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Latest models, products, research, and AI industry developments; updated every half hour.
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DoorDash said it’s only received ‘several hundred’ orders from AI agents
DoorDash said that it is open to working with third-party agent makers
A primer on key AI LLM concepts — KV cache, weights, quantization, and how inference actually works
As hardware for running local AI models continues to move to the forefront, such as Nvidia's RTX Spark, a new set of acronyms, definitions, and terminology is popping up. Given the pace of releases, we've put together a list of AI's new nomenclature to familiarize you with new concepts and pieces of terminology that you'll likely see in Tom's Hardware Premium articles. This primer should get you started on the world…
iPadOS 27.2: Two new features just upgraded your iPad
iPadOS 27.2 arrived this week as the latest noteworthy iPad software update, here are two new features it includes. more…
Silicon Valley wants you to invest in miracles
Investing in any stock is kind of like gambling in the sense that you're betting your money on a company's future performance. But how do you bet on a technology that could, in the worst-case scenario, "pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," or best case, "bring forth an age of miracles"? To some extent, Anthropic suggests in a letter at the top of its S-1 filing, you have to just believe. Anthropic's…
Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop
After months of bombarding mathematicians with a relentless stream of AI-generated results, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with researchers struggling to make sense of it all. But he has no intention of stopping - and hints there could be much more to come from the company's stockpile of discoveries. "I think, on net, the world deserves to understand how the universe works," Altman said during an episode…
Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out
Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.
No internet, no problem: Google is working on an offline mode for Gemini Live
Credit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Gemini Live could get an offline mode. Two strings mention the mode, noting that you can “use Gemini Live without an internet connection.” We’re guessing that this mode could be slower and/or less accurate than the conventional Gemini Live feature. Gemini Live is one of the more technologically impressive AI features we’ve…
Open-weight model GLM 5.3 built full Firefox exploit chains with zero human input in under 48 hours
Epoch AI researchers say the widely available AI model GLM 5.3 turned public security fixes into working exploits before updates reached Firefox users. It autonomously compromised six Firefox releases for about $1,000 in API fees each without triggering safeguards from any provider tested. The article Open-weight model GLM 5.3 built full Firefox exploit chains with zero human input in under 48 hours appeared first…
Apple acquires Ascend․io, an agentic AI engineering startup
Apple recently struck a deal to acquire Ascend.io, a company focused on agentic data engineering technology. Under the Digital Markets Act, Apple must now publicly report acquisitions above a certain size. This has given us new insight into the company’s acquisition strategy, including glimpses at its future goals . more…
Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app for virtually trying on clothes
Meta has launched an AI fashion app called Style Sketch in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
5 years’ worth of salary in bonuses given to 700 eligible Micron workers as company continues to battle union — more than 4,300 production-line staff to receive three bonuses of more than $31,000, plus quarterly profit bonuses starting next year
Some 700 Micron employees in Taiwan will receive five years’ worth of salary in bonuses as the company announced three bonuses in a single payout. According to Digitimes , this accounts for about 17% of the over 4,300 production-line employees working at Micron Taiwan. The remaining staff will not come out empty-handed, though, as they will receive three bonuses in the month of October. The news comes as Micron…
The Download: GLP-1s and eating disorders, self-aware cities, and forever chemicals
This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Eating disorders are on the rise. GLP-1s could make things worse. GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are one of the biggest biotech breakthroughs of the last decade. But to some clinicians, they can represent something sinister—a potential trigger for eating disorders. A new report suggests…
Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months — president plucks former startup founder, telling him to 'go nuts'
In a world where youth unemployment is growing as AI replaces more and more entry-level jobs, Cisco president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel is going for a different approach. According to a report by Fortune , he's given a 27-year-old ex-startup founder — brought into the company by an earlier acquisition, and previously languishing in a role five levels below — a new job to refactor 98% of the company's…
Former esports commentator builds his own custom mouse shell generator for 3D printing that doesn’t use AI — Mausstudio automatically detects buttons, screwholes, and sensor locations
Bastian Recha, “Unskilledcast,” is a German former CS:GO commentator, tech reviewer, and 3D printing enthusiast. On October 28, he posted a demo of his “Mausstudio” project on X that generates a customizable mouse shell around an imported 3D model of a mouse PCB intended for 3D printing — all running locally and not generated using AI. Bastian posted on X after six days of inactivity, stating that he’s been busy…
Maine’s data center revolt will decide who controls the Senate
Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, was midway through defending her record during the final debate of the midterms when an audience member cut her short. "I'm terrified," a man shouted. "AI data centers are destroying our climate. They are poisoning our water." Collins brushed off the outburst, tying the man to her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson. But the fear echoing through the auditorium wasn't so easily…
Benchmarking Nvidia’s Vera CPU for the data center — standalone Vera tested against Granite Rapids-AP and EPYC Turin
Nvidia’s Vera CPU is an important next step in the company’s years-long spearheading of AI infrastructure buildout. It’s arriving just as the shift to agentic AI workflows has created unprecedented demand for data center CPUs, and it’s designed specifically for this moment, at least according to Nvidia’s marketing bullet points. Although the idea that anyone developed a CPU for a shift in demand that arose just six…
Google hit with criminal probe over unapproved AI data center deforestation — 816 acres of forest destroyed in Finland as wolves flee into local villages, facility threatens 40% power bill hikes
A criminal investigation into the environmental damage caused by Google’s Finnish subsidiary has been launched . Tuike Finland Oy is being investigated after five complaints were received regarding the Muhos data center project, according to an official police statement published today [machine translation]. Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers (Image credit: Microsoft) The data center cooling state of…
Senators are looking into 'serious privacy risks' with Meta's AI glasses
US senators have asked Meta to explain how it's mitigating 'serious' privacy risks with its AI glasses.
You can now easily find and add textbooks in Gemini Notebook
TL;DR Google has added a new “Textbooks” feature to Gemini Notebook. It lets users add textbooks from OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, and S. Chand Publishing as sources. The feature is rolling out to users in the US and India. Google is making Gemini Notebook ( previously called NotebookLM ) even more useful for people looking to use textbooks as reference sources. The company announced “ Expert Intelligence ” last…
Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences
OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.
Google could upgrade Pixel 11 Pro’s HiLight with Highlight
Credit: Shimul Sood / Android Authority TL;DR Android 17 QPR3 Beta 3 code reveals Google is working to connect the Pixel 11 Pro’s rear HiLight LED array to its upcoming Notification Rules system. Users may soon be able to assign the “Highlight” action within Notification Rules to specific apps and contacts, or even let on-device AI automatically highlight urgent messages and deliveries. The Highlight action can…
Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web
The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work - but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling, it says, could either deprive Wikipedians of useful AI-based tools or endanger the open web. In an amicus brief filed Friday, the nonprofit…
Community safety report and new protections for teens
OpenAI is strengthening violence prevention in ChatGPT with expanded safeguards, earlier interventions, and a new commitment to public safety reporting.