Open-source, privacy-focused platform aims to help researchers examine how digital interactions influence health

Numerous sensors allow smartphones to silently witness everything we do, says Ian Kim, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology at Stanford University. They count each smartphone owner's steps, measure ...

OpenAI’s new flagship GPT model is made for AI agents

GPT-5.4 is out now on ChatGPT (where it goes by the name GPT-5.4 Thinking) as well as on the OpenAI API and OpenAI’s coding ...

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use mode, financial plugins for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

The big headlines on this release are efficiency, with OpenAI reporting that GPT-5.4 uses far fewer tokens (47% fewer on some ...

OpenAI Launches Codex Desktop App for Windows, Bringing AI Coding Agents to PC Developers

OpenAI has released its Codex desktop app for Windows, adding a native sandbox and PowerShell support, enabling developers to ...

Chinese state hackers target telcos with new malware toolkit

A China-linked advanced persistent threat actor tracked as UAT-9244 has been targeting telecommunication service providers in South America since 2024, compromising Windows, Linux, and network-edge ...
MIT Technology Review

What’s next for Chinese open-source AI

Chinese open models are spreading fast, from Hugging Face to Silicon Valley. Here’s why that matters. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to ...
Scientific American

OpenClaw—what happens when AI stops chatting and starts doing

When a friend messaged me two days ago about Clawdbot—a new open-source AI agent that has since been renamed OpenClaw—I expected yet another disappointing “assistant.” But it was already a viral ...
Reuters

Open-source AI models vulnerable to criminal misuse, researchers warn

Thousands of servers run open-source LLMs outside major AI platforms security controls, researchers say Researchers identify removed guardrails in hundreds of open-source LLM instances LLMs can be ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Expands Quantum Development Kit with New Open-Source Tools, VS Code Integration

Microsoft released new open-source quantum development tools, expanding the Quantum Development Kit. VS Code and GitHub Copilot now play a more central role in ...
New York Post

A cow named Veronika shocked scientists with a new skill — proving they’re a lot smarter than we thought: ‘Not accidental’

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was documented using tools with impressive skill for the first time ever, ...
insideHPC

Argonne, MIT Using Open-Source Code for Nuclear and Fusion Energy Research

The award winning OpenMC software package is helping researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology develop next generation nuclear and fusion reactors with ...
Reuters

Auto industry expands open-source pact to boost development, cut costs

BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - More than 30 companies across the automotive supply chain have agreed to collaborate on open-source software to develop next-generation cars and cut costs, the German ...