The 2026-11-07 YZ Index Smoke quick test covered 14 models, with GPT-6 Astra ranking first for the day at 93.05. These small-sample daily results are best viewed as monitoring signals rather than long-term conclusions about model capability.
A former Rockstar tech director thinks the developer is facing new time pressures.
Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the majority voted to impose more restrictions on data center development. And even when data centers weren’t on the ballot directly, they were a […]
Meta won't force Facebook page owners to allow AI training on linked content.
Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the majority voted to impose more restrictions on data center development. And even when data centers weren’t on the ballot directly, they were a […]
Amazon said that the feature will roll out to millions of users in coming weeks.
AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost controls among the biggest spenders could challenge investor assumptions about AI hypergrowth.
Data brokers are collecting all sorts of internal corporate files to help train AI models. Not everyone is thrilled.
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. I watched a humanoid robot clean my apartment. It felt like a taste of the future. —Grace Huckins When I saw an X post about a new humanoid-robot cleaning service in…
Goodfire has introduced Mechanistic Shaping, which uses internal model representations during training to reduce reward hacking in RL models from 100% to 2% while raising honesty to 96–98%. The method was validated across language and vision tasks and points to a new approach for alignment.
METR reported that Anthropic's internal model capability growth rate accelerated to 1.9 times its historical pace starting in October 2025. The report attributes most of the acceleration to AI assistance in R&D workflows rather than fully autonomous contributions.
Physicl is trying to solve the sim-to-real gap with a pipeline originally built to market goods online.
Despite its small size, Underdog's new model can generate both speech and music.
Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael said the federal government will publish a comprehensive map of existing federal laws and regulations applicable to domestic AI labs within one to two weeks. The move reflects the White House’s preference for consolidating existing authorities rather than enacting new AI-specific legislation.
The U.S. Department of Justice has created DOJ-SITF, its first dedicated AI enforcement body holding both criminal and civil authority. However, because existing laws such as the CFAA still require proof of deliberate human intent, its ability to prosecute autonomous AI conduct is limited, while companies face growing compliance pressure without clear standards.
I’m not the sort of person who typically pays for a house cleaner. I’m too frugal, and I kind of enjoy putting on a podcast and going to town on my tub with a Magic Eraser. But when I saw an X post about a new humanoid-robot cleaning service in San Francisco, I immediately signed…
Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million, according to a source.
SpaceX plans to build 13 GW of AI data center capacity by the end of 2027, potentially surpassing the Stargate alliance's planned 7-10 GW. Its speed advantage comes from Tesla Megapack energy storage bypassing grid interconnection delays, with Google and Anthropic already committing $26 billion in annual contracts.
A GitHub issue revealed that Claude Code sub-agents were writing users' login emails into curl User-Agent headers and sending them to third-party websites, and Anthropic's patch only blocked the initially reported trigger path.
Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.
