Ex-OpenAI CTO Murati's Thinking Machines drops Inkling, a 975B parameter model that leads US labs but trails China

Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has released Inkling, a multimodal open-weights model with 975 billion parameters. It leads U.S. open-weights models on the Artificial [...]

A $400M nonprofit backed by France and DeepMind is building AI’s ‘public option’

A farmer in rural India photographs a dying plant and wants to look it up. She does not speak English, and today’s AI barely speaks hers. A nonprofit called Current AI thinks that is a problem worth [...]

We got two Samsung Galaxy Folds, two Watches and a Flip at Unpacked, but no Buds: here's when Samsung's mythical cuff-style open earbuds are now said to be arriving

The Samsung Galaxy Buds Able (or just 'Galaxy Able') were a no-show, so when could the much-rumored open earbuds release? [...]

A Chinese model split Silicon Valley. Now the startups are fighting back.

Silicon Valley does not usually gang up on its own. This week it did. Nearly 200 US startups have urged the Trump administration not to block American access to Chinese open-weight AI models. A ban, t [...]

Nvidia, Meta, and Microsoft are urging Washington not to restrict open-weight AI

More than 20 companies signed a letter warning that premature limits on open-weight AI could stifle competition and push innovation overseas [...]

OpenAI quietly signs letter from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta warning about dangers of 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models — as the White House accuses China of stealing from Anthropic

With China's open-weight AI models continuing to improve, US companies want to see a free market for all. [...]

NVIDIA launches 'Open Secure AI Alliance' initiative to improve cyber defense

NVIDIA has gathered together some of the biggest tech companies in the world to form the Open Secure AI Alliance with the aim to improve cybersecurity. [...]

Nvidia, Microsoft, and SpaceX are teaming up to stop the next rogue AI attack

The Open Secure AI Alliance, with dozens of founding members, aims to build shared open tools for AI cybersecurity defense [...]

CMF's first clip-style open earbuds are here with a tempting price tag and, thankfully, none of Nothing's flagship surveillance tech

If the Nothing sub-brand's inaugural clip-style open earbuds can ace the ‘three point fit’ idea, I predict a class-leading set of LDAC-toting buds —especially for this crazy low price [...]