Meta Ends Tokenmaxxing Incentive for Employees
Meta is ending its tokenmaxxing program, which previously tied employee evaluations to AI tool usage, as workers begin testing new agentic AI tool Hatch.
HuggingFace's Zuan Carreño created an early 360° AI-generated world using MiniMax H3, demonstrating interactive immersive environments on August 31, 2026.
OpenAI’s Astra model employs a new reasoning technique called opaque recurrence, raising alarms among AI safety experts who fear it could reduce transparency in AI decision-making.
A new study highlights how overreliance on AI tools may erode critical human skills in engineering fields, with data showing a 30% drop in hands-on experience among trainees.
World Labs introduces Atlas, an AI model that generates, reconstructs, and simulates 3D worlds from just a few photos, outperforming specialized models in key tasks.
OpenAI's Astra model scored full marks on ExploitBench, finding two unknown zero-day flaws, according to a report.
The US military has expanded its GenAI.mil platform by integrating ChatGPT Mil and Grok, now serving over 1.7 million users.
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash, a budget model that outperforms previous versions on coding benchmarks, at $0.75 per million input tokens.
Jabil, a global manufacturer with over 100 sites, is focusing on simplifying its technology landscape to improve data flow and operational resilience.
Christopher, a government contractor, applied to 700 jobs over six months with no response. Five interviews with Everforth Apex Systems' AI recruiter, Riley, went unanswered.
Mostik, a Russian startup, created a system allowing AI models to communicate, achieving performance halfway between two models with a fraction of the cost.
Four federal agencies are being sued over secrecy surrounding the Trump administration's AI safety review process, with demands for full transparency by September 30.