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Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors
The investment comes after speculation that Saudi Arabia may take Lucid Motors private -- which the EV maker has denied.
GM redesigned its engineering workflows around AI agents — and tripled its merged pull requests
Software engineers at General Motors (GM s) autonomous driving division spend only 15% of their time writing code, according to Rashed Haq, GM s VP of autonomous vehicles, in a recent onstage interview at VB Transform 2026.GM is now using AI agents to accelerate much of the other 85%—including analyzing vehicle data, triaging problems, running experiments and testing potential fixes.The result, Haq said, is roughly three times as many merged pull requests across GM’s autonomous vehicle engineering organization, faster releases and fewer defects escaping into later stages of development.Haq said GM achieved those gains by redesigning complete engineering workflows around agents — not merely adding an AI coding assistant.“If you give somebody just a chatbot which can do coding, there’s still a lot of inefficiency built into that process,” Haq said during a main-stage fireside chat at the luxurious Hotel Nia in Menlo Park, California.Engineers spent most of their time outside the code edi
Discovering Cryptographic Weaknesses with Claude
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Runway couldn't fix a bug in its AI video model, so it turned the bug into a feature
Runway spent weeks trying to engineer its way out of a stubborn bug: AI-generated avatars would drift off-center during real-time video generation. The fix wasn t a back-end patch — it was a new front-end feature that just worked around the problem. That s the kind of lesson Ryan Phillips, head of enterprise product at Runway ML, walked through at VB Transform 2026, arguing that even companies not building foundation models themselves can learn from how Runway builds, evaluates, and ships them. I think even if you are not all building models yourselves, it s helpful to learn how we do it because I think almost all of the lessons are applicable to what you all are doing day-to-day, Phillips said.Runway is an applied AI research company building general world models to power generative tools. During his presentation, Phillips showcased Runway Characters, a real-time video model that enables zero-latency, back-and-forth interactions with AI-generated avatars. Five years ago, creating a vi
Show HN: XY – A Fast, composable, GPU-accelerated interactive plotting library
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4GB graphics cards are back
The first modern GPU with 4GB of VRAM has appeared, as RAM prices and component shortages push tech prices higher. As Digital Foundry reports, a listing for an AMD Radeon RX 9050 with 4GB of RAM was spotted on ASRock's website by a user on X, the same day ASRock also launched an 8GB version of the RX 9050. Does it make sense to buy a graphics card with just 4GB of VRAM? According to the specs on ASRock's website, the 4GB version of the RX 9050 is built on AMD's RDNA 4 architecture and has a 64-bit memory interface, 16 compute units, and a boost clock speed of up to 2,600MHz / 18GBps. That should be enough to enable new features like FSR 4, … Read the full story at The Verge.
Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid
The largest grid operator in the U.S. says it will cut power to large data centers to prevent blackouts starting next year.
Harmony Explained: Progress Towards a Scientific Theory of Music (2012)
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PayPal leaves the door open to a higher takeover offer following earnings beat
After reporting better-than-expected Q2 results, PayPal said it remains focused on its AI-driven turnaround, but would consider a deal that creates more value for shareholders.
Apple’s reported ‘HomePad’ may launch as early as October
For years, we've heard rumors of a new home hub device from Apple, meant to take on smart home devices like the Google Nest Hub Mini and Amazon's Echo Show. Besides "HomePod with a screen," details have been sparse. But now, a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman sheds some light on the alleged device, as well as a potential release window. According to Gurman, the new smart hub will feature a 7-inch square display and a brand-new operating system based on Apple's tvOS, with "grids of icons, widgets and apps" reminiscent of iOS and even WatchOS. It will reportedly feature the revamped Siri AI at its core, along with video chat, security, … Read the full story at The Verge.
Fish Audio raises $50M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises
Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open-source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million.
Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon
Recursive’s $400 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date.