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Qwen3-VL can scan two-hour videos and pinpoint nearly every detail

A few months after launching Qwen3-VL, Alibaba has released a detailed technical report on the open multimodal model. The data shows the system excels at image-based math tasks and can analyze hours ...
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Microsoft adds built-in AI shopping tools to Edge in the U.S.

Microsoft is adding new AI shopping tools to its Edge browser in the US. The built-in Copilot can now surface price comparisons, price histories, and cashback options right inside the browser. Users ...
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"Genesis Mission" to pool US data for AI models

US President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday to launch a shared AI platform for federal research data. Called the Genesis Mission, the effort aims to make large datasets from federal agencies ...
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The White House has paused a federal order that would have overridden state-level AI regulations

The White House has reportedly put a hold on a draft executive order that would have let federal law override state-level AI regulations. According to Reuters, the draft called for the Department of ...
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Strict anti-hacking prompts make AI models more likely to sabotage and lie, Anthropic finds

New research from Anthropic shows how reward hacking in AI models can trigger more dangerous behaviors. When models learn to trick their reward systems, they can spontaneously drift into deception, ...
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Google plans a 1000x jump in AI compute over the next five years

Google is reportedly gearing up for a massive expansion of its AI infrastructure. Internal documents show the company wants to boost performance by a factor of 1,000 over the next four to five years.
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Google Deepmind taps Boston Dynamics' former CTO to build the 'Android' of robots

The company has hired Aaron Saunders, the former Chief Technology Officer of Boston Dynamics, as Vice President of Hardware Engineering—a move that strengthens its hardware expertise as it aims to ...
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Google's latest image model Nano Banana Pro makes image generation feel truly intentional

It replaces the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model from August and is built to handle complex scenes with consistent physics, render text accurately, and use real-time information as input. It also appears ...
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Cursor's valuation has almost tripled in the last five months following a major funding round

Anysphere, the company behind the widely used AI code editor Cursor, has raised $2.3 billion in a Series D round, pushing its valuation to $29.3 billion. That's nearly three times what the company was ...
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns rivals about chasing low-margin AI compute

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is drawing a clear line between his company’s approach to AI and cloud and that of competitors like Oracle. In a conversation with Dwarkesh Patel, Nadella laid out why ...
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Google releases updated version of Gemini Live

Gemini Live gets its biggest update yet. Google says its voice-based AI is now faster, more expressive, and capable of speaking with different accents. Users can also control the speed of its replies.
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Human-aligned AI models prove more robust and reliable

Deep neural networks can match humans at some visual tasks, but break down in unfamiliar situations. According to the study, the problem is structural: People organize visual concepts in a hierarchy, ...