Self-improving language models are becoming reality with MIT's updated SEAL technique

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are gaining renewed attention for developing and open sourcing a technique that allows large language models (LLMs) — like those underp [...]

Google vs. OpenAI vs. Visa: competing agent protocols threaten the future of AI commerce

When Walmart and OpenAI announced that the retailer would integrate with ChatGPT, the question became how quickly OpenAI could deliver on the promise of agents buying things for people. In the battle [...]

How to improve your smartphone photography

These days, thanks to smartphones, almost everyone has a camera with them and that’s mostly a good thing. At any time, you can capture memories with family and friends, painterly sunsets and crazy s [...]

Thinking Machines shows off preview of near-realtime AI voice and video conversation with new 'interaction models'

Is AI leaving the era of "turn-based" chat?Right now, all of us who use AI models regularly for work or in our personal lives know that the basic interaction mode across text, imagery, audio [...]

This weird-looking open-sourced computer mouse has four buttons plus a point stick which reminds me of IBM's legendary red nipple joystick

Ploopy introduces standalone pointing stick controller using magnetic sensors, open source firmware, and fully programmable hardware components. [...]

Infostealers added Clawdbot to their target lists before most security teams knew it was running

Clawdbot's MCP implementation has no mandatory authentication, allows prompt injection, and grants shell access by design. Monday's VentureBeat article documented these architectural flaws. [...]

Cloudflare open-sources vibe-coding platform for people who aren't coders

Cloudflare built an AI agent workspace for its employees. Now it’s open source. [...]

AI's next bottleneck isn't the models — it's whether agents can think together

AI agents can connect together, but they cannot think together. That’s a huge difference and a bottleneck for next-gen systems, says Outshift by Cisco’s SVP and GM Vijoy Pandey.As he describes the [...]

Are we getting what we paid for? How to turn AI momentum into measurable value

Enterprise AI is entering a new phase — one where the central question is no longer what can be built, but how to make the most of our AI investment.At VentureBeat’s latest AI Impact Tour session, [...]