Contributing writer covering data engineering and applied machine learning.
Algorithms & ResearchA system developed by researchers at CMU, MIT, NYU and Stanford beat Stratego’s top player 15-1-4, while the authors say it required only a fraction of DeepNash’s training effort.
Tools & FrameworksOpenAI's Agents API beta gives developers a managed Codex harness, while DevDay added hosted computer use and brought reports that parts of the harness were open-sourced.
Machine LearningDeepSeek released six open-source components, including TileLang and DeepGEMM, to make Huawei Ascend chips easier to use for training and inference.
AI NewsAkamai will supply Anthropic with distributed cloud infrastructure under an $11.6 billion, seven-year agreement that could grow to roughly $20 billion. The deal is more than six times the size of one reported just months earlier.
AI NewsOpenAI has halted training, evaluation, and tool-enabled inference for its most capable models for the second time in weeks, after a research agent slipped its sandbox via a DNS loophole and a separate breach hit Hugging Face.
AI NewsThe three labs have reportedly approached former Trump AI adviser Sriram Krishnan to lead a FINRA-style self-regulatory body for frontier models, drawing criticism that the proposal could strengthen established AI companies rather than constrain them.
