2026-09-01

20 things about artificial intelligence that are true but rarely stated

Artificial intelligence facts rarely covered in the hype cycle explain memory limits, hidden labor, energy costs, and why chatbots sound confident even when wrong [...]

2026-09-01

You.com Web Search Highlights Reaches 95.17% on SimpleQA

You.com on September 1, 2026 introduced a new extraction mode for its Web Search API called Highlights, reporting a 95.17% score on the SimpleQA benchmark and a 35% lower total query cost than Claude Sonnet 5's built-in web search in an independent evaluation. The feature is live through the API's extraction_mode parameter at the same $5 CPM pricing as the existing service, the company s [...]

2026-09-01

OpenAI Is About to Release Its First AI Model With ‘Critical’ Cyber Abilities

The company will give select partners early access to its Astra AI model—so they have time to shore up their defenses. [...]

2026-09-01

John Deere launches JD, an AI assistant that answers questions from a farm’s own data

John Deere has launched JD, an AI assistant that answers plain-language questions from a farm’s own machine and field data, alongside a ten-point voluntary Farmer Data Commitment. In the EU those commitments are largely obligations under the Data Act, which also bars a manufacturer from using the data to work out what a farm is […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-09-01

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 promises better coding and research at up to 45 percent less

Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, its most capable AI models yet. Fable 5.1 doubles its predecessor's score on Terminal-Bench-Science and improves agentic coding by over 30 percent. Costs drop by up to 45 percent for long, autonomous runs with many tool calls.<br /> The article Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 promises better coding and research at up to 45 percent le [...]

2026-09-01

'It's been particularly bad since Blackwell': Nvidia's new GPU driver has another nasty bug — and gamers are rapidly losing patience

Gamers aren't happy about the quality of Nvidia's drivers of late, and a new bug has prompted some fresh venting. [...]

2026-09-01

The best — and most talked-about — movies of 2026 so far

From Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey to a Backrooms horror that became the year's unlikeliest breakout, the ten best movies of 2026 so far [...]

2026-09-01

8 pieces of equipment that build a genuinely complete home gym on a budget

Adjustable dumbbells instead of a full rack, resistance bands that cost less than one gym membership month — the specifics that cover strength, cardio, and mobility without the four-figure price tag [...]

2026-09-01

8 questions you should be asking your doctor instead of Googling them

A symptom timeline, a specific dosage question — the questions doctors say get better, faster answers in the exam room than in a search bar [...]