AI / LLM
xAI's Grok Bot now offers to do work before you ask
xAI's Grok Bot can now spot jobs and offer to do them unprompted, xAI said on 1 October. Grok 4.7 has also reached the Grok app's Expert and Heavy modes.
Nico Park
Video Desk
The tape
Official video, filed with the story it belongs to.
AI / LLM
Microsoft Research unveils Quine, an AI for biology labs
Microsoft Research unveiled Quine, a biology AI, on 29 September. In lab tests on pancreatic cancer cells, its top-ranked compounds had the biggest effect.
Nico Park
United States
Tick Act renewed: US Lyme disease programs extended to 2030
Trump signed the Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act on 30 September, keeping US Lyme and tick-borne disease programs authorized through 2030.
Sienna Brook
United States
South Korea's $200B US pledge starts with a Texas power plant
South Korea and the US picked a $22.3 billion gas plant in Encinal, Texas, on 30 September as the first project in Seoul's $200 billion pledge.
Sienna Brook
United States
Mesabi Metallics picks Iowa for $15 billion steel complex
Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Lee County, Iowa, fed by its new Minnesota iron mine. It promises at least 1,750 permanent jobs.
Sienna Brook
Tech
Amazon's new Fire TV Stick 4K can run off your TV's USB port
Amazon's new Fire TV Stick 4K went on sale on 30 September. It runs off a TV's USB port and costs A$129 in Australia, Digital Reviews Network reports.
Arden Lux
AI / LLM
OpenAI launches dots, always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI launched dots at DevDay on 29 September. The always-on agents run on GPT-6 Astra, and Pro and Business Premium users get them first.
Nico Park
AI / LLM
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 runs 30% faster at the same price
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 came out on 28 September. It's over 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task at the same token prices.
Nico Park