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OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models

o3 matches human levels on ARC-AGI benchmark, and o3-mini exceeds o1 at some tasks. Credit: Benj Edwards / Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images On Friday, during Day 12 of its "12 days...

Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features

Google barrels ahead with a push into AI systems that take action for you. Credit: Google On...

Itch.io platform briefly goes down due to “AI-driven” anti-phishing report

Domain registrar failed to respond after offending content was taken down. Losing your domain is...

OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier

OpenAI's full "o1" AI model is "smaller and faster," and ChatGPT Pro users get...

Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill

OpenAI and Palmer Luckey's weapons company sign agreement to explore lethal drone defense for...

Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard

"Ultra Accelerator Link" aims to connect high-performance GPUs and servers. On Thursday, several major tech companies, including Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, AMD, Hewlett Packard Enterprise,...

OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee

GPT-5 might be farther off than we thought, but OpenAI wants to make sure it is safe. On Monday, OpenAI announced the formation of a new "Safety...

Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good

The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google's AI Overview. If you're tired of Google's AI Overview extracting all value from the...

Next up in Google’s dramatic overhaul of search: AI Overview ads

Google turned search into an AI product, and now it's time to make money. Google's AI Overview is a complete transformation of what Google Search...

Big AI companies sign safety pledge

Promise not to deploy AIs if severe risks cannot be addressed and mitigated. Leading artificial intelligence companies have signed up to a new round of...

OpenAI on the defensive after multiple PR setbacks in one week

Sexy voices, departing employees, and NDA rumors have challenged the AI company. Since the launch of its latest AI language model, GPT-4o, OpenAI has found itself...

New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds." At a Build conference event on Monday, Microsoft revealed a new...

What happened to OpenAI’s long-term AI risk team?

Former team members have either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups. In July last year, OpenAI announced the formation of a new research team that...

OpenAI will use Reddit posts to train ChatGPT under new deal

Reddit has been eager to sell data from user posts. Stuff posted on Reddit is getting incorporated into ChatGPT, Reddit and OpenAI announced on Thursday. The new...

OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts

Reddit gets access to OpenAI’s tech for building AI features, and OpenAI gets real-time access to Reddit posts that feed into ChatGPT. OpenAI has signed...

Google’s Gemini AI plan for schools promises extra data protection and privacy

Google is also improving Chromebook accessibility with features like a better magnifier that follows along as you read. Google will soon offer schools access to Gemini...

Google strikes back at OpenAI with “Project Astra” AI agent prototype

AI model updates galore at Google I/O, including 2M context window, Imagen 3, Veo, and more. Just one day after OpenAI revealed GPT-4o, which it bills...

AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails

Gmail will soon be able to summarize recent emails from a contact. Google's Gemini AI often just feels like a chatbot built into a text-input...

Google is “reimagining” search in “the Gemini era” with AI Overviews

What's the best pilates studio within walking distance that has new member Search is still important to Google, but soon it will change. At its...