Airbnb is also launching new services such as meal delivery and laundry in select locations

BAG Ventures announces close of a $11.3M Fund I to invest in all things AI.

Is this worth it to ensure AI can accurately sexualize images of real people?

Some support calls become memorable because of the technical problem. Others stick in the mind because the caller has apparently consumed an adult beverage or three before demanding to speak to the boss. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has shared one from the latter...

Attacks by autonomous AI agents are moving out of the lab and into the courtroom, raising unsettled questions about who is liable for what agents do. The post Anthropic Flags AI Agent Liability Risks as OpenAI Faces Hacking Lawsuit appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Article URL: https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/gpt-6-1-sol-replaces-gpt-6-sol-after-just-7-days-with-near-astra-intelligence Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49906669 Points: 12 # Comments: 7

Ever wanted a spreadsheet as an executable with a built-in terminal interface? No? Well, that’s a pity because [Roberto Alsina]’s Sheety project does exactly that. Sheety compiles spreadsheet definitions into a self-contained, executable binary with zero runtime...

The state-sponsored group has launched larger-scale phishing campaigns to deploy the CosmicPulse backdoor. The post Russian APT Star Blizzard Uses ‘RedFlick’ Infection Chain in Recent Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

More than half of UK businesses lack confidence in their ability to perform at least one basic cybersecurity task, according to the government's latest skills survey. The annual research found 57 percent of businesses reported a basic technical skills gap, up from 49...

Satellite imagery suggests US datacenter deployment is accelerating, but not fast enough to meet some of the more exuberant forecasts for 2028. Meanwhile, advanced chip packaging is emerging as another constraint on how quickly new AI capacity can come online. A...

Article URL: https://earendil.com/posts/you-said-no-mcp/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49906637 Points: 21 # Comments: 1

Entertainment companies everywhere are now acknowledging that they have to operate based upon two clocks. One of them is an alarm clock—the premiere you clear your night for, the finale you go to great lengths to avoid spoilers for, and the release that causes you to...

There’s a gender gap in generative AI use. According to research published by Harvard Business School, women adopt artificial intelligence at lower rates than men. Many have interpreted that statistic as hesitation. But what if adoption rates are the wrong measure? In...

T.J. Maxx closed two of its most recognizable stores earlier this year. The discount chain operates more than 1,300 stores nationwide and is the flagship brand in TJX’s global footprint of nearly 5,000 locations, which also includes Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense,...

Man, I’ve been waiting to write this one for a while.  Generative AI is over. Wait, what? No, not really. I like to get histrionic when I spit out these little proclamations that will be more concrete anywhere from three to nine months from now. Because I want you to...

As the prices of memory and components soar, affording a new computer is becoming more and more challenging for some people. Average computer prices are expected to increase by as much as 20% before year’s end. That’s forcing many computer owners to make do with what...

In the wake of a suspected leader’s arrest, ShinyHunters says it never intended to publish data stolen from the FBI. The post ShinyHunters Defiant After FBI Calls on Members to Come Forward appeared first on SecurityWeek.

AI agents can produce code in minutes, but generating code is only one part of software delivery. The harder question is what happens next: how the change gets the right context, how it is verified, and who decides whether it is safe to ship. Here are three handoffs...

There are still some fundamental truths that won't change. LLMs are making it dramatically easier to build software, so yes, we're going to have more applications, more agents, more workloads, and more data. But here's one thing that won't change: developers want to...

Every year Apple’s “What’s new in Swift” session drops thirty minutes of language features, and every year the recaps list them in the order they appeared on stage. That order is optimized for a keynote, not for your sprint.This one is sorted differently. The question...

OverviewLFM2.5-2.6B-Qwen3.8-Turbo-Brilliance-Power-X12-NEO-MAX-GGUF is a 2.69B-parameter text-generation model maintained by DavidAU. It combines the LFM2.5-2.6B base model’s general-purpose, tool-calling, and agentic capabilities with the Turbo Brilliance system: 12...