AI crawlers and fetchers are blowing up websites, with Meta and OpenAI the worst offenders Summary Fastly’s updated Threat Insights report finds that automated AI crawlers and on-demand fetchers are…
Microsoft makes MCP in Visual Studio GA but researchers warn of risks Summary Microsoft has declared general availability of MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers in Visual Studio. Developers can register…
Google’s $250 AI agent can only help you book restaurant reservations Summary Google has added a limited agent to its AI Mode for Search that can find restaurant availability and…
Summary Microsoft has continued migrating legacy Control Panel options into the Windows Settings app in Windows 11 Insider Preview build 27928 (Canary). The move shifts time and language controls —…
Google joins government AI discount frenzy, undercuts competition with $0.47 deal Summary Google has joined other major AI firms in offering a deeply discounted deal to US federal agencies under…
Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason Key Points • Anthropic built a nuclear-threat classifier to scan a portion of Claude chat traffic for queries…
DeepSeek’s new V3.1 release points to potent new Chinese chips coming soon Source https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/deepseek_v31_chinese_chip_hints/ Key Points • DeepSeek’s V3.1 is trained with a UE8M0 variant of the FP8 data type…
Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer follow-up adds Nvidia GPUs Summary Japanese research institute RIKEN has confirmed it will add Nvidia GPUs to its next-generation FugakuNEXT supercomputer and contracted Nvidia to design systems…
Bank reverses decision to replace 45 customer service staff with AI chatbot Summary Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has reversed a decision to cut 45 customer service roles that had been replaced…
IBM, NASA cook up AI model to predict solar tantrums Summary IBM and NASA have jointly developed Surya, an open-source AI foundation model designed to forecast hazardous space weather —…
