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Anthropic secretly added a tracker to Claude Code that monitored users in China, using prompt steganography to hide code that flagged timezone, proxy, and potential connections to Chinese AI labs. The company removed the…
Researchers at the University of Benghazi are conducting a systematic review comparing interpretable statistical models with explainable AI approaches for predicting breast cancer recurrence. The review, registered in PR…
Researchers at ICML 2025 proved that AI models trained with DPO or RLHF inevitably learn spurious correlations, causing them to rely on non-causal features like verbosity or sycophancy instead of true helpfulness, harmle…
ChatGPT commands 92.4% of AI referral traffic, according to a new study analyzing 6.77 million LLM-driven sessions. Monthly AI sessions grew 9.9x to 644,478 by May 2026, but volatility remains high due to model changes. …
OpenSSH 10.4 has been released, adding experimental support for a composite post-quantum signature scheme combining ML-DSA 44 and Ed25519. The release also enforces sandbox support on Linux, requiring SECCOMP or NO_NEW_P…
The Emergence Prompt Engineering (EPE) initiative launches an open research program to systematically evaluate structured prompting in large language models, proposing a reproducible scientific workflow that separates be…
Google DeepMind announced on July 6 that real-world data from Apptronik's Apollo 2 humanoid robots will train its Gemini Robotics AI models. Apptronik's new 90,000-square-foot Robot Park in Austin collects data from logi…
Tencent released Hy3, a 295 billion-parameter mixture-of-experts AI model, under the Apache 2.0 license on July 6th, offering two weeks of free API access via OpenRouter. The model, already integrated into Tencent produc…
A new field guide maps agent harnesses—the software loops that let AI models edit files, run tests, and iterate autonomously—on capability and freedom. The analysis shows that as models become commoditized, the harness d…
Claire tested Anthropic's Sonnet 5 against Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, and Gemini 3 Pro using a custom benchmark, finding Sonnet 5 priced competitively but ranking near the bottom in her preference. She advocates for …
Nations are investing in AI capabilities to design, train, and deploy models using domestic infrastructure and local datasets, ensuring solutions are tailored to local needs. The rise of generative and agentic AI has acc…
AI agents, described as 'really smart kindergartners' by HashiCorp CTO Stephen Wilson, are creating blind spots in zero trust security programs by moving too fast for traditional authentication and access controls, leadi…
Dartmouth hosted the first international academic conference on artificial intelligence in glaciology, bringing together over 60 scientists to discuss how AI can accelerate analysis of vast datasets from satellite imager…
Grok-4.3 defeated Phi-4 37.0 to 26.0 in a head-to-head comparison of text generation models, winning on correctness, instruction-following, and precision across four tasks including code generation, email drafting, incid…
Ireland has Europe's largest gender gap in advanced digital skills, with only 18% of women using such skills at work compared to 44% of men, and women hold just 5% of top executive tech roles, according to Technology Ire…
AI search visibility measurement is evolving as marketers shift from tracking keyword rankings to monitoring prompt-level inclusion across AI conversations. A five-step framework helps practitioners build reliable report…
MakerChecker, an open-source project with no identified maintainers or funding, released a security model for AI agents that enforces policy gates before tool execution, targeting regulated workflows in finance, healthca…
RoboBusiness 2026, scheduled for Oct. 20-21 in Santa Clara, Calif., has opened its call for speakers with a deadline of July 8, 2026. The event will feature tracks on Physical AI, humanoids, field robotics, and more, and…
The White House is finalizing voluntary AI standards with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google, requiring 30-day pre-release reviews, three independent labs for safety testing, and a classified pass bar for model access. The fr…
Station F, the Paris-based startup hub founded by billionaire Xavier Niel, is launching a second cohort of its F/ai accelerator program in September to help AI startups achieve rapid revenue growth. The program, backed b…