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NATO-Backed Scaleout Targets the Battlefield Edge With Self-Updating AI
Swedish startup Scaleout Systems is developing federated-learning AI for drones and forward units, aiming to keep military models adapting when battlefield communications are disrupted or jammed.
Google’s CC Tests Whether AI Can Become a Trusted Family Coordinator
Google’s experimental CC agent aims to coordinate family schedules, messages, documents and reminders, while raising difficult questions about household privacy, consent, trust and AI’s role in domestic life.
OpenAI Targets Legal Work With Its New Astra for Law Offering
OpenAI’s announcement of Astra for Law signals a push into specialized legal AI, but unanswered questions about access, privacy, integrations and oversight leave its practical value uncertain.
Perplexity Gives Users More Control Over How Computer Solves Tasks
Perplexity is giving users new effort controls for its Computer AI agent, letting them balance reasoning depth, coordination, speed and computing costs. Web access arrives first.
OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 Raises the Stakes in Voice-Agent Economics
OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 separates real-time conversation from complex reasoning, promising faster, cheaper voice agents while raising questions about benchmark claims, routing complexity and whether modular AI can improve business outcomes.
Gemini 3.8 Puts Real-Time Voice Reasoning to the Test
Google DeepMind’s Gemini 3.8 Live models bring real-time voice, vision and background reasoning to assistants, but their success may depend on timing, transparency and knowing when not to interrupt.
CHIVE’s Warning: Seeing Inside a Model Is Not the Same as Explaining It
Anthropic’s CHIVE study finds activation-reading tools did not outperform transcripts at predicting behavior changes, underscoring why interpretable features are clues, not proof, of causation inside AI models.
Apple’s Reported M8 Ultra Server Could Bring Macs Into the Data Center
Apple is reportedly exploring a 2029 enterprise AI server built around M8 Ultra chips, potentially bringing energy-efficient Apple silicon, Nvidia networking and Macs into data centers.
Starlink V5 Production Signals a New Hardware Push for SpaceX
SpaceX says its next-generation Starlink V5 terminal has entered production, but specifications, pricing, availability and intended customer segments remain unclear as the company targets broader satellite broadband growth.