Google is turning Gemini into an AI agent that can plan, execute tasks, and work across business apps and systems. The agent can delegate work to subagents, use multiple AI models, and even gets its own workplace identity, complete with an email address.
It had previously been reported that the AI lab's annualized revenue was some $70 billion, but a new report claims it's a whole lot less than that.
Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix earlier this year, is proving he's more than just a Hollywood star.
Jessica Hische knew working for Meta might upset some people. But she didn’t anticipate just how angry they would get.
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company’s AI safety culture.
The 2026-10-09 YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 14 models, with Claude Sonnet 4.6 leading at 94.74. As a daily 10-question short test, the results serve as a short-term signal rather than a Full weekly ranking conclusion.
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Natura’s $99 Interface smart ring lets you summon AI agents with the press of a finger to complete tasks, capture thoughts, and control devices — while doubling as a health tracker.
OpenAI's flood of proofs deviated from the guidelines set by a group of mathematical researchers consulted by the frontier lab.
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of popular Cal AI calorie tracking app, has launched a new personal AI agent startup that competes with Instinct, Muse, and Bee.
Goodfire just launched what it says is a cheaper way to keep AI agents in check: instead of paying a second AI to read everything an agent does, its monitors peek inside the model while it works and only call in backup when something looks fishy.
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund, and others also participated.
Google’s new AI Edge Foresight app takes on Granola with an offline meeting note-taker that can transcribe conversations, generate notes, and answer questions using on-device AI.
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JFrog security researchers disclosed CVE-2026-105192, a CVSS 9.8 unauthenticated remote code execution flaw affecting LMCache 0.3.9 through 0.5.6, with no fixed version yet available. A public PoC raises the risk for vLLM inference clusters that rely on the component in multiprocess mode and expose the relevant port.
OpenAI retracted three mathematics papers on October 7, 2026, after a sign error in a foundational paper invalidated a dependency chain, and revised 14 other manuscripts while adding six formal proofs.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI breakthroughs in robotics won’t change your life any time soon The hype around humanoid robots is reaching fever pitch. Much of it comes from the idea that the same AI…
Full-stack safety solution for physical AI is being used by robotics companies.
OpenAI has published 722 model-generated mathematical manuscripts on GitHub, prompting Fields Medalist Terence Tao to warn that AI's focus on solving problems is stripping mathematics of the byproducts that sustain new methods and questions. The controversy over OpenAI's claimed solution to Navier-Stokes and a joint statement by 25 Fields Medalists have exposed a deeper conflict between AI-driven benchmarks and the mathematical community's standards.
On day one of Pwn2Own in Cork, Ireland, security researchers launched a concentrated assault on AI infrastructure, with LiteLLM broken twice by two independent teams, OpenAI Codex felled by a single vulnerability, and Oracle's autonomous AI database also failing to hold.
