Anthropic has launched Claude Fable 5 for public use while restricting access to Claude Mythos 5 over concerns tied to cybersecurity, biology research, and advanced AI misuse. The company claims Mythos 5 possesses some of the strongest offensive cyber capabilities ever seen in a commercial AI model.
After scathing accusations of skimping on due diligence, as well as other feedback to my article on trying to use an ‘AI coding assistant’ for the first time, the only …read more
In nearly every state, residents are angry about data centers and fighting efforts to build them near their towns. In Memphis, where xAI’s energy-guzzling, pollution-spewing supercomputing center popped up seemingly overnight, residents are protesting its operations, albeit without much success, as their county officials have permitted it to keep functioning.
Other cities and states that have…
While proprietary AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Gemini remain popular, the tide may be shifting to open models as IT leaders move to customize AI and control costs.
Sometimes known as “open-weight models,” the alternatives to large language models (LLMs) can provide decision-makers with better visibility and control over internal AI use, which closed models do not, analysts said.…
RAG is a model that connects large language models to live agency knowledge bases — enabling grounded, mission-specific responses, rather than generic outputs.
Once you peel back the hype and mysticism, large language models (LLMs) are a fascinating application of statistical models, effectively what you get when you dial a basic auto-complete model …read more
Advanced AI guardrails collapse when confronted with humanistic literature.
When it comes to software developers, there are t a few distinct types. For example, the extroverted, chatty type, who is always going out there to share the latest and …read more
I first heard about Ollama when a colleague mentioned running GPT-like models on a laptop. My first reaction was the same one most engineers have: you can do that?
The short answer is yes. Ollama makes it possible to run large language models locally on consumer hardware. You need only a Mac, a PC, or even a Raspberry Pi and a few minutes to pull a model.
Ollama is an open…
Cognitive processes are not something that we generally pay much attention to until something goes wrong, but they cover the entire scope of us ingesting sensory information, the processing and …read more
Artificial intelligence harbors an enormous energy appetite. Such constant cravings are evident in the hefty carbon footprint of the data centers behind the AI boom and the steady increase over time of carbon emissions from training frontier AI models.
No wonder big tech companies are warming up to nuclear energy, envisioning a future fueled by reliable, carbon-free sources. But while…
Everything old is new again, even when AI is involved, as a very old antivax trope is rediscovered for a new generation.
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Framing misinformation as coming from "a senior doctor" overrides skepticism
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Chatbots can make us colder and harder to reach.
Why polished medical answers from AI can mislead patients in risky ways.
As governments scramble to reclaim digital control, this isn’t just about data localization or regulatory fences, but architectural rewiring of power itself.
IBM’s research laboratory in Zurich.
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Above Lake Zurich, in the hills of Rüschlikon, the next chapter in industrial history is currently being written. While the world discusses the latest advances in generative AI, Alessandro Curioni’s team at IBM Research – Zurich, IBM’s European research center, is already working on a fundamental transformation that goes far…
A pair of philosophers have developed a new research tool that uses AI to provide comprehensive and reliable philosophical literature reviews, and they’d like you to give it a try. Just last week I checked out a new AI tool discussed in Nature that is supposed to be able to “synthesize scientific literature”. As good as it may be at that (I’m not in a position to judge), I can tell you that it…
In the iOS 26.4 update that's coming this spring, Apple will introduce a new version of Siri that's going to overhaul how we interact with the personal assistant and what it's able to do.
The iOS 26.4 version of Siri won't work like ChatGPT or Claude, but it will rely on large language models (LLMs) and has been updated from the ground up.
The next-generation…
The Little Bots of Moltbook is a children’s story about robots, curiosity, and learning together in a friendly digital world.