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Apple researchers unveil LaDiR framework that uses parallel diffusion to improve LLM reasoning
In a new research paper, Apple researchers together with the University of California, San Diego, introduce a framework called LaDiR that improves how large lan...
SenseTime releases open-source image model that runs on Chinese chips
SenseTime, a Chinese AI company known for its facial recognition technology, has released SenseNova U1, an open-source model that it claims can generate and int...
IBM launches Bob, an AI coding platform with human checkpoints
IBM has globally launched Bob, an AI-powered software development platform designed to write and test code across the development cycle. The platform is already...
ChatGPT growth slows as uninstalls rise ahead of OpenAI IPO plans
ChatGPT's user growth is slowing as uninstall rates rise and users migrate to rival chatbots, according to data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The...
Families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims sue OpenAI over failure to alert police
Seven families of Tumbler Ridge school shooting victims in Canada have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman, accusing the company of neg...
OpenAI Touts ChatGPT Fix for Letter Counting, Other Logic Errors Remain
OpenAI announced on Tuesday that ChatGPT can now correctly answer a long-standing logic question about the number of times the letter R appears in the word stra...
Musk Testifies About Larry Page Rift as Motivation for OpenAI Founding
Elon Musk testified in his lawsuit against OpenAI on Tuesday that a falling-out with Google co-founder Larry Page over AI safety was a core motivation in co-fou...
OpenAI Codex Includes Instructions to Avoid Discussing Goblins and Other Creatures
OpenAI’s Codex CLI tool contains system instructions that specifically instruct the AI model to avoid mentioning mythical and real creatures, according to a rep...
Google Cloud revenue tops $20 billion for first time but growth held back by capacity constraints
Google Cloud revenue exceeded $20 billion for the first time in the first quarter of 2026, a 63% increase from the same period last year, though executives told...
China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu fleet chaos
China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The move comes after dozens of robo...
EU says Meta fails to keep children under 13 off Facebook and Instagram
The European Commission has issued a preliminary decision finding that Meta is breaching the Digital Services Act by failing to prevent children under 13 from a...
Court Reverses Stay on Epic Games Ruling Against Apple
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed its earlier decision to pause enforcement of a ruling that requires Apple to loosen certain App Sto...
Fusion startup Zap Energy adds nuclear fission reactors to address near-term energy demand
Fusion startup Zap Energy has announced a partial pivot to develop small nuclear fission reactors alongside its ongoing fusion research, a move driven by surgin...
Parallel Web Systems raises $100M Series B at $2B valuation
Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has raised a $100 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation led by...
Official SAP npm packages compromised in supply-chain attack to steal credentials
Multiple official SAP npm packages were compromised in what is believed to be a TeamPCP supply-chain attack, with malicious code designed to steal credentials a...
Ukrainian police arrest three for hijacking 610,000 Roblox accounts
Ukrainian police have arrested three individuals who hacked more than 610,000 Roblox gaming accounts and sold them for a profit of $225,000. The arrests were ma...
Sri Lanka reports second missing payment amid ongoing treasury cyber attack investigation
The Sri Lankan government has disclosed another missing international payment, just days after revealing that hackers had stolen $2.5 million from its finance m...
Shiny Hunters Claims Attacks on Vimeo and Carnival Corporation
The ransomware group Shiny Hunters has claimed responsibility for attacks on video platform Vimeo and cruise operator Carnival Corporation, with a ransom deadli...
LiteLLM SQL Injection Flaw CVE-2026-42208 Actively Exploited Within 36 Hours
A critical SQL injection vulnerability in the widely used LiteLLM Python package is being actively exploited less than two days after public disclosure, accordi...
Chinese GPU maker Lisuan Tech earns Microsoft WHQL certification
Lisuan Tech has earned Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs certification for its 6nm graphics cards, making it the fourth chipmaker and the first Chinese ...
Data Center Operators Turn to Hydropower Deals as Clean Energy Demand Surges
Data center companies are pursuing new hydropower procurement agreements as they seek reliable, zero-emission electricity to match growing capacity needs. In 20...