To understand AI capabilities across these cognitive abilities, we propose a three-stage evaluation protocol that benchmarks system performance in relation to human capabilities: Evaluate AI systems across a broad suite of cognitive tasks covering each ability, using held-out test sets to prevent data contamination Collect human baselines for the same tasks from a demographically representative…
Providing new places to generate music High-quality music generation should be accessible wherever creativity happens. Whether you are an app developer, a business or music professional, or a creator, these integrations allow you to use Lyria’s advanced musical awareness to scale your production. Vertex AI: Lyria 3 Pro is now in public preview on Vertex…
As AI models get better at holding natural conversations, we must examine how these interactions affect people and society. Building on a breadth of scientific research, today, we are releasing new findings on the potential for AI to be misused for harmful manipulation*, specifically, its ability to alter human thought and behavior in negative and…
Asia In Brief China’s National Data Administration last Friday published its action plan for AI in education which calls for upskilling of the nation’s citizens to ensure they can put the technology to work. The plan calls for classes on AI to become part of the curriculum at all levels of the education system, including…
Today, we’re advancing Gemini’s real-time dialogue capabilities with Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, our highest-quality audio and voice model yet. It delivers the speed and natural rhythm needed for the next generation of voice-first AI, offering a more intuitive experience for developers, enterprises and everyday users. 3.1 Flash Live is available across Google products: For developers:…
At the edge, our E2B and E4B models redefine on-device utility, prioritizing multimodal capabilities, low-latency processing and seamless ecosystem integration over raw parameter count. Powerful, accessible, open To power the next generation of pioneering research and products, we’ve sized the Gemma 4 models specifically to run and fine-tune efficiently on hardware — from billions of…
Linus Torvalds has released version 7.0 of the Linux kernel. As The Register has previously reported, kernel boss Linus Torvalds doesn’t think kernel version numbers signify anything important, but he feels that once a release series reaches x.19 it’s worth rolling over to x.0 to avoid confusion. His Sunday release announcement for version 7.0 therefore…
Nearly two years after extolling the virtues of open source AI, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is singing a different tune. On Wednesday, the social media magnate unveiled its first new model developed by its Superintelligence team. But this is no Llama, and you can’t download its weights. The model, dubbed Muse Spark, is proprietary with…
Kettle Anthropic dropped a doozy on us this week with the launch of Mythos, an AI model it says is able to find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities with a shocking level of ability. This, of course, makes it a perfect topic for this week’s episode of the Kettle, where host Brandon Vigliarolo is joined by…
Quantum computing exists in a sort of superposition with regard to cryptography – it’s both a pending threat and a technology of no immediate consequence for decryption. Now, two well-known cryptographers are preparing to wager on how this state of uncertainty will collapse into a measurable outcome. For the past ten years, the US National…