DeepSeek kicks off 2026 with paper signalling push to train bigger models for less

DeepSeek has published a technical paper co-authored by founder Liang Wenfeng proposing a rethink of its core deep learning ...
VentureBeat

Do reasoning AI models really 'think' or not? Apple research sparks lively debate, response

Apple’s machine-learning group set off a rhetorical firestorm earlier this month with its release of “The Illusion of Thinking,” a 53-page research paper arguing that so-called large reasoning models ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI’s research on AI models deliberately lying is wild

Every now and then, researchers at the biggest tech companies drop a bombshell. There was the time Google said its latest quantum chip indicated multiple universes exist. Or when Anthropic gave its AI ...
Ars Technica

Research AI model unexpectedly attempts to modify its own code to extend runtime

On Tuesday, Tokyo-based AI research firm Sakana AI announced a new AI system called “The AI Scientist” that attempts to conduct scientific research autonomously using AI language models (LLMs) similar ...
Observer

Apple Research Finds ‘Reasoning’ A.I. Models Aren’t Actually Reasoning

Compared with its Big Tech rivals, Apple’s pace of A.I. development is cautiously slow. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Just as the hype around artificial general intelligence (A.G.I.) reaches a fever ...
MIT Technology Review

AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers

Some companies are working to remedy the issue. Some AI chatbots rely on flawed research from retracted scientific papers to answer questions, according to recent studies. The findings, confirmed by ...
Forbes

Samsung AI Research Team Builds A Tiny Model With Big Power

In AI research, progress is often equated with size. But a small team at Samsung’s AI lab in Montreal has taken another approach that is proving to show great promise. Their new Tiny Recursive Model ...