The Download: AI and coding, and Waymo’s aggressive driverless cars
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Gemini 3 Pro scores 69% trust in blinded testing up from 16% for Gemini 2.5: The case for evaluating AI on real-world trust, not academic benchmarks
Just a few short weeks ago, Google debuted its Gemini 3 model, claiming it scored a leadership position in multiple AI benchmarks. But the challenge with vendor-provided...
Nvidia’s new AI framework trains an 8B model to manage tools like a pro
Researchers at Nvidia and the University of Hong Kong have released Orchestrator, an 8-billion-parameter model that coordinates different tools and large language models...
The ‘truth serum’ for AI: OpenAI’s new method for training models to confess their mistakes
OpenAI researchers have introduced a novel method that acts as a “truth serum” for large language models (LLMs), compelling them to self-report their own...
Inside NetSuite’s next act: Evan Goldberg on the future of AI-powered business systems
Presented by Oracle NetSuite
When Evan Goldberg started NetSuite in 1998, his vision was radically simple: give entrepreneurs access to their business data anytime,...
Anthropic vs. OpenAI red teaming methods reveal different security priorities for enterprise AI
Model providers want to prove the security and robustness of their models, releasing system cards and conducting red-team exercises with each new release. But it can be...