Hugging Face says developers made 151K+ derivatives based on Qwen models, topping others, making Qwen one of the largest foundations in the open model ecosystem  —  In the AI world, time feels compressed.  A few months after our spring report in our biannual analysis worked through the ecosystem …

Dario Amodei defends his policy proposals, warns open weights won't decentralize power, endorses pre-launch vetting, says real accomplishments will earn trust  —  1/2 Thanks Gavin for an especially thoughtful exchange. I don't usually spend much time on social media but I wanted to engage here because it really brings out the heart of an important conversation. First, on regulation, I think that “either concentrate it in the hands of a

A profile of Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki, who aims to transform the company into a business focused on music, movies, video games, and the tech that underpins them  —  The company built its empire on electronics.  CEO Hiroki Totoki says its future is entertainment

Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers says most famous mathematics problems solved by LLMs so far have almost all been with counterexamples rather than proofs  —  For the sake of anyone who might read this blog post in the distant future (a month from now, say), let me mention that I am writing …

Anthropic details Claude's text watermark: it only shows Claude was likely involved, is sparse in code and factual text, and disappears after a full rewrite  —  Future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark.  This is a way of determining the likelihood that Claude …

Patients, families, doctors, and nurses are increasingly turning to AI tools, such as Face2Gene, to help identify rare and hard-to-diagnose diseases  —  Patients, doctors and nurses are turning to the technology for help identifying rare and undiagnosed diseases

How concerns about AI became an important midterms issue, with candidates adding AI and data center policies to their websites in ~40% of races across the US  —  Across the United States, political candidates are grappling with an issue that has never before featured widely in American political life: artificial intelligence.

Malaysia's 6% Q2 GDP growth was powered by 7.5% manufacturing growth, driven by chipmaking, and 6.6% construction growth, supported by data center development  —  Southeast Asian country emerges as key AI hub in boost for its economy  —  The AI boom has made global superstars out of a handful …

BlackBerry posted a positive cash position in Q1, its first cash-positive first quarter in any fiscal year since 2017, driven by its QNX and Secusmart products  —  A decade after the disappearance of its handsets, the company's future rests on car and security software

A Wyoming woman joined a federal suit against xAI alleging her stepfather used Grok to turn one childhood photo of her into 7,000+ CSAM images he traded online  —  When Jane Doe 4, as she is identified in legal filings, arrived at her parents' house in Wyoming to set up a family party earlier this year …

Chinese citizens are more optimistic about AI than Americans because AI is seen as a practical tool in China that disrupts a smaller share of its population  —  Different experiences with technology have shaped radically different expectations of what artificial intelligence will bring.

A look at Unitree's G1 and R1, the humanoid robots behind viral influencer accounts worldwide, as Unitree shipped 5,500+ units in 2025 and readies its China IPO  —  The Unitree G1 has found online fame as a relatively affordable robot that can charm a crowd.  But can it ever hold down a real job?