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"Lot Of Amazing Ideas": Peter Steinberger, OpenClaw's Creator, Joins OpenAI
Austrian software developer Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework, is set to join OpenAI.
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AI Bot Tries To Publicly Shame Developer After Its Code Gets Rejected
An AI agent sparked controversy after its performance-focused pull request to Matplotlib was rejected on the grounds that the issue was reserved for human contributors.
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Bill Gates Warns AI Could Be Used To Develop Bioterrorism Weapons
Bill Gates warns AI advances may lead to bioweapons by non-government actors and highlights the need for strict AI and biosecurity safeguards.
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Chinese Technology Bypasses Bitter US-China Rivalry
"Open" models offered by many Chinese rivals, from Alibaba to DeepSeek, allow programmers to customise parts of the software to suit their needs.
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Meta’s New Open-Source SAM Audio AI Model Can Isolate Sounds From Audio Mixtures
Meta has launched SAM Audio, a new open-source AI model that can identify and isolate specific sounds from complex audio. Part of the Segment Anything Model family, it supports text prompts, visual cues and time-based inputs to simplify audio editing. Meta says the tool can automate tasks that usually require specialised software, and it is availab...
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Google DeepMind Introduces CodeMender AI Agent to Automate Security Fixes
Google DeepMind has introduced CodeMender, an AI agent that can automatically detect and fix security vulnerabilities in software code. It analyses source code, identifies flaws, and generates and verifies patches without developer input. In trials, CodeMender produced 72 verified patches across major open-source projects. Currently, its patches ar...
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"Proudly Made In India, Made For The World": Zoho Co-Founder On Data Hosting
Zoho has dismissed misconceptions about its data hosting, development practices and global operations.
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Blender Is Working on a Standalone App for iPad Pro With Apple Pencil Support
Blender, an open-source 3D modeling and animation software, will bring a standalone app for tablets in the future. The company said that it will start testing this app for the iPad Pro variants with Apple Pencil support first, later bringing it to Android and other graphic tablets. Additionally, the company has also revealed what this app could loo...
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Mistral Releases Devstral, an Open-Source Agentic Coding AI Model That Outperforms GPT-4.1 Mini
Mistral released a new coding-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model on Wednesday. Dubbed Devstral, it is an open-source coding agent that can perform software development tasks. The Paris-based AI firm says that, unlike other open software engineering (SWE) agents, this model can solve real-world software engineering problems and write context...
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OpenAI to Add Support for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol to Connect ChatGPT With External Data Hubs
OpenAI, the San Francisco-based AI firm, is adding support for Anthropic’s open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) across its products. Company CEO Sam Altman announced on Wednesday that the Agents software development kit (SDK) is now offering MCP support, and several other products in the pipeline will soon adopt it as well.
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"Lot Of Amazing Ideas": Peter Steinberger, OpenClaw's Creator, Joins OpenAI
Austrian software developer Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework, is set to join OpenAI.
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AI Bot Tries To Publicly Shame Developer After Its Code Gets Rejected
An AI agent sparked controversy after its performance-focused pull request to Matplotlib was rejected on the grounds that the issue was reserved for human contributors.
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Bill Gates Warns AI Could Be Used To Develop Bioterrorism Weapons
Bill Gates warns AI advances may lead to bioweapons by non-government actors and highlights the need for strict AI and biosecurity safeguards.
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Chinese Technology Bypasses Bitter US-China Rivalry
"Open" models offered by many Chinese rivals, from Alibaba to DeepSeek, allow programmers to customise parts of the software to suit their needs.
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Meta’s New Open-Source SAM Audio AI Model Can Isolate Sounds From Audio Mixtures
Meta has launched SAM Audio, a new open-source AI model that can identify and isolate specific sounds from complex audio. Part of the Segment Anything Model family, it supports text prompts, visual cues and time-based inputs to simplify audio editing. Meta says the tool can automate tasks that usually require specialised software, and it is availab...
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Google DeepMind Introduces CodeMender AI Agent to Automate Security Fixes
Google DeepMind has introduced CodeMender, an AI agent that can automatically detect and fix security vulnerabilities in software code. It analyses source code, identifies flaws, and generates and verifies patches without developer input. In trials, CodeMender produced 72 verified patches across major open-source projects. Currently, its patches ar...
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"Proudly Made In India, Made For The World": Zoho Co-Founder On Data Hosting
Zoho has dismissed misconceptions about its data hosting, development practices and global operations.
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Blender Is Working on a Standalone App for iPad Pro With Apple Pencil Support
Blender, an open-source 3D modeling and animation software, will bring a standalone app for tablets in the future. The company said that it will start testing this app for the iPad Pro variants with Apple Pencil support first, later bringing it to Android and other graphic tablets. Additionally, the company has also revealed what this app could loo...
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Mistral Releases Devstral, an Open-Source Agentic Coding AI Model That Outperforms GPT-4.1 Mini
Mistral released a new coding-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model on Wednesday. Dubbed Devstral, it is an open-source coding agent that can perform software development tasks. The Paris-based AI firm says that, unlike other open software engineering (SWE) agents, this model can solve real-world software engineering problems and write context...
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OpenAI to Add Support for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol to Connect ChatGPT With External Data Hubs
OpenAI, the San Francisco-based AI firm, is adding support for Anthropic’s open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) across its products. Company CEO Sam Altman announced on Wednesday that the Agents software development kit (SDK) is now offering MCP support, and several other products in the pipeline will soon adopt it as well.
