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Google Deepmind pioneer David Silver departs to found AI startup, betting LLMs alone won't reach superintelligence

David Silver, one of the leading AI researchers at Google Deepmind, has left the company to launch the startup Ineffable Intelligence in London. Silver aims to use reinforcement learning to build an ...
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Anthropic's Cowork gets plugins that turn Claude into a specialized assistant for knowledge workers

Anthropic has launched plugins for Cowork that turn Claude into a specialized assistant for sales, legal, finance, and other departments. Each plugin bundles skills, data connections, commands, and ...
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Adobe Firefly now offers unlimited image and video generation for subscribers

Adobe Firefly subscribers can now generate unlimited images and videos. The change gives users unrestricted access to multiple AI models, including Google Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image Generation, Runway ...
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AI coding tools hurt learning unless you ask why, Anthropic study finds

According to an Anthropic study, software developers learning new programming skills with AI assistance perform worse on knowledge tests than a control group without AI, without saving any time in the ...
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Google appears to be preparing voice cloning for Gemini 3 Flash

Google is working on a feature that lets users clone their own voice in AI Studio. According to TestingCatalog, a hidden option called "Create Your Voice" shows up ...
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Cursor slashes codebase indexing from four hours to 21 seconds

AI coding assistant Cursor now indexes large codebases in 21 seconds instead of over four hours. The trick: instead of building an index from scratch for each new user, Cursor reuses existing indices ...
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SpaceX eyes merger with xAI that would unite Grok, Starlink, and X under one roof

SpaceX is negotiating a merger with Elon Musk's AI company xAI ahead of a planned IPO, Reuters reports. The deal would bring SpaceX, Starlink satellites, the social media platform X, and the Grok ...
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OpenAI's Prism combines LaTeX editor, reference manager, and GPT-5.2 in one tool

OpenAI has launched Prism, a free AI workspace for scientific writing. The tool runs on GPT-5.2 and combines a LaTeX editor, reference manager, and AI assistant in a cloud-based environment.
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AI in practice

Read full article about: Cerebras closes $1 billion funding round at $23 billion valuation after landing OpenAI deal AI chip startup Cerebras Systems has closed a financing round of over one billion ...
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Maximilian Schreiner

OpenAI is preparing for an IPO in the fourth quarter of 2026, the Wall Street Journal reports. The startup, valued at $500 billion, is holding informal talks with Wall Street banks and building out ...
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Deepfakes: How it all began - and where it could lead us

AI-faked images and videos - so-called deepfakes - have developed rapidly in recent years. Here, we trace the history and describe the most important milestones. What do all the people in the cover ...
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Meta Neuroscientist King: "Some of the concepts like reasoning may need to be re-evaluated"

The neuroscientist Jean-Rémi King leads the Brain & AI team in Meta’s AI division. In an interview with The Decoder, he discusses the connection between AI and neuroscience, the challenges of ...