In this video, a Supreme Court advocate tests generative AI on his own case, sparking debate over whether the technology can truly aid legal advocacy or merely sound convincing. Produced by Paul Detrick Senior Producer: Andrew Satter Executive Producer: Josh Block (Source: Bloomberg)

For those out of the loop: cursor's new model, composer 2, is apparently built on top of Kimi K2.5 without any attribution. Even Elon Musk has jumped into the roasting

Mediahuis suspends Peter Vandermeersch, who says he ‘fell into trap of hallucinations’, after investigation by newspaper where he was once editor-in-chiefThe publisher of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and the Irish Independent has suspended one of its senior journalists after he admitted using AI to “wrongly put words into people’s mouths”.Peter Vandermeersch, the former head of the Irish opera

The publisher has cancelled the US release of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard and withdrawn the UK edition after weeks of online speculation about the novel’s originsHachette Book Group has withdrawn a horror novel after allegations circulated online that its author relied heavily on artificial intelligence. The book is to be discontinued in the UK after being published in November 2025, and its US launch

The size of the largest U.S. deals this week was smaller than in recent weeks, and heavily featured cybersecurity- and privacy-focused startups. Other areas that attracted good-sized financings included AI infrastructure, biotech, healthcare, and robotics.

CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia […

“And what those stories teach us about how AI will revolutionize math”

Seen while walking through Singapore’s Changi airport earlier this week. Alibaba Cloud spending up big on advertising.

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. OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher OpenAI has a new grand challenge: building an AI researcher—a fully automated agent-based system capable of tackling large, complex problems by…

Halter, a startup making artificial intelligence-powered collars for cows, is in talks to raise a new funding round that would double its valuation to more than $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

In 2023 I was a top ranking Physics Expert at Chegg, and got a good volume of questions. However, it started drying up after adoption of ChatGPT 3.5 After ChatGPT 4 became mainstream, the question dried up almost to half. I became a quality assurance reviewer for Physics, and yet I faced shortages.

The Trump administration's highly-anticipated recommendations for Congress on AI offer lawmakers a list of priorities rather than a concrete legislative plan.Why it matters: Though the framework marks a starting point from the White House, it will be incredibly hard for Congress to pass anything like it — even with Republicans in control.Disagreements over AI policy go well beyond Republican vs. D

‘These AI agents have been really, really helpful,’ says a former Sydney employee. ‘But you couldn’t use something like that to replace an actual human worker’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSacked from his “dream job” at software giant Atlassian, Rubio* wants just one thing – closure.“We were probably exceeding expectations and there’s no explanation from the company as

CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia […

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New AI agents on WordPress.com could lower barriers to publishing while increasing machine-generated content across the web.

How is this possible? I am also guessing that this would have to be recorded and processed rather than through a live webcam? Edit: \- I am getting a few comments saying that I am indirectly trying to find out how to grift, which if I wanted to, I could ask ChatGPT on a step-by-step set-up instead

A revenue-based charge would protect the livelihoods of copyright holders and bring legal certainty

Jointly led by the MIT Morningside Academy for Design, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, the hub will foster a dynamic community where computing, creativity, and human-centered innovation meet.

I recorded videos of myself doing laundry, scrambling eggs, and walking around the park in DoorDash’s new Tasks app, where gig workers are paid to train AI.

Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon's assertion that the AI company poses an "unacceptable risk to national security" and arguing that the government's case relies on technical misunderstandings and claims that were never actually raised during the months of negotiations.

The eye-popping market debut of a tiny drone software company this week reveals a newfound investor appetite for stocks that fall at the intersection of geopolitics, defense technology and artificial intelligence.

This is the year AI has come for tax prep. Interviews with tax professionals suggest that artificial intelligence has finally improved to the point where it at least seems capable of navigating the US tax system as leading developers release more features for financial services. Bloomberg’s Charlie Wells reports.

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The Department of Defense alleges the AI developer could manipulate models in the middle of war. Company executives argue that’s impossible.

The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps.

Most of the time I rely on the default ComfyUI workflows. They're producing results just as good as 90% of the overly-complicated workflows I see floating around online. So I was fighting with the default Comfy LTX 2.3 template for a while, just not getting anything good. Saw someone mention the

White House tries to block state-level laws but faces pressure to offer a federal rule book for the controversial technology

Now outfitted with AI computer vision, this new pool cleaner can actively search for debris.

Conference speakers discussed the unfolding trajectory of AI and the benefits of shaping technology to meets people’s needs.

Trump’s AI framework pushes federal preemption of state laws, emphasizes innovation, and shifts responsibility for child safety toward parents while laying out lighter-touch rules for tech companies.

The US Defense Department will establish Palantir Technologies Inc.’s Maven AI system as a “program of record,” Reuters reported on Friday night, as the Pentagon rapidly integrates the technology into its combat operations.

Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss shares of Super Micro as the company's co-founder was charged by the US for allegedly illegally diverting Nvidia-powered servers to China. Plus, NASA gives SpaceX a bigger role in its mission to the moon. And NYC real estate gets an AI boost as the likes of Anthropic, Palantir and OpenAI hire in the Big Apple. (Source: Bloomberg)