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Google has open-sourced WeatherNext, an artificial intelligence weather model designed to improve hurricane warnings with 15-day forecasts of storm track and intensity. Google DeepMind and Google Research helped train the model, with contributions from the National Hurricane Center, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, the UK Met Office and other weather agencies worldwide. […]

OpenAI said it is removing limits on text-based chats for all ChatGPT users as the service has passed 1 billion weekly users. The company said the change will be powered by a new GPT-5.6 Luna model, which will become the default for Free and Go users, replacing GPT-5.5. Free and Go users will also receive […]

Researchers at the Arc Institute and Stanford University used artificial intelligence models to design new viruses that infected and reproduced inside bacteria, according to a study published in Science and cited by The New York Times. The team used genome language models called Evo 1 and Evo 2, which were trained on genetic sequences rather […]

X said on Thursday it will publish the source code for its “For You” timeline and core ranking engine on GitHub and add a tool showing whether ranking systems affected users’ accounts or posts. The code will be released under the Apache v2 license and will include model configuration, filters and core ranking system details, […]

Timur Turlov, founder and largest shareholder of Freedom Holding Corp., continues to invest beyond the financial business. In late July 2026, a structure owned by the entrepreneur acquired stakes in several media assets in Kazakhstan — ranging from a business online publication to radio stations and television businesses. These new deals complement Turlov’s already established […]

Paying someone to build software doesn’t make it yours. Under most copyright laws, the creator owns the work by default. Ownership can only be transferred through a clear assignment clause. However, buyers discover this too late, when they want to change vendors, modify the product, or license it to someone else. Computer vision products make […]

Marketing agency Croud said a survey of more than 2,000 U.S. consumers found 69% of Americans are open to letting artificial intelligence make purchases on their behalf. The study, developed with research firm ImpactSense, also found that 73% of AI users research products through large language models before deciding on a specific brand or product. […]