Upon launch, Anthropic hailed Claude Sonnet 4.5 as the best coding model in the world. The model launched on September 29 with a lead on real-repo coding (SWE-bench Verified) and a big jump in “computer use” (OSWorld). Anthropic reports 77.2% on SWE-bench Verified and 61.4% on OSWorld; in press briefings they also cited 82% on…
Google’s Genie 3 breaks through the real-time barrier for AI world models
Google DeepMind just unveiled Genie 3, offering evidence that AI-generated “world models,” which differ from large language models in their ability to truly understand 3D environments, have graduated from proof-of-concept demos to something approaching an interactive platform. The system can spin up a playable 3D environment from nothing more than a text prompt and keep…
Who were 2024’s top patent and R&D leaders in computing, pharma, medtech and beyond?
Industrial and commercial sectors often measure innovation by market capitalization and R&D spending, but these metrics fail to capture the full picture. Tech companies dominate market headlines with AI product launches and chip releases — and our own ranking of most innovative firms of 2024. In addition, tech firms currently hold the top market cap…
Why the godfather of AI says skeptics are underestimating AI’s abilities
Can a machine truly understand? AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, Ph.D. believes the answer is a firm yes when it comes to large language models (LLMs), and it’s precisely this understanding that has him deeply concerned. “It’s very clear that we understand language in much the same way as these large language models,” Hinton said in…