Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM designed to come up with a wide variety of responses. He said something that’s been stuck in my head since: “We often say that we’re a self-loathing AI company. We don’t know if we really like what we’re doing.” My […] More
Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its value, according to people familiar with the company. Etched is reviewing incoming bids that range from $40 billion from top-tier investors […] More
The purpose of this report, which is based on a survey of 300 data, AI, and other technology executives, is threefold. First, it seeks to gauge organizations’ agentic knowledge capabilities (i.e., their ability to give AI agents a full contextual understanding of the data they ingest) across semantic knowledge, episodic memory, and procedural knowledge. Second, […] More
ChatGPT is getting more ads. Specifically, OpenAI is adding visual display ads to its ad product line-up so that ads will appear alongside images that users ask ChatGPT to generate. In addition, the company is expanding its ad measurement tools and partnerships, and developing new ways to determine brand suitability. The new ads will begin […] More
Intelligent analytics, powered by technologies like deep learning and generative AI, are making this possible. Real-time training allows AI to evolve continuously instead of waiting for quarterly refreshes. In addition, the data that newer predictive engines rely upon has expanded to encompass not just neat, numerical records but also messy, unstructured sources of insight-rich interactions. […] More
The big trend in robots is handing the keys over to a generative AI model, but that brings with it a problem: that architecture isn’t predictable the way traditional algorithms are. How can you be sure your brand new humanoid will be safe? Dr. Ding Zhao, who directs the Safe AI lab at Carnegie Melon […] More
Like the devices it’s competing with, the SL-1 collects a trove of data about you, but knows it’s too much for you to take in. Consequently, it produces a Q Score, a single 1-100 metric telling you how well you’re looking after yourself and how much fuel is in your tank. As you can see […] More
A protein best known for helping cells and tissues stay connected has another unexpected role. Researchers have found that it also helps epithelial cells, which form continuous sealed layers throughout the body, engulf nearby dead cells. The discovery could have implications for chronic inflammation. Debris from dying cells is a major contributor to inflammatory responses, […] More
A standard Kubernetes Deployment rolling update has no concept of “check whether this is actually working before replacing more Pods.” It replaces old Pods with new ones at the pace you configured, and if the new version is broken, it finds out the same way your users do — by serving it to more and […] More
But here’s what I really think is going on: When people say they hate AI it’s not the technology they dislike but, rather, the relentless drive of the companies behind it to push the tech upon us in as many ways as possible. They’re telling us to brace for the biggest social and economic upheaval […] More
Ravie LakshmananOct 05, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security A critical security flaw impacting Rejetto HTTP File Server (HFS) is witnessing active exploitation attempts, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-61500 (CVSS score: 9.3), a case of session forgery stemming from the use of a weak pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) that can lead to a […] More
Rather than downloading another app, a growing number of agents can simply be texted like an ordinary person. You text it what you need, and it can remember context, connect to the apps and services you already use, and complete tasks on your behalf. That can mean scheduling an appointment, organizing a calendar, researching a […] More