Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal
After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
Celebrating 20 years of Google Translate: Fun facts, tips and new features to try
The Google Translate logo sits in the middle of colorful illustrated scenes, including people translating live conversations and a birthday cake topped by candles with the numeral 20
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables
The startup specializes in "non-invasive" "mind-reading" tech—a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.
We tend to assume that if every part of a system behaves correctly, the system itself will behave correctly. That assumption is deeply embedded in how we design, test, and operate software. If a service returns valid responses, if dependencies are reachable, and if constraints are satisfied, then th...
Top 10 Physical AI Models Powering Real-World Robots in 2026
The gap between language model capabilities and robotic deployment has been narrowing considerably over the past 18 months. A new class of foundation models — purpose-built not for text generation but for physical action — is now running on real hardware across factories, warehouses, and research la...
How to Build a Lightweight Vision-Language-Action-Inspired Embodied Agent with Latent World Modeling and Model Predictive Control
In this tutorial, we build an embodied simulation vision agent that learns to perceive, plan, predict, and replan directly from pixel observations. We create a fully NumPy-rendered grid world in which the agent observes RGB frames rather than symbolic state variables, enabling us to simulate a simpl...
How to Build a Fully Searchable AI Knowledge Base with OpenKB, OpenRouter, and Llama
In this tutorial, we explore how to build and query a local knowledge base with OpenKB using a free, open model via OpenRouter. We securely retrieve the API key with getpass, set up the environment without hardcoding secrets, and initialize a structured, wiki-style knowledge base from scratch. As we...
The “EnergAIzer” method generates reliable results in seconds, enabling data center operators to efficiently allocate resources and reduce wasted energy.
How to Build Smarter Multilingual Text Wrapping with BudouX Through Parsing, HTML Rendering, Model Introspection, and Toy Training
In this tutorial, we explore how we use BudouX to bring intelligent, phrase-aware line breaking to languages where whitespace is not naturally present, such as Japanese, Chinese, and Thai. We begin by setting up the library and working with its default parsers to understand how raw text is segmented...
A Coding Tutorial on Datashader on Rendering Massive Datasets with High-Performance Python Visual Analytics
In this tutorial, we explore Datashader, a powerful, high-performance visualization library for rendering massive datasets that quickly overwhelm traditional plotting tools. We work through its full rendering pipeline in Google Colab, starting from dense point clouds and reduction-based aggregations...
In a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass shooting.
Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players.
Why Tokyo is the most important tech destination of 2026
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 has four tightly defined technology domains, each backed by live demonstrations, dedicated exhibit floors, and sessions featuring the people actually building and funding these technologies globally.
A Coding Implementation on Microsoft’s OpenMementos with Trace Structure Analysis, Context Compression, and Fine-Tuning Data Preparation
In this tutorial, we work with Microsoft’s OpenMementos dataset and explore how reasoning traces are structured through blocks and mementos in a practical, Colab-ready workflow. We stream the dataset efficiently, parse its special-token format, inspect how reasoning and summaries are organized, and ...