US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration’s campaign to slow China’s AI advances.

NVIDIA Vera Redefines Server CPU Performance For The Agentic AI Era

Nvidia is expanding its AI platform with its Vera CPU, a custom Arm-based server processor featuring its “Olympus” microarchitecture, designed for agentic AI workloads.

Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos
Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos

Google 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 Cyber as a “cost-efficient and highly capable alternative” to larger, more expensive AI systems, such as the one offered by Anthropic’s Mythos. The cybersecurity model […]

Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated

Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June

Halliday’s latest smart glasses feature a much-improved display
Halliday’s latest smart glasses feature a much-improved display

I first slipped on Halliday’s original smart glasses at CES 2025. I was not a fan. The glasses had a tiny, movable display window embedded into the frame that was incredibly finicky to see, and my 30-minute demo left me with achy eyeballs. It was an interesting concept with terrible execution, especially compared to the […]

America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI
America needs to stop getting shocked by Chinese AI

Last week, two Chinese AI companies unveiled models they say can credibly compete with the best systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. The response was swift and predictable. Markets wobbled, commentators declared Silicon Valley shooketh, and policymakers reached for the familiar language of arms races and wake-up calls. In one headline, The Associated Press said a […]

Yet another study says AI is bad for elections, and the rabbit hole gets worse

ChatGPT and Gemini failed to reliably match voters with Hungarian parties, adding another warning as campaigns and manipulators learn how easily AI answers can be shaped.

Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else

Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.

Vibecoded apps are flooding Apple’s App Store, and users are getting sick of them

App Store submissions have doubled this year as AI tools make development easier than ever, but downloads haven’t kept pace, as users are growing tired of sorting through low-effort, AI-built apps.