Alibaba's new open source Qwen3.5-Medium models offer Sonnet 4.5 performance on local computers

Alibaba's now famed Qwen AI development team has done it again: a little more than a day ago, they released the Qwen3.5 Medium Model series consisting of four new large language models (LLMs) wit [...]

Are American VPN users at risk of 'warrantless' government surveillance? Lawmakers now demand answers

Six Democrats sent a letter to the Director of National Intelligence seeking clarity on whether using a commercial VPN could strip citizens of their privacy rights by exposing them to foreign surveill [...]

Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth's threats

Despite an ultimatum from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Anthropic said that it can't "in good conscience" comply with a Pentagon edict to remove guardrails on its AI, CEO Dario Amodei [...]

A cheap MacBook is the perfect way for Apple to win over Windows users

The MacBook is coming back — or at least, that's what the rumors claim. Next week, Apple is expected to announce a colorful, low-cost, non-Air, non-Pro MacBook powered by one of its mobile proc [...]

Microsoft's new AI training method eliminates bloated system prompts without sacrificing model performance

In building LLM applications, enterprises often have to create very long system prompts to adjust the model’s behavior for their applications. These prompts contain company knowledge, preferences, a [...]

The agentic future: Why AI's greatest power is amplifying human potential

Forget 'AI vs. jobs.' Augmented intelligence amplifies human potential, demanding trust, ethics, and collaboration. [...]

Apple introduces the $599 iPhone 17e with MagSafe and twice the storage

Apple has just announced the addition of the iPhone 17e to its smartphone lineup. This model is kitted with the A19 chip that also powers the base iPhone 17 and it will support the Apple Intelligence [...]

Everything Apple announced today: iPhone 17e and M4 iPad Air

Apple has promised a “big week” for the company, which includes an in-person event for press and creators on March 4. But it didn’t exactly wait until Wednesday to get things started. The news s [...]

OpenAI will amend Defense Department deal to prevent mass surveillance in the US

OpenAI’s Sam Altman said the company will amend its deal with the Defense Department (or the Department of War) to explicitly prohibit the use of its AI system on mass surveillance against Americans [...]