Microsoft's shelved Aion had no desktop icons at all
Leaked Microsoft documents detail Project Aion, a 2024 experimental OS with no icons, taskbar, or file system — just Copilot — while today's public roadmap moves the opposite direction.
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SpaceX plans to launch a 120-kilowatt Vera Rubin NVL72 rack into orbit by Q4 2027, with scale-up starting in 2028, though key cooling and radiation-shielding details remain undisclosed.
Hugging Face Taps Banks to Explore Sale at $13B Valuation
Hugging Face has hired banks to explore a sale near $13 billion, but Bloomberg and TechCrunch say no deal or specific buyer has emerged yet.
Alibaba's Wan3.0 Debuts With 30-Second AI Video Generation
Alibaba's Wan3.0 video model went into open beta on August 24, extending single-clip length to 30 seconds and adding document-to-video input, with pricing that puts commercial output within reach.
OpenAI Sets Five Principles to Curb AI-Driven Power Concentration
OpenAI's new AI Futures column asks whether states still need citizens once taxation, policing and bureaucracy can be automated, and sets out five principles.
RayNeo's iO AI Glasses Weigh Just 34 Grams
RayNeo launched its 34-gram iO AI glasses on August 21 with no camera, two-day battery life, and cloud-based AI models, priced from 1,996 yuan.
Anonymous 'Ox Alpha' Model Offers Free 1M-Token Context
An unnamed model called Ox Alpha appeared on OpenRouter with a free 1.05-million-token context window, and fingerprint clues point to Zhipu AI's GLM lineup.
Nvidia pays $6B to license Poolside's coding model factory
Nvidia is paying AI coding startup Poolside $6 billion to license its model-training system and hiring 109 of its engineers, while Poolside's founders and company stay independent instead of being acquired outright.
Time for Open Models to Catch Up Is Halving Each Generation
SemiAnalysis charts three years of open-vs-closed AI gaps and finds the catch-up window keeps halving, with Kimi K2.6 closing on Opus 4.5 in just 4.8 months.
Robot Watches One Demo, Hits 59% Success Rate
With no fine-tuning, Generalist AI's GEN-1.5 robot learns a new task from one video demo in its context, hitting 59% success versus 83% after training.