May 22, 2026

6 Posts

The chart compares AI benchmark efforts with employment and capital in U.S. job sectors, highlighting discrepancies.
May 22, 2026

Toward Agent Benchmarks That Reflect Human Work: AI agents may not be getting better at full range of economically valuable labor

AI agents seem to be increasingly capable of performing economically valuable tasks, but current benchmarks measure this capability only narrowly.
Diagram showing threat actor using AI to find vulnerabilities and bypass two-factor authentication.
May 22, 2026

Cybersecurity Alarms Grow Louder: Google study shows LLM-generated malware is getting harder to track and stop

An AI-generated script to bypass two-factor authentication signals a dawning era of industrial-scale cyberattacks, according to a Google report.
Performance data table displays metrics for conversational models, emphasizing TML-Interaction-Small's results.
May 22, 2026

Built-In Conversational Interactivity: Thinking Machines reveals its first interaction model, a new type of multimodal AI

Conversational models typically wait for a turn before they respond.
A woman in martial arts attire faces off against a cartoon lobster in a futuristic cityscape.
May 22, 2026

Hermes Agent Challenges OpenClaw: OpenClaw created a class of personal agents; upstart Hermes Agent is outworking it

OpenClaw, the immensely popular AI agent, has fast-rising competition.
Stack of graded machine learning exams on a desk, highlighting scores and feedback, next to pen and coffee mug.
May 22, 2026

Why Giving More Students A's Can Be a Good Thing: Harvard wants to award fewer A’s to counter grade inflation, but education should be about helping students succeed.

Harvard University just voted to limit the number of A grades given in undergraduate classes to about 20% of the class.
Stack of graded machine learning exams on a desk, highlighting scores and feedback, next to pen and coffee mug.
May 22, 2026

Hermes vs. OpenClaw, Cybersecurity Alarms Ring, More-Interactive Conversations, Can Agents Do Human Work?

The Batch AI News and Insights: Harvard University just voted to limit the number of A grades given in undergraduate classes to about 20% of the class.

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