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LLM Mind-Reading Discovery May Lead to Better Performance
A new study identifies how LLMs develop social reasoning capabilities and form theory of mind (ToM), an important discovery that may lead to more energy-efficient AI in the future.
The Psychology of Collective Abandonment
What psychological mechanisms allow us to pour hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence while 600 million people will live in extreme poverty by 2030?
Every AI Breakthrough Shifts the Goalposts of Artificial General Intelligence
As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving
Health tech venture capital investment rebounds in 2025: report
Funding through the third quarter surpassed last year’s total, according to PitchBook. Meanwhile, average deal sizes are skyrocketing as high valuations — especially for AI startups — drive larger rounds.
French authorities look into Holocaust denial posts from Elon Musk’s Grok AI
X chatbot suggested gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ‘designed for disinfection’ not mass executions Europe live – latest updates
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT-5.1 Pro to fight Gemini 3 — here’s the biggest upgrades
ChatGPT just got smarter for writing, data science and business
Corporate AI Adoption Is A Mess. Here’s How To Fix It.
Corporate AI adoption is stalling and companies are flailing because they’re not asking right questions and preparing to scale and change their way of working.
Salesforce unveils observability tools to manage and optimize AI agents
With customers increasingly deploying agentic AI in production, Salesforce is delivering Agent Analytics, Agent Optimization, and Agent Health monitoring tools to manage agents at scale.
Google DeepMind eyes AI robots after hiring Boston Dynamics CTO
Google wants to build robots that perform tasks at a similar or better level than humans
Foxconn and Intrinsic launch joint venture to build AI ‘factory of the future’
Intrinsic, an Alphabet company that makes AI robotics software, and Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, have launched a multi-phased joint venture designed to build the int…
“Hey Google, did you upgrade your AI in my Android Auto?”
Conversational AI from your phone cast to your car should be about to get better.
How To Live a Meaningful Life Using Design Thinking | 104
In this episode, I sit down with Bill Burnett & Dave Evans, Stanford Design Professors and best-selling authors, to discuss how they’ve helped millions rethink their careers and purpose through...
5 ways Android Auto’s big Gemini upgrade just changed driving for good – and we saw it firsthand
Google’s AI assistant is now available in your car, giving you hands-free chats, information, and more.
Google’s Nano Banana Pro image generator leverages Gemini 3 for improved visuals and text rendering
Google just unveiled its Nano Banana Pro image generator. It’s part of the Gemini app and there’s a free tier.
The State of the Open Social Web
Ben Werdmuller, Nov 20, 2025 This is mostly an introductory post on the open social web (normally called the ‘fediverse’ as a whole, though Ben Werdmuller reserves this term for...
Bezos Enters The AI Arena Amid Shifting Rules And Heavy Startup Activity
Bezos launches a new AI company as Europe revises its laws, and Trump weighs preemption of US state laws,
Eros Innovation Secures $150 Million, Expands AI-Media Platform (EXCLUSIVE)
Eros Innovation has closed $150 million in capital and strategic acquisitions as the company continues its transformation into an AI-driven platform.
How AI can magnify your tech debt – and 4 ways to avoid that trap
A new study finds 43% of IT managers fear AI will create new technical debt – even as 84% expect cost cuts from AI adoption. Here’s how to avoid the...
Utility CEOs See Coming Shortages, but Not Willing to Build Nuclear
Can you blame them? What tech bros don’t get is that the big problem with nuclear has always been the cost. Always. E&E News: The Trump administration wants to churn...
Insurance against Oracle default becomes favorite AI-bust hedge, Bloomberg reports
The market for credit default swaps on the tech giant is getting busier.
Nano Banana Pro: Here’s What Google’s New AI Image Generator Can Do
Google unleashes Gemini 3 on image generation. Be sure to use your prompts wisely.
Ethereum falls below a critical level
The last time ethereum was below $3,000 was in July 2025, after a number of corporate firms had begun to roll out their ethereum treasury strategies.
Litigation Minute: Hype Responsibly: Legally Promoting Your AI
What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less Regardless of the cutting-edge nature of artificial intelligence (AI), its recent popularity has led to an age-old problem of how...
Perplexity’s Comet arrives on Android – how to try the AI browser on your phone now
Although Android is owned by Google – Perplexity’s biggest and most powerful competitor – it could help to make Comet the default browser for many users.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 is outrunning the original’s US sales pace by 68%
The Switch 2 is outpacing even the sales velocity record of Sony’s PlayStation 4.
The what, why and how of agentic AI for supply chain management
Agentic AI is becoming the ultimate supply-chain sidekick, tackling hard, messy tasks so teams get faster, smarter and way more resilient operations.
Universal, Warner and Sony Strike Licensing Deals With AI Music Startup Klay
The three major labels have struck licensing deals with AI music startup Klay.
Android Auto just got a major Gemini upgrade, and it’s already lapping Google Assistant
Gemini on Android Auto is the AI assistant upgrade we’ve all been waiting for.
AI-powered flood forecasting helps Raleigh prepare for dangerous downpours
Raleigh is using AI-enhanced flood forecasting and real-time sensors across city creeks to spot rising water sooner and give crews more time to protect drivers and neighborhoods during heavy storms.
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser may have some concerning security flaws which could let hacker hijack your device
SquareX says it found a ‘hidden API’ in the Comet browser
Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it’s back—in Trump form.
White House crafting executive order to thwart state AI laws
The draft surfaced after President Donald Trump called for a single federal standard on AI “instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes.”
China Is Worried About AI Job Losses
Beijing values domestic stability over global competition.
Bedrock Robotics begins supervised autonomous excavation on live construction sites as it moves toward commercialization
Bedrock Robotics says it has been conducting “the construction industry’s largest-known supervised autonomy deployment for mass excavation”, partnering with Sundt Construction on site prepara…
AI bubble fears ease but investors still waiting for investments to live up to their promise
Fears about the artificial intelligence boom turning into an overblown bubble have evaporated for now, thanks to a stellar earnings report from Nvidia. But that doesn’t mean the specter of...
AI bubble fears ease but investors still waiting for investments to live up to their promise
Fears about the artificial intelligence boom turning into an overblown bubble have evaporated for now, thanks to a stellar earnings report from Nvidia. But that doesn’t mean the specter of...