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An AI-designed set of proteins stuck to scorpion toxins in lab tests, but experts say that is the easy part and the result is far from a medicine.
Read more: Claude's scorpion antivenom test fell far short of a real drugNvidia has removed features from its graphics cards five times, leaving some older games and tools broken or slower. Here is what was lost and why it matters.
Read more: Five times Nvidia graphics cards stopped supporting older gamesSymantec found an attack tool that takes over unprotected AI services and runs break-ins on its own, leaving the owner with the bill.
Read more: Hackers are hijacking unprotected AI tools to attack others, and you payAnthropic's new Duet agent app has personal safety limits but no admin tools, so a company cannot switch it off, manage devices or cap spending.
Read more: Claude Duet has no company-wide controls yet, only personal onesAnthropic's IPO, pitched at a $2 trillion value, has slipped to November amid pushback. A guest critic says the price rests on shaky math.
Read more: Anthropic's planned $2 trillion stock debut faces doubts and a delayEiliko's maker admits its AI robot charm had security flaws, but The Verge says photos and audio were still exposed after the company said access was closed.
Read more: Maker of Eiliko AI robot charm admits security flaws, but gaps remainTesla's CEO says its Optimus humanoid robot must learn by playing, like a toddler. Production has begun, but a useful home or office robot is still a way off.
Read more: Musk says teaching Tesla's Optimus robot is like raising a toddlerA Tom's Guide writer replaced his cloud chatbot with a free AI agent on his laptop, trading speed for privacy and no usage fees.
Read more: A writer swapped his cloud chatbot for a free AI that runs on his own laptopAI assistants are starting to shop for people and deal with brands directly, and a new survey shows most businesses are uneasy about it.
Read more: AI shopping assistants are starting to deal directly with businessesNvidia's CEO says demand for rented AI computing is huge, but a shortage of money is slowing the firms that supply it, and their stocks are slipping.
Read more: Nvidia's CEO says demand for AI computing is huge, but money is shortHugging Face released Carbon-X, an open-source AI that answers questions about DNA in plain language and runs on a lab's own computers, keeping patient data private.
Read more: Hugging Face releases free AI that lets scientists "chat with DNA"Impact Factory has released a marketing plug-in for ChatGPT and other AI assistants. Small business owners may be able to use it without buying a new app.
Read more: Impact Factory releases a marketing add-on for ChatGPT and other AI assistantsOracle's new AI Agent Studio lets small and mid-size firms build their own AI helpers with little or no coding, but connecting them to your data is the hard part.
Read more: Oracle launches a tool to build AI helpers without writing codeChatGPT now links to Canva, Shopify and Stripe, which could help people with a side business handle marketing and scheduling chores faster.
Read more: ChatGPT now connects to Canva, Shopify and Stripe for side hustlersA survey reported by Android Authority says many people still rate the old Google Assistant above Gemini, the newer AI helper that replaced it on phones.
Read more: Survey finds many people still prefer old Google Assistant to GeminiMajor U.S. banks say unapproved AI agents are working inside customer accounts, and some seem to act on their own. Here is why that matters for your money.
Read more: Banks find unapproved AI agents working inside customer accountsA Bernstein analysis finds only about 35% of announced AI data center capacity is likely to get built, so big announcements may promise far more than will arrive.
Read more: Most announced AI data centers may never actually get builtAn Anthropic engineering leader says Claude writes all the code for her 200-person team, a sign of how fast AI is changing the work of building software.
Read more: Anthropic's top engineer says how much of her team's code AI now writesEvery AI answer leaves data behind. One test found an 8-second video created over 500MB of back-end files, and storage costs can sneak up on budgets.
Read more: AI leaves a huge storage bill behind every answer it givesStripe now lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude check balances, pay invoices and move money for a business, which could cut admin but raises access questions.
Read more: Stripe lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude handle your business money tasksA security firm says most AI agents at its customers have not run in months, yet their logins still work and some can be started by outsiders.
Read more: Most AI agents sit unused for months but keep their accessAnthropic published what its Claude Duet agent may do without asking you. Grok Bot has a string of launches but no public approval rules.
Read more: Two AI helpers that act for you: only one tells you its rulesOpenAI and partners used thousands of AI agents to scan millions of mouse brain cells in 32 minutes. The leads are early, but they could speed up disease research.
Read more: OpenAI's AI agents sift millions of brain cells in 32 minutesNVIDIA says power, not chips, now holds back new AI data centers, and a group of energy companies is joining its platform to fix that.
Read more: Power Shortages Are Now the Biggest Roadblock for AI Data Centers
