welcome

Latest Updates

A look at companies like Inception Point creating AI personas for media, fashion, film, and music industries that could host podcasts, model clothes, and more (Reggie Ugwu/New York Times)

August 16, 2026

Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
A look at companies like Inception Point creating AI personas for media, fashion, film, and music industries that could host podcasts, model clothes, and more  —  The A.I. personas created by Inception Point AI include, clockwise from top left, Claire Delish, VV Steele, Nigel Thistledown and Lila Walker.Inception Point AI



from Techmeme https://ift.tt/RIErOXg

How a Claude model made a math breakthrough during its unsuccessful 54-hour attempt to solve the Riemann hypothesis after a user repeatedly encouraged it (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

August 16, 2026

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
How a Claude model made a math breakthrough during its unsuccessful 54-hour attempt to solve the Riemann hypothesis after a user repeatedly encouraged it  —  The world's smartest AI models are now superhuman at math.  They still respond to moral support and encouragement from mere humans.



from Techmeme https://ift.tt/GJSPADM

French PM Lecornu will hold a crisis meeting Monday over a June-July cyberattack on France's tax agency that compromised 678K individual and business accounts (Phil Serafino/Bloomberg)

August 16, 2026

Phil Serafino / Bloomberg:
French PM Lecornu will hold a crisis meeting Monday over a June-July cyberattack on France's tax agency that compromised 678K individual and business accounts  —  French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will hold a crisis meeting Monday to respond to the cyberattack disclosed last week targeting the country's tax collection agency.



from Techmeme https://ift.tt/GNhMYjz

Sources: Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire AI model marketplace OpenRouter for more than $7B; OpenRouter was valued at $1.3B in May (Bloomberg)

August 16, 2026

Bloomberg:
Sources: Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire AI model marketplace OpenRouter for more than $7B; OpenRouter was valued at $1.3B in May  —  Stripe Inc. has finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter Inc., a startup that helps companies switch between artificial intelligence models …



from Techmeme https://ift.tt/jRGvc1N

Dario Amodei shares his view on AI regulation, says open-weights aren't a "sufficient" solution, defends testing, highlights a "crisis of trust" in AI, and more (Dario Amodei/@darioamodei)

August 15, 2026

Dario Amodei / @darioamodei:
Dario Amodei shares his view on AI regulation, says open-weights aren't a “sufficient” solution, defends testing, highlights a “crisis of trust” in AI, and more  —  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



from Techmeme https://ift.tt/J2nTZgd

How Congressional lawmakers and aides are using AI tools with little oversight to write speeches and news releases, sort constituent mail, and more (Anna Liss-Roy/Washington Post)

August 15, 2026

Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
How Congressional lawmakers and aides are using AI tools with little oversight to write speeches and news releases, sort constituent mail, and more  —  The amendment was one of hundreds filed this summer to an annual defense bill making its way through Congress.



from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ecGr6I1

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 (Zeyi Yang/Wired)

August 15, 2026

Zeyi Yang / Wired:
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?



from Techmeme https://ift.tt/SZCr0Ea
 
Copyright © TECH UPDATES. Designed by OddThemes & Best Wordpress Themes 2018