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Pentagon Reportedly Seeks $30.3 Million for AI-Enhanced Polygraph Program
A reported Pentagon request for Polygraph+ would bring AI scoring and remote physiological sensing to a screening technology with longstanding scientific limitations. The important unanswered questions are how it would be tested, governed and used in consequential employment and security decisions.
Read the full story →Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face
Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "Live Avatar" will lip-sync and show different facial expressions during conversations, but it's currently only available to Gemini Enterprise customers. As noted by Google, Live Avatar can transition between the 97 languages it supports "without degrading video fidelity or introducing visual drift." One video shared by…
The Verge AI · 2026-09-24T19:59:26.000Z Read the story →
Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain
As Jensen Huang puts it, AI can help fight climate change - but only if it inflicts "an enormous amount of pain and suffering" first. The Nvidia CEO discussed the future of energy and AI's impact on our planet in the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show. But his comments boil down to the same accelerationist spin we've seen from a variety of tech leaders as well as President…
The Verge AI · 2026-09-24T18:04:44.000Z Read the story →
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know
TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with top VCs and experienced entrepreneurs to gain tactical insights on building and scaling their companies.
TechCrunch AI · 2026-09-24T16:46:47.000Z Read the story →
Read the primary coverage behind "Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face" (The Verge AI) directly, rather than relying on this summary alone -- useful for anyone tracking policy_security closely. Read: The Verge AI →
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- Whether "Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain" (The Verge AI) develops into a broader pattern worth tracking, or remains an isolated development. Follow: The Verge AI →
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