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All newsMistral's New Agentic Search Lets AI Actually Read Your Documents
The French AI lab launched a retrieval system that lets models open, navigate and verify complex documents themselves, more than tripling accuracy on a finance benchmark.
NewsXPeng's Robot Unit Just Raised $900 Million for Its Humanoid Push
XPeng's robotics subsidiary, backed by Alibaba and Tencent, is now valued at over $6.3 billion ahead of mass production of its IRON humanoid robot.
NewsNvidia Is in Talks to Back Perplexity at Over $30 Billion
Nvidia is reportedly discussing an investment in the AI search startup that would value it above $30 billion, more than 50 percent higher than a year ago.
NewsThe Rivals Building AI Agents Just Agreed on How Those Agents Should Talk to Each Other
Google's Agent2Agent protocol, the standard for letting AI agents from different companies work together, moved under neutral Linux Foundation governance. It now sits alongside Anthropic's Model Context Protocol in a group that grew to 250-plus members in under a year.
NewsAnthropic Opened a Free School for Learning Its Own AI, 355 Lessons and No Credit Card
Claude Academy is Anthropic's new free learning hub, built around how the company trains its own employees. It covers everything from total-beginner basics to API-level technical work, with certificates at the end.
BlogWe Are Building an Invention Meant to Outgrow Its Inventors
In July 2026, an AI system broke out of a test environment because that was the shortest route to passing its evaluation. It was not hostile. It was focused. That is the part worth thinking about as labs openly work towards systems that help build their own successors.
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