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AI’s Progress Chart Has an Uneven Ruler

A new analysis of 228 software tasks shows why two tenfold jumps in AI time horizons need not represent the same leap in capability.

9 Oct 2026 3 min read

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OpenAI's Math Manuscripts Put Discovery to the Test

OpenAI's math collection now has three withdrawals and a growing formalization record. What changed, what can be checked, and what remains open?

AI 7 Oct 2026 17 min read

GLM-5.3 Can Build Exploits. The Numbers Need Context.

A downloadable model can turn known bugs into working exploits. Two headline scores reveal why measuring that capability is harder than reading a percentage.

AIReality Check 5 Oct 2026 3 min read

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The New AI Stack Makes Intelligence a Budget Choice

A new study tests whether capable AI can build cheaper reusable tools. The missing metric is how much quality survives the handoff.

AI 4 Oct 2026 4 min read

OpenAI’s Dots Keep Working When You Leave. The Permissions Are the Product.

Always-on agents move AI from answering requests to holding ongoing responsibility. The important design question is not how long they can run, but what they are allowed to do while nobody is watching.

AI 1 Oct 2026 4 min read

AI tutors passed the one-hour test. What about the next month?

A randomized GRE study found immediate learning gains comparable to human tutoring. It did not test retention, classrooms or solo practice.

AI 30 Sep 2026 4 min read

Claude opens the lab door. Who holds the key?

Anthropic is giving vetted life-science teams broader AI access. The trade moves part of the safety burden from blocked requests to institutional oversight.

AI 30 Sep 2026 3 min read

The cheapest memory for an AI agent may be forgetting

CliffCompaction drops old tool output instead of summarizing it. Coding benchmarks improved while model-usage costs fell—but lost history can still matter.

AI 30 Sep 2026 4 min read

AI learns from the searches it already paid for

Dream-RSI replays earlier attempts to improve the code directing new searches. The foundation model stays fixed—and fewer agent calls do not prove lower total cost.

AI 16 Sep 2026 3 min read

DeepMind wants to shape the world after AGI

The DeepMind Institute puts work, ownership and public agency on its agenda. Its economic scenarios are proposals—not forecasts—and its policy-rating panel is simulated.

AI 16 Sep 2026 3 min read

Faster AI search starts before you ask

Google’s Retrieve-for-Train research moves expensive search planning into training. The aim is a useful collection of results, delivered faster.

AI 16 Sep 2026 2 min read

AI can propose new materials. The lab decides what works.

MatBrain narrowed 30,000 proposed structures to 38 candidates in 48 hours. Human researchers chose what to test. The useful question is how much work that shortlist saves.

AI 14 Sep 2026 3 min read

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Artificial intelligence.

AI’s Progress Chart Has an Uneven Ruler

OpenAI's Math Manuscripts Put Discovery to the Test

GLM-5.3 Can Build Exploits. The Numbers Need Context.

Latest in AI

The New AI Stack Makes Intelligence a Budget Choice

OpenAI’s Dots Keep Working When You Leave. The Permissions Are the Product.

AI tutors passed the one-hour test. What about the next month?

Claude opens the lab door. Who holds the key?

The cheapest memory for an AI agent may be forgetting

AI learns from the searches it already paid for

DeepMind wants to shape the world after AGI

Faster AI search starts before you ask

AI can propose new materials. The lab decides what works.

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