François Chollet on the end of scaling, ARC-3 and his path to AGI

AI researcher François Chollet argues that the era of simply scaling up models to achieve intelligence has run its course. Instead, he sees the field moving toward systems that can adapt to new probl [...]

The AI bubble – it will burst, but AI will still be here

AI isn’t a bubble; it’s a technological shift on the scale of the internet or electricity, and you can’t uninvent intelligence. [...]

NATO is getting its own Starlink satellite constellation as HALO brings Europe and Canada together to improve resilience and high-speed comms

NATO’s HALO initiative connects eight allies through a proposed satellite network designed to improve military communications, intelligence and missile tracking capabilities. [...]

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 is here with 3X cheaper fast mode and near-Mythos level alignment

Anthropic today released Claude Opus 4.8, an upgrade to its flagship model that ships at the same price as its predecessor, alongside a dramatically cheaper "fast mode" tier and a new featur [...]

Ooni Black Friday deals: Get 20 percent off pizza ovens this holiday season

Ooni Black Friday deals are here, and they'll be tempting for anyone who loves homemade pizza. The company has discounted most of its pizza ovens including the Karu 2 pizza oven, which is on sale [...]

Google Deepmind launches Weather Lab to test AI models for tropical cyclone forecasting

Google Deepmind and Google Research have launched Weather Lab, a public platform that tests AI models for forecasting tropical cyclones.<br /> The article Google Deepmind launches Weather Lab to [...]

OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT an ass-kissing weirdo

OpenAI is rolling back a recent update to GPT-4o, the default model that powers ChatGPT, following complaints from users that it made the chat bot act like a weirdo. "The last couple of GPT-4o up [...]

Samsung AI researcher's new, open reasoning model TRM outperforms models 10,000X larger — on specific problems

The trend of AI researchers developing new, small open source generative models that outperform far larger, proprietary peers continued this week with yet another staggering advancement.Alexia Jolicoe [...]

Meta wins more than $167 million in damages from spyware maker that targeted WhatsApp

A jury has ruled that the company behind the infamous Pegasus spyware must pay Meta more than $167 million in damages for spreading malware via WhatsApp. The ruling is a major victory for Meta after a [...]