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Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks

Right now, every AI model you've ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you listen. Thinking Machines is trying to change that by building a model that processes your input and generates a response at the same time, so it's more like a phone call than a text chain.

[AINews] Thinking Machines' Native Interaction Models - TML-Interaction-Small 276B-A12B - advances SOTA Realtime Voice and kills standard VAD

well done, Team Thinky.

Wealthy people were the first to buy electric vehicles. The current boom risks entrenching inequality

Australia is in the midst of an electric vehicle boom. The combined rise of battery electric, plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrid cars is steadily shifting the long-term market dominance of petrol and diesel.

Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO

Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth as well as early-stage startups.

Building Blocks for Foundation Model Training and Inference on AWS

GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills

Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and model development as well as prompt engineering and new AI workflows.

Soft layers near cracks boost strength and toughness in bioinspired composites

Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed bioinspired composites that mimic bone and bamboo structures to improve strength and toughness simultaneously. Using artificial intelligence, simulations, and 3D printing, the team discovered how soft layers near cracks can prevent catastrophic failure.

Building web search-enabled agents with Strands and Exa

In this post, you will learn how to set up the Exa integration in Strands Agents, understand the two core tools it exposes, and walk through real-world use cases that show how agents use web search to complete multi-step tasks.

People struggle to recall whether content came from AI, with labels forgotten after one week

From August 2026, an EU-wide AI regulation will come into force requiring the labeling of AI-generated content. However, a research team from the University of Bayreuth and Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, has found that users of AI systems can no longer reliably recall after just one week whether content was generated by AI or not. The researchers presented their findings at the CHI conference, the most important and largest international conference in the field of Human–Computer Interaction.

Brewer's spent grain transformed into biodegradable paper: A circular economy solution developed in Ecuador

The growing global demand for paper continues to exert pressure on forest resources, while numerous industries generate large volumes of waste with high potential for valorization. In this context, researchers from Ecuador have conducted a study demonstrating the technical and economic feasibility of producing biodegradable paper from brewer's spent grain, an abundant byproduct of both the traditional and craft beer industries. The work is published in the journal Green Technologies and Sustainability.

What kills EV battery range? Real-time images pinpoint lithium metal weak spots

A crucial clue to simultaneously increasing electric vehicle (EV) driving range and battery lifespan has been discovered. A research team at KAIST has observed the exact moment of degradation in lithium metal batteries at the nanoscale (approximately 1/100,000th the thickness of a human hair) and identified the fundamental cause of performance decline. This is evaluated as a significant turning point in accelerating the commercialization of next-generation batteries.

Hybrid AI architecture could turn neuromorphic systems into reliable discovery machines

The artificial intelligence (AI) machines that guide the world can be grouped into three main categories: inference machines, learning machines and discovery machines. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are tackling the rarest of these machines. A new study points to a better way to build discovery machines, thanks to recent research led by Shantanu Chakrabartty, the Clifford W. Murphy Professor and vice dean for research in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Scaling carbon electrolysis means solving heat, pressure and flow, commentary says

Electrolysis can resemble a modern version of alchemy. Start with one compound, run it through an electrochemical process and end up with an entirely different mix of chemicals. One can't turn straw into gold, but humans have used water electrolysis to generate hydrogen fuel from water broken into its separate parts. Similar processes can be applied to carbon dioxide. After all, if the world has excess carbon dioxide, why not turn it into something more useful?

Introducing Claude Platform on AWS: Anthropic’s native platform, through your AWS account

Today, we're excited to announce the general availability of Claude Platform on AWS. Claude Platform on AWS is a new service that gives customers direct access to Anthropic's native Claude Platform experience through their AWS account, with no separate credentials, contracts, or billing relationships required. AWS is the first cloud provider to offer access to the native Claude Platform experience. In this post, we explore how Claude Platform on AWS works and how you can start using it today.

'News will find me' mindset makes people trust algorithms and online networks

One in three people believe they don't have to seek the news from traditional outlets like newspapers and television. Instead, they think the news will find me (NFM), relying on algorithms and social networks to get their information. A research team led by Penn State scholars recently found that these individuals often consider their online networks to be as trustworthy as professional editors and journalists.

Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator

Digg returns (again) as another place to read AI news.