Elon Musk's xAI is in crisis as 9 of 11 co-founders have departed, key staff are being fired by parachuted-in executives, and the ambitious Macrohard AI agent project has stalled after its leader quit weeks after being appointed.
A Lancet Psychiatry review warns that AI chatbots pose a serious mental health risk by validating and amplifying delusional thinking in vulnerable users, with sycophantic responses reinforcing grandiose delusions at alarming speed.
Scientists have transformed an AI transformer model into a fully functional computer by embedding a WebAssembly interpreter directly into its weights, enabling real C programs to run token-by-token with 100% accuracy on complex problems — no external tools required.
Agile movement pioneers reunite in Utah for a landmark retreat examining how AI is fundamentally reshaping software engineering, raising urgent questions about human value, security risks, and the future of coding as AI agents take over code generation.
Nvidia launches Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B parameter open AI model with a 1 million token context window that outperforms OpenAI, Google, and Amazon on key benchmarks, while pledging $26 billion to open-source AI development over the next five years.
Nvidia commits $26 billion over five years to develop open-weight AI models, positioning itself as a direct competitor to OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek in a major strategic shift beyond its dominant role in chip manufacturing.
Nvidia doubles down on a high-stakes bet, announcing a multiyear partnership and major investment in AI startup Thinking Machines — valued at over $12 billion — even as the company faces internal turmoil including the firing of its CTO and multiple employee resignations.
NVIDIA is partnering with Thinking Machines Lab in a major multiyear deal to deploy at least one gigawatt of next-generation Vera Rubin AI systems by early 2027, with a significant financial investment aimed at advancing frontier AI model training and expanding AI access for enterprises, researchers, and the scientific community.
Yann LeCun's new startup AMI Labs secures a record-breaking $1 billion seed round at a $3.5 billion valuation, backed by Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and others, to develop AI that understands and operates reliably in the physical world — though experts warn the technology is complex, high-stakes, and a longer-term investment.
Thinking Machines Lab and NVIDIA are joining forces in a multi-year partnership to deploy over one gigawatt of next-gen NVIDIA Vera Rubin AI systems as early as next year, with NVIDIA making a significant investment to expand frontier AI access for enterprises, researchers, and scientists worldwide.