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AI & Machine Learning

1. A quarter of Nvidia’s business next year comes from labs it is financing

Nvidia has put nearly US$50 billion into the AI labs that buy its chips, and has lined up commitments for more than $500 billion Colette Kress, the company’s chief financial officer, told analysts on August 26 that demand from the labs Nvidia backs with its own balance sheet will contribute toward roughly a quarter of its business […] The post A quarter of Nvidia’s business next year comes from labs it is financing appeared first on AI News.

2. Interpretable Text Classification: Probing Scikit-LLM Embedding Spaces

In this article, you will learn how to use probing classifiers, UMAP visualization, and SHAP values to interpret and analyze the quality of text embeddings...

3. Supporting Thailand’s next generation of AI startups

OpenAI and Thailand’s MHESI launch an eight-week accelerator helping 10 health, wellness, and education startups turn AI prototypes into trusted products.

4. Better answers, broader thinking: What students gain from ChatGPT and critical-thinking training

A randomized study of more than 1,000 students examines ChatGPT, critical thinking, originality, and student performance on a real-world university assignment.

5. Expanding OpenAI’s presence in Brazil

OpenAI is expanding its presence in Brazil, deepening engagement with developers, businesses, and communities to support AI adoption across the country.

Software Development

1. JetBrains told everyone to patch. It didn’t patch itself.

JetBrains is urging users of its Cadence cloud development service to rotate credentials and treat previous executions and their outputs The post JetBrains told everyone to patch. It didn’t patch itself. appeared first on The New Stack.

2. LM Studio built a judge for AI commands. Then the judge started agreeing with the defendant.

A command as ordinary as git diff can become a problem for an AI coding agent once a variable gets The post LM Studio built a judge for AI commands. Then the judge started agreeing with the defendant. appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Alibaba just released Qwen3.8-Flash: “An early preview of the architecture in Qwen4”

Alibaba this week unveiled Qwen3.8-Flash, an open-weight, multimodal Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model. Hot on the heels of Qwen 3.8 Max, which The post Alibaba just released Qwen3.8-Flash: “An early preview of the architecture in Qwen4” appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Z.ai’s GLM-5.3 goes open weight, but its new license aims at hyperscalers

Earlier in August, Z.ai, the Chinese AI lab behind the viral ox-alpha model that turned out to be GLM-5.3-Flash, launched The post Z.ai’s GLM-5.3 goes open weight, but its new license aims at hyperscalers appeared first on The New Stack.

5. Nvidia is paying $12.9 billion to keep open models on its chips

I’m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments, The post Nvidia is paying $12.9 billion to keep open models on its chips appeared first on The New Stack.

6. Google found a way to test Gemini without seeing the questions

Growing datasets and public benchmarks are making it harder to tell whether a model is being tested on something it The post Google found a way to test Gemini without seeing the questions appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Aider, Claude Code, and OpenClaw ran an identical model. Token use varied 70-fold.

When teams price an AI coding agent, they tend to scrutinize the model. But three recent benchmarking efforts suggest the The post Aider, Claude Code, and OpenClaw ran an identical model. Token use varied 70-fold. appeared first on The New Stack.

8. This duck will teach you reinforcement learning — and pick up your socks

You could have a mechanical duck waddling through your home before Christmas. Hugging Face‘s Pollen Robotics on Thursday opened pre-orders The post This duck will teach you reinforcement learning — and pick up your socks appeared first on The New Stack.

9. Replit’s new default: Auto mode picks the best model for each task

AI coding company Replit is throwing its weight behind the model-routing trend by making its “intelligent model routing” system the The post Replit’s new default: Auto mode picks the best model for each task appeared first on The New Stack.

10. Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal has an open-source problem

Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, putting one of the biggest names in AI hardware The post Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal has an open-source problem appeared first on The New Stack.

11. When you keep AI Lean, you keep AI correct

Ryan chats with Leo de Moura, Senior Principal Applied Scientist at AWS and the creator of the Lean language, about proving correctness in AI agents with the Lean language, how automated reasoning complements probabilistic AI models, and the use of AI for continuous code optimization.

12. What does an AI agent do with no goal and no supervision? I ran it three times and logged everything.

Most of what you read about autonomous agents is about giving one a goal and hoping it doesn't go sideways on the way there — the unwatched agent that loops, or drifts, or quietly runs up a bill. I wanted the cleaner version of that question, with the goal taken out entirely: what does an agent do when there's no goal at all? I've spent about four months building a harness around a coding agent — gates, persistent memory, verification hooks. Last night I ran it with the one variable that matters...

13. Gemma 4 in Pure JAX: What Ports from TPU to GPU, and What Doesn't

This article is about running a hand-written Gemma 4 port in pure JAX on three different accelerators, and about the two places the abstraction leaks. The code is here: github.com/xbill9/gemma4-dev What is this project trying to Do? This project aims to serve one Gemma 4 checkpoint from one JAX port across every accelerator I can rent, and to find out — by measurement, not by reading docs — which parts of "it's just JAX" are true. The port lives in ports/gemma4/ and is driven by a generation loo...

14. Pure JAX on G5g: Serving Gemma 4 on Graviton and a T4G

This article provides a step by step deployment guide for serving Google's Gemma 4 on an AWS EC2 G5g instance using pure JAX. The code is here: github.com/xbill9/gemma4-dev What is this project trying to Do? This project aims to serve a modern open model on the cheapest whole CUDA GPU AWS will rent you, and to measure honestly what that costs. Aren't You Using The Wrong GPU? Probably! The T4G is a Turing chip from 2018. It has no bfloat16 and no fp8. But it is cheap, it is available when nothing...

15. Connecting a LINE Official Account to an AI Agent with MCP

LINE published an official MCP server for its Messaging API, which means an AI agent can now drive a LINE Official Account directly — sending messages, broadcasting promotions, and pushing Flex Message cards without writing any API code. I set it up with Codex and worked through every capability the server exposes, from creating a fresh account to delivering a message to a real phone. This guide is the result: a complete walkthrough, and an honest account of the three places where the documentat...

Programming Languages

1. htmx 4.0.0 has been released!

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2. How we saved 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1’s DNS cache

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3. Follow-up: Running the same Spring Boot app on a 256 MB VPS with JDK 25

Follow-up to my 512 MB Spring Boot experiment: I tried the same application on a 256 MB Alpine VPS. JDK 21 struggled badly at this size, but with JDK 25 and a tuned 80 MB heap, the app plus lightweight monitoring completed a one-hour run without restarts or OOM kills. Still not something I’d recommend for normal production, but the difference was interesting. submitted by /u/fykup [link] [comments]

4. Log-first or Table-first? Apache Kafka, Fluss, & Streaming Tables

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5. How Jekyll Works

I like Jekyll a lot. Hope you find it useful. If you notice any errors or have thoughts to share, don't hold back in the comments or DMs. All feedback is genuinely welcome 🙂. submitted by /u/sarans22 [link] [comments]

6. mold: A Massively Parallel Linker

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Game Development

1. GDC Side Quest - Inside Austin Wintory's Collaborative Composing Process

This month, celebrated composer Austin Wintory joins content marketing manager Beth Elderkin for a conversation about his creative process.

2. Panic refunds tariff fees, 1047 Games pivots from Splitgate, and Gamescom Dev grows - Patch Notes #67

Plus: No More Room in Hell 2 surpasses 1 million players after exiting a pivotal Early Access period.

3. Warlock's magic system was built on game-bending player choices

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

4. Spanish union calls for ongoing strike action at Ubisoft Mobile Barcelona

'The strike was communicated to the company in early August; however, the workers' representatives are still awaiting a response.'

5. How you (yes, you) can benefit from 1-on-1 synchronous playtesting

In his 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming talk, designer Brian Cronin makes the case for one-on-one playtesting.

6. CD Projekt Red has The Witcher 4 running on all target platforms after Cyberpunk 2077 lesson

Game Developer spoke to CD Projekt Red co-CEO Michal Nowakowski.

7. Saber exec: The game industry must look beyond North America and dilute risk

Saber chief creative officer Tim Willits said studios need to find 'reliable' income to support their big swings.

8. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma once again stresses Xbox's need for affordability

Xbox isn't healthy, she said again.

9. Saudi media conglomerate MBC expands into video game industry with new studio

MBC Game Studio broke cover at Gamescom 2026 and has already hired veterans from BioWare, Hi-Rez, Ubisoft Montreal, and Bungie.

10. Obituary: Actor Tim Curry, celebrated for his work in games, has passed at age 80

The charismatic star of stage and screen also lent his likeness to a number of celebrated video games.

Gaming News

1. Tech Experts Call Grand Theft Auto 6 The Most Visually Advanced Game To Date, Which Explains Why It’s Stuck At 30FPS

Grand Theft Auto 6 has finally had its first big gameplay reveal, giving us our first real look at Rockstar's massive open-world and the amount of detail it holds. It's one that might be the most visually-impressive game we've ever seen, according to the experts at Digital Foundry. Digital Foundry's Oliver Mackenzie and Richard Leadbetter have praised GTA 6's visual presentation, with Mackenzie specifically going as far to call it the "most impressive example of real-time game rendering" he's ev...

2. Fable Hands-On Impressions

My actual experience of Fable's combat is far different from the disappointing footage released earlier this week.

3. CD Projekt Red Offers To Help Gamescom Theft Victim As Industry Shows Its Support

The annual Gamescom event is meant to showcase some of the best upcoming video games, but at least two apparent thefts have thrown a damper on this year's festivities. Indie developer Ryan Laley reported that his equipment was stolen from his Gamescom booth, which he said was "a huge blow financially and mentally." Fortunately, Laley has received an outpouring of support from the industry, including The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red. On X, CD Projekt Red responded to Lale...

4. Leaked DLSS 5 Mod Shows Just How Much Nvidia’s AI Filter Can Mess With Your Games

Nvidia hasn't yet announced a release date for DLSS 5, which it revealed to widespread backlash earlier this year. But a recent leak has provided PC modders the ability to inject the neural rendering in almost any game, which is being used to showcase just how awful its AI-powered face filters can get. Accidentally included in a build of NBA 2K27 (via VideoCardz), an early version of DLSS 5 was accessed and made useable by the RenoDX modding community, who quickly developed a crude toolset allow...

5. Xbox’s Disc-To-Digital Program Means Microsoft Is Probably Done With Discs Too

Despite mixed messages when it comes to when we can expect the next PlayStation and Xbox, one aspect about the next generation seems to be clearer than ever: Discs are going away. Earlier this year, Sony announced that it would be ending physical disc production for all PlayStation games launching after January 2028, confirming that the company's next console will almost certainly be digital-only. Microsoft hasn't made as strong a statement yet, instead opting to introduce a program allowing Xbo...

6. Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Is Good If You Do The Necessary Homework Beforehand

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy faces a difficult balancing act. Can it move away from its predecessors' terrifying waves of rats and still deliver a supernatural terror that ties into rewarding environmental puzzles? Can it ditch the series' sibling protagonists and still tell a moving story focused on two people learning to lean on one another? And can it add fierce, frenetic combat to the franchise's formula as a new gameplay pillar without abandoning its core identity as a puzzle game? At ti...

7. Fable Dev Happy About Delay To 2027 To Avoid “Chaotic Window,” And We All Know That Means GTA 6

Microsoft's new Fable game was supposed to launch this year, but it was delayed to February 2027. The game's director, Ralph Fulton, said in an interview that he feels "great" about the launch timing for Fable, adding that shifting to 2027 helps the game avoid the "chaotic window" of its original timeframe of late 2026. Speaking to IGN, Fulton said the reason for the delay "is pretty apparent to everybody." He said he was "really looking forward to" launching Fable in 2026, saying he wasn't happ...

8. It’s Totally Fine For Epic To Lock A Fortnite Skin Behind A Trip To Disneyland

Disney and Epic Games caused a bit of a stir recently when they unveiled their latest collaboration: a Fortnite skin that you can only get by riding the Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run ride at Disneyland in California or Disney World in Florida. There's been a lot of spirited discussion about this skin since then, as most of the folks who had something to say about the situation seemed pretty annoyed about it. Honestly, even though I just made my once-per-decade visit to Disneyland back in Jun...

9. GTA 6 Looks Like It Features This Popular TV Show Apartment

GTA 6 takes place in Vice City, which is a stand-in for Miami, and it appears the game will feature a Miami apartment building from a popular TV show. Eagle-eyed fans noticed that Dexter Morgan's apartment in Miami from the TV show Dexter appears to be in GTA 6. The TV show is set in Miami and the exterior shots were filmed at the Bay Harbor Club condos in Miami. You can see comparison images below. https://twitter.com/DrakoAfoa/status/2093121257457815587 Others have pointed out that by the time...

10. Star Wars Zero Company Actually Made Me Care About The Clone Wars Era

Star Wars Zero Company is a great take on the XCOM-like turn-based tactics game, and as I said in my review, it actually pushes the genre forward with a blend of new ideas and excellent execution. But as laudable as that is, Zero Company actually managed to accomplish something much more daunting: it made me care about the Clone Wars era of Star Wars. I am an old-timer of a Star Wars fan, raised on the original trilogy, and I have distinct memories of watching the prequel films. I enjoyed them, ...

11. 'Claude Strife': DLSS 5 has escaped into the wild, and things are immediately weird

The controversial generative AI tech can look alright when used subtly, but the 'AI look' seems to be inescapable.

12. Path of Exile 2's first event league goes 'oops, all bosses' and reworks its worst mode so sane people can finally enjoy it

Forbidden Rites is a rerun of the action RPG's best league yet with some twists.

13. Bland or badass? The internet is split on GTA 6's Jason, and so is PC Gamer

Everyone's got an opinion, including us.

14. Nodusfall isn't Elden Ring, Monster Hunter or a typical HoYoverse game—it's something very different

Hands-on with the free-to-play boss-killer.

15. 5 samurai movies to watch before playing Onimusha: Way of the Sword

While you were out partying, I was studying the blade (on DVD).

Robotics

1. From teach and repeat to SelfPath AI: The next robotics leap

John Black, chief technology officer at Brian Corp, shares insights on how to build trust for robotics fleets and AI. The post From teach and repeat to SelfPath AI: The next robotics leap appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Deere faces headwinds in Q3 update and announces Reservoir R&D partnership

Deere beats Q3 expectations, raises guidance, and partners with Reservoir on a $10 million agtech AI initiative. The post Deere faces headwinds in Q3 update and announces Reservoir R&D partnership appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. EXL acquires physical AI model developer iMerit

The EXL and iMerit executives explain how their companies' combined expertise and platforms will help developers with reliable physical AI. The post EXL acquires physical AI model developer iMerit appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. How Locus is getting a grasp on one of robotics biggest challenges: manipulation

Locus Robotics recently acquired Nexera Robotics, which create unique soft picking technology, bolstering its manipulation capabilities. The post How Locus is getting a grasp on one of robotics biggest challenges: manipulation appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. Teradyne Robotics ramps up fight against cobot copycats

Teradyne Robotics sued cobot maker JAKA over alleged patent infringement, marking its second battle with a Chinese cobot company in 2026. The post Teradyne Robotics ramps up fight against cobot copycats appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. NSF to invest $90M into three new technology centers, including one focused on robotics

One of the new NSF funded centers will be the Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation, led by The University of Texas at Austin. The post NSF to invest $90M into three new technology centers, including one focused on robotics appeared first on The Robot Report.

7. Carbon Robotics partners with iMerit to power instant in-field AI customization

Carbon Robotics introduced a plant foundation AI model and tractor kit, enabling farmers to customize laser weeding. The post Carbon Robotics partners with iMerit to power instant in-field AI customization appeared first on The Robot Report.

8. Video Friday: Meet Microduck

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Humanoids Summit Seoul: 22–23 September 2026, SEOULIROS 2026: 27 September–1 October 2026, PITTSBURGHCoRL 2026: 9–12 November 2026, AUSTINEnjoy today’s videos! NVIDIA just paid US$12.9 billion dollars for the company that acquired Pollen Robotics, and this...

Tech General

1. Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine

Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automakers.

2. Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses?

Are XREAL's smart glasses the way of the future for home entertainment?

3. Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips

Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.

4. An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI

Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every single one without degrading overall performance.

5. Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases

The feature, announced this week, allows Brave's users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses.

6. Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets

There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.

7. How Sweden built one of Europe’s hottest startup ecosystems

Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech ecosystem.

8. More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey

The backlash against license plate readers comes amid a wave of police abuses of surveillance cameras.

9. Friend-focused photo-sharing app Retro snags $21M

Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Series A funding.

10. Apple TV is raising its subscription prices again

Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.

11. Google further buries search results under AI mode

Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the typical list of links from a search much farther down Google's results page; instead of seeing part of an AI Overview with […]

12. Xbox CEO calls Project Helix a ‘family of devices’

According to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, Project Helix, which she announced in March as a codename for Microsoft's "next generation console" - phrasing that seemingly implied a singular device - will actually be a "family" of devices." "We've been hard at work on a great next generation and a great family of devices for Helix, […]

13. Save hundreds on a TCL mini-LED TV with quantum dots and high refresh rate

Amazon and Best Buy have the TCL QM7L mini-LED TV on sale for as low as $797.99 for the 55-inch model, a $200 discount from the usual price. We spotted scaling discounts on larger sizes as well, although Amazon already listed low stock on the 65-inch version. While OLED televisions are great for deep black […]

14. Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution

Just as new data centers face growing backlash from neighboring communities, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to make it harder for people to weigh in on any pollution those centers create. The EPA plans to toss out a federal rule requiring public notice and an opportunity to comment when certain industrial sites […]

15. DLSS 5 leaked and modders are putting Nvidia’s AI effects on everything

Modders are trying out an unofficial version of Nvidia's DLSS 5 on Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, GTA V, and a bunch of other games after code for the AI upscaling tech appeared in an early-access build of NBA 2K27. Members of the RenoDX modding channel on Discord reportedly found a way to extract the DLSS "Neural […]

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