China is pushing for global AI safety leadership as G7 wraps up without it

Beijing's top diplomat called for a new global AI cooperation organization as the G7 discussed restricting access to U.S. AI models [...]

Roblox needs to protect children, so its rollout of Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts is welcome

Child safety is of the utmost importance online, and Roblox has taken steps to ensure this with the introduction of new accounts for children. [...]

The Gemini-Powered Google Home Speaker Is Finally Here

Arriving six years after Google’s last smart speaker, the new HomePod-style device was redesigned to play host to Gemini’s chatbot. [...]

Google's big Android sideloading crackdown has a 24-hour catch - how the new limits work

Sideloading Android apps will become such a hassle that the practice will effectively die. [...]

Jeff Bezos is backing a two-year-old Cambridge AI lab at a $2.6bn valuation

Jeff Bezos appears to have settled on his AI thesis, and it is not chatbots. It is the physical world. CuspAI, a two-year-old Cambridge startup that uses AI to design new materials, is in talks to rai [...]

OpenAI researchers want to predict how often AI models will fail before launch

OpenAI researchers propose a method for predicting how often a new AI model will make mistakes after release. It could fill gaps left by standard safety testing.<br /> The article OpenAI researc [...]

Google’s first speaker in six years is really a $10-a-month Gemini subscription

Google has finally made a new smart speaker, its first in roughly six years. The more interesting thing it has made is a reason to pay it every month. The Google Home Speaker costs $99.99, opens for p [...]

The US is paying an AI startup $500M to break China’s grip on chip materials

The US government has just become a shareholder in an AI startup, in exchange for a bet that artificial intelligence can break China’s hold on the materials inside every chip factory. The Department [...]

ReMarkable Paper Pure vs. Amazon Kindle Scribe (2026): I tested the budget models - here's my pick

Amazon's new Kindle Scribe foregoes the front light for a more affordable $429: pitting it against the ReMarkable Paper Pure. [...]