CNET

Chrome Has Been Secretly Downloading AI to Your Computer. Here's What You Can Do

Chrome has been automatically downloading Gemini Nano (a 4GB AI model) to users' computers without notification or an easy way to prevent it. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping ...

G.T. School's Bet on Gifted Ed: Cash Rewards, 2 Hours of AI Tutoring, No Lectures

If you've heard of Alpha School, you've heard the pitch: two hours of AI tutoring in the morning, life skills in the ...
Communications of the ACM

From Block-Based Programming to Vibe Coding

The path from block-based programming to vibe coding represents a shift from mastering the mechanics of implementation to ...

The latest Gemma 4 models use a training trick to slash their on-device memory footprint

You can now download Gemma 4 models with quantization-aware training to reduce the amount of mobile memory required to 1GB.

Google Tested Its AI Tutor In Real Classrooms. It Worked

Google says its AI tutor delivered a year of math progress in eight weeks. I asked the DeepMind researcher behind the trial ...
Observer

Mira Murati Unveils Her Startup’s A.I. Model in First Interview Since OpenAI

Mira Murati says Thinking Machines Lab is building multimodal A.I. models that collaborate with humans in near real time. Courtesy Bloomberg “They’re continuously taking in audio, text, video, and ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's first reasoning model is one of 7 AIs just released at Build - what we know so far

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
Electrek

Rivian R2 First Drive: This is everything I need to upgrade my Model Y except…

Rivian flew us out to beautiful Park City, Utah, to get a first test of the R2, its $45,000 “bet-the-company” mass market SUV that it has promised for years. Today it begins delivering these vehicles, ...
Gizmodo

Microsoft Targets Legal Fears to Sell Its Powerful New AI Model to Businesses

MAI-Thinking-1 is one of seven new models the company announced today, less than one year after unveiling its first in-house models. Reading time 3 minutes Microsoft is dropping a family of seven new ...
The Lowell Sun

HUD dumps ‘housing first’ model of homeless funding

LOWELL — In a radical shift of policy and focus, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is redirecting a record-level $4 billion away from a “housing first” strategy and toward a ...
techtimes

Microsoft Build 2026: MAI-Thinking-1 Is First In-House Reasoning Model, Trained Without OpenAI Data

shows the logo of Microsoft displayed on the facade of the company France headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, on the outskirts of Paris, on April 24, 2026. Martin LELIEVRE/Getty Images Microsoft ...
The Verge

Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here

MAI-Thinking-1 is one of seven new models announced at Build 2026. MAI-Thinking-1 is one of seven new models announced at Build 2026. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He ...