Tencent's 7B Voice AI Targets OpenAI's Realtime API
Tencent open-sources Covo-Audio, a 7B end-to-end audio language model with native full-duplex conversation that beats larger closed models on key benchmarks.
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Anthropic Adds Auto Mode to Claude Code with Safety Gates
Anthropic's new Auto Mode for Claude Code uses a two-layer classifier to automatically approve or block risky commands, offering a middle path between manual approvals and full autonomy.
ARC-AGI-3 Launches - AI Agents Must Learn, Not Memorize
ARC Prize Foundation launched ARC-AGI-3 today with a fully open-source agent toolkit. The best AI in the preview phase scored 12.58% against a human baseline of 100%.
Apple Can Distill Google Gemini for On-Device Siri
New details reveal Apple has full data center access to Gemini and can create smaller on-device derivative models - far more control than the original deal disclosed.
New York's RAISE Act Is Law - AI Labs Have Until 2027
New York's RAISE Act is now on the books, requiring frontier AI developers to publish safety protocols, report incidents within 72 hours, and submit to annual audits by January 2027.
Kleiner Perkins Goes All-In on AI With $3.5B Raise
Kleiner Perkins closes a $3.5B dual fund - its largest raise in the current era - betting on Anthropic, Harvey, and a 2026 IPO window.
LiteLLM Was Hacked Through Its Own Vulnerability Scanner
The LiteLLM supply chain attack originated from Trivy - the security scanner in LiteLLM's CI/CD pipeline. TeamPCP compromised Trivy, stole the PyPI publishing token, and uploaded backdoored packages directly.
Google's TurboQuant Cuts LLM Memory 6x With Zero Loss
Google Research's TurboQuant compresses LLM key-value cache by 6x and delivers 8x speedup on H100 GPUs with zero accuracy loss - no fine-tuning required.
Arm Launches AGI CPU, Its First Chip in 35 Years
At its Arm Everywhere event in San Francisco, Arm unveiled the AGI CPU - a 136-core data center processor co-developed with Meta and the company's first owned silicon product in its 35-year history.
OpenAI Kills Sora, Disney's $1B Deal Goes With It
OpenAI is shutting down Sora six months after launch, killing a $1 billion Disney deal that was supposed to anchor the product's future.
Jensen Huang Says AGI Is Here - The Evidence
Nvidia's CEO told Lex Fridman he thinks AGI has been achieved. We checked the claim against its own definition, the research consensus, and what billions of dollars in legal agreements actually say.
OpenAI Foundation Names Leaders, Pledges $1B
OpenAI's nonprofit arm announced a $1 billion grant commitment for 2026, hired a full leadership team including co-founder Wojciech Zaremba, and outlined four focus areas from disease research to children's mental health.
