CompanyAnthropic8 recent entries27 Jul 2026Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance — without OpenAI, Google, or AnthropicNvidia on Monday said it is joining forces with Microsoft, SpaceX, IBM, and other tech companies to build and share open-source AI security tools. The new Open Secure AI Alliance said open tools are r→28 Jul 2026AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AIEmployees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowd
CompanyOpenAI8 recent entries7 Aug 2026What’s behind the Google AI shake-upSome of the biggest names on Google's AI team got new jobs this week. In some cases, including for legendary Googler Jeff Dean, those jobs are no longer at Google. Given that Google's models seem to b→7 Aug 2026OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerfulOpenAI says it is pausing 'internal activities' around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn't yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows i→9 Aug 2026AI detectors are creating a new era of distrustThis is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is changing our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our s→11 Aug 2026Saber denies replacing Rideshare Stimulator’s writers with ChatGPTAfter a former lead writer claimed Saber 'replaced me with ChatGPT,' CEO Matthew Karch now claims, 'Neither Saber nor Unigine have replaced any writers with AI,' for the Rideshare 'Stimulator' game an→11 Aug 2026ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion usersFor the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google's fastest-growing produc→11 Aug 2026Another OpenAI executive takes offBrad Lightcap, OpenAI's special projects lead and the company's former COO, announced his departure after an eight-year stint at the AI lab. In an internal memo he later posted to X, Lightcap told col→12 Aug 2026Of course the ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine spawned a startupRemember that much-hyped story about an Australian tech entrepreneur using ChatGPT, Grok, and other AI tools to craft a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog? Well, surprise: he's launched a startup→12 Aug 2026Grok is now an AI ‘teammate’ you can assign workSpaceXAI has introduced Grok Bot, an always-on AI agent service designed to behave like independent 'AI teammates' that can do your work for you. The bots share their own cloud-based computer environm
CompanyGoogle8 recent entries5 Jul 2026Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI'Group project, but make it 1776.' That's how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turn→14 Jul 2026Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the USDemis Hassabis thinks the world needs an AI watchdog with the power to hit the brakes if frontier models become too dangerous. Writing in a blog post, the Google DeepMind CEO and cofounder said the US→21 Jul 2026Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like MythosGoogle is launching Gemini 3.6 Flash alongside a new security model dedicated to quickly finding and patching security vulnerabilities. In a blog post on Tuesday, Google describes Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyb→24 Jul 2026Meta is making its AI chatbot more like an assistantMeta is upgrading its AI chatbot with new productivity features in a bid to compete with rivals like Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude. The update will allow Meta AI to tap into your calendar to help you pl→30 Jul 2026Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire bodyGoogle DeepMind says the latest version of its Gemini Robotics AI model can 'control entire humanoid robots.' While the previous model focused on controlling a humanoid robot's upper body, Gemini Robo→5 Aug 2026Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadershipGoogle is making some significant AI leadership changes, including a major shift for Google DeepMind leader Demis Hassabis. Hassabis will become the chair of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist at→11 Aug 2026Made by Google 2026: all the Pixel news and announcementsGoogle has revealed a bunch of new Pixel devices ahead of its Made by Google event. The colorful Pixel 11 lineup comes with upgraded cameras and performance, with the Pro models offering a built-in LE→11 Aug 2026ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion usersFor the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google's fastest-growing produc
CompanyMeta8 recent entries7 Jul 2026Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photosMeta is launching the first AI image generation model made by its Superintelligence Labs division. The Muse Image model now powers the image-making tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram, and WhatsAp→9 Jul 2026Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on codingAfter reentering the AI race with its first in-house Muse Spark model in April, Meta is now opening up the doors to developers with a new model that can plug into AI coding software with the new Meta →10 Jul 2026Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accountsFollowing significant backlash, Meta is turning off the feature it announced this week that let users generate AI images based on content from public Instagram accounts just by tagging them. The featu→22 Jul 2026Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’sIIn March, Meta's Oversight Board called on the company to 'meet its public commitments and employ its own tools' to help quell the spread of deceptive generative AI content across platforms. Meta res→24 Jul 2026Meta is making its AI chatbot more like an assistantMeta is upgrading its AI chatbot with new productivity features in a bid to compete with rivals like Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude. The update will allow Meta AI to tap into your calendar to help you pl→28 Jul 2026AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AIEmployees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowd→7 Aug 2026OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerfulOpenAI says it is pausing 'internal activities' around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn't yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows i→10 Aug 2026Four takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s massive AI manifestoMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a lot to say about the idealized future he now envisions for humanity co-existing with artificial intelligence - his latest essay spans more than 6,500 words on the matter
CompanyMistral1 recent entries28 Jul 2026AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AIEmployees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowd
CompanyxAI8 recent entries1 May 2026Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not AnthropicThe Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk's xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use their AI tools in classified settings, according t→5 May 2026Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI modelsGoogle DeepMind, Microsoft, and Elon Musk's xAI have agreed to allow the US government to review new AI models before they're released to the public. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Commerce Depart→15 May 2026AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted aloneAndon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some of the most popular AI models ou→22 May 2026Elon, stop trying to make Grok happenThere is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's 'truth-seeking' AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using it. That's the takeaway of a new Reuters report, which found that Grok barel→28 Jul 2026Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and childrenHugging Face is being used to make nonconsensual deepfakes, and the popular open-source AI model repository is doing very little to prevent it. That's according to a new report published by the Europe→28 Jul 2026AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AIEmployees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowd→12 Aug 2026Of course the ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine spawned a startupRemember that much-hyped story about an Australian tech entrepreneur using ChatGPT, Grok, and other AI tools to craft a personalized cancer vaccine for his dog? Well, surprise: he's launched a startup→12 Aug 2026Grok is now an AI ‘teammate’ you can assign workSpaceXAI has introduced Grok Bot, an always-on AI agent service designed to behave like independent 'AI teammates' that can do your work for you. The bots share their own cloud-based computer environm
CompanyDeepSeek2 recent entries24 Apr 2026China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivalsChinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its hotly anticipated next-generation AI model V4 on Friday, saying that the open-source model can compete with leading closed-source systems from US →3 Aug 2026China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacyChinese tech giant Alibaba released what it says is its largest and 'most capable AI model to date,' claiming performance rivaling the best systems from US frontier labs Anthropic and OpenAI, as well
CompanyNVIDIA8 recent entries20 Apr 2026Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people wantOne of the most mortifying things about knowing a lot of techies is listening to them tell me excitedly about some very important discovery that they believe they have made. Recently, I ran into an ac→21 Apr 2026Framework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PCRemember when Framework made the first laptop where you can easily upgrade its entire internal video card in three minutes flat? The company's getting into the external graphics game, too. As promised→1 May 2026Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not AnthropicThe Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk's xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use their AI tools in classified settings, according t→1 Jun 2026This could be Windows’ M1 moment — but expect it to cost a tonNvidia's announcement that it's getting into the consumer laptop chip space with RTX Spark is huge. Apple has proved for years that Arm-based chips can perform incredibly well while also delivering gr→2 Jun 2026Microsoft created the mini Surface dev box that Qualcomm couldn’tMicrosoft only just announced a new Surface Laptop Ultra at the weekend, and it's now revealing a miniature Surface PC aimed at developers. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is powered by Nvidia's new→5 Jun 2026This is your laptop… on AIWe're now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech companies that AI is going to change everything about how we do everything. Nvi→22 Jun 2026Nvidia says its AI data center design runs hotter to use a lot less waterPublic pushback against data centers has emphasized their water and energy consumption, and now Nvidia is highlighting its claim that the Rubin generation reference design for a fully liquid-cooled da→27 Jul 2026Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance — without OpenAI, Google, or AnthropicNvidia on Monday said it is joining forces with Microsoft, SpaceX, IBM, and other tech companies to build and share open-source AI security tools. The new Open Secure AI Alliance said open tools are r