2025-02-28

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

2025-01-31

OpenAI's o3-mini is here and available to all users

OpenAI’s latest machine learning mode has arrived. On Friday, the company released o3-mini and it's available to try now. What's more, for the first time OpenAI is making one of its " [...]

2025-01-29

OpenAI suddenly thinks intellectual property theft is not cool, actually, amid DeepSeek’s rise

OpenAI claims that Chinese startups are persistently trying to copy the technology of American AI companies. Aligned with that, OpenAI says it and partner Microsoft have been banning accounts suspecte [...]

2025-04-16

OpenAI's new o3 and o4-mini models are all about 'thinking with images'

A mere two days after announcing GPT-4.1, OpenAI is releasing not one but two new models. The company today announced the public availability of o3 and o4-mini. Of the former, OpenAI says o3 is its mo [...]

2025-02-27

OpenAI's new GPT-4.5 model is a better, more natural conversationalist

In what has already been a busy past few days for new model releases, OpenAI is capping off the week with a research preview of GPT-4.5. The company is touting the new system as its largest and best m [...]

2025-02-18

xAI launches Grok 3 AI, claiming it is capable of 'human reasoning'

xAI has launched its Grok 3 models during a livestream with Elon Musk, who said they were "an order of magnitude more capable than Grok 2." The Grok 3 mini model can answer questions quickly [...]

2025-01-07

Engadget Podcast: We've survived two days of CES 2025

In this bonus episode, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss the latest innovations in robot vacuums, new AI PC hardware from AMD and Intel, and Dell's decision to nuke its PC brands in favor of Apple-es [...]

2025-02-02

OpenAI announces surprise ‘Deep Research’ stream tonight

OpenAI announced on X that it’s hosting a livestream from Tokyo tonight, offering no more context beyond, “Deep Research.” (Didn't Google already take that name for Gemini?) There’s no li [...]

2025-04-05

The Rise of Small Reasoning Models: Can Compact AI Match GPT-Level Reasoning?

In recent years, the AI field has been captivated by the success of large language models (LLMs). Initially designed for natural language processing, these models have evolved into powerful reasoning [...]