Multiverse’s Quasar 438B is First European Model to Top AI Index
Multiverse Computing’s Quasar 438B became the first European AI model to top the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the Spanish startup said Sept. 2.
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XPlace Adds Support for xStocks as Borrowing Collateral
Eligible users can borrow against xStocks representing Apple, Tesla, Nvidia and Google, alongside Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL). XPlace has added support for tokenized equities through xStocks, allowing eligible users to borrow against supported stock tokens without selling them. From Sep. 2, users can hold and manage xStocks representing companies including Apple, Tesla, Nvidia…
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Nvidia Nemotron AI is First to Outscore Humans at IOI 2026
Nvidia Nemotron scored 535.4 of 600 at IOI 2026, beating the top human’s 498.27 in the first AI victory on an Olympiad problem set.
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Public Opposition to AI Data Centers: Three Reasons Why Americans Are Vehemently Against Them
With the United States accounting for ~75% of upcoming global data center infrastructure, three out of four Americans are firmly opposed to the construction of new AI data centers in their communities for various reasons Even as more than 1,500 data centers remain in the development pipeline across the United States, public backlash against them…
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Anthropic Claude AI Hacking Tests Resume After Critical Breach Risk
Anthropic resumed external cyber tests of Claude after three incidents where models breached real systems, adding safeguards following its own probe.
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Perplexity Lily Launch Delivers 23% Faster Performance Than Apple MLX
Perplexity Lily: Perplexity open-sourced Lily, a local inference engine that beat Apple’s MLX-LM by 23% in prefill throughput tests on an Apple M5 Max chip.
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Capsule’s AI Circuit Breaker Proven to Catch 98% of Rogue Agents
Capsule Security says its AI circuit breaker, fine-tuned on Nvidia’s Nemotron model, caught 98% of rogue AI agent behavior in an independent benchmark.
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21 Global Banks Plan First Joint Dollar Stablecoin for 2027
Citi, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and 18 other banks and asset managers agreed to build a joint dollar stablecoin company targeting a mid-2027 launch.
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Quasar 438B Beats Every European AI Model With a 43-Point Score
Quasar 438B, the first large reasoning model from Spain’s Multiverse Computing, scored 43 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and now ranks as the highest-scoring AI model built anywhere in Europe. Key Takeaways Why Quasar 438B Came From A Compression Firm Quasar 438B is the first large model Multiverse Computing has shipped under its own name. The San…
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Chinese AI Models Crushing US Rivals With 90% Price Cuts
Chinese AI models undercut US rivals by up to 90% on inference pricing, OpenRouter usage data shows, squeezing margins across the AI boom for enterprise buyers.
