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- AnnouncementHow we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”
Our 15-month investigation into death and surveillance along the US-Mexico border began with a simple question: Why did so many people die near government surveillance towers meant to help track and apprehend them? This story is part of Dying on Camera, a collaboration between MI
MIT Technology Review - AnnouncementThe US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the United States on April 8, 2024, the day before his 32nd birthday, it should have triggered a chain of technological alerts and human responses. As he walked through the desert in southern New Mexico that morning, he was within
MIT Technology Review - AnnouncementShe died at the San Diego border. A surveillance camera was in plain sight
She had only walked for a couple of hours, and already she was lost. It was early afternoon on Sept. 14, 2025, when 30-year-old Graciela Gómez Hernández crossed the border from the eastern edge of Tijuana into Southern California, sending voice messages to her mother and sister a
MIT Technology Review - AnnouncementBuilding standards for the next phase of AI
OpenAI outlines a path to shared global AI standards, calling for coordinated evaluation, reporting, and governance to improve safety.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementExpanding OpenAI Academy with new learning paths
Explore new OpenAI Academy learning paths for employees, developers, leaders, educators, and students to build and demonstrate practical AI skills.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementV7 cuts costs 78% while boosting accuracy with GPT-5.6 Luna
Using GPT-5.6, V7 turns scattered company files into context agents can use to complete complex, source-linked work.
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- AnnouncementShould you read the code, is RAG dead, and did Skills kill MCP?
We dive into these questions and other AI hot takes on the latest episode of the GitHub Podcast. The post Should you read the code, is RAG dead, and did Skills kill MCP? appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
- AnnouncementNew experts join Google’s AI & Economy team
We are expanding our AI & Economy team with world-class academic advisors, fellows, and core internal researchers.
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Google worked side-by-side with designers Jane Wade and Sergio Hudson to custom-design Google Flow tools to prep for NYFW.
- AnnouncementCould AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered.
On Wednesday, MIT Technology Review hosted a live Roundtables event for subscribers that asked the question everyone’s asking right now: Could AI really kill us all? But attendees had so many more questions than we had time to answer in the 30 minute session. So we asked our seni
MIT Technology Review - AnnouncementLLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used
SynthID can cause models to follow harmful instructions they would otherwise refuse.
Ars Technica - AnnouncementHow Cooley is accelerating IPO work with ChatGPT
Cooley built GO Public with ChatGPT Work to bring intelligence to the IPO process, helping lawyers surface issues earlier and focus judgment where it matters most.
- AnnouncementMigrating the GitHub Copilot runtime to Rust, using Copilot
A rewrite this size wasn't affordable before agents. Here's what porting the Copilot agent runtime to 800,000 lines of production Rust actually took. The post Migrating the GitHub Copilot runtime to Rust, using Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
- AnnouncementOur framework for reporting model misalignment
OpenAI shares a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment, alongside six reports of unexpected or concerning model behavior.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementHelping older adults use AI in everyday life
OpenAI and AARP are bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to 1,000 older adults across 10 U.S. cities to build practical AI skills safely.
- AnnouncementReimagining advertising with AI
Explore new AI-powered advertising experiences from OpenAI, including Sponsored Agents, tools for marketers, and integrations with HubSpot and Shopify.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementHex turns complex analysis into visual reports with GPT‑6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra helps Hex’s data agents turn answers into interactive visualizations that employees are proud to share.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementHow to connect AI usage to business value
Learn how ChatGPT Work and Codex analytics help teams understand AI usage and spend, identify training needs, and connect adoption to business outcomes.
- AnnouncementMistral and Mozilla are bringing open, private and multilingual AI to your web browser
Open, private and multilingual AI is coming to your web browser. Mistral and Mozilla team up to put powerful, trustworthy AI where you already browse.
Mistral AI✓ primaryMistral AI - AnnouncementUniversity of Manchester Uses NVIDIA Earth-2 to Forecast Air Pollution Across the UK
Air pollution is a serious public health risk, contributing to an estimated 30,000 deaths in the U.K. alone last year. Data-driven insights can help — but computing air quality with traditional chemistry-based models is expensive, which limits how detailed they can be and how reg
NVIDIA Blog✓ primaryNVIDIA - Announcement‘Now We Can Know Everything and Do Anything,’ Jensen Huang Says at Dreamforce
Know everything. Do anything. That was the message NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang brought to Salesforce Dreamforce Tuesday, joining CEO Marc Benioff onstage in an appearance that coincided with the announcement of Koa — Salesforce’s first CRM reasoning model, built on NVIDIA
NVIDIA Blog✓ primaryNVIDIA - AnnouncementFrom Megawatts to Tokens: How NVIDIA Maximizes AI Factory Production
On a sweltering August evening in Silicon Valley, as the sun dropped and air conditioning loads spiked, Silicon Valley Power sent a signal to an AI factory to adjust its power consumption. Varun Sivaram was watching on Zoom with about forty others — his team at Emerald AI in thei
NVIDIA Blog✓ primaryNVIDIA - AnnouncementAI Infra Summit: NVIDIA Vera Rubin and DSX Platform Advancements Showcase Energy Efficiencies of Optimizing Tokens Per Watt for AI Factories
Ian Buck, vice president of hyperscale and high-performance computing at NVIDIA, Tuesday spoke on AI factory efficiency at the AI Infra Summit, the Santa Clara Convention Center event that has morphed into a Coachella of infrastructure tech. Before a packed audience — with more t
NVIDIA Blog✓ primaryNVIDIA - AnnouncementYour Agent Aced the Task. Will It Do It Again?Hugging Face✓ primaryHugging Face
- AnnouncementAI for Societal Impact
Explore this collection to see how experts and local leaders are using AI breakthroughs to ensure everyone can share the opportunity of AI.
Google (The Keyword)✓ primaryGoogle - AnnouncementBuilding AI to accelerate science and improve lives
The true measure of AI is who it helps. Here’s how it’s impacting lives today. We're focused on key areas where advanced technology can help make extraordinary progress …
Google (The Keyword)✓ primaryGoogle - AnnouncementAI for everyone in every language
We’re moving beyond traditional text translation to build models that understand the world’s rich, living languages exactly as they are expressed.
Google (The Keyword)✓ primaryGoogle - AnnouncementNew insights from Google’s AI & Economy ATLAS
We’ve translated ATLAS’s millions of global data points into an interactive, open-access experience.
Google (The Keyword)✓ primaryGoogle - AnnouncementAI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop
“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”
Ars Technica - AnnouncementDevFest is back
DevFest 2026 is back and here’s how you can connect with one of the more than 800 global events to build, secure, and scale in the agentic AI era.
Google (The Keyword)✓ primaryGoogle - AnnouncementHow Fyxer built an AI executive assistant people trust
Fyxer uses OpenAI models, fine-tuning, memory, and real user feedback to organize inboxes and draft emails in each user’s voice.
OpenAI✓ primaryOpenAI - AnnouncementPerplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems
Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models.
- AnnouncementCognition helps Devin test its own work with GPT‑6 Astra
GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more.
- AnnouncementRapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users
Learn how OpenAI evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform serving 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22M requests per second.
- AnnouncementGitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Using the diff, terminal, and browser
Checking agent-generated code usually means hopping between tabs. Learn how to view diffs, run terminal commands, and preview web apps side by side in the GitHub Copilot app. The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Using the diff, terminal, and browser appeared first on The Gi
- AnnouncementHow a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules
César de la Fuente’s lab uses Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates to fight drug-resistant infections.
- Announcement3 ways to prep for your next big race with Search
Search can help runners get race-day ready with registration alerts, tailored training plans, and more.
Google (The Keyword)✓ primaryGoogle - AnnouncementNow everyone can put data to work
Meet the Data agent in ChatGPT Work. Connect company data, uncover insights, and build interactive dashboards with AI using natural language.
- AnnouncementExpanding AI access and cyber defense for federal, state, local, and tribal governments
OpenAI and GSA will offer eligible federal, state, local, and tribal governments $0 license fees, 50% off usage, and expanded cyber defense support.
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