Latest in AI
Google’s AI Shopping Push Puts Search and Gemini at the Checkout Gate
Google is bringing conversational shopping to Search and Gemini, combining recommendations, comparisons, reviews and checkout support. The move could reshape product discovery, but retailer relationships, commercial transparency and AI reliability remain major risks.
NVIDIA Claims 7.2x Inference TCO Lead With GB300 Software Co-Design
NVIDIA, vLLM and Inferact claim GB300 NVL72 delivers 7.2x better inference performance per total cost, but limited benchmark details leave questions about workloads, competitors and real-world savings.
Google’s Gemini Agent Makes Model Choice an Enterprise Control Problem
Google’s Gemini agent could turn model selection into an enterprise control problem, routing tasks between Gemini and Claude while raising questions about permissions, costs, accountability and autonomous workplace actions.
New Image Models Face a Warning Over Weaker Jailbreak Resistance
Independent testing suggests OpenAI’s ChatGPT Images 2.5 and Google’s Nano Banana 2.1 may resist jailbreaks less effectively, challenging internal safety evaluations and raising questions about adaptive image-model attacks.
Apate turns AI scam baiting into a fraud intelligence business
Apate.ai uses AI agents to bait scammers, extract fraud intelligence and map criminal networks. The Australian startup’s new funding could turn scam conversations into a commercial asset for banks, telecoms and governments.
Scimplify Raises $25 Million to Build AI-Powered Critical-Materials Supply Chains
Indian startup Scimplify raised $25 million to expand its AI-powered materials platform, diversify critical-chemical manufacturing beyond China, and build production networks across India, the United States and Japan.
Beam’s Cost Claim Faces the Hardest Test in Open AI
Reflection AI says its Beam model can match leading systems with far less inference compute, but independent tests have yet to verify whether the claimed efficiency translates into real-world deployment savings.
Google’s Gemini 4 Argon Bets on Distribution to Close the Capability Gap
Google’s Gemini 4 Argon is broadly available at low introductory prices, betting distribution, enterprise integration and ecosystem reach can offset capability gaps against leading AI rivals.
GPT-6 Astra and Gemini 4 Argon Face a Simple Jailbreak Test
White Circle’s RISE research finds GPT-6 Astra and Gemini 4 Argon can be pushed toward explicit imagery, challenging safety claims and raising deployment concerns.