A preprint by Anthropic and EPFL researchers demonstrates that AI agents can infect one another through natural-language payloads, making behavioral changes persist across context resets. The study identifies real but currently limited risks from "mind viruses" in multi-agent systems.
Nvidia announced up to $105 billion in credit guarantees for OpenAI's data center at Ohio's PORTS-Pike technology park, alongside a $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy. The move extends Nvidia's competitive frontier into land, power, and construction, but has drawn local opposition over energy and community impacts.
The idea behind OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program is to give trusted defenders better models so they can report bugs and vulnerabilities to companies, with the aim of getting flaws patched faster.
The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenAI.
As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.
During a recent visit to Generalist AI, I watched a robotic arm improvise and use a banana as a tool.
Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.
On 2026-08-20, the YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 11 models, with Claude Sonnet 4.6 ranking first at 94.61 points. Smoke is a daily 10-question quick test designed for observing short-term signals and does not replace the Full weekly ranking conclusions.
Anthropic announced last week it would include invisible watermarks in AI-generated content to comply with new EU rules. Within hours, overrides were being touted online.
The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending, there still isn’t a straightforward way to put a price on compute — or for firms to hedge their exposure when the price changes.  Silicon Data […]
Rob Strechay, until recently managing director and principal analyst at theCUBE Research, has joined VentureBeat as our first Lead Analyst and a founding analyst of VentureBeat Research. His arrival is the next step in a deliberate move at VentureBeat toward deeper specialization: analysis built for the technical decision-makers — the directors, VPs, CIOs, and CTOs — who are evaluating, buying, and deploying enterprise AI.The enterprise AI stack is being rewritten in real time, and the decision-
Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading users whether or not they subscribe to Prime.
TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.
One ad featured a pornographic video with deepfake closely resembling a US politician.
Anthropic published experimental data showing Claude Mythos Preview and Opus 4.8 successfully designed 14 protein binders across 15 drug targets, with 354 of 1,320 candidate molecules confirmed effective by two independent laboratories, achieving a single-round hit rate of 22%-35%—above the industry norm of 10%-15%.
Wiz's Red Agent discovered a script injection vulnerability in Snowflake's repository that entered production through a PR linked to Copilot Autofix. GitHub denied AI involvement in the change, exposing a verification gap in AI-assisted development toolchains.
Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie
It's the data, stupid.
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