Oracle Blogs · 47m ☆

Oracle University launches two OpenAI Codex courses

Oracle University added two new training courses covering OpenAI Codex, the AI coding agent, aimed at developers learning to use it in their workflows.

Progressive Grocer · 1h ☆

Walmart adds AI protections and transparency tools

Walmart introduced new tools aimed at boosting AI protections and transparency, as the retailer expands its use of AI systems across its operations.

TechCrunch · 1h ☆

Canva releases its first image generation model

Why it matters: A major design platform ships its own image model instead of relying on third parties.

Canva launched its first in-house image generation model, available to all users, promising better and more customizable results at lower cost.

OpenAI · 1h · 3 sources ☆

OpenAI makes Decisions API generally available with GPT-6 Luna

Why it matters: A low-cost decision-focused API expands OpenAI's model lineup for app builders.

OpenAI's Decisions API, which returns fast, focused, low-cost decisions for applications, is now generally available and paired with GPT-6 Luna.

Business Wire · 1h ☆

You.com launches Inference Router for open-weight models

You.com's Inference Router routes requests across open-weight AI models on demand, aiming to give enterprises reliable failover and performance for self-hosted or third-party models.

Unite.AI · 1h ☆

AWS adds 14 generative voices to Amazon Polly

AWS released a generally available upgrade to Amazon Polly's generative text-to-speech engine, adding 14 voices across nine locales and bringing generative voices to Hindi and Finnish for the first time.

The Verge · 2h · 3 sources # ☆

Microsoft claims its AI tool beats doctors on hard cases

Why it matters: A peer-reviewed claim that AI beats doctors on hard diagnoses would be a major clinical milestone.

Microsoft says its AI-powered diagnostic tool outperforms generalist physicians on difficult cases, with Mustafa Suleyman describing a push toward 'medical superintelligence'. The claim follows a study in Science.

CPA Practice Advisor · 2h ☆

Dext rolls out AI Connector

Dext launched an AI Connector that links its accounting and bookkeeping data to AI tools, letting firms query financial records with AI assistants.

9to5Mac · 2h · 2 sources ☆

Apple adds Intelligent Assistant AI to Pages, Keynote and Numbers

Why it matters: Brings generative AI into Apple's mainstream productivity apps used by millions.

Apple rolls out AI updates to its iWork suite, adding a new Intelligent Assistant with content generation and editing capabilities for Pages, Keynote and Numbers, aimed at Creative Studio subscribers.

Hacker News · 2h ☆

OpenShell offers sandboxed runtime for fleets of AI agents

Why it matters: Sandboxed runtimes matter as teams deploy fleets of agents that can touch real systems.

OpenShell is a runtime for running many autonomous AI agents in an isolated, private sandbox, aiming to contain what each agent can reach. It is shared on Hacker News.

MarkTechPost · 2h ☆

Liquid AI launches RIPL real-time inference engine for LFMs

RIPL is an inference engine for Liquid AI's small foundation models that targets sub-50 millisecond latency, aimed at real-time on-device and edge agents.

The Paypers · 3h ☆

Extend launches Verify API to detect document fraud with AI

Extend released a Verify API that uses AI to detect fraudulent documents, aimed at merchants and payment workflows.

MarkTechPost · 3h ☆

Gradium open-sources Phonon, a 31M-parameter on-device TTS model

Why it matters: A tiny Apache-2.0 TTS model makes on-device speech synthesis practical.

Phonon is a small text-to-speech model that converts written text into spoken audio, designed to run on-device. Gradium released its 31M-parameter weights under Apache 2.0.

MarkTechPost · 3h · 2 sources ☆

Cohere releases Rerank 5 with passage-level context

Why it matters: Rerankers are core retrieval plumbing for RAG, and cheaper calibrated scores matter for agents.

Cohere Rerank 5 ships in Pro and Fast tiers with a 32K context window, Context Focus passage extraction and calibrated relevance scores; Pro scores 82.2 on BRIGHT and costs $0.05 per 1M tokens. Cohere also launched Model Vault confidential computing in public beta.

RuntimeWire · 4h ☆

CaptivateIQ adds AI agents to quota and commission planning

CaptivateIQ added AI agents that propose territory, quota and compensation-plan changes for administrator review. The company says beta customers updated plans 80% faster and saved 16 hours of manual work.

Business Wire · 4h ☆

Traefik Labs launches MCP server for its gateway

Traefik Labs introduces the Traefik MCP Server, which grounds AI agents in the API gateway from day 0 to day 2, letting agents interact with gateway configuration and operations.

Reddit · 5h ☆

MOSS-Image-Edit LoRA released for MOSS Image

An edit LoRA is a small add-on that teaches an image model to modify existing pictures on request. This one works with both MOSS Image Base and SFT, with weights on Hugging Face and ComfyUI custom nodes.

Reddit · 5h ☆

InclusionAI releases Ling-3.0-flash-Sante health model

Why it matters: Adds a large open mixture-of-experts model tuned for medical reasoning.

Ling-3.0-flash-Sante is an open healthcare-specialized model built on Ling-3.0-flash, with 124B total and 5.1B active parameters per token, designed for medical reasoning and healthcare research.

Restaurant Dive · 5h ☆

Bojangles expands voice AI to 100 more drive-thrus

Bojangles will roll out voice AI ordering to 100 additional drive-thru locations, expanding its use of speech automation for taking orders.

xAI · 5h · 7 sources # ☆

xAI launches SpaceX Super Intelligence partner network for Grok

Why it matters: xAI is building an enterprise partner channel around Grok to compete for corporate AI deployments.

xAI launched the SpaceX Super Intelligence Partner Network to help companies build with Grok. Bloomberg reports SpaceX is working with Apollo and Nvidia on the Grok partnership program; Databricks and Bain are also named.

Microsoft Research · 5h · 2 sources ☆

Microsoft Research releases Flint-interactive language for AI data visualizations

Flint-interactive is a language that lets AI agents produce interactive charts and dashboards. Readers can click a chart or filter data to explore beyond the view the author set.

GlobeNewswire · 6h ☆

Unhedged links AI assistants to esports and prediction markets

Unhedged launched a service connecting AI assistants to esports, crypto and sports prediction markets, letting assistant users act on market data and events.

HPCwire · 6h ☆

Nvidia cuDSS reaches general availability with up to 10x speedups

Nvidia's cuDSS, a library for solving sparse linear systems on GPUs, is now generally available. Partners report speedups of up to 10x, HPCwire reports.

Perfect Corp adds AI glasses-removal to virtual eyewear try-on

Perfect Corp introduced a generative AI feature for its virtual eyewear try-on that removes glasses from a user's photo so shoppers can preview frames without their current pair.

GlobeNewswire · 7h ☆

Reco integrates with Cyera to prioritize AI agent risk

Reco integrated with Cyera to prioritize AI agent risk across sensitive data and applications, giving security teams visibility into what agents can reach.

Finextra · 7h ☆

Finom launches read-only MCP to query accounts in Claude, ChatGPT

Finom, a European financial platform for SMEs, launched Finom MCP, a read-only connection letting 300,000+ business customers ask about their accounts in plain language inside their own AI assistant.

Yahoo Finance · 7h ☆

Sauce Labs brings agentic release assurance to India with AURA

Sauce Labs launched its AURA agentic release assurance offering in India, aimed at the country's fast-growing AI developer market for software testing and release quality.

news.lavx.hu · 7h ☆

Vercel Labs open-sources fx, a Zig coding agent

Vercel Labs released fx, an open-source coding agent written in Zig designed for embedding in other applications; the code is available now.

RuntimeWire · 7h ☆

Hystax open-sources coding-agent compressor cutting a test bill 22.7%

Hystax released open-source tooling that compresses context for coding agents, making repeated build logs retrievable; in a benchmark using Codex and GPT-5.5 it cut one test bill by 22.7%.

Finextra · 7h ☆

FE fundinfo launches UK CCI calculation tool with AI features

FE fundinfo launched a Calculation Centre plus two AI capabilities to help UK investment managers meet changing production requirements under the UK CCI regime.

The Paypers · 8h ☆

Sumsub expands Know Your Agent with KYA module for MCP

Why it matters: Verifying AI agent identity is becoming a prerequisite for safe agent deployments.

Identity verification firm Sumsub expanded its Know Your Agent offering with a KYA module for MCP, aiming to identify and verify AI agents interacting with systems.

Just Auto · 8h · 2 sources ☆

HCLTech launches Nvidia-based automotive software testing suite

HCLTech introduced an automotive software testing suite built on Nvidia technology, Just Auto reports.

The Futurum Group · 8h · 3 sources ☆

ElevenLabs adds live voice translation for contact centers

Why it matters: Real-time speech translation in call centers removes language barriers for enterprise support.

ElevenLabs is targeting enterprise contact centers with live voice translation. Separately, BofA named Nvidia, Intel and Micron top AI winners as open-weight models prove expensive to run.

EIN News · 8h ☆

CrafterQ launches API for custom conversational AI experiences

CrafterQ released a public API developers can use to build custom conversational AI assistants into their own products.

TechTarget · 8h ☆

ThoughtSpot's AgentSpot lets users build and share AI agents

AgentSpot is a ThoughtSpot means for users to build and share AI agents on its analytics platform, letting business users create agents without deep engineering work.

eu.36kr.com · 8h · 5 sources # ☆

DeepSeek nears record China IPO as Huawei chip gap narrows

Why it matters: A DeepSeek IPO and a narrowing China chip gap would reshape the global AI hardware and capital landscape.

DeepSeek is reportedly nearing China's largest IPO financing, while a report says Huawei and DeepSeek are narrowing the AI chip ecosystem gap with Nvidia. DHS ordered DeepSeek removed from civilian agency systems.

Tearsheet · 8h ☆

LendingTree launches AI chatbot for loan shopping

LendingTree added an AI chatbot, via a purpose-built integration, that lets borrowers explore loan eligibility, estimate borrowing costs and identify loan types before visiting its financial marketplace.

CNA · 9h · 8 sources # ☆

Meta shares slide as AI spending alarms investors

Why it matters: Investor pushback on AI capex at a major lab could temper the industry's spending pace.

Meta shares fell and its credit default insurance hit a record as investors balked at rising AI spending. Meta also plans a new Class C share class and cut a deal to keep Zuckerberg in California, while publishers accused it of an 'assault on journalism'.

Reddit · 9h ☆

Ling-3.1-flash 1019 update nears release with open weights planned

Ant Ling's upcoming 1019 checkpoint of Ling-3.1-flash scores 44 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, up from 41, with AutomationBench-AA rising from 62% to 68%; open weights are planned.

cristinaiglesias.com · 1h ☆

Nvidia RTX update adds Microsoft cloud shader delivery

An Nvidia RTX graphics card update officially introduces Microsoft's cloud shader delivery, aimed at eliminating PC gaming stutter.

Automotive World · 2h ☆

Aptiv expands Nvidia tie-up with air-cooled Thor platform

Aptiv expanded its partnership with Nvidia to offer an air-cooled Thor platform for automotive AI systems.

Unite.AI · 2h ☆

Tenstorrent opens OCA chiplet harness beta under Apache 2.0

Why it matters: Open chiplet framework could lower barriers to custom AI chip design.

Tenstorrent released the open-source beta of the Open Chiplet Atlas (OCA) Harness, a chiplet design framework that turns the OCA interoperability architecture into reusable, deployable implementations.

The Next Web · 3h · 2 sources ☆

Nvidia launches Minerva to catch failing parts in AI datacenters

Why it matters: Reliability tooling for giant GPU clusters is increasingly central to AI datacenter operations.

Nvidia launches Minerva, AI operations software that enhances failure detection in giant AI data centers, aiming to catch failing components before they disrupt training or inference.

Unite.AI · 4h ☆

AGIBOT releases physical reasoning dataset for robots

AGIBOT released a dataset aimed at teaching robots to decide what a situation needs before picking their next move, tackling tasks like restocking a minibar where grasping succeeds but ordering steps fail.

NDTV Profit · 5h ☆

Lenovo Yoga laptops target AI creators with RTX Spark, OLED

Lenovo's new Yoga laptops are aimed at AI creators, pairing Nvidia RTX Spark graphics with OLED displays, per NDTV Profit.

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft · 6h · 2 sources ☆

NEURA Robotics opens TUM RoboGym robotics training center

Why it matters: A dedicated European robot-training facility and new humanoid add capacity to the region's physical-AI push.

Humanoid robotics unicorn NEURA Robotics and TUM opened RoboGym, a new robotics training and research center in Germany, and unveiled a new robot. The facility is meant to accelerate European robot learning.

Gizmochina · 6h ☆

HOHOTIME launches AI smart training station on Kickstarter

HOHOTIME is crowdfunding an all-in-one AI strength-training station with four independently adjustable resistance arms, AI coaching and a library of 860 exercises for home gyms.

Hindustan Times · 6h ☆

OPPO debuts Find X10 flagships with agentic AI features

OPPO launched the Find X10 series with triple 200MP cameras, agentic AI features and bigger batteries, alongside a new tablet and wireless earbuds for its connected ecosystem.

Telecompaper · 6h · 3 sources ☆

HTC launches Vivee egg-shaped personal AI companion

HTC launches Vivee, an egg-shaped personal AI companion device; Purdue researchers also built a wearable AI device to improve emergency allergy treatment, and the Alloop Trio offers a modular health wearable with a voice AI agent.

CNA · 7h · 8 sources # ☆

Short sellers make $6B as neoclouds slide on AI debt fears

Why it matters: Investor nerves over AI buildout debt are starting to hit the neocloud companies renting out GPUs.

Short sellers have pocketed about $6 billion in unrealized profits as neocloud stocks fell on concerns about AI-related debt. Zadara also won Nvidia AI Cloud Ready validation, and Crusoe planned an AI cloud deployment at Paraguay's Itaipú Dam.

Quantum Zeitgeist · 7h · 2 sources ☆

Qblox integrates Nvidia DGX Spark with quantum controller

Qblox advanced hybrid quantum computing by integrating Nvidia's DGX Spark desktop AI computer with its quantum system controller, linking quantum control hardware to local GPU compute.

Quantum Computing Report · 8h ☆

qBraid launches qBraid OS and hosted GH200 GPU simulators

qBraid unveiled qBraid OS and launched hosted GH200 GPU simulators at Nvidia GTC Berlin for quantum computing development.

The Information · 8h ☆

Nvidia B300 chips found on Chinese state-owned telecom network

Why it matters: Evidence that export-banned top Nvidia chips are reaching Chinese state networks.

Israeli security firm Lava said it found 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 chips through monitoring linked to China Telecom's network. The powerful datacenter chips are barred from sale to China.

Robotics & Automation News · 12h ☆

Robotiq launches 2FC physical AI gripper

The Robotiq 2FC is a production-ready adaptive robot gripper with tactile sensing and embedded intelligence so robots can learn from physical interaction; pre-orders open now, shipping in Q1 2027.

Pandaily · 13h ☆

Anyverse Dynamics open-sources MWA-Phoenix robot world action model

Why it matters: An open 7B world-action model using only RGB could simplify robot learning stacks.

MWA-Phoenix is a 7B latent world action model for robots that uses only RGB camera input and reports leading scores on six robot benchmarks, including a real-robot test. Anyverse Dynamics released its weights openly.

Rest of World · 15h · 4 sources # ☆

Data center backlash builds ahead of US midterms

Why it matters: Rising local opposition to datacenters could slow the physical buildout of AI capacity.

Big Tech's water and power demand is sparking global resistance; investors see midterm risk to the AI trade, AI firms warn the UK has a year to head off protests, and activists interrupted Jensen Huang in Berlin.

BigGo Finance · 17h · 10 sources # ☆

Schneider, Nvidia and HPE launch industrial operations AI agents

Why it matters: Nvidia's European push and industrial agent deals show how AI infrastructure is spreading into factories.

At Nvidia's Berlin GTC, Schneider Electric, Nvidia and HPE launched AI agents for industrial operations; Huang unveiled mass-production supercomputers and urged European firms to build AI. A protester interrupted the keynote.

Unitree Robotics · 17h · 2 sources ☆

Unitree launches World Physical AI Competition; stock climbs

Unitree Robotics announced a World Physical AI Competition and saw its shares rise. Further details on format, prizes and eligibility were not specified in the source headlines.

Pandaily · 18h ☆

China Telecom's TeleAI spins out Gamma Robotics for humanoid robots

Why it matters: Telecom-backed spinout signals China's push into self-evolving humanoid robot models.

Gamma Robotics, the first market-oriented company incubated by China Telecom's TeleAI, launched in Shanghai to develop self-evolving humanoid robots and whole-body models.

Pandaily · 18h ☆

Qianjue launches Polibrain world model for multiple robot body types

Robot-brain developer Qianjue launched Polibrain, a world model that predicts task-relevant state changes instead of future video frames and is adapted to quadruped, humanoid and wheeled robots.

Pandaily · 18h ☆

Lanxin Computing unveils RISC-V supernode on 48-core LX500 chip

Lanxin Computing launched a supernode built on LX500, a 48-core RISC-V chip with a 75 TOPS INT8 AI engine that puts general computing and inference on one die.