Microsoft Unveils New Hardware for Running Autonomous AI Locally
Microsoft has unveiled new hardware designed to run powerful, autonomous AI helpers directly on a user's machine, rather than relying on cloud latency, according to Mashable.

Microsoft has unveiled new hardware designed to run powerful, autonomous AI helpers directly on a user's machine, rather than relying on cloud latency, according to Mashable.
Anthropic is establishing a "presidential engagement" program ahead of the 2028 elections. The in-house team will work directly with U.S. presidential candidates from both parties on AI issues.
Nvidia (NVDA) has committed $1 billion to US science research focused on "super intelligence" and quantum computing, according to a post from @unusual_whales.
OpenAI said stories published in some U.S. outlets were generated with its chatbot by users based in Iran as part of an "influence campaign." The campaign placed about 100 fake articles across at least 20 news outlets, OpenAI said.
Executives at OpenAI and Anthropic are privately preparing for a potential catastrophic AI incident that could trigger a massive public backlash, according to a report attributed to Axios via Polymarket.
Stocks meandered as worries about AI spending and elevated yields weighed on the market, according to Reuters.
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Claymation still in Ukiyo-e woodblock style, a hand-sculpted plasticine garden where luminous equation flowers sprout, petals unfurling hidden riddles, bold outlines and paper texture, candy colors of bubblegum pink, lemon yellow and sky blue, dappled sunlight scattering through sculpted leaves, dreamlike hazy glow, soft fingerprints on rounded forms, stylized Hokusai waves in soil, playful tactile wonder.
Pastel drawing, Impressionist, jewel tones, bioluminescent glow, golden ratio. Tiny satellites weave a glowing lattice of sapphire and emerald light over sleeping indigo cities, each rooftop linked by soft amethyst signal threads. Powdery strokes blend dappled constellations into a tender blanket of connection, the off-centre spiral of satellites pulsing like living plankton in a deep night sky.
Watercolor painting, Memphis Design, vibrant saturated colors, dappled light: a sentient paper lantern glows mid-air, its light folding night's riddles into origami cranes that trail algebraic squiggles, floating across a checkerboard floor of teal, magenta, and yellow squares, soft blooms of pigment, chunky geometric confetti, dreamy, playful.
Illustration, 80s Synthwave, duotone, backlight, volumetric fog: a garden where coins are planted like seeds, sprouting luminous arcs that stretch into bridges between distant shores. Silhouetted figures tend glowing sprouts, backlit by a neon sunset grid horizon. Two-tone palette of deep indigo and electric cyan, thick fog pierced by light beams, chrome reflections, nostalgic arcade mood.
Ink wash painting, Surrealist Dreamscape, sepia tone, volumetric lighting: tiny robed gardeners with brushstroke limbs tend a glowing, melting world map that curls like wet rice paper. Seeds drop from their hands, blooming into winding roads, rivers, and constellations that stitch distant strangers together. Sparse strokes, misty voids, impossible floating continents, meditative and nostalgic.
Claymation still in Pop Art style, candy colors, backlight, celestial glow. A constellation of tiny hand-sculpted paper lanterns, each cradling a miniature classroom with plasticine desks and chalkboards, drifts upward through a halftone-dotted sky. Knowledge passes between them as glowing light trails, connecting like stars. Bubblegum pink, lemon yellow, sky blue, thick outlines, fingerprints, soft rounded forms, playful and mystical.