Google unveils ultra-small and efficient open source AI model Gemma 3 270M that can run on smartphones
For enterprise teams and commercial developers, this means the model can be embedded in products or fine-tuned.Read More
Anthropic takes on OpenAI and Google with new Claude AI features designed for students and developers
Anthropic launches learning modes for Claude AI that guide users through step-by-step reasoning instead of providing direct answers, intensifying competition with OpenAI and Google in the booming AI education market.Read More
The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
The US could really use an affordable electric truck
On Monday, Ford announced plans for an affordable electric truck with a 2027 delivery date...
Google adds limited chat personalization to Gemini, trails Anthropic and OpenAI in memory features
Google updated the Gemini app running of Gemini 2.5 Pro to reference all historical chats and offer new temporary chats.Read More
What happens the day after superintelligence?
We could soon find ourselves deferring to AI assistants that botsplain our every experience in real time. Is this empowerment or deferral?Read More
AI2’s MolmoAct model ‘thinks in 3D’ to challenge Nvidia and Google in robotics AI
The Allen Institute of AI (Ai2)’s new physical AI model MolmoAct moves the needle for robots that can move freely in physical space.Read More
The road to artificial general intelligence
Artificial intelligence models that can discover drugs and write code still fail at puzzles a lay person can master in minutes. This phenomenon sits at the heart of the challenge of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Can today’s AI revolution produce models that rival or surpass...
The Download: Trump’s golden dome, and fueling AI with nuclear power
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies
Within a week of his inauguration, President Trump...
Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies
In 1940, a fresh-faced Ronald Reagan starred as US Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in Murder in the Air, an action film centered on a fictional “superweapon” that could stop enemy aircraft midflight. A mock newspaper in the movie hails it as the “greatest peace argument ever...