AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties
…That glimpse into how AI can act in a fully autonomous way to automate robot training was made possible by a new agent harness framework—software that wraps around AI models to…
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iOS, macOS, and iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted RCS messaging and more
…Apple and Google announced that Apple would use Google’s Gemini language models to power the new Siri, but aside from vague promises to ship the feature this calendar year, Apple has…
UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews
…in July,” the announcement said. The planned social media ban will not apply to messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal. Another planned change is that “so-called AI ‘romantic companion’ chatbots—designed…
Anthropic's Claude Managed Agents can now "dream," sort of
…On the chat side of things, many models use a process called compaction, whereby lengthy conversations are periodically analyzed, and the models attempt to remove irrelevant information from the context window while…
Nvidia RTX Spark comes to Windows PCs with Arm CPU, RTX GPU, and unified memory
…as the DGX Spark , the heart of a tiny developer workstation for people working with AI models. And while that desktop is about as high-specced as an RTX Spark system might…
Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress
…On May 1, the Department of Defense announced new agreements with “eight of the world’s leading frontier artificial intelligence companies” to deploy more AI tools on classified networks for “lawful operational…
US scrambles to stop Internet users re-creating dead pilots’ voices
…More recently, the widespread availability of AI models capable of retrieving the necessary information and writing code has made it easier for people to re-create cockpit audio recordings. One account on…
Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026
Google’s I/O conference is next week, and we expect to hear a lot about the company’s AI endeavors. The company says there’s so much to talk about that…
The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
…This network would not replace the centralized data centers being built by hyperscaler companies such as Google and Microsoft for the intensive training of AI models, but would instead be more suitable…
Android phones will soon be able to detect spoofed calls and impersonation scams
…The voice models are becoming so capable that it can be difficult to identify a fake caller even when an AI is imitating someone you talk to every day. Google’s solution…