How to improve the memory of AI agents
Semantic memory: facts and things Semantic memory stores structured data “about the world and [the agent] itself”, as the paper puts it. This could be as simple as using a basic key/value store for user preferences, or could involve a…
To Find New Physics, an AI First Has to Forget the Old Physics It Learned
Teach a machine everything we know about the universe, and you might expect it to spot the cracks in that knowledge faster. The opposite can happen. A neural network trained on the standard picture of the cosmos sometimes turns that…
Android 17 proves that Android updates have lost their magic
Joe Maring / Android Authority I have been covering Android for so long that I remember the days when each OS update, year after year, brought so many fundamental changes that I was eager to try them all. I particularly…
Preventing agent-generated infrastructure bloat through spec-driven governance
3 steps to start this week Most engineering organizations already have everything they need to begin. The static analysis toolchain is there: Checkov, tfsec, KICS, Trivy and OPA Conftest all support configurable sustainability policies against Terraform, Kubernetes YAML and Dockerfile…
Even Americans Who Love AI Want It Reined In
Find the person you know who is most sold on artificial intelligence. The one who runs everything through a chatbot, who tells you the technology has changed how they work, who rolls their eyes when you fret about it. Now…
The T-Mobile we used to love is dead, and it’s not coming back
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority After years of slowly marching away from its Un-carrier image, T-Mobile started sprinting hard over the last year or so. Not only have we seen the death of all-inclusive taxes and fees, but the entire…
Chemists Can Now Rewrite a Drug Molecule in a Single Step Instead of Building It From Scratch
The vial does not look like much. A pinch of paraformaldehyde, a splash of solvent, a known antidepressant tipped in as its hydrochloride salt, and an unremarkable hydrocarbon you could buy by the barrel. Seal it, warm it to 75…
Google’s Gemini Spark now handles repetitive desktop workflows
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini Spark is coming to the Gemini macOS app, letting your Mac automate multi-step tasks like organizing files and creating spreadsheets. You’ll soon be able to assign tasks from your phone and have Spark…
A Brain Implant That Listens for Every Footstep Cuts Falls in Parkinson’s
The swing of a leg lasts less than half a second. In that sliver of time, the foot leaves the ground, travels forward, and lands again, and the brain has to orchestrate the whole thing while keeping the body upright….
Claude Sonnet 5 brings better reasoning and built-in safety features
Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR Claude Sonnet 5 is designed to tackle multi-step tasks more independently, with support for web browsing, planning, and developer tools. The new model promises near-Opus 4.8 performance at a lower cost, while improving on…
