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News Oct 21, 2026

Meta announces Prometheus, a gigawatt-scale AI supercluster with nearly one million GPUs

Meta has revealed Prometheus, its most ambitious AI infrastructure project to date. Located in New Albany, Ohio, the supercluster is designed to train next-generation foundational models at an unprecedented scale. The first phase is already complete and was used to train the company's Muse family of models. At full scale, Prometheus will comprise roughly one million GPUs distributed across multiple interconnected buildings, all functioning as a single machine. The facility features advanced closed-loop liquid cooling and multi-generational NVIDIA hardware including GB200 and GB300 platforms.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read

News Oct 13, 2026

Meta releases Muse Wonder, its first frontier AI model for personal and professional agents

Meta has released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its most capable AI models designed for personal and professional agentic tasks. The models introduce two key capabilities - Active Memory for retaining context across conversations and Active Focus for sustained effort on complex goals - and achieve state-of-the-art results on benchmarks for memory, coding, and domain expertise in law, finance, and health. Muse Wonder is available through Meta's API and Muse Code subscription, with Meta positioning the release as a step toward "personal superintelligence" for billions of users.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read

Article Aug 24, 2026

Big Tech’s Big Bets on the Singularity

In Ben's word, this is "An attempt to comprehend the unfolding economics of the great AI bet, with and without decentralized AGI".

Ben Goertzel 28 min read

Mindbytes Aug 10, 2026

Google Faces Scrutiny Over AI Crawler Advantage as Scraping Gap Widens

Google's crawler accesses 3.2x more of the web than OpenAI's, prompting regulatory pushback and a new opt-out policy for AI training data.

Linsey Smith 1 min read

Mindbytes Jul 23, 2026

Google's Pichai Pushes Back on Claims Company Is Losing Ground in AI Race

Alphabet doubled down on Google AI as Sundar Pichai addressed Gemini 3.5 Pro delays, escalating the race against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Chinese AI models.

Linsey Smith 1 min read

Mindbytes May 15, 2026

AI Race With China Enters Critical Phase

Anthropic predicts China could overtake the US in AI by 2028 without stricter chip controls, warning of authoritarian AI norms and a narrowing policy window.

gizmo guru 1 min read

News Jul 13, 2026

The AI Cold War Goes Corporate: Trade Bans, Lawsuits, and the Battle for Talent

Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI marks a dramatic escalation in the AI race, exposing fierce battles over talent, intellectual property, and artificial intelligence leadership.

Hruy Tsegaye 3 min read

News Jul 10, 2026

OpenAI's Gambit: ChatGPT Work Arrives as Market Share Erodes

OpenAI's ChatGPT Work targets enterprise AI with GPT-5.6, lower pricing, and autonomous workflows. Can it slow Anthropic's rise and reclaim business AI leadership?

Hruy Tsegaye 3 min read

Mindbytes Dec 6, 2025

Chinese Startup DeepSeek Open-Sources AI Rival to GPT-5, Shaking Up Global AI Race

DeepSeek releases a free, open-source 685B-parameter AI model rivaling GPT-5, offering gold-medal math performance and slashing costs, intensifying competition with US tech giants.

Linsey Smith 1 min read

Mindbytes Dec 5, 2025

Meta Boosts AI Chatbot with News Deals from CNN, Fox, and Other Major Publishers

Meta licenses news content from CNN & Fox for its AI chatbot, seeking an edge in the competitive AI market with real-time updates from major publishers.

gizmo guru 1 min read