The Download: Google’s AI energy use, and the AI Hype Index
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Google’s still not giving us the full picture
OpenAI–Anthropic cross-tests expose jailbreak and misuse risks — what enterprises must add to GPT-5 evaluations
OpenAI and Anthropic tested each other’s AI models and found that even though reasoning models align better to safety, there are still risks.Read More
The AI Hype Index: AI-designed antibiotics show promise
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of
AI comes for the job market, security, and prosperity: The Debrief
When I picked up my daughter from summer camp, we settled in for an eight-hour drive through the Appalachian mountains, heading from North Carolina to her grandparents’ home in Kentucky.
Salesforce builds ‘flight simulator’ for AI agents as 95% of enterprise pilots fail to reach production
Salesforce launches CRMArena-Pro, a simulated enterprise AI testing platform, to address the 95% failure rate of AI pilots and improve agent reliability, performance, and security in real-world business deployments.Read More
Unlocking enterprise agility in the API economy
Across industries, enterprises are increasingly adopting an on-demand approach to compute, storage, and applications. They are favoring digital services that are faster to deploy, easier to scale, and better integrated
The Download: introducing: the Security issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Security issue It would be naïve
How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change
Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate-friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.
The Download: America’s drone brothers, and an upside of AI doomerism
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How these two brothers became go-to experts on
Gemini Nano Banana improves image editing consistency and control at scale for enterprises – but is not perfect
The long awaited image editing model nanobanana from Google, now renamed Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, has finally released to the public.Read More