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China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity
The Verge AI
China's Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers have claimed that it matches Mythos in certain bug-finding and cybersecurity scenarios. While GLM lags behind models from Anthropic and OpenAI in other, more general tasks, it seems that China has d...
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Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine
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Suno has ambitions to be more than just a toy to churn out AI slop, it also wants to be a streaming destination and to break new artists. Spark is their new incubator program for independent artists that provides grants, mentorship, and marketing support. To apply, artists nee...
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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short
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"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”
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Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
TechCrunch AI
Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they've found a winner with Micron.
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Prosecutors used ChatGPT logs as evidence in the Palisades fire trial
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Jonathan Rinderknecht was facing arson charges for setting a fire on New Year's Day in 2025, which became one of the deadliest wildfires in LA history. To make their case, prosecutors turned to location data from his iPhone, security camera footage, and witness testimony. But ...
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SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype
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Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.
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Margaret Atwood says the problem with AI is ‘garbage in, garbage out’
The Verge AI
Maraget Atwood, the storied author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin, was interviewed as part of the Babell Literary and Cultural Festival in Porto, Portugal. As it usually does at these things, the issue of AI came up, and Atwood didn't mince words. According to D...
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Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI
TechCrunch AI
Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is reportedly leaving the company to join OpenAI’s hardware team.
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The fittest founder in the room got cancer. Here’s how he used AI to fight back.
TechCrunch AI
When confronted with cancer, Connor Christou fed everything tied tied to his regime — blood results, scan data, wearable output, journal entries — into Claude.
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Why is Apple asking me to pay more for Big Tech’s AI obsession?
The Verge AI
Tim Cook recently said price increases were "unavoidable" and described the company's pricing as "unsustainable." The 16-inch MacBook Pro saw its price go up by $300. The 11-inch iPad Air went from $599 to $749. Even the HomePod Mini got a $30 bump to $129. Cook squarely place...