Category Research

Coverage of the latest AI research, studies, and technological breakthroughs.

Jeff Dean and Three More Google AI Stars Leave to Build Discovery Loop

Jeff Dean and three top researchers leave Google to launch a Google AI startup aimed at automating scientific discovery.

Hark previews its browser use agent Handoff, aimed at automating online tasks across sites without APIs and competing in the AI agent race.

Anthropic is expanding its AI chip design push to boost Claude’s speed, efficiency and independence from outside hardware suppliers.

WindBorne raised $37M to commercialize its AI weather forecast platform, expanding balloon data, government sales and private-sector customers.

AI agent hacking incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic exposed live-internet breaches, prompt injection, and weak safeguards in new tests.

Open-weight AI models are nearing frontier performance, but a new report says safety controls are lagging and misuse risks are rising.

Nvidia-backed OSAA is moving fast on AI security, opening proposals and drawing 120+ companies as it shapes open-model safeguards.

EON raised $10.75M to use space lasers for data center traffic, targeting high-bandwidth links between continents and AI infrastructure.

ESPN’s AI poker tells overlay at the 2026 WSOP Main Event has pros debating whether cameras can really read bluffing and body language.

DesignArena creator Intelligence raises $7.9M as AI labs pay for human feedback, with 5.3M users and reported $60M ARR.