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AI News
Aug 12, 2026 73

Why Sandbar thinks it’s voice-enabled ring can avoid the AI hardware graveyard

AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, a...

AI News
Aug 12, 2026 43

Google unveils Pixel 11 lineup, new AirTag rival, and Gemini features at Made by Google 2026

From the Pixel 11 series and a brand new competitor to Apple’s AirTag, here are all the announcements from the Made by Google 2026 event.

Research
Aug 12, 2026 72

Putting sign language AI into users’ hands

Introducing sign-language-to-text (SL2T), our breakthrough model powering new sign language features for Deaf and hard of hearing users.

Research
Aug 12, 2026 57

LFM2.5-VL-3B for Better and Faster Vision Capabilities for the Edge

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AI News
Aug 12, 2026 165

Google’s Pixel Watch 5 dives deeper into AI and health

The $399 Google Pixel Watch 5 isn't about the hardware. Sure, there's a new satin pyrite case finish, a few new strap colors, and a Steph...

AI News
Aug 12, 2026 98

Of course the ChatGPT dog cancer vaccine spawned a startup

Remember that much-hyped story about an Australian tech entrepreneur using ChatGPT, Grok, and other AI tools to craft a personalized canc...

AI News
Aug 12, 2026 109

Grok is now an AI ‘teammate’ you can assign work

SpaceXAI has introduced Grok Bot, an always-on AI agent service designed to behave like independent "AI teammates" that can do your work ...

AI News
Aug 12, 2026 83

AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year

Blacksmith says revenue has grown more than tenfold over the past year.

Research
Aug 12, 2026 79

Empty shelves or lost keys? Recall is the bottleneck for parametric factuality

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AI News
Aug 12, 2026 105

Saber denies replacing Rideshare Stimulator’s writers with ChatGPT

After a former lead writer claimed Saber "replaced me with ChatGPT," CEO Matthew Karch now claims, "Neither Saber nor Unigine have replac...

AI News
Aug 11, 2026 56

Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last

The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.

AI News
Aug 11, 2026 88

ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users

For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini ...