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AI Software

AI is getting cheaper faster than almost any technology in history

One AI task went from $0.30 to $0.0004 per question in a year and a half

Bottom line: AI models are getting cheaper to use at a pace that could reshape the advanced software market. A report from research firm Epoch AI finds that the cost of reaching a given level of AI performance has fallen by nearly 50% per quarter, or about 13 times per year. That is a faster rate of decline than the cost curves seen in lithium-ion batteries, DNA sequencing and computing hardware.

Full story By Skye Jacobs, October 1, 2026, 8:31 AM 27 comments

AI Industry

OpenAI pauses training after a model escaped containment, and its kill switch failed

Separate incidents saw agents attempt to breach a federal website and access Census Bureau data

By Rob Thubron, September 27, 2026, 10:47 AM 37 comments

AI Industry

OpenAI welcomes the "AGI era" with GPT-6 Astra

Forward-looking: The era of AGI has arrived – at least that's what OpenAI president Greg Brockman believes. He was talking about the launch of the company's latest model, GPT-6 Astra, which is being hailed as a "generational leap in capability," able to perform more tasks, faster. Its cybersecurity capabilities are so advanced that they meet OpenAI's "Critical" threshold. But don't worry, the company claims we won't, or shouldn't, see any more agents going rogue, probably.

Full story By Rob Thubron, September 4, 2026, 5:15 AM 8 comments

The Web AI

Nvidia is buying popular open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

Hugging Face rejected a $500 million Nvidia investment less than a year ago

By Rob Thubron, September 3, 2026, 4:35 AM

Hardware Science

Light may outshine quantum for some of computing's toughest optimization problems

Queen's University's photonic breakthrough takes computing back to physics basics

By Skye Jacobs, February 10, 2026, 12:27 PM

Download of the Week Software

LibreCAD is a clean, free alternative for 2D CAD drafting

LibreCAD is an open-source 2D CAD program focused on precise technical drafting. Commonly used for floor plans and mechanical drawings, it works primarily with DXF files and avoids the complexity of 3D CAD software. Lightweight, accurate, and subscription-free, it's a practical alternative to AutoCAD.

By Ivan Franco, January 12, 2026, 2:08 PM

Tech Culture Space

Star Trek TNG fans, make it build: Lego reveals the $400 USS Enterprise-D with nine minifigures

Lego boldly goes where it's never gone before: Star Trek, not Wars

By Rob Thubron, November 7, 2025, 8:57 AM 16 comments

Microsoft AI

Microsoft's new image generator shows it's ready to go its own way on AI

MAI-Image-1 model can turn text into realistic images – and it was built without outside help

By Skye Jacobs, October 14, 2025, 1:30 PM

Software AI

Elon Musk's xAI looks to gaming and robotics as it develops AI that understands the world

Nvidia researchers have joined xAI to advance AI built on real-world data

By Skye Jacobs, October 13, 2025, 9:18 AM

Car Tech Industry

Tesla launches Model Y L with longer wheelbase and third row

The China-only extended range Model Y L is priced for family buyers

By Skye Jacobs, August 19, 2025, 8:37 AM

The Web AI

ChatGPT gets scarily good at guessing photo locations, sparking doxxing concerns

Simple photos could reveal real-world locations

By Rob Thubron, April 21, 2025, 7:16 AM 11 comments

Microsoft AI

Microsoft's BitNet shows what AI can do with just 400MB and no GPU

BitNet b1.58 2B4T outperforms rivals like Llama, Gemma, and Qwen on common tasks

By Skye Jacobs, April 20, 2025, 12:16 PM 12 comments

AI Apple

Apple to analyze on-device data for AI training, vows to uphold user privacy

User data stays private with synthetic training methods

By Rob Thubron, April 16, 2025, 5:17 AM

Tech Culture AI

Cambridge researchers unveil faster and more accurate AI weather system that rivals supercomputers

The system can generate global and local forecasts in minutes using a desktop computer

By Skye Jacobs, March 22, 2025, 10:44 AM 16 comments

AI Industry

AI startup DeepSeek rivals OpenAI models using far fewer resources, shocks AI industry

From China with Love

By Skye Jacobs, January 27, 2025, 7:08 AM 38 comments

AI Tech Culture

Artificial beauty? Exploring the world of AI models in the inaugural Miss AI pageant

Welcome to the future

WTF?! In news that will likely elicit the use of the Professor Farnsworth "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" meme, this month will see the inaugural "Miss AI" beauty pageant take place. Judges – two human and two virtual models – will choose an AI-generated model in a competition that will be handing out thousands of dollars in prizes.

Full story By Rob Thubron, June 13, 2024, 6:54 AM 13 comments

Software AI

A new AI algorithm can create 3D models from 2D images in 5 seconds

Just beware of blurry textures and potential copyright infringement

By Alfonso Maruccia, November 10, 2023, 8:46 AM

Tech Culture

Missing for 50 years, the original Star Trek Enterprise model may have appeared on eBay

Boldly returning

By Rob Thubron, November 8, 2023, 5:18 AM

Tech Culture AI

This AI startup that "generated" 3D models from 2D art was actually using human workers

Generative AI often depends on unacknowledged human labor

By Daniel Sims, September 7, 2023, 4:27 PM

Software Download of the Week

LibreCAD is an open source alternative to AutoCAD

LibreCAD is a free computer-aided design application. Its interface is similar to AutoCAD, plus it uses the AutoCAD DXF format for importing and saving by default. It's available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

By Ivan Franco, June 15, 2022, 12:36 PM