OpenAI’s limited preview of GPT-5.6, with the Sol flagship locked to about 20 vetted partners at the U.S. government’s request, marks a turning point: the most powerful AI is being handed first to governments and a few firms, while researchers, startups and the public are left waiting. The safety argument for gating has weight — powerful […]
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IBM this week unveiled a “nanostack” design that stacks transistors in 3D to pack far more components into the same footprint. The company says the approach reaches sub‑nanometer scales (around 0.7 nm), approaching atomic dimensions and promising bigger performance gains as 2D scaling slows. IBM plans to combine vertical (3D sequential) transistor architectures with new materials and
Apple has raised prices on many Macs and iPads by $100–$200 or more, blaming a dramatic rise in memory and storage chip costs driven by the booming AI infrastructure market. CEO Tim Cook says he has never seen anything like it in over 40 years. The move sent Apple shares lower and signals that the chip crunch
The White House has asked OpenAI to limit access to GPT‑5.6, asking that the model be rolled out first to a small set of government‑approved partners while safety checks are completed. The request follows similar interventions around Anthropic’s Mythos and other top‑tier models, signaling that Washington now wants a formal say when frontier AI reaches the
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OpenAI’s new custom chip, Jalapeño, marks a major shift from being a model maker to becoming a full-stack AI company. Built with Broadcom in just nine months, it is designed to run finished AI models more efficiently and reduce OpenAI’s dependence on Nvidia for every layer of compute. What makes this notable is not just the chip
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Google DeepMind has lost several high-profile researchers recently, including chatbot pioneer Noam Shazeer and Nobel laureate John Jumper, fueling doubts about whether the lab can stay at the cutting edge of AI. These departures send a clear signal that rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic are moving fast, recruiting aggressively, and offering compelling paths for top talent. The exits
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Meta recently paused a program that logged keystrokes, mouse movements and screenshots from many U.S. employees after a permissions error made that sensitive data visible widely inside the company. The initiative was presented as AI-training work, but employees say most did not expect private conversations and activity records to be collected and stored in this way. Legally, employers can monitor
General Motors cut over 1,000 jobs at its Factory Zero EV plant in Detroit and installed about 50 Fanuc collaborative robots to handle repetitive assembly tasks. GM says the cobots will assist remaining workers and improve safety and efficiency as it adjusts EV production targets. The UAW local has filed grievances, calling the cuts “disgusting”
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all acknowledge that Anthropic’s AI leads the field, but these tech giants remain unbothered. Amazon increased its investment in Anthropic to $4 billion and now offers Claude 3 models on Amazon Bedrock. All three companies confirmed Anthropic’s products remain available through their cloud platforms even after the Pentagon blacklisted the startup. The
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AI has already delivered AlphaFold from DeepMind, predicting protein structures with unprecedented accuracy that scientists use continuously. Beyond protein folding, AI now processes image data, finds correlations in transcriptomics mapping gene expression, and analyzes massive biological datasets impossible to process manually before. Biology today is revolutionized by AI plus CRISPR for gene manipulation and cryo-EM for viewing molecular shapes.
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Midjourney revealed a full‑body scanner that lowers users through a ring of underwater ultrasound sensors, promising a complete body map in about 60 seconds. Built with ultrasound‑chip maker Butterfly Network, the device will debut inside Midjourney spas that pair scans with saunas, cold plunges, and hot tubs. The idea is to make advanced imaging fast, comfortable, and routine.
