11:00 AM PDT · September 28, 2026 As the AI model wars continue, Anthropic has released the newest version of Sonnet, the company’s mid-tier model,…
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OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns |
In Brief Posted: 4:39 PM PDT · September 28, 2026 OpenAI had planned to release yet another AI model next month, but has decided to…
Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, is looking to become the gold standard for AI benchmarking |
Benchmarking has become the industry norm for how AI companies validate their models’ capabilities and, when the metrics swing in their favor, stand out from…
Is the AI safety debate about safety or control? |
How should the tech industry approach the topic of AI safety? Increasingly, high-level executives are weighing in on this question, as a debate rages over…
The FAA's plan to fix air traffic? $875M worth of AI |
In Brief Posted: 3:14 PM PDT · September 17, 2026 The Federal Aviation Administration has been struggling to manage an air traffic control shortage throughout…
AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing |
In Brief Posted: 2:12 PM PDT · September 4, 2026 Nscale, a British AI infrastructure company founded just two years ago, has said it may…
OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model |
OpenAI released Astra on Thursday, its latest AI model and — according to the company — its most powerful and capable one yet. OpenAI claims…
Google spared from ad-business breakup, but judge orders changes to how it operates |
2:38 PM PDT · September 2, 2026 The Justice Department has spent years attempting to break up Google’s gargantuan advertising business across two separate antitrust…
Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses? |
I am nothing if not a huge movie buff. I watch way too many of them, and I’m always on the hunt for a new…