SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.6 for Long-Running Agents

SpaceXAI, the artificial intelligence company formerly known as xAI, released Grok 4.6 on August 12, 2026, a new flagship model built for long-running agents and more ambitious interactive and visual [...]

The US is paying an AI startup $500M to break China’s grip on chip materials

The US government has just become a shareholder in an AI startup, in exchange for a bet that artificial intelligence can break China’s hold on the materials inside every chip factory. The Department [...]

Meta is reportedly working on a new AI model called 'Avocado' and it might not be open source

Mark Zuckerberg has for months publicly hinted that he is backing away from open-source AI models. Now, Meta's latest AI pivot is starting to come into focus. The company is reportedly working on [...]

Enterprise-grade AI image generation in 2 seconds is here: Krea 2 Raw and Turbo available as open weights under custom license

While many enterprises have already begun integrating AI-generated images, visuals, graphics and videos into their production workflows — there is also a growing pool of data and subjective commenta [...]

Rise of model context protocol in the agentic era

We have all heard about model context protocol (MCP) in the context of artificial intelligence. In this article, we will dive into what MCP is and why it is becoming more important by the day. When AP [...]

Nous Research just released Nomos 1, an open-source AI that ranks second on the notoriously brutal Putnam math exam

Nous Research, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup, released on Tuesday an open-source mathematical reasoning system called Nomos 1 that achieved near-elite human performance on th [...]

This company's AI success was built on 5 essential steps - see how they work for you

From data foundations to storytelling techniques, here's how to turn your AI projects into valuable production services. [...]

'Slop' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year

Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" for the dictionary company's 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define slop as "digital content of low quality that is produced u [...]

The Morning After: Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy

iRobot, the company that brought robotic vacuum cleaners to homes and popular culture, has filed for bankruptcy. It plans to sell all assets to its primary supplier, the Chinese company Picea Robotic [...]