Chinese AI startup Zhipu said its new GLM-5.3 model outperformed Anthropic’s Mythos 5 in a key cybersecurity benchmark and closed the gap on coding capabilities, marking the latest Chinese open-weight model to claim parity with the Western AI frontier. Following its last release in June, Zhipu, also known as Z.ai, ...
Day: August 17, 2026
NATO counters suspected Russian drone incursionsNATO counters suspected Russian drone incursions
A Spanish fighter jet shot down a suspected Russian drone over Romania on Sunday, two days after NATO downed a similar drone over Latvia. Such incursions have become a “near-weekly occurrence,” The Wall Street Journal noted, as Russia and Ukraine escalate their air campaigns: Ukraine launched one of its largest ...
Amodei addresses AI backlashAmodei addresses AI backlash
Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei pushed back Saturday against criticism that his messaging around AI — that it could centralize power and produce mass job displacement — has stoked the growing backlash against the technology. In rare social media remarks, Amodei acknowledged AI firms “haven’t yet delivered on our ...
Europe’s heat strains global food supplyEurope’s heat strains global food supply
Europe’s latest summer heat wave risks worsening already-fragile global food security. Though hunger worldwide has fallen in recent years, restrictions to trade through key global chokepoints as well as fears of an unusually intense El Niño threaten that progress. In Europe, higher-than-usual temperatures and a lack of rain have left ...
US to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, leaving Pacific without carrierUS to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, leaving Pacific without carrier
US President Donald Trump dismissed reports of poor living conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, escalating a fight in Washington over the aircraft carrier’s record 260-plus-day stretch at sea. Multiple sailors have reportedly attempted to jump overboard during the deployment, which was extended to support the Iran war. The US’ ...
Jared Kushner meets with Hamas ahead of talks with Netanyahu on GazaJared Kushner meets with Hamas ahead of talks with Netanyahu on Gaza
Trump’s son-in-law and envoy held rare meeting with Hamas chief in Egypt in push for progress on ceasefire Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with Hamas’s political chief on Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. ...
Blankets, baskets and a flask that holds a bottle of wine: nine great picks for an elevated picnicBlankets, baskets and a flask that holds a bottle of wine: nine great picks for an elevated picnic
Retire your plastic cups and paper plates in favor of some sturdy (and chic) upgrades to store and chill food and drinks The five best portable coolers in the US – tested Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things Picnics are a ...
Trump says US to scale back military drills with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran warTrump says US to scale back military drills with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran war
Trump cites his “very good relationship” with North Korea’s leader in deciding to downsize the exercises. ...