AI & Tech Desk

AI agents are now capable of autonomously driving onchain transactions thanks to a new partnership between Coinbase and Chainlink, which has launched the x402 protocol as the first AI payments partner for the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE). This collaboration allows AI agents to discover and pay for CRE workflows using

Meta is advancing its AI capabilities by developing photorealistic 3D characters, including an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg, who is actively involved in training and testing the character to gather feedback from employees. This initiative is part of Meta’s shift in strategy, redirecting resources from metaverse projects towards AI advancements,

Grok 4.20 has achieved the top position on the BridgeBench reasoning benchmark, outperforming competitors such as GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6. This significant milestone reflects Grok’s ongoing improvements, particularly in reducing hallucinations and grounding evidence, which are key strengths highlighted by BridgeBench, an independent testing platform created by BridgeMind for

Google DeepMind has appointed Henry Shevlin as a Philosopher to focus on the complexities of machine consciousness as a central research problem. This shift reflects DeepMind’s belief that the most challenging aspect of advanced AI now involves understanding the inner states, goals, and behaviors that these systems may develop, rather

Stanford has published a comprehensive 423-page AI index report for 2026, indicating that the progress in AI models continues unabated, with leading systems now matching or exceeding human performance on challenging coding, science, and mathematics assessments. The report highlights a narrowing gap between the U.S. and China at the model

The latest report from a16z has revealed that global AI usage is becoming more fragmented, splintering into three distinct camps characterized by geographical and product differences. Notably, platforms like ChatGPT continue to dominate in the […]

Azoma, a startup specializing in agentic AI e-commerce, has launched the Agentic Merchant Protocol (AMP) to help high-volume retailers optimize their product visibility for AI agents, which are increasingly acting as autonomous shoppers for consumers. […]

ChatGPT has continued to dominate the consumer AI market with over 2.5 times as many paid monthly subscribers as its closest competitors, Gemini and Claude combined, according to the latest a16z Top 100 report. As […]

Andrej Karpathy announced significant advancements in neural network optimization using his autoresearch tool, which allows AI agents to autonomously propose and test code changes. After two days of tuning, the agents identified approximately 20 improvements […]

In a recent report, it was revealed that the United States ranks 20th in per capita AI adoption, lagging behind countries like Singapore and the UAE. This ranking comes amidst a rapidly evolving competitive landscape […]