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SNL seems to have its knives out for tech executives.

Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

The AutoBarista's "Grind iQ" technology allows the machine to analyze your coffee beans to inform how it pulls a shot of espresso.

On Equity, we unpacked what the midterms mean for the tech industry.

A memo circulated earlier this year reportedly claimed that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited a female technology executive to spy on Nvidia's CEO.

As parents look for alternatives to unrestricted smartphones, a growing number of companies are building phones designed specifically for kids, from feature-limited mobile devices to minimalist home phones.

The announcement comes barely more than a week after hackers stole $6.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency from Binance users.

Amazon's redesigned basic Kindle costs more than before, but its lighter build and improved display make a compelling case for skipping the pricier models.

Sequoia pioneered the scouts model and many VC firms followed suit, but a consensus now seems to be forming that the model has reached limits in its current form.

After spending two years getting cozy with the White House, Big Tech is suddenly trying to make friends with Democrats, and the open question is whether that image makeover can hold up against what states, local communities, and the markets are about to do.

The deal highlights the challenges of developing massive AI data centers.

OpenAI has reportedly raised an additional $11 billion as part of a funding round that hasn't closed yet but is expected to in the coming weeks.

There are now 100,000 Duo-optimized apps, says Apple, and thousands more arrive daily.

Security researchers found hundreds of servers hosting the penetration testing tool Artex exposed to the internet, allowing anyone access to the hacking tool.

Reports by The New York Times and the Financial Times linked the CEO to a woman suspected to be a spy.

If this Premium feature is bugging you, there's good news: you aren't stuck with it.

If you're on the market for a new DisplayPort cable, it's worth keeping in mind that longer doesn't always mean better. This length is when trouble begins.

If you're storing a laptop for an extended period, there are a few things to consider.

Your laptop shouldn't sound like it's preparing for takeoff every time you sit down to work. Here's what might be causing those sudden fan blasts.

With smartphones serving all purposes, an old flip phone, especially a SIM-less one, may feel useless. However, this couldn't be further from the truth.

The old fear about cell phone radiation causing cancer is an overblown concern, but there are other dangers when you tuck a charging phone under your pillow.

With the announcement of its M6, Apple is stepping into a new generation of its processors. Here's why it still can't compete with NVIDIA GPUs.

Groups that own the music rights to Elvis Presley and Eminem's tracks filed the latest lawsuits.

The $1,000-plus price is only part of the problem.

While the PlayStation 5 Pro is the most powerful games console, the Xbox Series X offers features like Smart Delivery and Quick Resume.

The PlayStation App offers its users certain features that will make their lives easier, especially if they really love playing on their console.

Is 2TB of phone storage worth it? Find out who needs it and who can safely skip it, plus how much space you need for everyday photos, apps and games.

AI glasses can do a lot of cool things, there's no debate about that. But there are also serious downsides to the tech.

The new MacBook Pro offers more powerful configurations than ever before, but they'll cost you dearly.

Suno is facing yet another pair of lawsuits . A group of rights holders of Elvis Presley's music and the publisher of some of Eminem's biggest records are suing the AI music company, claiming it illegally generates music and lyrics that mimic those artists. The lawyers in the Presley suit claim that Suno has violated Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, which makes it illegal for an AI company to clone a singer's voice. In the suit, lawyers representing Presley's rights holders argue that "Suno has mechanically encoded itself with artists' identities, hard-work, creativity, and time, and

A top-down view of the 15-inch MacBook Air, which features Apple’s M5 processor. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The latest 13-inch MacBook Air is currently available for $1,099.99, marking the second time we’ve seen this $200 discount following the company’s hefty price increases over the summer . Although the base model — which features Apple’s M5 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage — often sold for around $950 to $1,000 shortly after it launched in May, savings have been rare since July, making the current deal worth flagging. Amazon , Best Buy , and

Code in the iOS 27.3 beta suggests that Apple could add support for chatbots to its smart home hub. There's a flag listed for a "Conversational Apps" category. While there are no details about what apps would fall under that heading, it seems reasonable that AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude could be added to HomeView. According to pdfu on X, that new beta also adds support for bidirectional audio routing and session management, but says it's "still not fully wired up." Apple has also added anti-spoofing protection that will require a user to authenticate themselves with an iPhone after

This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the pressures of creating content for the internet, follow Mia Sato . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here . How it started Almost exactly a decade ago, the media industry was in the middle of a video revolution - or so it thought. In the mid-2010s, publications poured money into burgeoning social media video efforts, chasing the promise of reaching larger audiences and opening new lines of revenue.

With temperatures rising to the 90s in Los Angeles, avoiding the heat wasn't exactly an option while I was at a relative's outdoor party in August. So I sat beneath a patio umbrella with a powerful fan nearby, figuring I was protected from the sun and heat. Half an hour later, I felt exhausted, dizzy, nauseous, and generally unwell, symptoms consistent with heat exhaustion. Around the same time, I received a notification from an app used by the $249 ($149 at the time of publication) UV-tracking necklace I'd been wearing, called Gem , from a company called The90. It warned

We braved the cold to answer a modern dilemma: Can you keep your hands warm and use a smartphone at the same time?

Apple announced an updated 14-inch MacBook Pro with the latest M6 chip. But with the M5 model on sale, I’m not sure the M6 is worth the upgrade.

Moving AI from text to 3D space, world models simulate real-world physics to teach robots and autonomous cars how to navigate reality.

Escalating hacks affecting blood labs and grocery stores show the very real risks to critical infrastructure that come from basic security lapses involving internet-connected devices.

Don’t suffer the buffer. These WIRED-tested home routers will deliver reliable internet across your home, whatever your needs or budget.

Get up to 50 percent off some of my favorite headphones and earbuds from Apple, Sony, Bose, and more.

Ensuring your cat stays hydrated is one of the best ways to keep your pet healthy. The right pet water fountain can help.

Stop paying for disk cleaners. This open source utility safely clears hidden caches, leftover app junk, and even gigabytes of offline Apple Intelligence models.

Skip the gym and get outdoors with GoRuck’s indestructible packs and workout gear, deeply discounted ahead of the holidays.

The apps and platforms that help family caregivers manage their loved ones’ needs are becoming more capable, but the broader issue of caregivers’ well-being remains unsolved.

With huge capacities, retractable USB-C cables, and fast-charging capability, these discounted Ecoflow power banks are worth grabbing.

Will Lawrence beat out better-funded opponents in the race to represent Michigan’s 7th District. Now, the representative-elect is laying out his plans to fight for a federal data center moratorium.

The early bird gets the worm. Here are the best Black Friday deals for 2026 you can already get right now.

Owning a home is billed as a way to build wealth, but amid climate-related disasters, for many, it's beginning to feel like a trap.

Tesla’s biggest failure is the second massive EV to get the axe within the last year, while smaller vehicles are proliferating. It could be a huge benefit for the US battery supply chain.

The architect of the Trump administration’s brutal crackdowns on immigration and dissent was already known as “the prime minister.” Now he’ll work as the chief of staff.

The new Essential and certain colors of the original Classic are at their lowest prices of the year.

I’ve already found early deals on our favorite WIRED-tested mattresses and sleep accessories.

An experiment in which AI models were asked to break into simulated networks showed the hacking skills of DeepSeek and GLM to be not far behind OpenAI’s most advanced cyber model, which isn’t public.

Data brokers are collecting all sorts of internal corporate files to help train AI models. Not everyone is thrilled.

The decision to halt production of Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup marks the end of an error.

With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.

Creators in their sixties, seventies, and eighties have flooded adult platforms as the demand for mature content has skyrocketed, with some turning to online sex work as a retirement lifeline.

After enduring years of smells, strange noises, and waste “tea,” I’ve found the composters and food recyclers I’d actually recommend.

These monthly deliveries get kids reading, coding, and cooking while encouraging them to learn about science and the world.

Air conditioners can now follow you from room to room to cut power draw. Saving the planet, however, won’t come from a smarter breeze.

The Greenlight Family Hub displays your family calendars, manages your kid’s chores, and doubles as a photo frame. It’s also already discounted ahead of Black Friday.

Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.

I found discounts of up to half off some of the top WIRED-tested TVs.

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers.

As Anthropic maintains its vow to keep ads out of Claude, the rest of the AI chatbot industry is racing to win over advertisers without antagonizing users.

Get a head start on holiday shopping with discounts on WIRED-tested headphones, laptops, and TVs.

More than 80 percent of congressional candidates backed by the pro-science PAC 314 Action won, including Michigan senator-elect and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed.

Alexis Ohanian is trying to figure out what’s next for user-generated content now that so much of the internet is “compromised.”

A day after the US midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, Onion CEO Ben Collins and comedian Patti Harrison spoke to WIRED about the salve of satire during politically fraught times.

The startup Aina bets you won’t need to rely on your phone to control virtual assistants. It’s making a smart ring that lets you control the actions of your autonomous agents with one tap.

The new OLED MacBook Pro comes with an incredible-looking touchscreen display—and an equally eye-popping price.

Potential Sciences, a startup backed by the UK government, is betting that training AI models on computer-generated biochemical data can speed up the plodding process of developing new drugs.

Equipped with the brightest display, an “Event-Based Vision Sensor,” and the next-generation Qualcomm processor, Motorola hopes you’ll want to spend big bucks on its ceramic and aluminum Signature 27.

Denise Herzing, the founder and director of the Wild Dolphin Project, is using AI to help understand audio and video footage of the marine mammals.

Stop fumbling for cables in the dark. These WIRED-tested stands and pads will take the hassle out of refueling your phone, wireless earbuds, and watch.

OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXSI have all reached out to Husk, an influencer who regularly goes viral by exposing the shortcomings of chatbots.

Nintendo has prepped its classic game for a rerelease with a slew of aesthetic upgrades—none more extreme than the protagonist’s curled-eyelash, glossed-lip glow-up.

An extremely rare matter-decay event opens up new possibilities for researching the physical world on scales 100 billion times smaller than an atom.

Turns out, your finger is prime real estate for health tracking. Here are the smart rings that impressed me the most.

Merge uses GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, and Codex to review product code and support marketing. Its teams also use AI to plan executive dinners and prepare sales updates.

OpenAI introduces its National Community Compact and Compute Campus Policy Blueprint to protect local resources, create jobs, and guide responsible AI infrastructure development.

Flipsnack focused its ChatGPT Ads campaigns on getting people to try its product, growing registrations while lowering the cost per signup.

Starting with equity research, Franklin Templeton is developing AI workflows to help portfolio managers compare research views and examine investment risks.

OpenAI will acquire Pierre Computer Company, expanding Codex’s tools for building, understanding, and reviewing code.

Daybreak Red brings GPT-5.6 Cyber to approved customers in AWS GovCloud (US-East) through Amazon Bedrock for authorized cybersecurity work.

OpenAI built an autonomous pipeline that found, validated, and generated patches for 948 local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.

Images 2.6 brings faster image generation, GIF creation, more precise editing, and new API controls across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API.

DevRev uses GPT-6.1 Sol to power Computer and Operator, balancing reasoning, speed, and cost for enterprise service.

Discover how ChatGPT and Codex are helping engineers accelerate CAD, PCB design, simulation, and other workflows across the physical world.

Cisco combines network intelligence with OpenAI models to strengthen enterprise security. Learn how it is building more adaptive defenses.

Discover how Heimstaden uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to transform property management, cut costs, and empower employees across Europe.

Jill Hazelbaker will join OpenAI as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, leading the company’s global communications and corporate positioning.

How OpenAI built Pando, a Git-compatible backend designed for the scale of development that Codex makes possible.

OpenAI’s Grid Protectors Program will work with utilities to help future compute campuses support grid reliability and protect consumer electricity costs.

OpenAI is preparing its next internal security sprint with Cathedral Systems to test and strengthen its defenses using AI.

OpenAI is raising Security Bug Bounty rewards and introducing report quality, loyalty, and priority campaign bonuses for independent security researchers.

Introducing LifeVal, a benchmark measuring how well AI helps people complete everyday tasks, from finding childcare to managing finances and government paperwork.

OpenAI appoints Dan Driscoll to advise on responsible AI for national security modernization, cyber resilience, and collaboration with U.S. allies.

Qodo brings company knowledge and coding standards into Codex, helping developers catch P0 issues across repositories before opening a pull request.

OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.

OpenAI is strengthening violence prevention in ChatGPT with expanded safeguards, earlier interventions, and a new commitment to public safety reporting.

OpenAI shares excerpts from court briefs by creators, academics, accessibility advocates, and legal experts, among others, on how fair use supports AI training and innovation.

OpenAI’s updated Model Spec outlines five core values to guide more capable AI toward sound judgment, human agency, and faithfulness to human intent.

OpenAI uses layered monitoring to detect frontier model misalignment and unauthorized agent behavior so responders can intervene before incidents escalate.

Ropes & Gray is developing AI for transactional diligence with OpenAI. Lawyers review grouped documents, summaries, and reports before advising clients.

Credit Saison’s ChatGPT Enterprise pilot delivered 954% ROI. See how leaders and employees helped turn the results into companywide adoption.

Evernote used ChatGPT Ads to introduce its note-taking app to people working with AI. The team tracked how often free trials led to paid subscriptions.

OpenAI and ServiceNow expand their partnership to bring OpenAI models and agents into ServiceNow and ServiceNow workflows into ChatGPT and Codex.

How AI might enter the org chart—beneath, beside, and between us.

See how Legora uses OpenAI models, ChatGPT, and Codex to accelerate legal workflows, expand contract analysis, and free lawyers to focus on higher-value work.

GPT-6 Astra tops Retell’s voice agent benchmark, while Codex helps it reach a $1.6M annual revenue run rate per employee.

OpenAI and Oracle are expanding their partnership to bring business applications and AI agents into ChatGPT and power new Oracle offerings.

With OpenAI Daybreak, Check Point speeds up the research behind new security protections, enabling its analysts to turn vulnerability intelligence into customer defenses faster.

How Greptile uses GPT-6 Astra to test user workflows, Daybreak to strengthen security, and Codex to reduce rework.

Delivering fast and capable computer use at scale

OpenAI shares model results on the Kakeya conjecture, Exponential Time Hypothesis, and quantum chromodynamics—and how researchers can verify and build on them.

CodeRabbit uses GPT-6.1 Sol to investigate security risks across complex codebases. Its security agent helps developers review findings and proposed fixes.

Explore OpenAI Signals data on 165 work activities across nearly 100 countries, revealing how people use ChatGPT for work and how usage changes over time.

Fanatics uses OpenAI to help fans complete their game-day outfits with Shop the Look. Testing across roughly 30,000 MLB products showed 10% higher engagement.

See how OpenAI engineers use Codex Ultrafast to investigate incidents in minutes. Explore faster security analysis, code refactoring, and daily workflows.

Learn how OpenAI scaled Habitat with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching, and Azure Cosmos DB to deliver 12× faster reads for ChatGPT.

OpenAI explains how we strengthened containment for frontier model training and evaluation, including offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.

Anima expands what care teams can do with OpenAI models, giving them more capacity to respond to patients.

OpenAI and Poland’s NASK are partnering on AI safety, security, and technical research to strengthen safeguards and support a more resilient digital ecosystem.

Across the world, organizations are partnering with Google Cloud to tackle their toughest challenges, drive digital transformation, and unlock new levels of growth. In Europe, organizations face unique and complex regulatory challenges. To ensure we're delivering the best possible value and experience for our customers here, we have established a new European Advisory Board. This distinguished group of leaders from across various industries will act as a vital feedback channel, help customers navigate complex regulatory landscapes, and foster a strong, sustainable digital economy. Their counsel is key to ensuring Google Cloud products not only meet but exceed European requirements, driving

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we look into new research agents from Deutsche Bank and The Max Planck Institute ; helping devs strut their stuff with new databases for Rent the Runway ; mortgage lender Mr. Cooper ’s “team” of AI agents answering tough customer questions;

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we explore Uber ’s revamped network with modern edge; smarter, AI-infused site search at Target ; a wicked fast blockchain built by Keeta Network ; HCA Healthcare empowers its nurses with a new AI-powered information portal; Deutche Telecom enhances its data

A year ago today, Google Cloud filed a formal complaint with the European Commission about Microsoft’s anti-competitive cloud licensing practices — specifically those that impose financial penalties on businesses that use Windows Server software on Azure’s biggest competitors. Despite regulatory scrutiny, it’s clear that Microsoft intends to keep its restrictive licensing policies in place for most cloud customers. In fact, it’s getting worse. As part of a recent earnings call, Microsoft disclosed that its efforts to force software customers to use Azure are “not anywhere close to the finish line,” and represented one of three pillars “driving [its] growth.” As

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this regular round-up , we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we explore Box’s AI agents extracting insights with cross-platform agent integration; Schroders uses multiple connected agents to build a complex investment research system; Hypros ’ IoT device can monitor patient distress in hospitals without individual monitoring; a Formula E exhibition of

There’s a buzz of excitement here at Tobacco Dock as we welcome our customers and partners to the Google Cloud Summit London. Together, we’re exploring the essential role Google Cloud is playing in driving AI innovation and adoption across the UK. Today is about shining a spotlight on our customers and partners, focusing on the real-world stories of how they are accelerating innovation, realising value, and reshaping entire industries with the powerful combination of AI agents and robust cloud infrastructure. The opportunity ahead is immense. AI is poised to inject more than £400 billion into the UK economy by 2030

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this monthly round-up, we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our inaugural edition, we explore Lowe’s new Visual Scout product recommendation engine powered by Vertex AI Vector Search; a responsive “Driver Agent” platform created by Formula E to bring more equity to the track; Ester AI, a conversational tool from wealth.com that can help financial

Week of Dec 16 - Dec 20 Windows Server 2025 is now available on Google Compute Engine. We are excited to announce the general availability of Windows Server 2025 on Google Compute Engine. You can now run Windows Server 2025 Data Center, and Windows Server 2025 Data Center Core editions as well as Windows SQL Server 2022 on Windows Server 2025 with pay-as-you-go licenses. Customers that don’t already have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement can use the Google Compute Engine’s provided image to take advantage of Google Cloud’s relationships with Microsoft for pay-as-you-go licenses that scale with your workload and offers

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that 2024 was a busy year for Google Cloud. From AI to Zero Trust, and everything in between, here’s a chronological recap of our top blogs of 2024, according to readership. You’ll probably see some favorites on this list, and discover a few that you missed the first time around. January We started the new year strong, removing data transfer fees for anyone moving data off of our platform. Translation: Anyone doing cool things on Google Cloud (like using generative AI to analyze their microservices deployment) is doing it because

Over the past year, the pace of innovation across industries and around the world has been extraordinary. At Google, we're inspired by the public sector’s ingenuity and speed in adopting our AI and security innovations to achieve remarkable outcomes together. Since Google Cloud Next , we've launched more powerful versions of Gemini , rolled out Gemini Flash and Imagen 3 . And we're proud to showcase inspiring examples from the public sector, highlighting how organizations are leveraging generative AI to drive transformative change. From state agencies streamlining citizen services to healthcare providers improving patient outcomes and defense organizations enhancing mission

Editors note, November 28th, 2025: “We filed our antitrust complaint with the European Commission (EC) to give voice to our customers and partners about the issue of anticompetitive cloud licensing practices. Today, we are withdrawing it in light of the recent announcement that the EC will assess problematic practices affecting the cloud sector under a separate process. We stand behind the arguments outlined in the blog below, and we continue to work with policymakers, customers, and regulators across the EU, the UK, and elsewhere to advocate for choice and openness in the cloud market." - Giorgia Abeltino, Head of Government

Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip : Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google Cloud blog? Start here: Google Cloud blog 101: Full list of topics, links, and resources . Week of Dec 10 - Dec 15 Announcing Launch of Cross Cloud Materialized Views : To help customers on their cross-cloud analytics journey, today we are thrilled to announce the public preview of BigQuery Omni cross-cloud materialized views (aka cross-cloud MVs).

To our customers: At Google Cloud, we put your interests first. This means that when you choose to work with us, we become partners on a journey of shared innovation, shared support, and shared fate. We are committed to helping you evolve as technology advances, drawing on our depth of experience to ensure you can use the latest and best technology, while keeping you safe and protected. When it comes to the rapidly developing world of generative AI, this is imperative. Earlier this year, we embedded Duet AI — an always-on AI collaborator — across our products, from Google Workspace

Editor’s note : Jack Ngare is a Technical Director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO based in Nairobi, Kenya. A native of Kenya, he worked in telecommunications abroad for 12 years before returning home to work for a large African financial institution and a U.S. technology company. He joined Google Cloud last year with a mission to digitize and modernize Cloud’s global top customers, while simultaneously growing Africa's entrepreneurial technology culture. What is the opportunity you see before you? Working at Google Cloud, I’m able to bring people some of the world's best software and hardware engineering. I also

Editor’s note : Alicia Abella is the Managing Director for Telecommunications Industry Solutions at Google Cloud. The work involves bringing complex, advanced technology to businesses across diverse markets and cultures — from startups in Brazil to North America's largest telecommunications companies. The daughter of immigrants from Cuba, she has a PhD, 29 patents, and extensive experience running teams and working with customers. Did you always see yourself bringing new inventions into the world? No, not at all. I grew up in Queens, New York — the only child of Cuban immigrants. My parents worked hard and saved money so I

Welcome back. Though coding agents have transformed the work of software developers, Github's Kyle Daigle discusses ways to make these agents more efficient and affordable. Meanwhile, Google celebrates a major milestone with Project Suncatcher, its orbital data center research initiative. And OpenAI's ad team gives us a look behind the curtain at how it's built LLMs into its ad stack. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. OpenAI’s ad bet depends on user trust 2. Google’s orbital AI bet raises bigger questions 3. GitHub’s case against defaulting to frontier AI CONSUMER ChatGPT could rewrite the rules of digital ads Large

Hello, friends. Thanks for tuning into this special edition, presented in partnership with Coder . Someone on your finance team wants an AI agent to build their monthly report. It can write the code, but it also needs access to company files. What should it be allowed to read, change, or send elsewhere? That's a lot for them to work out when they just wanted to stop building the same spreadsheet every month. And if they don't work it out, who does? — Jason Hiner Read Coder's AI Operating Layer whitepaper You shouldn't need to be a developer to use

Welcome back. The PHP vulnerabilities uncovered last week had been dismissed as unexploitable for years, until AI changed the math. AI putting an end to security-by-obscurity puts smaller, less-resourced organizations most at risk. Meanwhile, Amazon unveiled a new lineup of Echo devices and an upgraded AI-powered Alexa, but its real edge may be the habits it has built in millions of homes since 2014. Finally, Mistral released the open weights of its trillion-parameter Large 4 model, pitching enterprises frontier performance without lock-in and taking aim at China’s open-model lead. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Mistral tests China’s open-model

Additional reporting and editing by Caitlin Wolper Phillips The first time I ever wrote a song, it was complete and utter garbage. I'll spare your ears (and my dignity) from having to hear the track yourselves, but the song was essentially a rip-off of Zach Bryan's "Something in the Orange," featuring clunky, depressing lyrics and vocal and guitar melodies so basic that, had I published it, it probably would have gotten me laughed off the internet. But the moment I finished writing it was one of the proudest of my life. I still remember sitting across from my friend who

Welcome back. One of AI’s thorniest problems right now is token costs, and GitHub unveiled a smart fix. Its new Copilot Fusion sends tasks to cheaper models first and only moves up to more powerful ones when needed, matching top-tier coding agents while using half the tokens. Meanwhile, as AI agents spread across the enterprise, security teams are racing to keep up. So I sat down with CrowdStrike’s Christian Rodriguez to unpack how defenders can respond at machine speed. And Google is trying to change its reputation for moving too slowly, with its new high-end model Gemini Carbon edging past

Welcome back. As AI begins to manifest in the physical world, the key to the public accepting robots might be to make them look less human. Meanwhile, the iPhone Duo has a number of quirks, but its biggest advantage might be in AI agents. And Cohere's escaped Alibaba agent highlights just how unpredictable agentic systems can be. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Cohere finds an agent control problem in Qwen 2. The iPhone Duo’s best argument is AI agents 3. Why home robots may need to look less human GOVERNANCE The real lesson in Cohere's Alibaba agent scare

Welcome back. I’ve spent the past week testing Brilliant Labs’ new Halo glasses and they make a strong case that privacy and openness can sell AI wearables. Still, Halo is a much different product than the glasses from Meta and Google. OpenAI's new GPT-6.1 Terra model takes on Anthropic's mid-range Sonnet to balance cost, power, and speed, with some fairly impressive results. And the big news, of course, is Anthropic making it official that it's going public on the Nasdaq, likely in the next month. The real story is that Anthropic's focus on the enterprise is producing eye-popping revenue growth,

Welcome back. The best place to start with AI might be the tasks your teams dread the most. In my podcast conversation with Todd Earwood, we explore why the employees closest to the work often spot the AI opportunities that leaders miss. OpenAI is chasing an efficiency goal with its new Jev rival that can make everyday software tasks faster and cheaper. Meanwhile, Gartner's 2027 outlook offers a reality check on organizations turning AI's potential into useful work, with measurable returns and clear accountability for the results. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. What Gartner predicts for the future

Hello, friends. The question we get from readers more than any other right now is whether we're in an AI bubble. Everyone has a take, and most of them come from people who have never funded, built or studied the boom. So for this special weekend edition, we tried a different way of answering it- we asked Delphi to find the people who have actually been in the room, and put the question to their Digital Minds. That's the topic of this edition, presented in partnership with Delphi. Let us know what you think! — Jason Hiner We asked Delphi

Welcome back. Outside evaluators uncovered gaps in OpenAI’s agent monitoring, underscoring why safety needs independent scrutiny. Meanwhile, 1Password is giving agents a way to sign in with users’ approval without exposing their passwords. And Gartner’s latest surveys show AI spending rising while many companies continue to struggle with demonstrating financial returns. That's a disconnect that can't last forever. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why AI adoption isn't translating into ROI 2. Independent audits catch what OpenAI missed 3. Agent security is becoming a product layer RESEARCH Gartner exposes AI's growing value gap Lots of companies are still racing

AI can make a Taylor Swift song. Or a Fleetwood Mac song. Or a Frank Sinatra song. Now, musicians and listeners alike are starting to think outside of AI's black box. More than ever, music is veering into the unexpected, whether it be leaning into sour notes, playing non-traditional melodies against odd time signatures, or creating entirely new genres like Celtic EDM . These new sounds serve as evidence of humanity: Something so strange, interesting, or thoughtful could have only come from the mind of a living, breathing human. It's a sign that AI's ability to create polished music isn't

Welcome back. As users turn to ChatGPT for increasingly personal matters, OpenAI released a feature that lets users keep certain chats private. Meanwhile, Anthropic has come to the table with its own always-on agent for personal and professional work. And researchers used AI to spot a critical open source code vulnerability that could impact millions of websites. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why AI labs must share the burden of cyber defense 2. Anthropic bets on agents that fade into work 3. ChatGPT now lets users conceal select chats GOVERNANCE PHP’s flaws show the stakes of AI’s cyber

Welcome back. New research finds that AI's use in scientific contexts may be accelerating discovery. Meanwhile, Amazon researchers created an internal tracing system that improves its AI coding agent, Kiro, from its own runs. And Databricks new memory layer for agents could solve one of the most critical problems agents face: A better understanding of a user's history. — Nat Rubio-Licht IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Agents need better memory more than better models 2. Amazon tests a safer path to self-improving AI 3. Can AI free up scientists to think bigger? ENTERPRISE Why persistent memory could transform AI agents What

Welcome back. China's MiniMax is pushing open models closer to frontier performance at a fraction of the cost, raising the stakes for US labs. Meanwhile, Anthropic is making a massive commitment to philanthropy, but there's a strategic reason AI companies need public goodwill as they race to build infrastructure and expand their influence. And Inception's Mercury 3 is the most intriguing development of all. Its diffusion architecture challenges the industry's prevailing approach to scaling AI, delivering dramatically faster responses while using expensive GPUs a lot more efficiently. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1. Why Inception's Mercury 3 upends AI

Welcome back. AI is changing not just how we work, but how companies organize themselves. In the latest episode of The Deep View Conversations podcast, Rokt COO Bill Barton explains why generalists are growing in value and shares six timeless attributes for succeeding in the AI era. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to take a different approach to building frontier AI models, prioritizing efficiency and cost over brute-force scaling. And a new Wharton report reveals why companies focused on using AI to grow their businesses are seeing far better returns than those simply cutting costs. — Jason Hiner IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER 1.