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Engadget » Mobile
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- Audacity's new look is finally here, along with its largest feature update in yearsby staff@engadget.com (Max Miller) on September 3, 2026
The popular free audio editor gets a colorful dark mode and granular editing tools.
- What Is The Best Waterproof Rating For Bluetooth Speakers?by staff@engadget.com (Jack Peachey) on September 3, 2026
There's nothing like lounging by the pool, listening to your favorite tunes. But is your Bluetooth […]
- OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is 'the most intelligent and aligned model in the world'by staff@engadget.com (Ian Carlos Campbell) on September 3, 2026
The new frontier model is particularly competent at agentic, computer-use tasks.
- Netflix has ordered a live-action adaptation of D&D's Ravenloftby staff@engadget.com (Anna Washenko) on September 3, 2026
Alfonso Cuarón will executive produce the dark fantasy vampire story based on the popular D&D […]
- Ugreen's new smart home ecosystem is built around local AI hubsby staff@engadget.com (Max Miller) on September 3, 2026
Ugreen has three new hubs that run your smart home with local AI rather than the cloud. The top […]
- SpaceXAI apologizes for outage that affected Grok and other 'compute partners'by staff@engadget.com (Karissa Bell) on September 3, 2026
Several AI companies experienced issues at around the same time.
Analytics Vidhya Blog » Prompt Engineering
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- OpenCode Explained: The Open-Source AI Coding Agentby Sree Vamsi on September 3, 2026
OpenCode is open source and works with any model, but those are no longer its most interesting […]
- A Complete Guide to Decoding LLM Model Namesby Vasu Deo Sankrityayan on September 2, 2026
If you have ever tried downloading a local LLM, you have probably seen model names that look like […]
- 5 Best Local LLMs You Can Run on a Mac mini in 2026by Vasu Deo Sankrityayan on September 1, 2026
Proprietary models are amazing! But sometimes what is of importance is configurability rather than […]
- Top 7 Free AI Automation Courses with Certificatesby Vasu Deo Sankrityayan on August 30, 2026
You don’t need to know anything about AI automation to get started. There are plenty of free […]
- 10 Essential Agentic AI Concepts Explained Simplyby Vasu Deo Sankrityayan on August 27, 2026
AI agents are everywhere right now. You hear terms like tool calling, agent loops, MCP, guardrails […]
- Mastering the AI Project Cycle: From Concept to Productionby Janvi Kumari on August 26, 2026
In fact, AI projects are not built by simply choosing a model and feeding it data. Furthermore, a […]
Google DeepMind News Blog
DeepMind is the world leader in artificial intelligence research and its application for positive impact. They are on a scientific mission to push the boundaries of AI, developing programs that can learn to solve any complex problem without needing to be taught how.
- Introducing WeatherNext 3, our most advanced and accurate global weather AI modelon September 3, 2026
- Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterpriseson September 2, 2026
- Introducing Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyberon September 2, 2026
- Introducing agentic video understanding with Geminion September 1, 2026
- Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash lets you build with more controlon August 27, 2026
- Piloting the world's first double-blind AI evaluationson August 27, 2026
Piloting the world's first double-blind AI evaluations
Google Research Blog
Google AI is focused on bringing the benefits of AI to everyone. In conducting and applying our research, we advance the state-of-the-art in many domains. The latest news and updates directly from Google bring the benefits of AI to everyone.
- Transfer learning for genomic prediction in underrepresented populationson September 3, 2026
General Science
- A connectomics milestone: Mapping the complete male fruit fly brainon September 3, 2026
General Science
- Mapping global methane emissions from space with deep learningon September 1, 2026
Climate & Sustainability
- TimesFM-3: A zero-shot foundation model for multivariate forecastingon August 31, 2026
Data Management
- Planetary prediction engine: Automating global models via Earth AIon August 27, 2026
Earth AI
- GlucoFM: Foundation model for continuous glucose monitoringon August 26, 2026
Health & Bioscience
OpenAI Blog
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. We will attempt to directly build safe and beneficial AGI, but will also consider our mission fulfilled if our work aids others to achieve this outcome. Explore our blog to learn everything you need on AI, machine learning, deep learning and more!
- Daybreak for Frontline Defenders: $1B to protect essential serviceson September 3, 2026
OpenAI introduces Daybreak for Frontline Defenders. A $1 billion commitment expands access to […]
- Playco cut manual fixes 50% prototyping games with GPT-6 Astraon September 3, 2026
Using GPT-6 Astra, Playco built three themed game prototypes from one grey box foundation and […]
- Legora reviewed 41 documents in minutes with GPT-6 Astraon September 3, 2026
Legora used GPT-6 Astra to review 41 documents in minutes, find all four planted errors, and […]
- Safety overview: GPT-6 Astraon September 3, 2026
GPT-6 Astra is our most capable broadly deployed model and our first to reach the Critical level of […]
- ATV Big Air Tour turned 3 days of work into 3 hours with ChatGPTon September 2, 2026
ATV Big Air Tour uses ChatGPT Work to speed up marketing, merchandising, and more. It even turned […]
- How AI-native companies turn workflows into operating capabilityon September 1, 2026
Basis, Clay, and Exa Labs use AI agents to improve onboarding, account management, and developer […]
Venture Beat
A leading source for transformative tech news and events that provide the deep context to help business leaders make smart decisions & stay on top of breaking news. Features mainly industry-leading AI, machine learning, and coverage of the game industry.
- 'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astraby carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) on September 3, 2026
The rumors were true, all of them (and then some): OpenAI today is releasing GPT-6 Astra, a new […]
- China-linked hackers backdoored executives' laptops via USB, exploiting a fix companies had but weren't usingby louiswcolumbus@gmail.com (Louis Columbus) on September 3, 2026
A Chinese state-linked hacking group compromised executive laptops at an agricultural industry […]
- Meta says Muse Spark 1.3 has frontier performance — but its best results come from a model developers can’t broadly use yetby carl.franzen@venturebeat.com (Carl Franzen) on September 3, 2026
Meta’s newest AI model Muse Spark 1.3, unveiled yesterday, is faster and more performant on […]
- Microsoft AI’s MAI-Transcribe-2 undercuts OpenAI, Google and ElevenLabs on price and speedby michael.nunez@venturebeat.com (Michael Nuñez) on September 3, 2026
Microsoft AI on Thursday released MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech-recognition model the company says is […]
- The AI visibility gap: Why great brands disappear from AI answerson September 3, 2026
Presented by ContentfulMost marketing teams still measure visibility the same way they always have: […]
- Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash is built for agents, while its Cyber twin hunts vulnerabilitiesby taryn.plumb@venturebeat.com (Taryn Plumb) on September 3, 2026
Google keeps cranking out Flash models: the company on Wednesday announced two versions of a new […]
MarkTechPost
Providing easy-to-consume, byte size updates in machine learning, deep learning, and data science research. The vision of MarkTechPost is to showcase the hottest research trends in AI from around the world using our innovative method of search and discovery.
- Google DeepMind’s WeatherNext 3 Trains on Weather Station Observations to Deliver 5 km Global Forecasts, Refreshed Every Hourby Michal Sutter on September 4, 2026
WeatherNext 3 ingests live geostationary satellite mosaics, refreshes hourly, and outputs 5 km […]
- OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: A 1.05M-Context Computer-Use Model Gated Behind a ‘Critical’ Cyber Thresholdby Asif Razzaq on September 3, 2026
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, positioning it as a computer-use flagship rather […]
- Anthropic Released Claude Commerce Agents: An Apache-2.0 Blueprint for Shopping and Merchant Agents Across Retail, Travel, Telecom and Entertainmentby Asif Razzaq on September 3, 2026
Most teams building a shopping assistant or agent rebuild the same scaffolding: an agent loop, a […]
- Meta AI Released Muse Spark 1.3: An Agentic Coding Model That Uses ~20% Fewer Tool Calls and ~25% Fewer Tokens Than Muse Spark 1.2by Asif Razzaq on September 3, 2026
Perplexity has shipped hybrid compute for its Mac app, splitting a single Perplexity Computer task […]
- Perplexity Open Sources Lily: A Rust + Metal Inference Engine for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on Apple Siliconby Asif Razzaq on September 3, 2026
Perplexity has open sourced Lily, the local inference engine behind Hybrid Compute in Perplexity […]
- Qwen Developers Open-Sources zg (zvec-grep): A Local-First Search Layer Unifying ripgrep, BM25, and Vector Searchby Michal Sutter on September 2, 2026
We look at zg (zvec-grep), the local-first search layer that Qwen Developers just open-sourced […]
MIT Technology Review » Artificial Intelligence
What is AI? It's the quest to build machines that can reason, learn, and act intelligently, and it has barely begun. We cover the latest advances in machine learning, neural networks, and robots.
- Facilitating AI integration with simplicity at scaleby MIT Technology Review Insights on September 2, 2026
As companies scale, the technology supporting operations can become a liability just as quickly as […]
- The Hugging Face hack could indicate cultural issues at OpenAIby Grace Huckins on August 31, 2026
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like […]
- The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Faceby Grace Huckins on August 26, 2026
The models responsible for last month’s agent hack of Hugging Face had been inadvertently trained […]
- AI models flub these intelligence tests. Can you fare any better?by Grace Huckins on August 26, 2026
Puzzles and games have been central to AI development since the very beginning. Just as we humans […]
- Raised on AIby Mat Honan on August 26, 2026
When my oldest child was born, I immediately set up Gmail and Twitter accounts in her name. I […]
- Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what?by Mat Honan on August 26, 2026
It’s a glorious day in Kirkland, Washington, an affluent Seattle suburb on the eastern shore of […]
The Rundown AI
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- Meta, Google join the AI launch partyby Zach Mink on September 3, 2026
PLUS: Nail job interviews with the “Proof Project” method
- Fable 5.1 kicks off launch week at the frontierby Zach Mink on September 2, 2026
PLUS: How to pick a dedicated AI device
- Runway's Solaris previews the no-code internetby Zach Mink on September 1, 2026
PLUS: How to connect ChatGPT to iMessage
- OpenAI cuts out SpaceX-owned Cursorby Zach Mink on August 31, 2026
PLUS: Submit your iOS app to the App Store with Codex
- Every machine is about to speak Claudeby Zach Mink on August 28, 2026
PLUS: Use these AI skills to make better decisions quickly
- The Ox Alpha mystery ends with Z.aiby Zach Mink on August 27, 2026
PLUS: A beginner’s guide to ChatGPT Work
Small Business Trends
Small Business news, tips, advice and resources. Also covers articles on topics such as marketing, management, technology and finance. Small Business Trends is an award-winning online publication helping small business owners, entrepreneurs and the people who interact with them by covering issues of key importance to the small business market.
- What Are Utilities and Operational Overhead Costs for Your Business?by Richard Anderson on September 4, 2026
Discover what utilities and operational overhead costs mean for your business. Learn how to […]
- How Does Data Migration Work?by David Wilson on September 3, 2026
Discover the intricacies of data migration in our comprehensive guide on "How Does Data Migration […]
- 5 Essential Best Practices for Sales Managementby Robert Johnson on September 3, 2026
Discover the top 5 essential sales management best practices to boost your team's performance and […]
- 5 Key Strategies for Effective Sustainable Sourcing in Retailby Elizabeth White on September 3, 2026
Discover 5 key strategies for effective retail sustainable sourcing that can enhance your […]
- What Makes an Effective User Satisfaction Questionnaire?by Linda Taylor on September 3, 2026
Discover the essential elements of an effective user satisfaction questionnaire. Learn how to […]
- WhatsApp Enhances Security with Upgraded Two-Step Verification and Passkeysby Barbara Harris on September 3, 2026
Discover how WhatsApp is boosting user security with its upgraded two-step verification and the […]
Microsoft » AI
Learn more about Microsoft AI. This AI blog by Microsoft will cover Microsoft AI for business, Microsoft innovation stories, Microsoft research, and more.
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ScienceDaily » Artificial Intelligence News
Artificial Intelligence News. Everything on AI including futuristic robots with artificial intelligence, computer models of human intelligence and more.
- A “quantum bath” puts quantum entanglement on autopiloton August 31, 2026
Physicists have demonstrated a new way to entangle distant quantum bits without the constant […]
- IBM quantum computer solves classically intractable problem in 15 minuteson August 30, 2026
IBM and University of Chicago researchers have completed a quantum computation that leading […]
- NASA just used satellites and debris to navigate without GPSon August 26, 2026
NASA has successfully tested a system that allows satellites to navigate without GPS by using other […]
- Tiny robots powered by light can hunt down and collect bacteriaon August 18, 2026
Researchers have built microscopic, light-driven robots that can rapidly navigate through liquid, […]
- Scientists turn DNA into a memory device that uses 100x less poweron August 17, 2026
Researchers combined synthetic DNA with a semiconductor to create an ultra-low-power memory device […]
- Scientists tracked kids for 8 years — the screen time result was unexpectedon August 15, 2026
An eight-year Finnish study found that children who spent more time on screens tended to show […]
TechCrunch » AI
Read the latest on artificial intelligence and machine learning tech, the companies that are building them, and the ethical issues AI raises today from Techcrunch.
- The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menusby Amanda Silberling on September 4, 2026
While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, […]
- Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuationby Marina Temkin on September 4, 2026
The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract […]
- Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuationby Marina Temkin on September 3, 2026
The high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million.
- Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrailsby Rebecca Bellan on September 3, 2026
Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that […]
- Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI modelby Tim Fernholz on September 3, 2026
For its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, Meta is offering an […]
- OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new modelby Lucas Ropek on September 3, 2026
OpenAI claims that Astra represents "a new frontier on computer and browser use," and that it […]
Summary
What's happening in AI right now!
- Meta, Google join the AI launch partyby The Rundown AI on September 4, 2026
PLUS: Nail job interviews with the “Proof Project” method
- Fable 5.1 kicks off launch week at the frontierby The Rundown AI on September 4, 2026
PLUS: How to pick a dedicated AI device
- Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuationby TechCrunch » AI on September 4, 2026
The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.
- ATV Big Air Tour turned 3 days of work into 3 hours with
ChatGPTby OpenAI Blog on September 3, 2026
ATV Big Air Tour uses ChatGPT Work to speed up marketing, merchandising, and more. It even turned merchandise photos into an inventory website in 15 […]
- Accel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking
Machines at $40B valuationby TechCrunch » AI on September 3, 2026
The high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million.
- Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI
guardrailsby TechCrunch » AI on September 3, 2026
Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving defenders the same tools as bad actors could […]











































