Science
White House Orders AI for Science: Genesis Mission would share U.S. data and resources with top AI companies
President Trump launched a United States effort to use AI to speed up scientific breakthroughs.
AI Agents
Machine Learning Research
More-Efficient Agentic Search: Researchers fine-tune models to search their own parameters to boost recall
Large language models may have learned knowledge that’s relevant to a given prompt, but they don’t always recall it consistently. Fine-tuning a model to search its parameters as though it were searching the web can help it find knowledge in its own weights.
Machine Learning Research
Anthropic Cyberattack Report Sparks Controversy: Security researchers question whether coding agents allow unprecedented automated attacks
Independent cybersecurity researchers pushed back on a report by Anthropic that claimed hackers had used its Claude Code agentic coding system to perpetrate an unprecedented automated cyberattack.
Machine Learning Research
Top Agentic Results, Open Weights: Kimi K2 Thinking outperforms proprietary models with new techniques for agentic tool use
The latest open-weights large language model from Moonshot AI challenges top proprietary LLMs at agentic tasks by executing hundreds of tool calls sequentially and pausing to think between each.
Machine Learning Research
Open-Weights Coding Leader: MiniMax-M2’s lightweight footprint and low costs belie that its top performance
An open-weights model from Shanghai-based MiniMax challenges top proprietary models on key benchmarks for coding and agentic tasks.
Machine Learning Research
Better Agentic Prompts Automatically: Authors devised GEPA, an algorithm for better prompts to improve agentic systems’ performance
Honing an agent’s prompt can yield better results than fine-tuning the underlying large language model via reinforcement learning.
Machine Learning Research
Claude Levels Up: Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5 and the Claude Agent SDK, and overhauls Claude Code for developers
Anthropic updated its mid-size Claude Sonnet model, making it the first member of the Claude family to reach version 4.5. It also enhanced the Claude Code agentic coding tool with long-desired features.
Business
Sports Betting Goes Agentic: Gambling sites roll out AI tools that predict wins and track bets for sports fans
AI agents are getting in on the action of online sports gambling.
Business
Agents of Commerce: Google’s AP2 gives developers new tools to build agentic payments
Google launched an open protocol for agentic payments that enables agents based on any large language model to purchase items over the internet.
Hardware
Drone Swarms Go to War: Ukraine experiments with small groups of low-contact, high-autonomy drones that strike on initiative
Swarms of drones that coordinate with one another autonomously have become a battlefield staple in Ukraine.
Tech & Society
2 Hours With AI Versus 6 With Teacher: Inside Alpha School, a Texas-based program using algorithms and video monitors to teach children
A growing private school system replaces the typical 6-hour school day with 2 hours of personalized, AI-assisted education.
Machine Learning Research
Cybersecurity for Agents: Meta releases LlamaFirewall, an open-source defense against AI hijacking
Autonomous agents built on large language models introduce distinct security concerns. Researchers designed a system to protect agents from common vulnerabilities.