
- SoftBank Takes $7 Billion Hit on US AI Data Centre Investments
SoftBank’s massive bet on artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US is proving expensive. The Japanese investment giant reported billions of dollars in losses after revising its plans for equipment used to power AI data centres.… Read more: SoftBank Takes $7 Billion Hit on US AI Data Centre Investments - Google Gemini Now Shows What It Remembers About You — and Lets You Fix It
Gemini’s new Memory summary reveals what the AI remembers about you, with tools to correct outdated details. Access remains limited. The post Google Gemini Now Shows What It Remembers About You — and Lets You… Read more: Google Gemini Now Shows What It Remembers About You — and Lets You Fix It - NVIDIA Takes Aim at Two AI Agent Problems: Security and Cost
NVIDIA brings OpenShell to CNCF and introduces open-source AI infrastructure tools aimed at improving agent security, workload efficiency and startup times. The post NVIDIA Takes Aim at Two AI Agent Problems: Security and Cost appeared… Read more: NVIDIA Takes Aim at Two AI Agent Problems: Security and Cost - ‘Nobody Wants a Proprietary Platform,’ Says Coforge’s Anup Nair
Software company Palantir built its business out of sending engineers to enterprises to set up its proprietary software—the forward-deployed engineering model that is now in high demand. But IT services firm Coforge wants to swim… Read more: ‘Nobody Wants a Proprietary Platform,’ Says Coforge’s Anup Nair - IBM, Microsoft Launch Agentic AI Platform With Over 6,000 AI Agents
IBM and Microsoft have announced a new agentic AI platform designed to help enterprises build, deploy, and govern AI agents across industry-specific business processes, as organisations look to move beyond AI experimentation and towards production… Read more: IBM, Microsoft Launch Agentic AI Platform With Over 6,000 AI Agents - HCLTech, PTC Launch Pre-Configured PLM Solution for Semiconductor Firms
HCLTech has launched a pre-configured product lifecycle management (PLM) solution for semiconductor companies, built on PTC’s Windchill platform. The solution covers IP management, new product introduction, supplier collaboration, quality, and regulatory compliance. It can also… Read more: HCLTech, PTC Launch Pre-Configured PLM Solution for Semiconductor Firms - AI datacentres plan on-site power stations on huge scale despite climate risks, research reveals
181GW of gas-fired capacity proposed for sites in US and Europe because of delays in connecting to national grids, says report Developers of AI datacentres plan to build on-site climate-destroying gas power stations on a… Read more: AI datacentres plan on-site power stations on huge scale despite climate risks, research reveals - Rivial Data Security Announced the Launch of Rivial.ai
New software checks evidence, keeps controls current, and builds the examiner package in minutes, with every change approved by the team Rivial Data Security today announced general availability of Rivial.ai, AI-native software that does the… Read more: Rivial Data Security Announced the Launch of Rivial.ai - Kyndryl: AI returns rise as enterprise readiness falls
Data shows organizations are deploying AI in workflows beyond pilots, with 64% seeing returns on AI investments, up 10 points from 2025 As AI moves deeper into the business, leaders also report their average readiness… Read more: Kyndryl: AI returns rise as enterprise readiness falls - BotAris Names Ken Stone to BOD and Launches Advisory Board
Leaders in identity, enterprise security and business law join BotAris as the company advances its Authority Governance platform toward enterprise commercialization. Botaris AI, Inc., an emerging leader in AI agent governance, today announced the appointment… Read more: BotAris Names Ken Stone to BOD and Launches Advisory Board - INFINITIX to Debut AI Scheduling for HPC and AI Workloads at SC26
AI-Stack Integrates Slurm on Kubernetes and Prefill/Decode Disaggregated Inference; ixCSP Accelerates the Shift to Compute-as-a-Service. INFINITIX, a software-defined GPU and AI infrastructure company, will make its SC26 debut Nov. 17–19 in Chicago. At Booth 6111,… Read more: INFINITIX to Debut AI Scheduling for HPC and AI Workloads at SC26 - A 13-Year-Old Asked AI About Suicide on Her School Laptop. It Didn’t Get Flagged for Weeks
The young girl’s parents allege that she used Gemini via her school Chromebook to plan her suicide, but the school’s monitoring systems didn’t know until it was almost too late. - Azul Report Finds 85% of Java Organizations Face Security Incidents
69% of 300 security leaders believe AI-equipped attackers can build an exploit in three days or less; 44% need four days or more to patch Azul, the trusted leader in enterprise Java for today’s AI-first… Read more: Azul Report Finds 85% of Java Organizations Face Security Incidents - Firefox Tests Journeys Feature That Organizes Your Browsing History
Firefox Nightly is testing Journeys, a new Smart Window feature that groups related browsing history into topic-based cards with shortcuts to resume previous tasks. The post Firefox Tests Journeys Feature That Organizes Your Browsing History… Read more: Firefox Tests Journeys Feature That Organizes Your Browsing History - NHA Selects EkaCare for AI Voice Scribe in Public Health Facilities
The National Health Authority (NHA) has selected Bengaluru-based health AI startup EkaCare as a technology partner for its ambient AI-enabled Voice Scribe solution, which aims to reduce documentation for doctors in public health facilities. “With… Read more: NHA Selects EkaCare for AI Voice Scribe in Public Health Facilities - Can You Trust Your ‘Instinct’ and Not ‘Muse’ Over the Risks?
A string of incidents—from the HuggingFace breach to the Australian government fiasco—has made AI agent safety risks impossible to dismiss. More unsettling, this may be only the opening act. OpenAI is reportedly spending half a… Read more: Can You Trust Your ‘Instinct’ and Not ‘Muse’ Over the Risks? - AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says
Office for Students says institutions in England should return to traditional exams and in-person presentations Universities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made… Read more: AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says - IBM Ends H-1B, Green Card Sponsorship for Most Roles in Consulting Division
IBM is ending US H-1B visa and green card sponsorship for a majority of roles in its consulting division, which employs more than 150,000 people worldwide, according to Bloomberg. The decision will affect foreign workers… Read more: IBM Ends H-1B, Green Card Sponsorship for Most Roles in Consulting Division - Anthropic Seeks Up to $64.4 Bn at $1.4 Tn Valuation With IPO
Anthropic has launched the roadshow for its proposed initial public offering (IPO), offering 825 million shares of Class A common stock at an indicative price range of $70–78 per share. The offering could raise up… Read more: Anthropic Seeks Up to $64.4 Bn at $1.4 Tn Valuation With IPO - PuppyGraph Raises $10 Mn to Help AI Agents Query Enterprise Tables
PuppyGraph, a graph query engine startup for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI), has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Particle Future, with participation from defy.vc. “The insights of enterprise data will soon… Read more: PuppyGraph Raises $10 Mn to Help AI Agents Query Enterprise Tables - Australians are not streaming Australian music. Why the hell not?! | First Dog on the Moon
Is it because a) live music is just too hard (expensive) to do and b) AI streaming algorithms are eating our brains? Probably Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are… Read more: Australians are not streaming Australian music. Why the hell not?! | First Dog on the Moon - Cognizant Commits 25,000 Professionals to Deploy Claude in Enterprises
Cognizant has committed more than 25,000 professionals to deploying Anthropic’s Claude for enterprise clients. The IT services company has also introduced a managed services model under which it will operate Claude-powered systems in production on… Read more: Cognizant Commits 25,000 Professionals to Deploy Claude in Enterprises - From the archive: Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI – podcast
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors This week, from 2023: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the… Read more: From the archive: Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI – podcast - Australia will impose mandatory safety rules on AI. Are we focused on the right risks?
energyy/Getty Images Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has just announced six mandatory artificial intelligence (AI) safety guardrails. The government will establish a new AI safety regulator to enforce the regulations, with the power to impose significant… Read more: Australia will impose mandatory safety rules on AI. Are we focused on the right risks? - Astronomers discover hidden alien planet in James Webb images
A breakthrough in telescope imaging could reveal countless alien worlds that have been hiding in plain sight. Scientists developed a new technique that uses a digital twin of the James Webb Space Telescope to remove… Read more: Astronomers discover hidden alien planet in James Webb images - 237-million-year-old fossils reveal a bizarre armored sea amphibian
A bizarre, heavily armored amphibian roamed the oceans 237 million years ago, despite the fact that modern amphibians cannot survive entirely in saltwater. Discovered in China, the giant salamander-sized creature may be the first known… Read more: 237-million-year-old fossils reveal a bizarre armored sea amphibian - Scientists discover a giant 66-pound rodent that lived 34 million years ago
Scientists have uncovered fossils of a giant rodent that lived in Thailand 34 million years ago, revealing that enormous rodents evolved much earlier than previously thought. Named Yakamys sirindhornae, the ancient animal may have weighed… Read more: Scientists discover a giant 66-pound rodent that lived 34 million years ago - Scientists discover why some mosquitoes love you and others don’t
A surprising new study reveals that mosquitoes have very different tastes in humans, with each species attracted to its own combination of skin odors, chemicals, and bacteria. The discovery challenges the idea of a universal… Read more: Scientists discover why some mosquitoes love you and others don’t - Seagate’s new hybrid drive raises some old questions
Seagate doesn’t think hybrid drives are done just yet. On Tuesday, the company announced the launch of the new FireCuda Forge line of storage drives. The new drives combine the high capacity of a traditional… Read more: Seagate’s new hybrid drive raises some old questions - Ring cameras go mobile as Amazon debuts AI-powered security drone and robot
Amazon is betting that many Ring customers will also want an AI-powered security drone and robot patrolling their homes or offices. But the company’s upcoming Ring Robotic products are also certain to intensify privacy concerns… Read more: Ring cameras go mobile as Amazon debuts AI-powered security drone and robot - The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch
The US military is taking a new approach to prop up commercial launch companies as SpaceX looks to wind down its Falcon rocket program, suggesting defense officials see the workhorse rocket’s retirement as a potential… Read more: The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch - What happens to mathematics when AI becomes an oracle?
Our modern world runs on math, from social media algorithms, package delivery, and weather prediction to medical imaging and machine learning. The rise of computers helped fuel its dominance, enabling us to work with increasingly… Read more: What happens to mathematics when AI becomes an oracle? - Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI
Grok Build, the vibe-coding agent from SpaceXSI, is leaking data—some of it proprietary business information and other sensitive secrets—from thousands of its users, including the very same Elon Musk-owned company that offers the platform, new… Read more: Grok Build coding agent leaks oodles of confidential info, some belonging to SpaceXSI - Democrats oppose plan to stack FCC with Republicans, plan probes of Chairman Carr
Senate Democrats today opposed President Trump’s nominee for an open Federal Communications Commission seat, and criticized Republicans for moving to confirm a new commissioner during the period before Democrats take control of Congress in January… Read more: Democrats oppose plan to stack FCC with Republicans, plan probes of Chairman Carr - Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises
Artificial intelligence training data company Mercor.io Corp. today revealed that it has raised $750 million in new funding at a $20 billion valuation. Mercor provides the human expertise used to train and evaluate AI models,… Read more: Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises - Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprisesArtificial intelligence training data company Mercor.io Corp. today revealed that it has raised $750 million in new funding at a $20 billion valuation. Mercor provides the human expertise used to train and evaluate AI models,… Read more: Mercor raises $750M at $20B valuation to take AI agent evaluation to enterprises
- Albanese’s love affair with music is on the rocks over AI. Can he write a different tune? | Peter Lewis
The prime minister is trying to untangle the copyright knot. But this is about much more than intellectual property Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast If Anthony Albanese has a… Read more: Albanese’s love affair with music is on the rocks over AI. Can he write a different tune? | Peter Lewis - Financial institutions confront the complexities of scaling AI
AI in financial services is moving beyond the pilot phase as banks, capital markets firms, mortgage lenders and other organizations begin deploying the technology more broadly. The challenge is shifting toward managing AI responsibly at… Read more: Financial institutions confront the complexities of scaling AI - Anthropic launches IPO roadshow with $64B fundraising goal
Anthropic PBC today kicked off the roadshow for its upcoming initial public offering. An IPO roadshow is a series of promotional events aimed at persuading institutional investors to buy shares. Anthropic plans to sell 825… Read more: Anthropic launches IPO roadshow with $64B fundraising goal - Trump Says It’s Fine for a CEO to Cheat on His Wife With an Alleged Spy
Should Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang be exonerated of any wrongdoing after his affair with an alleged spy? Maybe now that he has a morally upstanding character witness like president Donald Trump on his side. During… Read more: Trump Says It’s Fine for a CEO to Cheat on His Wife With an Alleged Spy - Free video-streaming service Tubi lets users share curated watchlists now
Tubi users can now create and share playlists of movies and shows available on the streaming service. Tubi is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service that has both live channels and on-demand content. Today,… Read more: Free video-streaming service Tubi lets users share curated watchlists now - Pixel phones getting new icon styles, Create My Widget, and more in November Pixel Drop
Google’s Pixel phones get an update every month, but most are just security patches and bug fixes. The bigger changes are bundled into quarterly Pixel Drops, and one is rolling out today. The update brings… Read more: Pixel phones getting new icon styles, Create My Widget, and more in November Pixel Drop - Google Fi adds support for a second 5G network, won’t say which one
Google has announced a “super network” upgrade for its Fi cell service. For the past few years, Google Fi has operated exclusively on the T-Mobile network, but now it’s adding support for a second 5G… Read more: Google Fi adds support for a second 5G network, won’t say which one - AI has turned university assessments into a ‘wicked problem’ – and we don’t have all the answers
Pexels, Canva, The Conversation, CC BY-NC Since the introduction of ChatGPT in late 2022, there have been rising concerns about university assessments. Are we testing students’ learning? Or simply their ability to use generative AI?… Read more: AI has turned university assessments into a ‘wicked problem’ – and we don’t have all the answers - Nvidia Pulled Strings to Shut Down a US Government Investigation Into Chip Smuggling
Over the weekend, tech billionaire and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly admitted that he had cheated on his wife with a suspected Chinese spy. The news sent markets rocking wildly, with investors worrying he could… Read more: Nvidia Pulled Strings to Shut Down a US Government Investigation Into Chip Smuggling - Nvidia Introduces GR00T 2 to Train Robots With Human Demonstrations
Nvidia’s GR00T 2 learns from human video and robot demonstrations. Explore its training results, limitations and what businesses should test before adoption. The post Nvidia Introduces GR00T 2 to Train Robots With Human Demonstrations appeared… Read more: Nvidia Introduces GR00T 2 to Train Robots With Human Demonstrations - Steam Deck performance gets a reality check with Valve’s new FPS data
Since Valve announced its Steam Deck Verified program in 2021, players have found that a game’s “Verified” status doesn’t always match how well it actually runs on the handheld. Now, new Steam Deck frame rate… Read more: Steam Deck performance gets a reality check with Valve’s new FPS data - The missing quadrant in responses to AI
We are starting a non-profit research organization: STABL. Adapting to advanced AI will require dramatic institutional change and broad societal resilience. It will also require evidence about AI progress and impacts — the prospects of… Read more: The missing quadrant in responses to AI - The Company That Published Fake Journalists in Sports Illustrated is Collapsing Dramatically After Massive AI Rebrand
Paradium.AI, the recently-rebranded media company formerly known as The Arena Group, announced staggering third-quarter losses yesterday as it continues to go “all in” on AI. Paradium’s stock has been declining for years, though it experienced… Read more: The Company That Published Fake Journalists in Sports Illustrated is Collapsing Dramatically After Massive AI Rebrand - One space station company sues another for copying its work
NASA’s competition for the development of private space stations that will take flight in the 2030s is already nearing crunch time. But a recently unsealed lawsuit may spice things up even further. The lawsuit involves… Read more: One space station company sues another for copying its work - High oil prices have led to a dip in global carbon emissions
Evaluating the annual global temperatures each year requires context. There is a fair amount of natural variability from one year to the next, so it’s important to focus on the trend over time. Famously, global… Read more: High oil prices have led to a dip in global carbon emissions - Claude Fable 5.2 vs GPT-6: Which AI Is Better for Work?
Claude Fable 5.2 vs GPT-6: Compare coding, productivity, AI agents, pricing, and security to find the best AI for your business. The post Claude Fable 5.2 vs GPT-6: Which AI Is Better for Work? appeared… Read more: Claude Fable 5.2 vs GPT-6: Which AI Is Better for Work? - If Jensen Huang’s Wife Cuts Him Loose, She Could Get the Largest Divorce Settlement of All Time
In one of the biggest unenforced errors in the history of the AI industry, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted on Sunday that he had cheated on his wife with an alleged Chinese spy. The embarrassing… Read more: If Jensen Huang’s Wife Cuts Him Loose, She Could Get the Largest Divorce Settlement of All Time - Anthropic targets valuation of up to $1.4tn in stock market flotation
Claude chatbot developer had been reported to be aiming for $2tn IPO on Wall Street before investors cooled on AI Anthropic is seeking a valuation of up to $1.4tn (£1.05tn) in its imminent stock market… Read more: Anthropic targets valuation of up to $1.4tn in stock market flotation - Red Hat Advances Developer Hub as an Agent-Ready Enterprise Portal
Red Hat Developer Hub 2.1 bridges the AI quality gap with governed organizational context, extended 10-month support and modernized frontend architecture Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced Red Hat… Read more: Red Hat Advances Developer Hub as an Agent-Ready Enterprise Portal - Polestar has a new look with its Formula 2030 concept
Perhaps only a small percentage of Ars readers will care about the Polestar 2030 concept, debuted today by the electric automaker. Spun out of Volvo—once upon a time, Polestar was a racing team—the brand has… Read more: Polestar has a new look with its Formula 2030 concept - FDA warns GLP-1 drugs may pose risk of rare condition that causes vision loss
The Food and Drug Administration is warning that popular obesity drugs—including Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, and Mounjaro—may carry a “potential increased risk” of a rare eye condition that can lead to permanent vision loss. In a… Read more: FDA warns GLP-1 drugs may pose risk of rare condition that causes vision loss - Codenotary Announced the Release of AgentMon Live
New community contribution helps Claude Code developers verify completed work, identify tasks requiring attention and reduce wasted AI tokens and development time Codenotary, leaders in assuring safe and secure use of AI, today released AgentMon… Read more: Codenotary Announced the Release of AgentMon Live - Nvidia has a Jensen Huang problem—and no obvious successor
The investigation of Jensen Huang by Nvidia’s board threatens the future of one of Silicon Valley’s longest-serving executives and a key enabler of the AI boom, who has no obvious successor as leader of the… Read more: Nvidia has a Jensen Huang problem—and no obvious successor - DeepMind reveals Gemini Robotics 2.5 and open safety benchmark “ASIMOV-jailbreak”
Google DeepMind has revealed a new generation of the AI-powered Gemini Robotics platform. In the 2.5 release, Google says its robotic AI is getting tantalizingly close to completing real-world tasks as well as humans do.… Read more: DeepMind reveals Gemini Robotics 2.5 and open safety benchmark “ASIMOV-jailbreak” - ‘Reverse Engineer Anything’: AI Companies Crack Down on the Coolest Thing People Were Doing With AI
It was a fun few weeks while it lasted. People using both Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex to do AI-powered “reverse-engineering” or decompiling are now hitting guardrails or having their accounts limited while trying to… Read more: ‘Reverse Engineer Anything’: AI Companies Crack Down on the Coolest Thing People Were Doing With AI - Come and Take It
AI companies are trying to take the only cool thing their tech has ever done, making me vaguely interested for the first time ever in the concept of open weight models, local AI, etc. Time… Read more: Come and Take It - Nvidia shaken by scandal amid wider political new order for big tech
A scandal tests Nvidia’s dominance as tech billionaires seek to mend ties with Democrats after the midterm elections This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to… Read more: Nvidia shaken by scandal amid wider political new order for big tech - Tens of Thousands of AI-Equipped School Buses Now Automatically Ticketing Drivers Who Don’t Stop When They Stick Out That Little Stop Sign
Finally, a use of the AI surveillance panopticon we can all agree on — maybe. As TechSpot recently highlighted, school buses around the country are now carrying small AI-powered cameras to catch drivers who ignore… Read more: Tens of Thousands of AI-Equipped School Buses Now Automatically Ticketing Drivers Who Don’t Stop When They Stick Out That Little Stop Sign - This New Linux-Based Desktop Operating System Is Built for AI Nerds
Built by Cyanogen’s cofounder, Kora is a next-gen alternative to Windows and macOS built for power users running local AI models. - Lumbra gets $25M in backing to help intelligence community deploy reliable AI agents
When it comes to matters of national security, it’s vitally important to ensure that the right intelligence gets to the right decision-makers, but doing this in today’s complex information technology environments is challenging, to say… Read more: Lumbra gets $25M in backing to help intelligence community deploy reliable AI agents - PuppyGraph raises $10M to let AI agents query enterprise data as a graph
Graph query engine startup PuppyGraph said today it has raised $10 million in new funding to build out its enterprise go-to-market operation. The round follows the general release of version 1.0 of its software. PuppyGraph provides… Read more: PuppyGraph raises $10M to let AI agents query enterprise data as a graph - Adobe expands AI assistant into creative workflows
Adobe Inc. today announced an expansion of its CX Enterprise Coworker agentic artificial intelligence platform into its GenStudio content supply chain platform. The company said the integration move allows creative professionals to bring AI agents… Read more: Adobe expands AI assistant into creative workflows - Cowbell unveils AI liability insurance for small businesses that deploy AI agents
Cyber insurance provider Cowbell Cyber Inc. today unveiled Cowbell AI Liability Insurance, a standalone policy for U.S. small and midsized businesses that covers losses caused by the artificial intelligence agents they deploy. The new policy… Read more: Cowbell unveils AI liability insurance for small businesses that deploy AI agents - KORA builds AI models and agents into a new Linux OS bound for Qualcomm Snapdragon PCs
Desktop software company KORA Systems Inc. today unveiled KORA, a Linux-based operating system that builds artificial intelligence models and agents into the system itself. Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has spent close to a year working with… Read more: KORA builds AI models and agents into a new Linux OS bound for Qualcomm Snapdragon PCs - Artificial intelligence is desperately seeking its narrative
Since the foundational work of Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter, research has distinguished invention from innovation by its practical implementation. Whether an innovation spreads, however, depends partly on its social acceptance and how its uses are… Read more: Artificial intelligence is desperately seeking its narrative - Torq Names Peter Polizzi as President and COO
Former Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, and HashiCorp Executive Brings 28 Years of Enterprise Leadership to Scale Torq’s Global Operations, Accelerate AI SOC Innovation, and Pursue Triple-Digit Growth Strategy Torq, the established agentic security operations leader,… Read more: Torq Names Peter Polizzi as President and COO - ‘Without storyboards, I feel like I’m in Grand Central station in my underwear’: film’s fightback against AI
As Hollywood begins to adopt the technology, the professionals in most direct jeopardy are the illustrators mapping out directors’ first visions. They sketch out what could be lost A film industry dominated by AI is… Read more: ‘Without storyboards, I feel like I’m in Grand Central station in my underwear’: film’s fightback against AI - Only One Town in America Voted in Favor to Building a New Data Center, and the Reason Why Is Bleak
The midterms were in no small part a searing repudiation of the AI industry, and in particular data centers. In fact, of 41 ballot proposed measures that would crack down on data center development, Americans… Read more: Only One Town in America Voted in Favor to Building a New Data Center, and the Reason Why Is Bleak - Review: Apple’s M6 MacBook Pro is good, but it’s missing all the exciting stuff
I’ve written more than once about the weird positioning of Apple’s entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, which has always occupied an uncomfortable perch between the MacBook Air and the higher-end MacBook Pros. The best versions of this… Read more: Review: Apple’s M6 MacBook Pro is good, but it’s missing all the exciting stuff - Ukraine’s fiber-optic drones get squeezed by AI data center demand
Impervious to battlefield jamming, drones physically connected to human operators by miles of fiber-optic cables have become such a common weapon of war in Ukraine that trees and fields are strewn with tangled cables thinner… Read more: Ukraine’s fiber-optic drones get squeezed by AI data center demand - Your AI agent’s brain is 72% decoration. Here’s the audit
Somewhere on GitHub right now, an agent framework lists “theory of mind” as a feature with all the confidence of a cereal box promising a balanced breakfast. A new paper posted to arXiv in late… Read more: Your AI agent’s brain is 72% decoration. Here’s the audit - Froncort.AI Gets $2.3M From Google.org to Expand AI-Based Disease Screening in India
Froncort.AI, a Pune-based healthcare AI company, has received $2.3 million in funding from Google.org to expand its AI-based disease screening platform in India. The company said that it will also receive $200,000 in Google Cloud… Read more: Froncort.AI Gets $2.3M From Google.org to Expand AI-Based Disease Screening in India - TSMC October Revenue Hits Record $17.81 Bn on Skyrocketing AI Chip Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported its highest-ever monthly revenue in October, with sales rising 59.7% year-on-year as demand for advanced chips continues to expand. The world’s largest contract chipmaker posted consolidated revenue of NT… Read more: TSMC October Revenue Hits Record $17.81 Bn on Skyrocketing AI Chip Demand - Is AI-Powered Reverse Engineering the Death of Proprietary Software?
When Nishant Tiwari, a software engineer at PayPal and a tech content creator with over 2.8 million followers on Instagram, set out to examine Uber’s pricing, he used an AI-assisted reverse-engineering workflow to inspect the… Read more: Is AI-Powered Reverse Engineering the Death of Proprietary Software? - Qantas AI Jobs are Coming to India as Outsourcing Deal Affects 850 Roles
Australian airline Qantas expects around 850 corporate roles to be affected over the coming years under a new outsourcing partnership with Accenture, with much of the work moving to the consultancy’s teams in India. Some… Read more: Qantas AI Jobs are Coming to India as Outsourcing Deal Affects 850 Roles - Gartner Introduces Framework for CIOs to Determine AI Outcomes
Gartner has released the Value-Risk Flywheel for CIOs. According to the company, the framework is meant to align the value AI creates for enterprises with risks. “The best thing a CIO can do is to… Read more: Gartner Introduces Framework for CIOs to Determine AI Outcomes - Tear Down Those Guardrails! Meet the Renegades Freeing Chatbots From Corporate Enslavers
The “abliterators” are flooding the internet with AI models that never say no, making it easier for people to improve their cyberdefenses—or build a bomb. - The AI Safety Debate Has Lost the Plot. We Asked 10 Experts What the Real Nightmares Are
The risk of nuclear catastrophe is real, as is the fallout of the China–US domination game (hi there, spies). But no need to panic about Skynet. - ChatGPT’s Teen Mode could deprive teenagers of a fundamental need | Robin Kirman
What young students stand to lose is more than cognitive skill: it’s a reliable sense of their own minds In August, OpenAI launched Teen Mode – a version of ChatGPT in which every user under… Read more: ChatGPT’s Teen Mode could deprive teenagers of a fundamental need | Robin Kirman - TSMC’s Reported 3D DRAM Plans: What Hardware Buyers Should Know
TSMC’s reported 3D DRAM plans raise questions about AI memory supply. Explore the company’s response and what IT buyers should check before ordering. The post TSMC’s Reported 3D DRAM Plans: What Hardware Buyers Should Know… Read more: TSMC’s Reported 3D DRAM Plans: What Hardware Buyers Should Know - Meta Expands AI Age-Estimation Tech to Protect Teens on Instagram
Meta is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI)-based age-estimation technology globally on Instagram to identify teenage users and automatically place them under its Teen Account protections. The expansion is expected to bring millions more teenagers worldwide… Read more: Meta Expands AI Age-Estimation Tech to Protect Teens on Instagram - Tencent Cloud Unveils Private Cloud for Sovereign Agentic AI
Introducing two major solutions, the Full-Stack Intelligent AI Suite and Lite Deployment Announcing joint research with Gartner and Omdia At the AI-Powered Private Cloud for Global Markets session of the 2026 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem… Read more: Tencent Cloud Unveils Private Cloud for Sovereign Agentic AI - Atomicwork Unveils AI Coworker Marketplace for Enterprise IT and Security
Certified AI Coworkers come pre-built with verified integrations, specialized skills and enterprise controls to handle operational roles across IT and security Atomicwork today announced its AI Coworker Marketplace, giving enterprise IT and security teams access… Read more: Atomicwork Unveils AI Coworker Marketplace for Enterprise IT and Security - IDP Announced the Introduction of Agent-Native System of Action,
Powered by proprietary Universal Agent Protocol (UAP), IDP unifies AI agent development, reasoning, orchestration, customer intelligence and enterprise execution. Tim Dahle and Red Rock Auto Group report 2X the appointment conversion rate of traditional BDC… Read more: IDP Announced the Introduction of Agent-Native System of Action, - MIPS Launches Actus Platform for Precise, Secure Robotic Motion Control
MIPS introduces advances in the Actus reference platform, an energy-efficient, open RISC-V platform that integrates real-time control, inference and communications to turn Physical AI into precise, trusted movement. Actus combines dual MIPS Atlas M8500 real-time… Read more: MIPS Launches Actus Platform for Precise, Secure Robotic Motion Control - Teradyne Launches Omnyx Edge, Inline Board Test for Physical and Edge AI
The Omnyx family extends from the data center to the edge, bringing inline test to the compute, sensing, and motion boards of automotive, robotic, and edge devices. Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ: TER), a leading provider of… Read more: Teradyne Launches Omnyx Edge, Inline Board Test for Physical and Edge AI - Denodo Tops 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Data Integration for Seven Years
Denodo believes this recognition is due to the strength of its agentic AI support and the loyalty of its diverse customer base Denodo, the AI data layer company, today announced that Gartner® has positioned the… Read more: Denodo Tops 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Data Integration for Seven Years - Why Buying Specialist Engineering Firms Won’t Fix Indian IT’s Growth Problem
Large IT services firms are acquiring specialist engineering companies to strengthen their positions in markets being reshaped by artificial intelligence (AI). But owning domain expertise and knowing how to apply AI to complex engineering work… Read more: Why Buying Specialist Engineering Firms Won’t Fix Indian IT’s Growth Problem - Why is Nvidia so powerful in the AI world, and what could Jensen Huang’s scandal really cost?
Sean Gallup / Getty Images Jensen Huang, the chief executive and co-founder of chipmaking company Nvidia, recently admitted to an extramarital affair. However, it’s not just a tabloid story: the woman involved, Alice Huang, has… Read more: Why is Nvidia so powerful in the AI world, and what could Jensen Huang’s scandal really cost? - Meta to Introduce Muse AI Agent in India Starting With ₹1,799 Plan: Report
Meta has reportedly listed the subscription prices for its personal artificial intelligence (AI) agent, Muse, ahead of India launch. According to a report by The Hindu, the Power subscription is listed at ₹1,799 per month,… Read more: Meta to Introduce Muse AI Agent in India Starting With ₹1,799 Plan: Report - Security Flaws Across UK Government Sites Exposed ‘God-Tier’ Information
A researcher’s trawl through publicly available code found private information was at risk across multiple departments. - Trump Defends Jensen Huang Amid NVIDIA Probe
US President Donald Trump has defended NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang amid scrutiny over his reported relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed who is suspected of gathering intelligence for… Read more: Trump Defends Jensen Huang Amid NVIDIA Probe - Google Launches Two New TPUs for Enterprise Agentic AI Workloads
Google has expanded its eighth-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) portfolio with two new systems, TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max, to meet the computing requirements of enterprises deploying autonomous AI agents. The two systems target… Read more: Google Launches Two New TPUs for Enterprise Agentic AI Workloads - New AI regulator announced, as government considers criminal law change to keep erring frontier companies in line
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) safety regulator, which will enforce penalties for frontier AI companies that breach their obligations. The government is also considering criminal law changes to deal… Read more: New AI regulator announced, as government considers criminal law change to keep erring frontier companies in line
