Google opens pre-orders for Googlebook AI laptops from $899
Google opened pre-orders for Googlebook on September 21. It first showed the Gemini-based laptop line in May. Prices start at $899 at the Google Store, Best Buy and other retailers. Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo build the first models...
A video AI model derived from rat neurons becomes available on AWS in limited preview
A startup built a small software layer from recordings of how living rat neurons respond, and says it makes an open-source...
AI models controlling robot arms rarely refused dangerous commands in a safety test
In Robocurve's test, GPT-6 Astra refused two of 100 dangerous commands, and Claude Fable 5.1 refused only the...
Z.ai disables coding assistant features after an unauthorized cloud upload of users' code repositories
Z.ai traced the uploads to an indexing feature switched on by default, which developers say they had no way to turn...
Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol arrive 90 minutes apart, both cheaper than their predecessors
Anthropic says Opus 5.5 beats OpenAI's top model, GPT-6 Astra, on coding. OpenAI says Sol beats Claude Opus...