Model releases
Open-weight coding model tops community leaderboards
A freely available model now rivals paid assistants on popular coding tests.
Lumen AI
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Tools and features
Browser agents can now book, buy and fill in forms
Agents that click for you are here. They are useful, slow and occasionally wrong.
Safety
Deepfake scams rise ahead of election season
Fake audio and video are cheaper than ever. How to spot them and what platforms are doing.
Industry
Startups pivot from building models to building products
The money is moving from training models to solving specific problems for customers.
Model releases
Multimodal update lets assistants watch video in real time
Point your camera at a problem and talk it through. Here is how well it works today.
Industry
Publishers sign licensing deals with AI labs
News organisations are trading archives for payment and attribution.
Tools and features
Spreadsheet assistants get better at formulas, still bad at checking
Writing formulas is easy now. Knowing whether the result is right is still your job.
Safety
How red teams test AI systems before release
Inside the work of people paid to make AI misbehave.
Society
How AI is changing the way we search for information
Fewer clicks, more summaries. What that means for websites and for readers.
Policy
UK sets out plans for frontier model testing
Government testers will get early access to the most capable systems.