DuckDuckGo saw a significant spike in US app installs after Google unveiled a sweeping AI-focused search overhaul at its I/O conference.
By Chris Borden OpenAI says the programming benchmark SWE-bench Verified has lost much of its value as a reliable measure of coding ability. The company cites two main reasons. First, an internal review found that at least 59.4% of the evaluated tasks were flawed, with tests rejecting correct solutions because they enforce specific implementation details or check for undocumented behavior.
By Chris Borden Anthropic says it has uncovered large-scale model distillation attacks by Chinese AI labs DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax targeting Claude. In distillation, a weaker model is trained on the outputs of a stronger one. According to Anthropic, more than 24,000 fake accounts generated over 16 million requests, focusing on Claude’s strengths such as reasoning, coding, and tool use. The company also alleges that the labs used proxy services to bypass China-related access restrictions.
By Alex Rowland The $500 billion Stargate AI data center project announced by U.S. President Donald Trump in January 2025 is reportedly facing serious difficulties. More than a year after its announcement, the joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank has not hired staff or begun building data centers, according to The Information, citing three people involved. The partners reportedly clashed over responsibilities and the structure of the collaboration, echoing reports that first surfaced last summer.
By Chris Borden Nvidia’s AI research team has introduced DreamDojo, an open-source world model designed for robotics. The system takes motor control commands as input and generates simulated future states as images, without relying on a traditional 3D engine or manually defined physics. Nvidia Director of AI Jim Fan describes the approach as “Simulation 2.0.”
By Daniel Mercer NewsGuard has tested whether audio bots — ChatGPT Voice (OpenAI), Gemini Live (Google), and Alexa+ (Amazon) — repeat false claims in realistic-sounding audio responses. Such audio outputs can be shared on social media and potentially misused to spread disinformation.
By Daniel Mercer U.S.-based mining company MARA Holdings has completed the acquisition of a 64% stake in French data center operator Exaion. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, Bloomberg reported in August 2025 that MARA had offered $168 million in cash to Exaion’s owner, EDF Pulse Ventures, the investment arm of French energy giant EDF.
By Alex Rowland Anthropic has expanded Claude’s PowerPoint integration to Pro users. In addition to Pro, the feature is also available to Max, Team, and Enterprise customers, and is currently being offered as a Research Preview in beta.
By Daniel Mercer Nvidia is reportedly close to investing $30 billion in OpenAI, according to Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter. The stake would be part of a massive funding round in which OpenAI aims to raise more than $100 billion, valuing the ChatGPT developer at approximately $830 billion — potentially one of the largest private capital raises in history.
By Alex Rowland Moltbook, a social network marketed as an “internet of agents,” appears to suffer from fundamental architectural flaws, according to a security analysis by Zenity Labs. Researchers Stav Cohen and João Donato argue the platform is both less autonomous and smaller than public narratives suggest, while also functioning as a potential global entry point for malicious instructions.
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