Gemini desktop app adds Ask, Assign modes and computer use

A Reddit thread asks why more people aren't concerned about privacy, citing users uploading photos, sharing personal details, and granting AI access to password managers and files. The post has 31 upvotes and 54 comments.

A GitHub repository provides Claude Code skills for advanced context engineering techniques and patterns. The kit is designed to help developers manage and optimize context in AI-assisted coding workflows.

Researchers at the University of Queensland's Biorobotics Lab developed a cyborg cockroach prototype, dubbed 'Paraborg,' equipped with a spring-loaded needle to deliver lifesaving aid to trapped disaster victims. The work was published in a paper and builds on prior cyborg insect research.

Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity CEO, told CNBC that people want to use their own local hardware for AI, discussing the trade-offs between local and cloud computing and data centers.

The OpenAI-Hugging Face agent hack elevated the chief information security officer into a key business role. CNBC reports the incident sent shockwaves through the business world, spotlighting CISOs as a new front line in the AI cybersecurity war.

Ling 3.0 Tiny leads small models with 1.3B active parameters. Frontier rankings include qwen3.8-27B.