AI news of 29 August 2026 · Robots Versus Humans

LAION drops massive open video dataset with 10 million hours of footage for AI research

LAION releases 80 million video dataset for AI training, beating previous benchmarks in model performance metrics.

LAION's Big Video Dataset (BVD) is one of the largest open video datasets for AI research, with 80 million videos, 10 million hours of runtime, and 55 million auto-described clips. Models trained on BVD beat the previous benchmark, InternVid, by up to 2.1 percentage points. Legally, LAION can likely point to a 2024 Hamburg court ruling that allows collecting copyrighted content for non-commercial research.

The Decoder 14h ago

Google's WikiSkill gives AI agents a persistent memory of past mistakes to sharpen future performance

Google's WikiSkill framework gives AI agents persistent memory of past failures to improve future performance.

The Decoder 10h ago

Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Nvidia advances data centre efficiency through intelligent traffic control rather than processor speed alone.

TechCrunch 10h ago

Samsung's Processing-in-Memory (PIM) Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Samsung develops processing-in-memory chip technology for hardware acceleration.

Hacker News 17h ago

How to Run a Chatbot on Your Own Computer Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Running large language models locally on personal computers offers privacy benefits and offline access to AI assistants.

Wired 13h ago

I accidentally turned LLM memory into program analysis Opens at the publisher in a new tab

A developer discovers that LLM memory techniques can be repurposed for program analysis.

Hacker News 1d ago

Anthropic wants to do for physical hardware what its Model Context Protocol did for software

Anthropic standard lets AI agents control physical hardware like robotic arms. Integration time fell from weeks to hours but Claude struggles with phy...

The Decoder 14h ago

StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator Opens at the publisher in a new tab

An open-source local AI tool separates audio stems without cloud dependencies.

Hacker News 22h ago

Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash makes AI video generation cheaper and more flexible

Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash video model improves consistency and reduces cost of AI-generated video extensions.

The Decoder 2d ago

Google Deepmind's AI Co-Scientist now plans experiments, runs lab equipment, and writes scientific papers

Google Deepmind's AI Co-Scientist now designs experiments, operates lab equipment and writes research papers across multiple disciplines.

The Decoder 1d ago

Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has.
So make it a good one.

LAION drops massive open video dataset with 10 million hours of footage for AI research

Google's WikiSkill gives AI agents a persistent memory of past mistakes to sharpen future performance

Nvidia’s AI advantage is moving beyond the GPU Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Samsung's Processing-in-Memory (PIM) Opens at the publisher in a new tab

How to Run a Chatbot on Your Own Computer Opens at the publisher in a new tab

I accidentally turned LLM memory into program analysis Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Anthropic wants to do for physical hardware what its Model Context Protocol did for software

StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash makes AI video generation cheaper and more flexible

Google Deepmind's AI Co-Scientist now plans experiments, runs lab equipment, and writes scientific papers

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