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The Ars Technica AI coding agent test: Minesweeper edition

How do four modern LLMs do at recreating a simple Windows gaming classic?

Google DeepMind & DOE Partner on Genesis: AI for Science

Google DeepMind supports U.S. Department of Energy on Genesis: a national mission to accelerate innovation and scientific discovery.

Gemma Scope 2: Helping the AI Safety Community Deepen Understanding of Complex Language Model Behavior

Announcing Gemma Scope 2, a comprehensive, open suite of interpretability tools for the entire Gemma 3 family to accelerate AI safety research.

Meta is developing a new image and video model for a 2026 release, report says

The company is working on an image and video model and new text-based model, which aids with coding.

Protecting the well-being of our users

People use AI for a wide variety of reasons, and for some that may include emotional support. Our Safeguards team leads our efforts to ensure that Claude handles these conversations appropriately—responding with empathy, being honest about its limitations as an AI, and being considerate of our users' wellbeing. When chatbots handle these questions without the appropriate safeguards in place, the stakes can be significant.

Working with the US Department of Energy to unlock the next era of scientific discovery

Anthropic and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are announcing a multi-year partnership as part of the Genesis Mission— the Department’s initiative to use AI to cement America’s leadership in science. Our partnership focuses on three domains—American energy dominance, the biological and life sciences, and scientific productivity—and has the potential to affect the work being done at all 17 of America’s national laboratories.