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Models, research, and the companies racing to build intelligence.
China's Kling AI just raised nearly $3 billion, hitting an $18 billion valuation with surprise backing from rivals Alibaba and Tencent. The massive funding round positions Kling to take on OpenAI's Sora for dominance in generative video.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the landmark Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act, making Illinois the first U.S. state to mandate annual third-party safety audits for advanced AI systems.
Elon Musk's xAI has unleashed its 1.5 trillion-parameter Grok 4.5 model for private beta testing, claiming its performance rivals top models from Anthropic and escalating the AI arms race.
After a tense two-week standoff over national security, the US government has blinked, partially lifting its block on Anthropic's powerful Mythos AI and forging a new playbook for governing frontier tech.
In a bold internal claim, Meta's superintelligence chief says the company's upcoming 'Watermelon' AI model has achieved performance on par with OpenAI's GPT-5.5.
Netzilo launched a runtime security platform for AI agent governance, designed to stop threats like prompt injection and multi-stage data exfiltration before a catastrophe happens.
OpenAI just launched its GPT-5.6 models, but with a huge catch: you can't use them. Access is restricted to a small group of partners hand-picked by the U.S. government.
A brutal fight is raging over who controls AI. It pits open-source evangelists against the keepers of proprietary black boxes, and the fallout will hit a lot more than just developers.
It’s the technology that lets your phone find friends in photos and a self-driving car spot a pedestrian. Here’s a plain-English guide to computer vision explained.
It's easy to drown in the alphabet soup of AI. This foundational explainer untangles machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI with clear, simple analogies.
We've spent years just talking to AI. Now, AI is learning to act. This leap to 'agentic AI'—tools that take multi-step actions for you—changes everything. Here's what that really means.
Senator Mark Warner has dropped a discussion draft for major AI agent legislation. It aims to create 'custodial user agents' bound by strict data privacy rules and force Big Tech to compete.
Anthropic's new Claude Sonnet 5 isn't just an update. It's an economic earthquake, bringing elite 'agentic' AI power to the masses by demolishing the price barrier.
Getting great results from AI isn't about magic words; it's a skill you can learn. This guide explains prompt engineering for beginners with practical, hands-on tips.
Microsoft is launching its 'Frontier Company'—a $2.5 billion bet to embed 6,000 of its AI engineers directly with customers to finally get AI working at scale.
June 2026 was a wild month for AI. OpenAI dropped GPT-5.6 and Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5, but the U.S. government stepped in hard. Fable 5 was temporarily shut down and GPT-5.6 access was severely restricted, establishing a new playbook for AI regulation.
According to a tough new benchmark, Anthropic's Fable 5 AI can now fully automate 16.1% of real-world freelance gigs—a stunning figure that has quadrupled in under a year.
Beyond the hype, the AI boom has serious hidden costs. We examine how AI training data is sourced, the privacy of your chatbot conversations, and where algorithmic bias creeps into life-altering decisions.
AI can produce stunning art, music, and writing, but is it true creativity? Or is it just a sophisticated remix of what humans have already made? The debate is fierce.
After a government-mandated shutdown, Anthropic has restored its powerful Fable 5 AI and, in a surprise twist, launched Claude Sonnet 5—a new, more affordable model.
The Bank of England's old rulebook is out. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden warns current regulations are woefully inadequate for autonomous AI, pointing to massive systemic risks and market meltdowns.
ChatGPT isn't thinking. It's just a stunningly advanced pattern-matching machine. Once you grasp how it really works, you can write amazing prompts—and see its biggest flaw, AI hallucinations, from a mile away.
At Build 2026, Microsoft dropped a bombshell: its own 'MAI' family of AI models. It’s a major strategic pivot away from its heavy dependence on partner OpenAI, signaling a new bid to compete as a frontier model developer.
No robot takeover is coming. Look around your office. AI is already automating the boring stuff and changing jobs in customer service, marketing, healthcare, and logistics.