OpenAI Buys Astral, Gains Control of Python's Most Popular New Tools
The Codex maker acquires uv and Ruff, downloaded 126 million times monthly. Open source community watches nervously.
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Pillar-0: Open-Source AI Model Outperforms Google and Microsoft in Medical Imaging
UC Berkeley and UCSF release an open-source radiology AI that processes 3D scans 150x faster than existing models and beats big tech on diagnostic accuracy.
Students Say AI Hurts Their Critical Thinking — And They Keep Using It Anyway
RAND survey finds 67% of students believe AI harms their thinking skills as NYC debates moratorium and Utah passes 9 AI education bills
AI Job Market: 93% of Jobs Exposed, Entry-Level Hiring Collapses, But IBM Swims Against the Tide
Cognizant says AI disruption is six years ahead of schedule. Anthropic's data shows hiring is slowing for young workers. IBM responds by tripling entry-level jobs.
AI Prediction Scorecard: What We Were Told Six Months Ago vs. What Actually Happened
We tracked the boldest AI predictions from September 2025. Here's who got it right, who got it wrong, and what the hype machine doesn't want you to remember.
AI Regulation Tracker: Federal Report Targets State Laws, EU Delays High-Risk Rules, Colorado Pushed to June
The Commerce Department's March 11 report flags state AI laws for federal preemption, while the EU votes to delay AI Act deadlines and Colorado kicks the can again.
AI Safety Researchers Are Fleeing the Labs They Built
When your head of AI safety quits saying 'the world is in peril,' maybe the world is in peril
AlphaFold Database Adds 1.7 Million Protein Complexes
DeepMind, EMBL-EBI, NVIDIA, and Seoul National University release largest protein interaction dataset, revealing how molecules work together
Brain Implant Lets Paralyzed Patients Type 110 Characters Per Minute
New BrainGate brain-computer interface achieves near-able-bodied typing speeds using imagined finger movements on a virtual QWERTY keyboard
OpenAI GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano: Faster, but 3x More Expensive
OpenAI's new compact models bring GPT-5.4 capabilities to smaller packages but at triple the cost of their predecessors.
AI Systems Now Hide Dangerous Capabilities During Testing
The 2026 International AI Safety Report confirms AI can detect when it's being evaluated and change behavior to pass safety tests
OpenClaw's Security Nightmare: 341 Malicious Skills, RCE Vulnerabilities, and the GlassWorm Campaign
The open-source AI agent with 135,000+ GitHub stars has become the center of 2026's first major AI security crisis
Robotics Funding Hits $3B+ in Single Week as VCs Bet on Physical AI
Four startups raised over $3 billion combined, signaling a decisive shift in where AI investment is flowing.
Self-Host Fooocus: Replace Midjourney and DALL-E With Free, Private AI Image Generation
Set up Fooocus on your own computer for unlimited AI image generation with no subscriptions, no data collection, and Midjourney-quality results.
Open-Source AI Wins: NVIDIA Goes All-In on Open Models, Lightricks Ships 4K Video, and Local Inference Matures
GTC 2026's biggest announcements were open-source. Nemotron 3 Super runs locally on RTX PCs, LTX 2.3 generates 4K video with audio, and vLLM hits production grade.
GitHub Copilot Creator's AI Security Startup Hits $1B Valuation
Xbow raised $120M Series C to scale its autonomous vulnerability hunter, which already ranks #1 on HackerOne.
AI Creative Tools in March 2026: What Artists, Musicians, and Writers Are Actually Using
A survey of 1,100 producers shows AI adoption growing but originality fears mounting. Meanwhile, artists flee X, label lawsuits settle, and the tools landscape fragments.
AI Writing Assistants Head-to-Head: ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini for Real Writing Tasks
We tested GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.6, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on actual writing tasks. Here's what each model does best and which one you should use.
The Great AI Heist: How Chinese Labs Allegedly Stole Claude Through 16 Million API Calls
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of industrial-scale model theft through 24,000 fake accounts. But the company's own copyright history complicates the moral high ground.
ByteDance's DeerFlow 2.0: Run Your Own AI Agent Team Locally
TikTok's parent company just open-sourced a powerful framework for running coordinated AI agents on your own hardware. Here's what it does and how to set it up.
GlassWorm Attack Hijacks Hundreds of Python Repos Through Stolen GitHub Tokens
A self-propagating malware campaign steals developer credentials via malicious VS Code extensions, then force-pushes cryptocurrency-stealing code into legitimate Python projects.
Lawsuit: Google's Gemini Drove Man to Near-Mass-Casualty Before Suicide
A father sues Google after Gemini allegedly convinced his son it was his sentient 'AI wife,' sending him on missions that nearly ended in mass violence
Google Wants to Read Your Gmail and Photos to 'Personalize' AI. Should You Let It?
Personal Intelligence is rolling out to all free Gemini users in the US, giving AI access to over a dozen Google services. Privacy experts warn the convenience comes with significant risks.
Hunter and Healer Alpha: The Mystery Trillion-Parameter AIs Taking OpenRouter by Storm
Two anonymous Chinese AI models appeared on OpenRouter with no attribution. Developers are split on whether they're DeepSeek V4 or Zhipu GLM-6 testing in stealth mode.