In Brief Posted: 10:00 AM PST · February 17, 2026 Anthropic has released a new version of its midsized Sonnet model, keeping pace with the…
Author: Russell Brandom
Running AI models is turning into a memory game |
8:44 AM PST · February 17, 2026 When we talk about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs —…
Meridian raises $17 million to remake the agentic spreadsheet |
6:00 AM PST · February 11, 2026 The fight to tame spreadsheets with AI isn’t over yet. A new company called Meridian has emerged from…
Okay, now exactly half of xAI's founding team has left the company |
5:50 PM PST · February 10, 2026 Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next…
Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all |
In Brief Posted: 12:26 PM PST · February 6, 2026 Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmark measuring AI agents’ capabilities on professional tasks…
Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis |
7:00 AM PST · February 5, 2026 An AI lab called Fundamental emerged from stealth on Thursday, offering a new foundation model to solve an…
Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start to see new AI models and products from the company in a matter of months. “In 2025, we…
A new test for AI labs: Are you even trying to make money? |
We’rein a unique moment for AI companies building their own foundation model. First, there is a whole generation of industry veterans who made their name…
Governments grapple with the flood of non-consensual nudity on X |
2:08 PM PST · January 8, 2026 For the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images, created by the Grok AI…
Anthropic releases Opus 4.5 with new Chrome and Excel integrations |
11:08 AM PST · November 24, 2025 On Monday, Anthropic announced Opus 4.5, the latest version of its flagship model. It’s the last of Anthropic’s…