
- Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws
California governor says order pushes ‘grift and corruption’ instead of innovation just hours after president’s dictum The ink was barely dry on Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence executive order when Gavin Newsom came out swinging. Just… Read more: Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws - In Just 28 Days, OpenAI Built Sora’s Android App Using Codex
OpenAI has claimed that it built and shipped the Sora Android app in just 28 days, relying heavily on its AI coding agent, Codex. The company said the initial production version of Sora for Android… Read more: In Just 28 Days, OpenAI Built Sora’s Android App Using Codex - Earth-Like Planets Are More Common Than We Thought, Study Says
Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that got hosed with star spray, mounted a failed invasion, declined to comment, and achieved previously unknown levels of adorability. First, a study about… Read more: Earth-Like Planets Are More Common Than We Thought, Study Says - Can you imagine raising a kid without ChatGPT? Sam Altman can’t | Arwa Mahdawi
The OpenAI CEO gushed about the bot’s parental-assistance abilities. Is it really his best child-rearing hack? Just how does he do it all? Every time I look at the news, Sam Altman’s face seems to… Read more: Can you imagine raising a kid without ChatGPT? Sam Altman can’t | Arwa Mahdawi - Sharks and rays gain landmark protections as nations move to curb international trade
For the first time, global governments have agreed to widespread international trade bans and restrictions for sharks and rays being driven to extinction. Last week, more than 70 shark and ray species, including oceanic whitetip… Read more: Sharks and rays gain landmark protections as nations move to curb international trade - Anthropic’s Chief Scientist Says We’re Rapidly Approaching the Moment That Could Doom Us All
Anthropic’s chief scientist Jared Kaplan is making some grave predictions about humanity’s future with AI. The choice is ours, in his framing. For now, our fates are mostly in our hands, according to Kaplan —… Read more: Anthropic’s Chief Scientist Says We’re Rapidly Approaching the Moment That Could Doom Us All - The Washington Post’s AI Generated Podcasts Are Already an Error-Laden Disaster
Earlier this week, the Washington Post announced that it would be launching “personalized” AI powered podcasts that would let users choose their own AI host to regale them on their choice of topics. And now… Read more: The Washington Post’s AI Generated Podcasts Are Already an Error-Laden Disaster - How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech
This article is a partnership between Reveal and 404 Media. Jesus Gutiérrez, 23, was walking home one morning from a Chicago gym when he noticed a gray Cadillac SUV with no license plates. He kept… Read more: How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech - Beyond the AI Buzz: How Indian Businesses Can Use Realistic, Affordable AI Tools That Actually Work
Indian companies have spent the last two years fielding bold claims about what AI can deliver. Every conference, pitch deck and internal strategy memo carries the same warning: AI adoption is no longer optional. This… Read more: Beyond the AI Buzz: How Indian Businesses Can Use Realistic, Affordable AI Tools That Actually Work - The Guide #221: Endless ticket queues, AI slop and ALL CAPS agony
In this week’s newsletter: It was 12 months of megamergers, manufactured musicians and thrillers stretched thinner than a streamer’s budget. Join me for some cathartic moaning • Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox?… Read more: The Guide #221: Endless ticket queues, AI slop and ALL CAPS agony - How AI-driven Sports Tech Startup ScoutEdge is Democratising Athlete Scouting in India
The duality of Indian cricket is hard to ignore. While money and opportunities flow under the high-mast floodlights of stadiums that host international ODIs and cash-rich cricket leagues, the real sport is played in the… Read more: How AI-driven Sports Tech Startup ScoutEdge is Democratising Athlete Scouting in India - OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself
In interviews with Ars Technica this week, OpenAI employees revealed the extent to which the company now relies on its own AI coding agent, Codex, to build and improve the development tool. “I think the… Read more: OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself - Google Translate expands live translation to all earbuds on Android
Google has increasingly moved toward keeping features locked to its hardware products, but the Translate app is bucking that trend. The live translate feature is breaking out of the Google bubble with support for any… Read more: Google Translate expands live translation to all earbuds on Android - Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
If you’ve been too busy floating in your new WoW house to take part in this year’s Ars Technica Charity Drive sweepstakes, don’t worry. You still have time to donate to a good cause and… Read more: Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes - Enabling small language models to solve complex reasoning tasks
As language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that human-like reasoning is around the corner. In reality, they still trail us by a wide margin… Read more: Enabling small language models to solve complex reasoning tasks - Hegseth’s New Pentagon AI Is Telling Military Personnel His Boat Strike Was Completely Illegal
Pete Hegseth and his Department of Defense lackeys might not care whether their air strikes on Venezuelan fishing boats are legal, but their own AI chatbot sure does. Earlier this week, the DoD — which… Read more: Hegseth’s New Pentagon AI Is Telling Military Personnel His Boat Strike Was Completely Illegal - Enabling small language models to solve complex reasoning tasksAs language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that human-like reasoning is around the corner. In reality, they still trail us by a wide margin… Read more: Enabling small language models to solve complex reasoning tasks
- Scientists built an AI co-pilot for prosthetic bionic hands
Modern bionic hand prostheses nearly match their natural counterparts when it comes to dexterity, degrees of freedom, and capability. And many amputees who tried advanced bionic hands apparently didn’t like them. “Up to 50 percent… Read more: Scientists built an AI co-pilot for prosthetic bionic hands - Ukrainians sue US chip firms for powering Russian drones, missiles
Dozens of Ukrainian civilians filed a series of lawsuits in Texas this week, accusing some of the biggest US chip firms of negligently failing to track chips that evaded export curbs. Those chips were ultimately… Read more: Ukrainians sue US chip firms for powering Russian drones, missiles - What’s at stake in Trump’s executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulation
President Donald Trump displays his executive order countering state laws regulating AI. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11, 2025, that aims to supersede state-level artificial intelligence laws that… Read more: What’s at stake in Trump’s executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulation - AMD CEO Lisa Su Isn’t Afraid of the Competition
In this episode of Uncanny Valley we take you through our recent conversation with Lisa Su, and go behind the scenes of our Big Interview event. - 7 Tech Predictions Enterprise Leaders Are Watching in 2026
Industry leaders share their 2026 tech predictions, covering AI at scale, cloud autonomy, security risk, observability, governance, and operational pressure. The post 7 Tech Predictions Enterprise Leaders Are Watching in 2026 appeared first on TechRepublic. - Man shocks doctors with extreme blood pressure, stroke from energy drinks
Sometimes, downing an energy drink can feel like refueling your battery. But with too much, that jolt can turn into a catastrophic surge that fries the wiring and blows a fuse. That was the unfortunate… Read more: Man shocks doctors with extreme blood pressure, stroke from energy drinks - Trump tries to block state AI laws himself after Congress decided not to
President Trump issued an executive order yesterday attempting to thwart state AI laws, saying that federal agencies must fight state laws because Congress hasn’t yet implemented a national AI standard. Trump’s executive order tells the… Read more: Trump tries to block state AI laws himself after Congress decided not to - A study in contrasts: The cinematography of Wake Up Dead Man
Rian Johnson has another Benoit Blanc hit on his hands with Wake Up Dead Man, in which Blanc tackles the strange death of a fire-and-brimstone parish priest, Monseigneur Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin). It’s a classic… Read more: A study in contrasts: The cinematography of Wake Up Dead Man - Instacart Caught Using AI to Charge Wildly Different Prices for the Same Item
Does your online grocery order ever feel fishy, like the prices just aren’t adding up? It turns out you’re right to be suspicious — and now we have compelling evidence. New research by a consortium… Read more: Instacart Caught Using AI to Charge Wildly Different Prices for the Same Item - OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth
OpenAI has long published research on the potential safety and economic impact of its own technology. Now, Wired reports that the Sam Altman-led company is becoming more “guarded” about publishing research that paints an inconvenient… Read more: OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth - Daily Tech Insider Dissects AI’s Takeover of Movies, News, and Creative Tools
Dec. 8–12 recap: 1. From Hollywood to home browsers, content creation and licensing got a hard reboot this week. The post Daily Tech Insider Dissects AI’s Takeover of Movies, News, and Creative Tools appeared first… Read more: Daily Tech Insider Dissects AI’s Takeover of Movies, News, and Creative Tools - New MIT program to train military leaders for the AI age
Artificial intelligence can enhance decision-making and enable action with reduced risk and greater precision, making it a critical tool for national security. A new program offered jointly by the MIT departments of Mechanical Engineering (Course… Read more: New MIT program to train military leaders for the AI age - AIAI London
Stream every session from AIAI London, with sessions from OpenAI, Synthesia, Wayve, Databricks, Financial Times, BBC and more. - AI in 2026: Experimental AI concludes as autonomous systems rise
Generative AI’s experimental phase is concluding, making way for truly autonomous systems in 2026 that act rather than merely summarise. 2026 will lose the focus on model parameters and be about agency, energy efficiency, and… Read more: AI in 2026: Experimental AI concludes as autonomous systems rise - Behind the Blog: Is This Headline ‘Clickbait’?
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss conversational AI, a behind the scenes of… Read more: Behind the Blog: Is This Headline ‘Clickbait’? - AIOps in Singapore BFSI: What’s Changing and Why It Matters in 2026
APAC’s AIOps Reality and Why Singapore Faces a Different Set of Stakes The post AIOps in Singapore BFSI: What’s Changing and Why It Matters in 2026 appeared first on TechRepublic. - WhatsApp Reinvents Voicemail as It Adds AI Image Tools and Emoji Reactions
The company is rolling out voicemail-style voice and video messages, emoji reactions in voice chats, and new AI image tools, even as major security flaws raise fresh risks. The post WhatsApp Reinvents Voicemail as It… Read more: WhatsApp Reinvents Voicemail as It Adds AI Image Tools and Emoji Reactions - Investors commit quarter-billion dollars to startup designing “Giga” satellites
A startup established three years ago to churn out a new class of high-power satellites has raised $250 million to ramp up production at its Southern California factory. The company, named K2, announced the cash… Read more: Investors commit quarter-billion dollars to startup designing “Giga” satellites - Senator endorses discredited doctor’s book that claims chemical treats autism, cancer
For years, Sen. Ron Johnson has been spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 and the safety of vaccines. He’s promoted disproven treatments for COVID-19 and claimed, without evidence, that athletes are “dropping dead on… Read more: Senator endorses discredited doctor’s book that claims chemical treats autism, cancer - ClickUp 4.0 Debuts as AI-Powered Overhaul Designed to Unite Modern Work
The latest version introduces ambient AI agents, personalized navigation, and ClickUp Brain to tackle app sprawl. The post ClickUp 4.0 Debuts as AI-Powered Overhaul Designed to Unite Modern Work appeared first on TechRepublic. - You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. - Epic celebrates “the end of the Apple Tax” after appeals court win in iOS payments case
Back in April, District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers delivered a scathing judgment finding that Apple was in “willful violation” of her 2021 injunction intended to open up iOS App Store payments. That contempt of… Read more: Epic celebrates “the end of the Apple Tax” after appeals court win in iOS payments case - Nvidia Chip on Satellite in Orbit Trains First AI Model in Space
Artificial intelligence companies are planning on investing unbelievable sums — more than a trillion dollars per year by OpenAI alone — building out enormous data centers that consume copious amounts of electricity, generate pollution, and… Read more: Nvidia Chip on Satellite in Orbit Trains First AI Model in Space - OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2
OpenAI kicked down the saloon doors of the AI frontier on Thursday with the launch of GPT-5.2, its latest “frontier model,” engineered for everyone from coders to spreadsheet warriors to people who just want ChatGPT… Read more: OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 - How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age
Generative AI looms widely in higher education. Can focusing on social interactions prepare students well for an AI-infused workplace? Fuse via Getty Images It’s week one of the semester, the first day of class: 20… Read more: How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age - New lawsuit says ChatGPT caused a tragic murder-suicide
OpenAI is facing a new lawsuit claiming ChatGPT helped push a troubled man toward a fatal mental spiral. The suit, filed by the estate of 83-year-old Suzanne Eberson Adams, alleges that ChatGPT encouraged the paranoid… Read more: New lawsuit says ChatGPT caused a tragic murder-suicide - Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way
Many carbon-rich meteorites contain ingredients commonly found in life, but no evidence of life itself. James St. John, CC BY When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in… Read more: Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way - The hidden risk of one-size-fits-all AI advice
You’ve probably asked ChatGPT for advice at some point. Maybe about investing that bonus check, or how to finally tackle your credit card debt. Here’s what you might not realize: the same financial advice that’s… Read more: The hidden risk of one-size-fits-all AI advice - Costco, Western Union & Stolt-Nielsen to Set Up GCCs in Hyderabad
The Telangana government on Thursday announced global majors, including Costco and Stolt-Nielsen, are reportedly establishing their global capability centres (GCCs) in Hyderabad, further strengthening the city’s position as a premier technology hub. The announcement comes… Read more: Costco, Western Union & Stolt-Nielsen to Set Up GCCs in Hyderabad - Creator of “Wallace and Gromit” Says Heck, He’ll Start Using AI
Did Nick Park wake up and put on the wrong trousers this morning? In a recent interview with Radio Times, the creator of the beloved claymation series “Wallace and Gromit” said his animation studio, Aardman,… Read more: Creator of “Wallace and Gromit” Says Heck, He’ll Start Using AI - Opera opens public access to Opera Neon, its experimental agentic AI browser
Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA], the browser innovator and agentic AI company, has today opened public access to Opera Neon. Opera Neon is Opera’s experimental browser for AI power users, who wish to get access and make the… Read more: Opera opens public access to Opera Neon, its experimental agentic AI browser - AI is filling the God void for many – but is ChatGPT really something to worship? | Brigid Delaney
Comforting reassurance was once the work of the church. Now it’s increasingly being sought from the machine A few summers ago I attended two funerals in a week. One was for a man who was… Read more: AI is filling the God void for many – but is ChatGPT really something to worship? | Brigid Delaney - AI “Companion Bots” Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
If you’re one of the 28 percent of Americans who’ve shared an intimate relationship with an AI chatbot, we might have some bad news. Freshly reported testimony from the Data Worker’s Inquiry — an international… Read more: AI “Companion Bots” Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims - Scientists reveal the real benefits and hidden risks of medical cannabis
A sweeping review of more than 2,500 studies reveals that despite booming public enthusiasm, cannabis has strong scientific support for only a few medical uses, leaving most popular claims—like relief for chronic pain, anxiety, and… Read more: Scientists reveal the real benefits and hidden risks of medical cannabis - C-DAC, ideaForge Sign MoU to Use Drones for Faster Emergency Response
Drone tech startup ideaForge Technology and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to integrate drones into India’s emergency response system. The move aims to cut response… Read more: C-DAC, ideaForge Sign MoU to Use Drones for Faster Emergency Response - A nearby Earth-size planet just got much more mysterious
TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James Webb observations hint at methane, but the signals may… Read more: A nearby Earth-size planet just got much more mysterious - Ghost particles slip through Earth and spark a hidden atomic reaction
Scientists have managed to observe solar neutrinos carrying out a rare atomic transformation deep underground, converting carbon-13 into nitrogen-13 inside the SNO+ detector. By tracking two faint flashes of light separated by several minutes, researchers… Read more: Ghost particles slip through Earth and spark a hidden atomic reaction - 2026 Could be India’s Year in AI, But Only the Resilient Will Survive
Indian enterprise AI is entering a new phase. For two years the narrative has been full of optimism, swelling venture capital, and a rush of pilots across sectors. The country is still bullish on AI,… Read more: 2026 Could be India’s Year in AI, But Only the Resilient Will Survive - Rocket Report: Neutron’s Hungry Hippo is deemed ready, Whither Orbex?
Welcome to Edition 8.22 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week concerns the decision by SpaceX founder Elon Musk to take the company public, via IPO, sometime within the next 12 to 18… Read more: Rocket Report: Neutron’s Hungry Hippo is deemed ready, Whither Orbex? - Soon After $1 Bn OpenAI Deal, Disney Accuses Google of AI Copyright Infringement
The Walt Disney Company (Disney) has accused Google of large-scale copyright infringement, according to multiple media reports citing a copy of a cease-and-desist letter the company sent on December 11. The letter, reviewed by outlets… Read more: Soon After $1 Bn OpenAI Deal, Disney Accuses Google of AI Copyright Infringement - Chatbot-powered toys rebuked for discussing sexual, dangerous topics with kids
Protecting children from the dangers of the online world was always difficult, but that challenge has intensified with the advent of AI chatbots. A new report offers a glimpse into the problems associated with the… Read more: Chatbot-powered toys rebuked for discussing sexual, dangerous topics with kids - BBVA embeds AI into banking workflows using ChatGPT Enterprise
BBVA is embedding AI into core banking workflows using ChatGPT Enterprise to overhaul risk and service in the sector. For the banking industry, the challenge of generative AI is rarely about adoption; it is about… Read more: BBVA embeds AI into banking workflows using ChatGPT Enterprise - Scientists find dark chocolate ingredient that slows aging
Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between dark chocolate and slower aging. A natural cocoa compound called theobromine was found in higher levels among people who appeared biologically younger than their real age. - Meta Appoints Aman Jain to Oversee Public Policy in India
Meta has appointed Aman Jain as its new head of public policy in India, the company announced on December 11, 2025. Jain will join early next year and report to Simon Milner, vice president of… Read more: Meta Appoints Aman Jain to Oversee Public Policy in India - How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
Smart TVs can feel like a dumb choice if you’re looking for privacy, reliability, and simplicity. Today’s TVs and streaming sticks are usually loaded up with advertisements and user tracking, making offline TVs seem very… Read more: How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking - Disney Strikes Huge Deal With OpenAI: Get Ready for Sora Videos of Donald Duck Cooking Meth
Famous copyright tyrant Disney is now bending over for the AI industry and signing away its precious intellectual property. On Thursday, the entertainment conglomerate announced a new licensing agreement with OpenAI that will allow it… Read more: Disney Strikes Huge Deal With OpenAI: Get Ready for Sora Videos of Donald Duck Cooking Meth - Most people aren’t fretting about an AI bubble. What they fear is mass layoffs | Steven Greenhouse
Artificial intelligence could make income inequality even worse and create a new underclass. Governments and society must take action Nowadays there seems to be nonstop discussion about AI, with much of the conversation focused on… Read more: Most people aren’t fretting about an AI bubble. What they fear is mass layoffs | Steven Greenhouse - Pipefy Leverages OCI to Deliver its AI Agents to U.S. Customers
Pipefy, a leading process management and AI platform and an Oracle partner, today announced the availability of its AI Agents for enterprises across the United States. Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) high-performance AI infrastructure and… Read more: Pipefy Leverages OCI to Deliver its AI Agents to U.S. Customers - Cognizant Begins Work on 8,000 Seat Visakhapatnam Campus
Cognizant has begun work on an 8,000 seat campus in Visakhapatnam and opened an interim techfin centre that can host 1000 associates, marking its largest expansion move in Andhra Pradesh. The ceremony took place in… Read more: Cognizant Begins Work on 8,000 Seat Visakhapatnam Campus - The Top 13 Companies NVIDIA Bet Billions On in 2025
2025 was a breakout year for NVIDIA. The company became the first ever to hit the $5-trillion market cap, cementing its role as the backbone of the global AI infrastructure boom. This year, NVIDIA expanded… Read more: The Top 13 Companies NVIDIA Bet Billions On in 2025 - US Leads Pax Silica Initiative to Secure Global Silicon Supply Chain
The United States and eight partner countries have launched the Pax Silica Initiative to build a secure and innovation-driven global silicon and AI supply chain. The initiative brings together Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands,… Read more: US Leads Pax Silica Initiative to Secure Global Silicon Supply Chain - Nerve injuries can trigger hidden immune changes throughout the entire body
Researchers discovered that nerve injuries can alter the immune system throughout the body, and males and females react very differently. Male mice showed strong inflammatory responses, while females showed none, yet both transmitted pain-inducing signals… Read more: Nerve injuries can trigger hidden immune changes throughout the entire body - New fossils in Qatar reveal a tiny sea cow hidden for 21 million years
Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 million years ago. The site contains the densest known collection of fossil sea cow… Read more: New fossils in Qatar reveal a tiny sea cow hidden for 21 million years - Ritten Announces $35M Series B Investment Led by Five Elms Capital
Ritten, a leading AI-powered system of record for behavioral health providers, today announced a $35 million USD Series B funding round led by Five Elms Capital with participation from existing investors Threshold Ventures, 8VC, Bienville Capital, and… Read more: Ritten Announces $35M Series B Investment Led by Five Elms Capital - A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide
A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary Islands. Key reef-grazing species are reaching historic lows, and their ability to reproduce has nearly halted in… Read more: A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide - Atomicwork Releases Its State of AI in IT 2026 Report
Atomicwork, the leading AI native ITSM platform, today released the third edition of its annual State of AI in IT report, produced in collaboration with leading industry analysts ITSM.tools. This year’s findings show a major… Read more: Atomicwork Releases Its State of AI in IT 2026 Report - SecurityPal AI Launches Concierge Agents™
SecurityPal AI, the Assurance Management Platform (AMP) used by leading high-growth companies and Fortune 500s, announced the launch of their Concierge Agents, beginning with “Libby”, the Knowledge Librarian. Libby is the first of 10 highly… Read more: SecurityPal AI Launches Concierge Agents™ - Microsoft’s Copilot usage analysis exposes the 2 am philosophy question phenomenon
F. Scott Fitzgerald once observed that “in a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o’clock in the morning.” Microsoft’s latest Copilot usage analysis suggests this nocturnal tendency toward existential contemplation persists in the… Read more: Microsoft’s Copilot usage analysis exposes the 2 am philosophy question phenomenon - Survey: Agentic Analytics, AI Decision-Making Lead 2026 Priorities
70% cite siloed data and weak governance as the main obstacles to maximizing the benefits of AI according to Dremio’s 2026 State of the Data Lakehouse & AI Report Release Highlights: 65% of organizations said… Read more: Survey: Agentic Analytics, AI Decision-Making Lead 2026 Priorities - Thoughtworks India CTO Warns Against the Naive Rush to Turn APIs into MCP Servers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping enterprise technology far beyond algorithms. While AI adoption is accelerating across enterprises, the rush to embed agents into every workflow has introduced a new wave of technical missteps. The AI… Read more: Thoughtworks India CTO Warns Against the Naive Rush to Turn APIs into MCP Servers - All Maharashtra Police Stations to Get Microsoft-Powered AI Cybercrime Tool
At the Microsoft AI Tour held in Mumbai on December 12, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced MahaCrimeOS AI, a platform that offers AI tools to fight cybercrime. The platform, powered by Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure,… Read more: All Maharashtra Police Stations to Get Microsoft-Powered AI Cybercrime Tool - Human-in-the-Loop Is Out, Agent-in-the-Loop Is In
Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India are entering a defining moment in their evolution. For years, they operated on human-driven models where people performed the critical steps and technology supported them. This aligns with the… Read more: Human-in-the-Loop Is Out, Agent-in-the-Loop Is In - Broadcom Reveals $21 Billion Google TPUs Order from Anthropic
Broadcom disclosed during its Q4 2025 earnings call that it received a $10 billion order in the previous quarter to supply Google’s latest Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) to Anthropic. “In Q4, we received an additional… Read more: Broadcom Reveals $21 Billion Google TPUs Order from Anthropic - Trump Cracks Down on State AI Regulations, Launches National Policy Push
United States President Donald Trump, on December 11, signed an executive order aimed at curbing state-level AI regulations and accelerating the creation of a unified federal framework. The order, titled Ensuring a National Policy Framework… Read more: Trump Cracks Down on State AI Regulations, Launches National Policy Push - CAMB.AI, Kompact AI by Ziroh Labs to Optimise Voice Synthesis LLMs for CPUs
CAMB.AI, a global multilingual voice translation company, has partnered with Kompact AI, Bengaluru-based deep tech Ziroh Labs’ CPU-first AI platform. With the partnership. CAMB.AI aims to run its multilingual voice and translation models on regular… Read more: CAMB.AI, Kompact AI by Ziroh Labs to Optimise Voice Synthesis LLMs for CPUs - AI Software Delivery Platform Harness Raises $240 Mn in Series E Led by Goldman Sachs
Harness, the AI-powered software delivery platform, has raised $240 million in a Series E financing round. The funding includes a $200 million investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives and a planned $40 million tender offer involving… Read more: AI Software Delivery Platform Harness Raises $240 Mn in Series E Led by Goldman Sachs - New method improves the reliability of statistical estimations
Let’s say an environmental scientist is studying whether exposure to air pollution is associated with lower birth weights in a particular county. They might train a machine-learning model to estimate the magnitude of this association,… Read more: New method improves the reliability of statistical estimations - ‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice – podcast
Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to… Read more: ‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice – podcast - Time Names AI’s Power Brokers as 2025 Person of the Year
Time Magazine has named the “architects of artificial intelligence” as its 2025 Person of the Year, marking only the second time the title has gone to a technology rather than an individual. The choice reflects… Read more: Time Names AI’s Power Brokers as 2025 Person of the Year - Enterprises Won’t Choose Sovereign Models For Patriotism’s Sake
The IndiaAI Mission enters its second year with the long-awaited promise that its first wave of sovereign models will finally arrive. Twelve firms are now at work on everything from bilingual LLMs to speech and… Read more: Enterprises Won’t Choose Sovereign Models For Patriotism’s Sake - OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2, Calls It Most Capable Model for Professional Work
After escalating a ‘Code Red’ warning last week to fix ChatGPT’s deteriorating user experience, OpenAI has launched a new model in response to Google’s Gemini 3. The AI giant has released GPT-5.2, a new frontier… Read more: OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2, Calls It Most Capable Model for Professional Work - Google’s New Deep Research Agent Scores SoTA Results on Benchmarks
Google has announced the Gemini Deep Research agent, which is based on the Gemini 3 Pro model via the interactions API. This helps developers integrate autonomous research capabilities within their applications. “By scaling multi-step reinforcement… Read more: Google’s New Deep Research Agent Scores SoTA Results on Benchmarks - Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles for you
Back in 2016, after six-and-a-half years spent working on puzzle-adventure opus The Witness, Jonathan Blow says he needed a break. He tells Ars that the project he started in The Witness’ wake was meant to serve… Read more: Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles for you - Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announced as a KOTOR spiritual successor
Over two decades after the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, a new project described as a “spiritual successor” to that seminal RPG series was announced at The Game Awards Thursday… Read more: Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announced as a KOTOR spiritual successor - AI the main suspect after radio stations wrongly identify reporter as alleged violent offender | Weekly Beast
Southern Cross Austereo investigate how Adelaide Advertiser journalist was wrongly named. Plus: awkward timing for ABC crime podcast Want to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter… Read more: AI the main suspect after radio stations wrongly identify reporter as alleged violent offender | Weekly Beast - Trump signs executive order blocking states from regulating AI
Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose ‘sole responsibility’ will be challenging states’ AI laws Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that seeks to halt any laws limiting artificial… Read more: Trump signs executive order blocking states from regulating AI - Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws
The order creates an Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws, and directs the Commerce Department to pull future broadband funding from states that pass “onerous” legislation. - Instead of fixing WoW’s new floating house exploit, Blizzard makes it official
Long-time World of Warcraft players have been waiting 21 years for the new in-game housing features that Blizzard officially announced last year and which launched in early access last week. Shortly after that launch, though,… Read more: Instead of fixing WoW’s new floating house exploit, Blizzard makes it official - GPT-5.2 first impressions: a powerful update, especially for business tasks and workflows
OpenAI has officially released GPT-5.2, and the reactions from early testers — among whom OpenAI seeded the model several days prior to public release, in some cases weeks ago — paints a two toned picture:… Read more: GPT-5.2 first impressions: a powerful update, especially for business tasks and workflows - With GWM-1 family of “world models,” Runway shows ambitions beyond Hollywood
AI company Runway has announced what it calls its first world model, GWM-1. It’s a significant step in a new direction for a company that has made its name primarily on video generation, and it’s… Read more: With GWM-1 family of “world models,” Runway shows ambitions beyond Hollywood - Elon Musk teams with El Salvador to bring Grok chatbot to public schools
President Nayib Bukele entrusting chatbot known for calling itself ‘MechaHitler’ to create ‘AI-powered’ curricula Elon Musk is partnering with the government of El Salvador to bring his artificial intelligence company’s chatbot, Grok, to more than… Read more: Elon Musk teams with El Salvador to bring Grok chatbot to public schools - Disney wants you to AI-generate yourself into your favorite Marvel movie
The media company is investing $1bn in OpenAI – and allowing its characters to be used in generated videos Users of OpenAI’s video generation app will soon be able to see their own faces alongside… Read more: Disney wants you to AI-generate yourself into your favorite Marvel movie - Please Enjoy Laughing at the Prediction Markets, in Full Meltdown, After Time’s “Person of the Year” Reveal
Just as many had predicted, Time magazine once again took some liberties with its annual “Person of the Year” issue. Besides blocking users from reading its website with an AI chatbot, the magazine anointed the… Read more: Please Enjoy Laughing at the Prediction Markets, in Full Meltdown, After Time’s “Person of the Year” Reveal
