OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6

OpenAI’s latest family of models promise improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecurity.

Human-Level Hands? 1X Just Gave Humanoid Robot Neo Something Close

I saw these robot hands a few week ago. But now 1X has released all the details, and these are incredible humanoid robot hands.

AI Data Labeler Mercor In Talks To Raise $500 Million At $20 Billion Valuation

If the round closes as expected later this month, the startup’s three 23-year-old cofounders would be worth an estimated $4.3 billion apiece.

OpenAI Intros GPT-Live Models: What Does That Mean?

GPT-Live enables natural real-time conversations, but experts caution against mistaking convincing AI behavior for human understanding.

NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station

NASA astronaut Anil Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 14, accompanied by cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, where they will join the Expedition 74 crew advancing scientific research. Menon, Dubrov, and Kikina will lift off at 10:47 a.m. EDT (7:47 p.m. Baikonur time) […]

An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise

Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product actually works.

OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing

OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it’s moving some agentic browsing features to its desktop app and a Chrome extension. 

Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, dies at 87
Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, dies at 87

Wally Funk, who flew to space at 82 after a lifetime of flying and fighting for women in aviation and aerospace, has passed away at age 87.

Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic

Should Anthropic trust Elon Musk to host its models? With about $40 billion in revenue at stake, Musk insists that the company can.