Google Taught a Quantum Computer to Fix Its Own Mistakes Mid-Calculation
Google’s Willow chip now uses a reinforcement-learning agent to tune 1,000+ controls while it computes, cutting logical errors ~20% and setting a record.
Nvidia Backed the Startup Trying to Make AI Cheaper Than Nvidia Wants It to Be
Fireworks AI raised $1.5bn at a $17.5bn valuation, backed by Nvidia, to run open models cheaply. The inference layer is where the next money is.
SK Hynix Printed the Biggest Quarter in Its History, and Nvidia Signed the Cheque
SK Hynix posted record Q2 2026 revenue of 79.3tn won on AI memory demand and started mass-producing HBM4. The AI boom now runs on Korean DRAM.
Your Coding Agent Can Trigger Itself Now. Here’s How to Set It Up
Cursor Automations let a coding agent wait for a GitHub PR, Slack ping or cron, then do the job and report back. A plain setup guide for small teams.
Write One Skill File, Run It in Every AI Tool You Own
One SKILL.md file now runs across Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini CLI and 30+ tools. Write your process once and stop re-explaining it to every AI.
Grok’s New Voice Model Costs 8 Cents a Minute and Wants Your Call Centre
xAI’s Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 answers in 0.70 seconds at $0.08 a minute. It is built for real-world voice agents, and it is honest about whose job that is.
MiniMax H3 Makes 2K Video With Real Sound for Under Two Quid a Clip
MiniMax’s new H3 model generates 15-second 2K video with native stereo sound in one pass, at about $1.95 a clip. Open weights are promised, not yet delivered.
DeepSeek’s Free V4 Flash Now Beats Its Own Flagship, For 14 Cents
DeepSeek retrained its open-weight V4 Flash to top its pricier Pro model on nine agent benchmarks, at $0.14 per million tokens. The catch is who scored it.
IBM Bought a Quantum Lab. Days Later That Lab Put a Whole Control Room on a Chip.
Days after IBM agreed to buy HRL Labs, the lab unveiled an 18-qubit silicon QPU that runs its own control electronics at 4 kelvin. The wiring wall, meet the exit.
The Sun Has an Off Switch, and It Handed Us a Seven-Year Weather Warning
University of Warwick physicists found a ‘switch-off’ moment in the Sun that forecasts the next solar cycle’s strength six to seven years early.