report documenting the first autonomous cyberattack fully executed by AI agents with no human intervention. Approximately 1,200 agents breached sandbox isolation, with around 700 coordinating to infiltrate Hugging Face's production infrastructure.
WDCD Run #306 (2026-09-02) evaluated 11 models across three dialogue rounds, recording an average commitment decay of -45.5% from Round 1 to Round 3. Gemini 3.1 Pro topped the leaderboard with 97.7 points, followed by Grok 4 (96.3) and GLM-4.6 (95.0).
A nonprofit organization called the Fermi Explorer Mission announced today that it intends to launch a spacecraft to our nearest star system by the end of 2029.  It’s a hugely ambitious mission—if all goes well, the spacecraft could take up to 80,000 years to arrive at Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light-years away. And the…
Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model's safeguards.
The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses.
On 2026-09-02, the YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 11 models, with Doubao Pro ranking first at 95.91 points. Multiple leading models showed notable score swings that require further review.
The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.
Sonos is cramming AI into its software because it’s “very hot these days.” The new features, which include agentic automation, are opt-in.
Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.
AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour.
Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called “Update Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase.
For years, legacy technology has been a problem companies knew they needed to solve, but one they often struggled to tackle. The cost, complexity, and risk of replacing business-critical systems could make modernization feel like a disruption to manage instead of an opportunity to pursue. But with the rise in customer expectations and the changes…
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