Exclusive - The AI founders who walked away from Bezos-backed Prometheus to model the universe

By Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A research duo, once pitched to lead the Jeff Bezos-backed Project Prometheus, on Tuesday unveiled what they've built on their own: an AI model that can take in and produce information so vast that a lone computer might not handle it.
MIT Technology Review

AI models flub these intelligence tests. Can you fare any better?

Puzzles and games can reveal gaps in models’ smarts. Try your hand at these seven tests to see if you can outwit AI.

AI model predicts 32 cancer tumor types from images already used in hospitals

A single AI model read routine cancer tissue slides and predicted tumor type, TP53 gene changes, RNA activity and some survival-related outcomes across 32 solid cancers. Trained on more than 11,000
NPR

These AI models are free, private, and will never say 'no'

How do you make explosives using household items? How do you make meth? How do you plan a school shooting? If you ask the popular AI chatbots most people are familiar with, chances are they will say that it's illegal, harmful or that answering would be a ...

Safety testing was an obscure part of building AI. Then models went rogue.

Security experts say testing needs enforceable rules and better oversight as AI models continue to advance.
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Computer Scientist Aims to Improve AI-Generated Results by Making Models More Robust

Ming Shao, an associate professor in the Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, aims to improve AI tools that learn from and process multiple forms of data, such as text, images, audio and video. “We want to make AI models more robust and safe,” says Shao, who adds that this will lead to more accurate AI-generated content.

Japan Wants AI Companies to Disclose Which Data They Use to Train Their Models

Per the draft plan, AI firms must publish an online outline of their models, the types of training data used, and the methods for collecting that data, though trade secrets are exempt. When copyright holders allege infringement, companies must, under defined conditions, say whether a specific URL or creative work was included in the training data.
eWeek

Best AI 3D Generators for 2026: 6 Tools Compared

Compare six of the best AI 3D generators for 2026, including Meshy, Tripo, Rodin, Sloyd, Spline, and Hunyuan3D, with features, pricing, and tradeoffs.
techtarget

How to preprocess different types of data for AI workloads

The oldest axiom of computer science is "garbage in, garbage out." There's even an acronym for it: GIGO. The IT industry has seen countless examples of GIGO in action since the dawn of the computer age, but nowhere has this classic truism resonated more ...