Brain-computer interfaces could create a new digital divide, and this time it may be biological
As BCIs move from laboratories towards commercial use, Neurochip.com founder Herbert Sim warns that unequal access could separate people not only by income or connectivity, but by physical and cogniti [...]
The credential that let OpenAI's agents into Hugging Face exists in most enterprises right now
When Hugging Face got hit last week, co-founder Clement Delangue suspected a frontier lab, given the agent's sophistication. He was right. Delangue said on X that after a day working with OpenAI [...]
Microsoft launches new in-house AI models it says cut costs up to 89% versus OpenAI
Microsoft AI released two new in-house models into public preview on Wednesday — MAI-Image-2.5-Pro, its highest-fidelity image generator to date, and MAI-Voice-2-Flash, a speech model built for high [...]
Anthropic claims its new Claude Opus 5 delivers near-Fable 5 performance at half the token price
Anthropic's new flagship model Claude Opus 5 posts top scores in coding and knowledge work at half of Fable 5's token rates. On ARC-AGI-3, a benchmark for novel problem-solving, Opus 5 hits [...]
METR introduces a new metric to calculate exactly when AI agents become more expensive than humans
METR's new metric, the "expenditure horizon," puts a dollar figure on how cost-effective AI agents are at solving problems. Early results on the NanoGPT speedrun are underwhelming, the [...]
Bright Machines says its new hybrid robot cell could help solve a major AI infrastructure bottleneck
Bright Machines wants to solve one of the least glamorous but most consequential problems in the AI buildout: what happens to quality data when a human being has to touch the production line.The San F [...]
FCC bans new Chinese robots and power inverters to protect US AI buildout from foreign threats
The FCC is blocking imports of new Chinese humanoid robots and robot dogs. But the rule's broad definition also sweeps in Roombas, robotic lawn mowers, and delivery bots.<br /> The article [...]
Alibaba's new Qwen model is also taking your job, but this time it's great
Alibaba is marketing its new AI model Qwen 3.8 with a video that shows the AI working while a person enjoys their hobbies. It's a deliberate contrast to the job loss warnings from OpenAI and Anth [...]