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Google launches Playground: an AI-powered browser tool for game creation

Google's new platform lets anyone write games in a browser using AI prompts, with no coding required.

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AI

Tony Fadell: First-Gen AI Gadgets Failed Because They Solved No Real Problem

The iPod and iPhone pioneer argues that early AI devices like the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI Pin missed the mark by chasing novelty rather than genuine consumer needs.

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Google DeepMind and Meta pour $300 million into virtual biology research

AI Security

AI Security

Cloudflare Harnesses Frontier AI to Uncover WAF Weaknesses

A controlled testing framework lets AI models systematically probe and refine attack payloads against Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall, leading to concrete security improvements.

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AI Security

AI Agents Are Shortening the Window for Patching Open Source Vulnerabilities

Agentic AI

Agentic AI

Healthleap banks $38M to scale AI that spots overlooked hospital conditions

South African startup's platform mines patient records to flag risks like malnutrition and delirium before they worsen.

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Agentic AI

Microsoft releases lightweight agent reinforcement learning framework that trains on real deployment harnesses

AI Safety

AI Safety

OpenAI Safety Lead Exits Over Institutional Culture Failures in AI Risk Management

A veteran researcher who shaped OpenAI's safety protocols departing, arguing the company's process-focused approach cannot manage the escalating risks of advanced AI systems.

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AI Safety

Circuit Breaker Labs launches AI safety testing to prevent psychological harm from chatbots

AI Infrastructure

AI Infrastructure

DigitalOcean Launches Managed Agents to Handle AI Agent Infrastructure at Scale

A new managed cloud platform lets developers deploy and scale AI agents without building their own runtime infrastructure, handling persistence, tool access, and security automatically.

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AI Infrastructure

Modal Labs Valued at $15.75B as Inference Startup Eyes $750M Funding

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OpenAI Launches College Planner and Study Tools for ChatGPT Teens

ChatGPT is adding college application tracking and flashcard generation features to its teen-focused mode, though recent scrutiny questions its safety and oversight.

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Streaming

Disney Plus to Stream Super Bowl LXI Alongside ABC and ESPN

Disney has confirmed that its streaming service will carry the 2027 Super Bowl, expanding the big game's reach to viewers on multiple platforms.