The Cognitive Dark Forest

The open web with AIs is turning into a dark forest.

OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video app just six months after launch, marking a reality check for AI video generation. The company is shifting focus to enterprise products ahead of a potential IPO. Along with ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 delay, it signals AI video isn't ready to replace Hollywood yet. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/29/soras-shutdown-could-be-a-reality-check-moment-for-ai-video/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIResearch #OpenAI
Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video | TechCrunch

Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video?

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AI hallucinations—when a generative artificial intelligence model produces false or misleading information but presents it as if it were true—are a problem. Are they getting better or worse?

🔗 https://scottgraffius.com/blog/files/ai-hallucinations-2026.html

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Researchers paired lightweight sonar with AI to let small drones navigate in total darkness, no GPS or cameras needed. They copied how bats use echolocation.

Target use: caves, disaster zones, tight spaces where normal navigation fails.

Here's the full story: https://theconversation.com/ultralightweight-sonar-plus-ai-lets-tiny-drones-navigate-like-bats-279287

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Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats

Inspired by bats, a new ultra-low-power sensing system enables tiny drones to navigate through darkness, smoke and dust, where cameras and other light-based sensors fail.

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We are exploring the paradox of “Humble AI” in the latest Byte Of Truth newsletter. MIT wants AI that admits uncertainty, but can we trust agents that are easily gaslit?

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#AIResearch Is Getting Harder to Separate From #Geopolitics

A policy change announced by #NeurIPS ,the world’s leading #AI #research conference, drew widespread backlash from #Chinese researchers this week and then was quickly reversed.
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https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-ai-research-is-starting-to-split-along-geopolitical-lines/

AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics

A policy change announced by NeurIPS, the world’s leading AI research conference, drew widespread backlash from Chinese researchers this week and then was quickly reversed.

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7 Free Web APIs for AI Agents: Search, scrape, map, and research the web faster. Tools like Jina AI for scraping, Brave Search, and SERP APIs help agents access real-time information without building crawlers from scratch. https://www.kdnuggets.com/7-free-web-apis-every-developer-and-vibe-coder-should-know #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIResearch
7 Free Web APIs Every Developer and Vibe Coder Should Know - KDnuggets

Learn which tools help AI agents search, scrape, crawl, map websites, answer questions, and research the web faster.

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Paper Tape Is All You Need – Training a Transformer on a 1976 Minicomputer

https://github.com/dbrll/ATTN-11

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GitHub - dbrll/ATTN-11: Paper Tape is All You Need

Paper Tape is All You Need. Contribute to dbrll/ATTN-11 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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AI system keeps warehouse robot traffic running smoothly. MIT researchers and Symbotic developed a method using deep reinforcement learning that automatically coordinates hundreds of warehouse robots, prioritizing those about to get stuck to avoid bottlenecks. In simulations, the approach achieved about 25% throughput gain over other methods. https://news.mit.edu/2026/ai-system-keeps-warehouse-robot-traffic-running-smoothly-0326 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIResearch #MIT
AI system learns to keep warehouse robot traffic running smoothly

A new system increases throughput in automated warehouses by adaptively determining which robots should go first to avoid congestion and collisions. The work was led by researchers from MIT and Symbotic.

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