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Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber

We’re introducing new Gemini models, including Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber.

I Tried Fine-Tuning a Robot AI Model on Colab. Here Is What Worked

A reproducible 100-step LoRA fine-tuning run for OpenVLA, with dataset checks, Colab setup, training metrics, and W&B evidence. The post I Tried Fine-Tuning a Robot AI Model on Colab. Here Is What Worked appeared first on Towards Data Science.

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?

Automakers love connected vehicles, but support isn't open-ended.

How Much of a Data Science Workflow Can Run on a GPU Today? Part 1: Accelerating Data Preparation

Exploring GPU acceleration with cuDF, cudf.pandas, and the Polars GPU Engine The post How Much of a Data Science Workflow Can Run on a GPU Today? Part 1: Accelerating Data Preparation appeared first on Towards Data Science.

Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated

Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June

Apps targeted at US troops contain Chinese and Russian code

More than one-eighth of apps analyzed contained foreign code.

2027 Kia Seltos first drive gives you plenty of SUV for not much $

It starts at just under $25,000, but the hybrid won't arrive until next year.

The AI Slot Machine Effect: Why Generative Feeds Disrupt Deep Work And How to Reclaim Focus

You open a generative AI tool expecting a quick boost. Ten minutes later, you’re still there, refining a prompt for the fourth time. The task you started with has drifted off to the side somewhere. Sound familiar? Knowledge workers in 2026 are running into this more and more. It makes sense once ...

Are Your ML Experiments a Mess? Here’s the Fix

A hands-on guide to tracking experiments, logging models, and reproducing results with ML Flow. The post Are Your ML Experiments a Mess? Here’s the Fix appeared first on Towards Data Science.

Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innovation

The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hyperscale data centers. But beneath each of these advances is another layer of innovation that makes them possible: advanced materials. Every new generation of ...

Bristol Myers Squibb buys Nvidia AI system for drug discovery

Bristol Myers Squibb is purchasing an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD built on the chipmaker’s Vera Rubin architecture to support artificial intelligence use across its drug discovery and development operations. The pharmaceutical company said it will be the first life sciences group to acquire a DGX SuperPO...

Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants—then, everything else

Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plan to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites.

Chinese open-weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs.

Enterprises evaluating Chinese open-weight models this month face a question that has nothing to do with benchmarks: whether using one will still be straightforward in a year. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 arrived on July 16 as the largest open-weight model yet released, and within days it had reopened a...

OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation

OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.

Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved

The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.

Grabette: an open system to record robot-manipulation data

David Vélez and Robin Vince join the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC

David Vélez and Robin Vince join the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC, bringing global leadership in finance, technology, and governance.

Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

The director role for the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) has become a revolving door since David Sacks left his position as czar.

DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him

Pennsylvania cop charged with oppression and obstruction.