Studying “Fault” In Robotaxi Crashes; Tesla’s Not Getting Hit Enough

To study robocar crashes, it becomes necessary to try to estimate who was at fault. Tesla’s few crashes suggest they just aren’t driving much. Waymo and Zoox fault counts are better.

Thinking – And Re-Thinking – Context In AI

Jake Sortor argues optimized context, not larger context windows, determines reliable AI decision-making in high-stakes environments.

Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team

Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude-maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently.

Coinbase Forge Illustrates The Power Of Internal Architectures

Coinbase’s Forge showcases AI-first software engineering through agent orchestration, parallel workflows, and enterprise automation at scale.

MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store

MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI’s models.

Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month
Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month

Google Assistant’s days have been numbered ever since Gemini arrived on the scene, and its time is now up. Google has announced that it will be removing access to Assistant on Android phones and tablets, along with paired devices like smartwatches or headphones, from September 4th. The announcement came in an email apparently sent to […]

AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?

WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts.

Trump’s AI testing plan is limited and vague
Trump’s AI testing plan is limited and vague

The Trump administration’s framework for assessing potential cybersecurity risks posed by advanced AI reportedly has no interest in testing open models. Axios reports that not only do the voluntary guidelines outright exclude open models – meaning anyone can download them and inspect their core components – but the framework explicitly says it can’t be used […]

Study finds readers rate AI-written stories higher, but still trust the “human” label more

A new study has found that readers not only struggled to tell AI-written stories from human ones, they often rated the AI versions higher, at least until they learned who actually wrote them.

Human Folly Explains Those Recent AI Sandbox Breakouts More So Than AI Cyber-Hacking Miracles

Recent news stories herald magical AI escapes from sandboxes. Is it the AI or is it a lousy setup of sandboxes? An AI Insider analysis and scoop.