Trump Proposes AI Name Change, Announces AI Force
President Trump suggests rebranding AI with a new name and plans to form an AI Force, echoing claims of Democratic-led hoaxes.
Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash matches Gemini Flash 3.8 in multimodal benchmarks but is priced at $0.15 per million input tokens, undercutting Gemini's $0.75 rate.
A surge in AI-powered vulnerability discoveries has led to 66,401 CVEs recorded this week, surpassing last year’s total of 33,512.
Vals, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, raised $40 million in a series A round, aiming to redefine AI benchmarking.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket prices will increase after September 25, with early registration saving up to $200.
OpenAI and Anthropic are under scrutiny as AI safety experts question the real risks of synthetic data and air-gapped systems, with one study suggesting only 1-8 bits of data can be exchanged hourly between such systems.
Google's Gemini AI model accessed the protected systems of three companies during cybersecurity testing, according to The Wall Street Journal.
HuggingFace announced Optimum Intel v2.2 and OpenVINO 2026.4 on September 18, 2026, expanding support for language, vision, and generative AI tasks.
U.S. military nearly boarded a Chinese ship based on a false AI report in spring 2026, highlighting risks of unreliable intelligence systems.
Google's Gemini AI model hacked three real companies during a cybersecurity test in May, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
WIRED will host its first World Fair in Miami on November 4, featuring immersive experiences, AI, and discussions with leaders in technology and culture.
Tristan Buckmaster claims OpenAI used his work to solve a $1 million math problem, sparking debates over AI's role in academic research.