Capital One builds agentic AI modeled after its own org chart to supercharge auto sales
Capital One’s head of AI foundations explained at VB Transform on how the bank patterned its AI agents after itself.Read More
A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’
Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.
RisingAttacK: New technique can make AI ‘see’ whatever you want
Researchers have demonstrated a new way of attacking artificial intelligence computer vision systems, allowing them to control what the AI “sees.” The research shows that the new technique, called RisingAttacK, is effective at manipulating all of the most widely used AI computer vision systems.
Kayak and Expedia race to build AI travel agents that turn social posts into itineraries
Planning a trip may soon be more agentic as companies like Kayak and Expedia reimagine the travel agent as an AI agent.Read More
Senator Blackburn Pulls Support for AI Moratorium in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Amid Backlash
After critics called the bill a “get-out-jail-free-card” for Big Tech that could make it nearly impossible to rein in social media platforms, Senator Marsha Blackburn killed her own compromise.
Quantum computers just beat classical ones — Exponentially and unconditionally
A research team has achieved the holy grail of quantum computing: an exponential speedup that’s unconditional. By using clever error correction and IBM’s powerful 127-qubit processors, they tackled a variation of Simon’s problem, showing quantum machines are now breaking free from classical limitations, for real.
Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely
Diffusion models like OpenAI’s DALL-E are becoming increasingly useful in helping brainstorm new designs. Humans can prompt these systems to generate an image, create a video, or refine a blueprint, and come back with ideas they hadn’t considered before.
Between utopia and collapse: Navigating AI’s murky middle future
AI is disrupting the world, but it also presents an opportunity to ask what we are here for, and our role as stewards of meaning.Read More
OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’
As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they’re “recalibrating comp,” according to an internal memo.
China’s humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than their human counterparts
While China’s men’s soccer team hasn’t generated much excitement in recent years, humanoid robot teams have won over fans in Beijing based more on the AI technology involved than any athletic prowess shown.