News Summary (2026-12)

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[AINews] Every Lab serious enough about Developers has bought their own Devtools #

[AINews] MiniMax 2.7: GLM-5 at 1/3 cost SOTA Open Model #

[AINews] Claude Cowork Dispatch: Anthropic's Answer to OpenClaw #

[AINews] NVIDIA GTC: Jensen goes hard on OpenClaw, Vera CPU, and announces $1T sales backlog in 2027 #

[AINews] Context Drought #

How we monitor internal coding agents for misalignment #

OpenAI to acquire Astral #

OpenAI Japan announces Japan Teen Safety Blueprint to put teen safety first #

Introducing GPT-5.4 mini and nano #

Equipping workers with insights about compensation #

Why Codex Security Doesn’t Include a SAST Report #

The Download: OpenAI is building a fully automated researcher, and a psychedelic trial blind spot #

OpenAI is throwing everything into building a fully automated researcher #

Mind-altering substances are (still) falling short in clinical trials #

The Download: Quantum computing for health, and why the world doesn’t recycle more nuclear waste #

Can quantum computers now solve health care problems? We’ll soon find out. #

Why the world doesn’t recycle more nuclear waste #

The Download: The Pentagon’s new AI plans, and next-gen nuclear reactors #

What do new nuclear reactors mean for waste? #

The Pentagon is planning for AI companies to train on classified data, defense official says #

The Download: OpenAI’s US military deal, and Grok’s CSAM lawsuit #

What makes a good AGENTS.md? #

Nvidia loves OpenClaw #

this is a new format i'd like to try #

ImportAI 449: LLMs training other LLMs; 72B distributed training run; computer vision is harder than generative text #

Build a Domain-Specific Embedding Model in Under a Day #

What's New in Mellea 0.4.0 + Granite Libraries Release #

State of Open Source on Hugging Face: Spring 2026 #

Holotron-12B - High Throughput Computer Use Agent #

A new Nintendo Switch 2 could be the poster child for replaceable batteries #

Future Sony PlayStation games will use AI to imagine new frames #

Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar #

Microsoft is ending the Windows Update nightmare — and letting you pause them indefinitely #

This is Microsoft’s plan to fix Windows 11 #

Trump takes another shot at dismantling state AI regulation #

These electronic Polaroids are powered by your phone’s NFC chip #

Nine months later, the Trump phone still doesn’t exist #

Anker’s Qi2 MagGo Power Bank is down to its best price in months #

Google’s battery-powered Nest Doorbell is $40 off right now #

A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine #

Gamers Hate Nvidia's DLSS 5. Developers Aren’t Crazy About It, Either #

This Compact Bose Soundbar Is $80 Off #

Kalshi Has Been Temporarily Banned in Nevada #

Iran War Puts Global Energy Markets on the Brink of a Worst-Case Scenario #

At Palantir’s Developer Conference, AI Is Built to Win Wars #

Best Kids' Bikes (2026): Woom, Prevelo, Guardian, and More #

China Approves the First Brain Chips for Sale—and Has a Plan to Dominate the Industry #

16 Best Camera Bags, Slings, Straps, and Backpacks (2026), Tested and Reviewed #

Can Tinder Fix The Dating Landscape It Helped Ruin? #

Firewire Surfboard Review (2026): Neutrino, Revo Max, Machadocado #

I Learned More Than I Thought I Would From Using Food-Tracking Apps #

Corsair Frame 4000D RS PC Case Review: Excellent Flow #

The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs #

My AI Agent ‘Cofounder’ Conquered LinkedIn. Then It Got Banned #

Tempur-ActiveBreeze Smart Bed Review: High-Tech Titan #

Newegg Promo Code: 10% Off in March 2026 #

US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks #

‘Uncanny Valley’: Nvidia’s ‘Super Bowl of AI,’ Tesla Disappoints, and Meta’s VR Metaverse ‘Shutdown’ #

FCC Enforcement Chief Offered to Help Brendan Carr Target Disney, Records Show #

Google Shakes Up Its Browser Agent Team Amid OpenClaw Craze #

The Original AirPods Max Are $100 Off #

Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR ‘for the Foreseeable Future’ #

A New Game Turns the H-1B Visa System Into a Surreal Simulation #

ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Could Spark a New Era of Intimate Surveillance #

Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI #

Should You Hike in Boots or Trail Runners? (2026) #

Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro Dolby Atmos Projector Review: Big, Brilliant #

The 4 Best Planners of 2026: Roterunner, Hobonichi, Cloth & Paper #

The Men Obsessed With ‘High T’ #

Android Auto’s Secret Superpower Is a Customizable Shortcut Button #

Apple MacBook Air (M5) Review: The Goldilocks MacBook #

Best Electric Mountain Bikes (2026): Specialized, Cannondale, Salsa #

The Fight to Hold AI Companies Accountable for Children’s Deaths #

HigherDose Red Light Shower Filter Review (2026): Filter Needed #

Get Ready for a Year of Chaotic Weather in the US #

20% Off LG Promo Code & Coupons | March 2026 #

30% Off Canon Promo Codes | March 2026 #

10% Dell Coupon Codes | March 2026 #

Best Buy Discount Codes and Deals: Up to 60% Off #

30% Off Samsung Promo Code | March 2026 #

25% Off Dyson Promo Code | March 2026 #

Why Walmart and OpenAI Are Shaking Up Their Agentic Shopping Deal #

The Best Sonos Bluetooth Speaker Is $40 Off #

Confessions of the ICE Agent Whisperer #

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild #

Visa prepares payment systems for AI agent-initiated transactions #

NVIDIA wants enterprise AI agents safer to deploy #

Mastercard keeps tabs on fraud with new foundation model #

For effective AI, insurance needs to get its data house in order #

Trustpilot partners with AI companies as traditional search declines #

Goldman Sachs sees AI investment shift to data centres #

US Treasury publishes AI risk Guidebook for financial institutions #

NTT DATA and NVIDIA bring enterprise AI factories to production scale #

OpenAI’s Frontier puts AI agents in a fight SaaS can’t afford to lose #

White House AI plan hands Big Tech the federal preemption it lobbied for #

Anthropic turns Claude Code into an always-on AI agent with new channels feature #

Adobe Firefly now bundles 30+ AI models and lets users train custom styles on their own images #

Google pulls back on browser AI as the industry bets on coding tools #

Qualcomm shrinks AI reasoning chains by 2.4x to fit thinking models on smartphones #

Google gives AI shopping agents cart, catalog, and loyalty features #

OpenAI plans to merge ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas browser into a single desktop superapp #

Elevenlabs now lets you sell AI music you don't own #

Microsoft's superintelligence team ships MAI-Image-2, a text-to-image generator #

Bringing the power of Personal Intelligence to more people #

Our latest investment in open source security for the AI era #

‘A Rigged and Dangerous Product’: The Wildest Week for Prediction Markets Yet #