AI and machine learning news
Latest AI and machine learning news on models, agents, research and the companies building them.
- Runway's video AI can now pilot robots
Original headline: Runway's open-source Praxis-1 turns video AI into a robot controller
the-decoder.com ·
- Another UI Framework Drops. AI Agents Still Hate Building Forms.
Original headline: Vercel Releases UI SDK: 50+ UI Behaviors for AI Coding Agents
marktechpost.com ·
- Unsloth’s Qwen3.8 quantizations get a 10% accuracy boost
Original headline: Unsloth Qwen3.8-27B Quantizations – Dynamic v3.1 Update
unsloth.ai ·
- Another AI platform swears *this* time they've solved the hard part.
Original headline: NiCE’s next-generation Cognigy bets the hard part of AI agents is running them, not building them
siliconangle.com ·
- The AI Chip Arms Race: A Geopolitical Gambit Fueled by Electricity
Original headline: First Strike
geohot.github.io ·
- Yes, the AI Meeting Note Taker Is Now a Billing Participant
Original headline: Claude Meetings
claude.com ·
- Jensen Huang resigns, leaving AI startup funding in limbo
Original headline: Jensen Huang’s departure blasts big hole in AI startup funding, VCs and founders say
techcrunch.com ·
- Nvidia CEO ousted amid security scandal over alleged China spy ties
Original headline: The unfolding Jensen Huang scandal: a timeline
techcrunch.com ·
- Another AI startup just got a billion dollars to do the same thing, but faster.
Original headline: Mirendil raises $1B in funding to speed up AI model development
siliconangle.com ·
- Another YC startup wants AI to manage your money
Original headline: Autonomous (YC F25) is hiring MTS to build AI agents that manage your wealth
atg.science ·
- AI agents are hot, because nothing says value like a $3B valuation for a middleware layer.
Original headline: AI agent startup LangChain hits $3B valuation
techcrunch.com ·
- AI just solved a century of math mysteries by translating them into code
Original headline: Advancing science & engineering with Antigravity’s /teamwork
research.google ·
- Meet Perplexity Decider v1.3: An open-source model that chooses the best AI for your task.
Original headline: Perplexity Decider v1.3: Training, eval, and use cases
perplexity.ai ·
- Another AI researcher predicts the singularity is just months away.
Original headline: The avalanche that hit math is coming for AI development
dwarkesh.com ·
- AI models can now 'infect' each other by tampering with their brains
Original headline: Models can now transmit viruses in weight-space
alphaxiv.org ·
- OpenAI dissolves robotics lab, betting big AI models can run robots directly
Original headline: OpenAI disbands its robotics team as its general models start running robots
fortune.com ·
- Local AI lab boosts Qwen3.6 speed 6x on one RTX 4090
Original headline: 6-11X speedup running Qwen3.6 on my RTX 4090, full repo.
github.com ·
- After 600 robot-pushing tests, a clever trick for teaching AI to plan
Original headline: After 600 experiments, here's what I discovered about JEPA world models
haddyalchaer.com ·
- US export rules gatekeep yet another AI party, leaving China locked out.
Original headline: Banks bar Chinese and Hong Kong investors from Anthropic IPO over US export controls
the-decoder.com ·
- Nvidia drops free robot-building tool kit on Hugging Face
Original headline: Build a Robot Pick-and-Place Simulation with SimReady Assets
huggingface.co ·
- AI video generation leaderboard: Alibaba's Wan 3.0 tops 2026 quality ranking
Original headline: Best AI Video Generation Models in 2026: Elo, Price per Second, Open Weights
marktechpost.com ·
- AI fails the 'cupcake test': Researchers find chatbots can't spot your bad ideas
Original headline: Introducing XYBench: Helping with the problem behind the question
huggingface.co ·
- VCs are hyping the next AI bubble at a trillion-dollar valuation
Original headline: Anthropic's IPO is six times oversubscribed and on track to become the largest public offering in history
the-decoder.com ·
- Anthropic plugs Claude AI into factory floors to automate quotes, reports, and reorders
Original headline: Anthropic's Claude for Manufacturing plugs AI directly into factory software to automate industrial workflows
the-decoder.com ·
- Nvidia CEO's exit after affairs and shady deals leaves CFO 'deer in headlights'
Original headline: Jensen Huang didn’t show confidence in his successor, report says
techcrunch.com ·
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT Wallet, giving AI agents your credit card
Original headline: Introducing ChatGPT Wallet
openai.com ·
- Perplexity open-sources AI brains that decide things instead of chatting
Original headline: Perplexity Releases Decider v1.3: Open-Weight Decision Models Add Locate
marktechpost.com ·
- So now ChatGPT can spend your money too!
Original headline: ChatGPT’s new Wallet lets AI agents shop and check out for you
techcrunch.com ·
- Unions fight back as AI spreads across US government agencies
Original headline: Nearly 70 percent of US agencies use generative AI, and unions are finally catching up with guardrails
the-decoder.com ·
- AI CEO's 'Cure Cancer in 10 Years' Promise Draws Skeptical Eyeballs
Original headline: Amodei Says AI Will Cure Cancer in a Decade. Doctors Are Skeptical
businessinsider.com ·