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FastVideo released FastWan-QAD, a family of video generation models that can produce a 5-second 480P video in 1.78 seconds on a single NVIDIA RTX 5090 using quantization-aware distillation. The models achieve this speed …

The European Commission ruled in April that Google's integration of Gemini into Android violates the Digital Markets Act, proposing measures to force Google to give rival AI services equal system-level access, including …

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco lost the California governor's primary, finishing fourth with 10.2% of the vote behind Xavier Becerra, Steve Hilton, and Tom Steyer. Bianco, a Republican, will return to his role as s…

Nylas released Agent Accounts in beta, offering a simplified provisioning flow for hosted mailboxes that requires only a single POST request instead of the traditional OAuth consent screen and refresh token management. A…

Nylas has introduced Agent Accounts, a beta feature that collapses multiple identifiers for email, calendar, and webhooks into a single grant_id. This single handle allows autonomous agents to perform all operations—send…

Nylas has released Agent Accounts in beta, enabling developers to scale from a single test mailbox to thousands of agent mailboxes across customer domains. The system uses a single POST request for provisioning, with wor…

Nylas has detailed how its Agent Accounts land in workspaces, with a default workspace acting as a safety net for unplaced accounts. The workspace carries policy limits and rules that govern agents, and placement can be …

OpenAI and Oracle are building Project Jupiter, one of the largest U.S. data centers, in New Mexico, where tree mortality tripled in 2025 due to drought and record heat. The 1,400-acre facility will generate 2.5 gigawatt…

A user observes that AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, GROK, and Claude frequently hallucinate, leading users to switch between models. The author notes that end users often lack understanding of AI limitations, while rese…

AI safety researcher argues that expensive safety measures can be applied selectively to the <1% of tasks carrying catastrophic risk, making the alignment tax economically viable. The blended overhead of a 100× tax on 0.…

South Koreans are among the most optimistic about AI globally, with only 16% expressing concern versus 50% of Americans, according to Pew Research. The country's enthusiasm is driven by a national agenda to make AI an ec…

A Claude subscriber filed a federal lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the company misled consumers about the usage limits of its Max 5x and Max 20x plans. The lawsuit, seeking class-action status, claims the actual usa…

The White House has held meetings with tech companies and children's-safety groups to explore a legislative package that could preempt state AI laws, bundling measures like the Kids Online Safety Act, the No Fakes Act, a…

A comparison shows Meta will spend $125 billion on chips in 2024, exceeding Germany's $114 billion defense budget, while offering over $100 million salaries to attract top AI researchers, yet still struggles to catch up …

A technical report proposes using a consumer RTX 3090's integrated GPU (iGPU) to run a small language model as a 'Sentinel' for monitoring and validating outputs from the primary GPU-bound model. The approach aims to imp…

The U.S. government imposed export controls on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos AI models after Amazon researchers discovered a security vulnerability triggered by the simple prompt 'fix this code,' which could be exploited …

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX's historic IPO debut. A stack of $1 trillion would reach 67,000 miles high, weigh 2.2 billion pounds, and generate $82.2 million per day in interest at 3%.

A senior yearbook quote at Canyon Crest Academy in California using the phrase "From the river to the sea" has sparked a district debate on free speech, with parents and board members discussing its impact on Jewish stud…

Enterprise AI systems are evolving from passive chatbots into agentic digital operators that can access CRM systems, create tickets, update records, and trigger workflows, introducing new security risks beyond traditiona…

Meta announced new AI features on Facebook, including 'AI Mode' that synthesizes answers from public posts across its platforms, and AI-powered photo presets for editing. The updates aim to boost engagement and diversify…