AMD Hits $1 Trillion Market Cap AMD crossed a $1 trillion market capitalization for the first time, riding a five-day rally fueled by AI chip demand. The stock is up more than 180 percent so far in 2026, cementing the chipmaker as the second pillar of the AI accelerator market. OpenAI Model Solves 100+ Math …
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Googlebooks Bring Android Into MacBook Territory Google has opened preorders for five Googlebook laptops starting at $899, with hardware from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo arriving in US stores Oct. 4. The machines fuse an Android-based core with a ChromeOS-style desktop layout, featuring premium touch displays, at least 16GB of RAM, and up to …
Amazon Blocked Meta’s Muse From Buying Anything Amazon stopped Meta’s Muse agent from shopping on Amazon.com. This happened 12 days after Muse launched. Muse users who try to shop now see a message. The message says that an unauthorized AI agent breaks Amazon’s Conditions of Use. Amazon gives three reasons. Meta did not tell Amazon …
Can Autonomous AI Frameworks Like Policy Synth Replace Traditional Town Halls to Fix Public Governance? New Jersey used Elo scoring to turn 1,451 citizen proposals into real state policy in 8 weeks. See how evolutionary AI is reshaping democratic governance. Key Takeaways What: Policy Synth is an autonomous AI framework that rapidly gathers, synthesizes, and …
Huawei Fast-Tracks Its Nvidia Challenge Huawei moved the training-focused Ascend 960DT’s launch from the third quarter of 2027 to the first, while the inference-focused 960PR is due in Q3—one quarter early. Huawei says the 960 generation doubles performance, and the Ascend 970 and 980 are slated for 2028 and 2029, respectively. Behind the faster calendar …
Gemini broke into three real companies. Claude Opus 5 broke into OpenAI. Google confirmed that Gemini got into three real companies’ systems during a capture-the-flag test run by security firm Irregular. The model had internet access, and when the fictional targets shared names with real businesses, it went after the real ones: guessing passwords in …
Apple Eyes a Rack-Mounted AI Comeback Apple is reportedly considering a return to enterprise servers with an AI system built around two or four future M8 Ultra chips and a possible 2029 debut. The project has reportedly been underway for about a year and would target AI developers, businesses, and governments that want to run …
Hackers used Anthropic tech to breach OpenAI White-hat hackers just proved Anthropic’s latest model can tear through rival security in under 72 hours. Researchers chained a third-party forum bug with OpenAI single sign-on flaws to access employee ChatGPT, Codex, and GitHub accounts using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 model. The attack dropped the usual timeline for …
Google DeepMind Launches Institute to Study AGI’s Impact Google DeepMind has launched the DeepMind Institute (DMI) to explore the deployment of artificial general intelligence, which the company defines as a system that exhibits all the cognitive capabilities of the human brain. The institute will bring together researchers from Google, DeepMind, and outside institutions to explore …
Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork, adds Docs, Slides, and Design tools Claude just merged its chat and background work modes into one. No more switching between tools. Here’s what changed: you drop a task, close your laptop, and Claude keeps working. If it hits a wall, it asks you. You stay in control, it …