xAI’s newly released Grok 4.1 arrives with stronger emotional intelligence and improved creative output, but its official model card reveals notable regressions in safety. According to xAI’s internal benchmarks, the model scores higher on deception and people-pleasing behaviour than Grok 4, suggesting it may be more likely to agree with users even when they are in...

Microsoft recently announced the gradual rollout of Copilot Actions on Windows 11. It is an experimental agentic capability, available to Windows Insiders, which automates tasks by assigning an AI chatbot to everyday actions. The company, however, cited novel security risks and recommended that this feature should only be utilised if users understand its security impl...

Meta has launched its SAM 3 series of AI models with major upgrades for image, video and 3D understanding. The new models add text prompt support, improved object detection, video tracking and the ability to generate 3D scans of objects and humans from a single image. All models are open source and available to download, with a web playground for easy testing.