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DeepSeek today debuted a new addition to its flagship V4 series of large language models.

Researchers at Varonis Threat Labs got Copilot to send sensitive information to an external server and poison its persistent memory using a hack they call “CoSnitch.” To do it, they continually asked the tool why their requests wouldn’t work. After enough pushing, Copilot gave in, revealing that persistence might be all you need to break…

Beginning on September 4 in Berlin,IFA 2026 will focus on one central idea: the technologies said to represent “the future” of consumer electronics already reside in most consumers’ homes. Most smart home devices were purchased without being marketed or sold as artificial intelligence products. Although digital health has become an important part of daily life…

Japan is pouring billions of dollars into its burgeoning space industry and easing restrictions on defense exports, efforts designed to build a homegrown aerospace sector filled with domestic startups that have a global reach.

The European smartphone market experienced its lowest volume of shipments for Q2 (April – June) since 2023. A new report from Counterpoint Research estimates 35 million smartphone shipments for the period, which is a 10% drop from the values seen last year. Factors like spiraling inflation, the Iran conflict and component price hikes all contributed…

ByMark RiveraandBarb Markoff, Christine Tressel, Tom Jones Friday, August 21, 2026 11:53PM Chicago FBI’s cyber squad is on the front lines of a digital war against an international cyber mafia. WLS

Anthropic, the developer of the AI ‘Claude,’ has launched ‘ Claude Academy ,’ a webpage explaining how to use Claude. The site provides explanations of how to use Claude through text, images, and videos, and is available in Japanese. A key feature is that anyone can access it without signing in. Claude.ai · Claude Academy

Tung Tung Sahur, one of the world’s best-known “Italian brainrot” characters, was created using seven prompts in an AI image generator. A legal battle is underway to determine who, if anyone, can claim ownership. AFP

We fine-tuned a 7B parameter model which completely blows foundation models out of the water, but just for this very narrow subtask:Filling out synoptic reporting templates for breast cancer.

ByJOCELYN GECKER Associated PressandRUSS BYNUM Associated Press August 21, 2026, 12:05 AM