The Pentagon partners with xAI to embed the company's frontier AI systems, based on the Grok family of models, directly into GenAI.mil as soon as early 2026
Second concerning thought: That already happened with DOGE. @therao : The dude writes exceptions based on his whims into its core. The shittiest AI out there and it's military. That won't end well. ...
Allen Institute for AI launches Bolmo 7B and Bolmo 1B, claiming they are “the first fully open byte-level language models”, built on its Olmo 3 models
and every token gets the same compute, regardless of complexity. Benjamin Minixhofer / @bminixhofer : There are also some things Bolmo lets us do which we just can't do using subword-level LMs. For ex...
AI image generators like Nano Banana have increased realism by mimicking phone camera traits in contrast, exposure, and sharpening to avoid the uncanny valley
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A profile of AI hearing aid startup Fortell, which has raised $150M so far and is targeting affluent clients in NYC with a $6,800 device that uses a custom chip
AI-powered startup Fortell has become a secret handshake for the privileged hearing-impaired crowd who swear by the product. X: @recurrented , @mikeisaac , @franklinleonard , @stevenlevy , and @mooreh...
Google debuts Android 16 QPR2, a minor update expanding features for notifications, icons, calling screens, and more, marking the end of annual Android releases
Check Key Features Bhabesh Talukdar / Deal N Tech : Android 16 QPR2 Rolled Out for Pixel Devices: What's New in the Latest Update Pranav Dixit / Business Today : Google rolls out Android 16 updates wi...
Americans express fear and negativity toward AI, often relying on bad arguments like water usage, a stark contrast with Asia's and Europe's relative positivity
Noah Smith / Noahpinion : X: @sarthakgh , @noahpinion , and @noahpinion X: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : Excellent rant and love letter about AI by @Noahpinion https://www.noahpinion.blog/ ... Noah S...
Apple releases version 26.1 of its full family of OSes, adding a “tinted” option for its Liquid Glass design that reduces transparency and increases contrast
Today, Apple released version 26.1 of its full family of OSes. Every platform received attention, including the proverbial …
Hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's “hyperrealistic” VR research prototype with beyond-retinal resolution, high brightness and contrast, and a narrow field of view
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Hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's “hyperrealistic” VR research prototype with beyond-retinal resolution, high brightness and contrast, and a narrow field of view
At SIGGRAPH 2025, I went hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's research prototype that combines beyond-retinal resolution … X: @ibrews and @heaney555 X: @ibrews : The @Meta Tiramisu headset demos at SIGGRAPH...
Meta's standalone Meta AI app, launched in April 2025, offers an uneven experience, hallucinating and not personalizing replies despite access to Meta accounts
The Meta AI app offers an uneven experience, posing a sharp contrast to Mark Zuckerberg's lofty artificial intelligence ambitions. X: @natlungfy , @jackson198285 , and @markgurman X: Natalie Lung / @n...