
- OpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast Margin
Even as the AI bubble becomes a mainstream talking point on Wall Street, tech companies continue to peddle the fantasy that AI is poised to become an almost magical money-maker. Case in point, OpenAI wants… Read more: OpenAI Appears to Be Missing Its Sales Goals by a Vast Margin - Nebius Raises $775M to Expand Global AI Infrastructure
Senior secured debt backed by GPU infrastructure and contracted cash flows Demonstrates ability to fund growth at attractive terms Repeatable financing framework for more than $40 billion of additional customer commitments Nebius Group N.V. (Nasdaq:… Read more: Nebius Raises $775M to Expand Global AI Infrastructure - OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete
Last week, a Chinese-made large language model called Kimi K3, developed by Beijing-based firm Moonshot AI, burst onto the scene. The open-weight model impressed with early benchmark results, trading blows with some of the most… Read more: OpenAI Exec Laments That China Is Giving Away Models So Good That For-Profit Companies Won’t Be Able to Compete - Welcome to the age of extreme job anxiety | Zoe Williams
Young, old, midlife – whatever your age, gender or sector, the unemployment crisis is hitting us all. The only way through it is together The personal experience of long-term unemployment is one people rarely share,… Read more: Welcome to the age of extreme job anxiety | Zoe Williams - AliExpress hit with record $625M fine after failing to make EU-ordered fixes
Yesterday, the European Commission slapped AliExpress with the largest fine yet under the Digital Services Act (DSA), exceeding $625 million. In a press release, the EC said that AliExpress failed to “diligently assess and mitigate… Read more: AliExpress hit with record $625M fine after failing to make EU-ordered fixes - F1 in Belgium: The 2026 cars look pathetic on all the best racetracks
Formula 1 returned to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit for the Belgium Grand Prix this weekend. This ribbon of tarmac in the Ardennes is one of the sport’s historic venues, featuring in the first F1 season way… Read more: F1 in Belgium: The 2026 cars look pathetic on all the best racetracks - New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones
🎉 YOU’RE INVITED! 404 Media is turning three, and we’re throwing TWO separate events in NYC to celebrate: A live taping of the podcast with a special night of talks on Sept. 3, and an… Read more: New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones - There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse
For years, AI companies have been selling investors on the idea that scaling up operations is the key to success — the bigger the AI model, the more powerful it becomes. But in practice, that premise… Read more: There’s a Gigantic Problem at the Heart of the AI Industry That Could Cause the Whole Thing to Collapse - Pay up or not? Ransomware surge has victims facing tough choices
Nearly half of companies that are targets of a ransomware cyber attack end up paying a ransom to release their data or systems, according to 2025 research from cyber security group Sophos, while the median… Read more: Pay up or not? Ransomware surge has victims facing tough choices - The first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is finally here
With San Diego Comic-Con kicking off later this week, Marvel Studios has released the first official full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, the penultimate film in the MCU’s Phase Six and the end of the so-called… Read more: The first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is finally here - An ordinary laptop solved a problem thought to require a quantum computer
A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardware. Researchers used tensor networks to compress the overwhelming wave function created by hundreds of entangled qubits, allowing… Read more: An ordinary laptop solved a problem thought to require a quantum computer - Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Scientists restore two hours of sleep without clearing brain plaques
Researchers have uncovered a surprising culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: the brain’s own immune cells. In mice with amyloid plaques, overactive microglia triggered inflammation that kept the brain from getting enough deep, restorative… Read more: Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Scientists restore two hours of sleep without clearing brain plaques - Some dinosaurs could rise like giants until they grew too big
Two elephant-sized South American sauropods were unusually well built for standing on their hind legs. Digital tests showed that their robust femurs handled the enormous forces better than those of larger species, especially while the… Read more: Some dinosaurs could rise like giants until they grew too big - Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic
In June 2025, 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison died after after walking into oncoming traffic in the early hours of the morning. Now her family is suing OpenAI, arguing that ChatGPT stoked Madison’s grandiose religious delusions… Read more: Lawsuit Alleges That ChatGPT Encouraged Suicide of Woman Who Walked Into Traffic - Know How AI Platforms See Your Brand with BeeSeen for Life for $99.99
Improve your brand’s visibility and overall GEO with a lifetime subscription to BeeSeen for almost $400 less. The post Know How AI Platforms See Your Brand with BeeSeen for Life for $99.99 appeared first on… Read more: Know How AI Platforms See Your Brand with BeeSeen for Life for $99.99 - Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness
There are a lot of AI coding applications out there, and as impressive as large language models and the agents they enable have become, many of the most recent developments in AI-assisted development have been… Read more: Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness - Emdoor Unveils “Ailyn” AI Hub at WAIC 2026
Emdoor, a leading provider of intelligent computing devices, unveiled its latest innovation — Ailyn, an integrated software-hardware AI hub — at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026. Under the theme “Intelligence in All Things,… Read more: Emdoor Unveils “Ailyn” AI Hub at WAIC 2026 - GAPVelocity AI Announced the Launch of VELO for PowerBuilder
New capability, built on Microsoft Foundry, delivers fully modernized Blazor applications up to 20x faster and at 60% lower cost than a manual rewrite GAPVelocity AI, the AI modernization business unit of Growth Acceleration Partners, today… Read more: GAPVelocity AI Announced the Launch of VELO for PowerBuilder - Global Survey: Clinicians Turn to AI for Medical Documentation
New report finds 83% of clinicians adopted AI while workplace guidance and governance frameworks were still being developed. A survey of 1,823 clinicians across 25 countries has found healthcare professionals are adopting AI faster than… Read more: Global Survey: Clinicians Turn to AI for Medical Documentation - LatentView Analytics Appoints Sonal Ramrakhiani as CEO
Seasoned technology and growth leader to drive LatentView’s next chapter; Rajan Sethuraman continues as Strategic Advisor to CEO to ensure seamless leadership transition. Latent View Analytics Limited (BSE: 543542 | NSE: LATENTVIEW), an AI-driven analytics,… Read more: LatentView Analytics Appoints Sonal Ramrakhiani as CEO - US public health agencies to test OpenAI and Anthropic AI models
Public health departments across the United States will test generative AI tools under a new programme involving the Coalition for Health AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Accenture. The Public Health Use Case and Learning Scaling Engine,… Read more: US public health agencies to test OpenAI and Anthropic AI models - Truyo Announced the Introduction of Truyo Trust
Certification warranty program provides financial protection for qualified customers across privacy compliance and AI governance solutions Truyo, the leader in managing AI compliance and risk, today announced the launch of Truyo Warranty Certification Program, a new… Read more: Truyo Announced the Introduction of Truyo Trust - Agility Opens New Fremont Facility to Boost Physical AI Development
Bay Area facility will advance the AI technologies that enable its humanoid robot, Digit, to learn new skills, supporting expanded capabilities across commercial deployments. Agility, a leading humanoid robotics and Physical AI company, today announced… Read more: Agility Opens New Fremont Facility to Boost Physical AI Development - Alterion Announced the Launch of Draco
New platform gives security, risk, and compliance leaders real-time visibility, governance, and enforced control over autonomous AI agents—without code changes or vendor lock-in. Alterion, an enterprise platform for governing AI agents in production, announced today… Read more: Alterion Announced the Launch of Draco - XTIUM Earns Spot on 2026 MSP 501 Top 25 Again
Industry Benchmark Recognizes Providers Delivering Exceptional Growth, Innovation, and Customer Value XTIUM, a global AI-enabled managed services provider delivering secure digital workplaces, managed security, cloud, network, and unified communications solutions, has earned a coveted spot… Read more: XTIUM Earns Spot on 2026 MSP 501 Top 25 Again - Kimi K3 open-weight model: China’s biggest AI is a bet on memory, not compute
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 open-weight model has been read almost entirely through its parameter count since it launchedon July 16. At 2.8 trillion parameters, it is the largest open-weight model released to date. Model sizes are… Read more: Kimi K3 open-weight model: China’s biggest AI is a bet on memory, not compute - Metropolis Appoints Three New Advisors
Business, civic, and national security leaders join as Metropolis scales its AI-powered infrastructure for the Recognition Economy Metropolis Technologies, Inc. (“Metropolis”), the leader in applied AI for the real world, today announced the appointment of… Read more: Metropolis Appoints Three New Advisors - Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI
Company aims to develop AI software that cuts research times and use of rare metals in chipmakers’ supply chains Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, and the UK government have invested in a £2bn British artificial intelligence… Read more: Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI - Whale Secures $40M Series C3 Extension
With its Series C now reaching $100 million, Whale, a global enterprise AI company, today announced a $40 million extension as it scales its global enterprise AI deployments. The round was led by CMB International (via… Read more: Whale Secures $40M Series C3 Extension - Denodo Platform 9.5 Powers Agentic AI With Active Context
Latest release strengthens trusted enterprise context for AI, analytics, and data sharing Denodo, the AI data layer company, announced the availability of Denodo Platform 9.5, advancing its role in providing active context for agentic AI, analytics, and self-service data delivery.… Read more: Denodo Platform 9.5 Powers Agentic AI With Active Context - Stop policing AI in the classroom, start teaching it
When handheld calculators entered classrooms in the 1970s, critics sounded the alarm on a wave of math illiteracy. With the internet, the panic shifted to the death of reading. Yet, neither apocalypse happened. Instead, education… Read more: Stop policing AI in the classroom, start teaching it - Al-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk
Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists For many birdwatchers, recording a species outside its normal range is the holy grail. In the… Read more: Al-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk - India’s first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch
Indian space officials celebrated the debut flight of Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket, India’s first fully commercial satellite launcher, as a “grand success” Saturday after an on-target climb into a 280-mile-high orbit following liftoff from an… Read more: India’s first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch - New trial of AI-powered traffic lights will be a test for who gets priority on public roads
Later this year, a Queensland council will trial Australia’s first traffic light system powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The new traffic technology will be trialled by the City of Moreton Bay at the intersection of… Read more: New trial of AI-powered traffic lights will be a test for who gets priority on public roads - The mysterious hum heard around the world may finally have an explanation
The mysterious sound known as The Hum has been reported worldwide for decades, yet its source often remains impossible to find. Researchers tested whether people who hear it have exceptional low-frequency hearing or measurable sounds… Read more: The mysterious hum heard around the world may finally have an explanation - A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the origins of life
Researchers have created cosmic dust from scratch by recreating space-like conditions inside glass tubes. The dust contains complex carbon-rich molecules built from elements essential to life and produces infrared signals similar to real material found… Read more: A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the origins of life - New AI blood test predicts heart disease 15 years early
A new AI-powered blood test could give people a remarkably early warning of serious heart and circulation problems. Developed by researchers at the University of Hong Kong, CardiOmicScore analyzes thousands of proteins and metabolites to… Read more: New AI blood test predicts heart disease 15 years early - AI job worries grow. But some human skills can’t be replaced by machines | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough
The fear of becoming obsolete is a rising source of anxiety as artificial intelligence emerges in the workplace. Staying strongly connected with others will help The modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental… Read more: AI job worries grow. But some human skills can’t be replaced by machines | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough - Spotify Doubles Down on AI Slop As It’s Being Flooded With It
Spotify, like pretty much every other digital platform, has been grappling with a torrent of low-quality AI-generated content flooding its streaming service. The deluge has resulted in cheap-and-fast AI-generated music infiltrating algorithmic playlists and even… Read more: Spotify Doubles Down on AI Slop As It’s Being Flooded With It - Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid
As the public backlash to AI data centers continues to escalate, activists are resorting to extreme measures to send home an important message. The growing concern over environmentally damaging, yet rapidly growing, data centers has… Read more: Climate Activists Pelt Microsoft Data Center With Balloons Full of Acid - As mosquito ranges expand, better monitoring is key to preventing disease
With summer heat comes pool parties, beach days, backyard cookouts, and, of course, swarms of bloodthirsty mosquitoes. But while insect bites have always been a side effect of time spent outdoors, the species doing the… Read more: As mosquito ranges expand, better monitoring is key to preventing disease - China Is Cracking Down on AI Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born
China wants more children — and it’s willing to kill off virtual AI companions to get there. Earlier this week, the Chinese government implemented sweeping new regulations aimed at curbing human “emotional dependence” on AI… Read more: China Is Cracking Down on AI Companions Because Not Enough Babies Are Being Born - Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules
New national plan accompanied by Labor push for digital duty of care legislation Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The use of AI in automated decision-making by government departments and… Read more: Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules - Could AI be conscious?
Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications In January, the AI company Anthropic published a new constitution for Claude, its most advanced large language model (LLM),… Read more: Could AI be conscious? - “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” Will Use AI to De-Age Actors
“The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum,” will de-age actors using AI, the actor and director Andy Serkis confirmed to Variety. “There’s a little bit of de-aging for some of the characters and… Read more: “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” Will Use AI to De-Age Actors - Scientists just discovered a lost branch of Australia’s marsupials
Fossils from Queensland suggest a newly recognized marsupial order may have survived in Australia for around 35 million years, rewriting part of the story of how the continent’s unique mammals evolved. The discovery challenges the… Read more: Scientists just discovered a lost branch of Australia’s marsupials - Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification
New laws would give Vcat power to force social and AI platforms to identify anonymous users in move premier says will protect children Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Social… Read more: Victoria announces new social media ‘demasking’ powers for accounts accused of vilification - Scientists identify the rare meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was likely an exceptionally rare CO chondrite from a distant region of the solar system. Its unusual chemistry suggests that planet-cooling dust and debris, rather than sulfur inside… Read more: Scientists identify the rare meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago - Common antidepressant may ease long COVID’s crushing fatigue
A low-cost antidepressant may offer new hope for people struggling with long COVID fatigue. In a randomized clinical trial involving 399 adults, fluvoxamine significantly reduced fatigue and improved quality of life compared with a placebo,… Read more: Common antidepressant may ease long COVID’s crushing fatigue - New York Mets reject concerns over in-game AI use after Ottavino claims
Green says Mets follow all MLB AI guidelines Ottavino alleges club used AI for pitch decisions MLB recently restricted dugout iPad functions New York Mets interim manager Andy Green said the club is fully compliant… Read more: New York Mets reject concerns over in-game AI use after Ottavino claims - Albanese’s AI speech was a good start. Now Australia must confront these bigger questions | Julianne Schultz
The PM’s vision must look beyond datacentres and copyright to questions of capability, security and public benefit Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Every new technology has a tipping point,… Read more: Albanese’s AI speech was a good start. Now Australia must confront these bigger questions | Julianne Schultz - ANU accused of ‘hysterical’ response to students using AI to cheat as unis scramble to ‘secure’ assessments
Australia risks ‘shipping’ intellectual capability overseas if educational rigour not restored, experts warn Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An academic at the Australian National University has accused it of… Read more: ANU accused of ‘hysterical’ response to students using AI to cheat as unis scramble to ‘secure’ assessments - Popular sugar substitutes linked to faster brain aging
Several popular sugar substitutes may not be as harmless as they seem. Adults who consumed the most artificial sweeteners showed substantially faster declines in memory and thinking, especially if they were under 60 or had… Read more: Popular sugar substitutes linked to faster brain aging - NASA’s James Webb catches a supermassive black hole feeding
JWST has captured unusually detailed images of gas feeding the supermassive black hole at the center of NGC 4696. A vast filament appears to funnel material into an 800-light-year-wide spinning disk, where gas races around… Read more: NASA’s James Webb catches a supermassive black hole feeding - Earth’s biggest volcanic event transformed an entire oceanic plate
Seismic waves have revealed that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau was dramatically transformed by the colossal volcanic activity that created it more than 100 million years ago. Researchers found a complex structure… Read more: Earth’s biggest volcanic event transformed an entire oceanic plate - A shattered asteroid may have bombarded Earth 800 million years ago
A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The debris was launched from near a gravitational gateway controlled by Jupiter, sending… Read more: A shattered asteroid may have bombarded Earth 800 million years ago - Top Meta Exec Describes Controversial Facial Recognition Feature in Detail After the Company Claimed It Didn’t Exist
Meta executives claimed that a controversial facial recognition feature didn’t “exist.” Fast forward a few weeks later, and they’re describing the feature in public — and in detail. In June, a Wired investigation revealed that Meta… Read more: Top Meta Exec Describes Controversial Facial Recognition Feature in Detail After the Company Claimed It Didn’t Exist - Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap technology department triggers backlash
MPs and industry experts say potential reorganisation will waste time at critical moment for AI and economic growth Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap the government’s technology department has triggered an angry backlash from MPs, Whitehall… Read more: Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap technology department triggers backlash - Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse?
If you’re like me, you or a loved one has struggled through the process of gaining pre-approval for the medical care that your physician has recommended. Personal stories abound regarding the tribulations of patients as… Read more: Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse? - Data Centers Are Making Electricity Brutally Expensive for the Public
Despite a financial situation more reminiscent of a Ponzi scheme than a technological revolution, the data center boom is continuing at a rapid pace, bringing novel kinds of biological contamination, ear-splitting noise, and unprecedented levels… Read more: Data Centers Are Making Electricity Brutally Expensive for the Public - Controlling Reasoning Effort in LLMs
It has been almost two years since OpenAI released o1, a model that popularized the idea of LLM-based reasoning models. DeepSeek-R1 followed about four months later, together with details of a reinforcement learning with verifiable… Read more: Controlling Reasoning Effort in LLMs - Meta Patents Technology to Detect Your Mood by Constantly Analyzing Your Tone of Voice
Meta patented AI tech that constantly analyzes your voice and surroundings in order to detect your emotional state. Finally, exactly what we were all asking for: Meta being granted constant access to our offline lives.… Read more: Meta Patents Technology to Detect Your Mood by Constantly Analyzing Your Tone of Voice - How Google’s New Gemini Rates Work and How to Track Your Usage
Now that Google has changed how its usage quotas are tallied, you might not get as many AI responses as you did before. - Ancient Princesses Were Weapon-Wielding Badasses, Scientists Discover
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that loosed arrows, made sacrifices, prepared for battle, and took the hit. First, a bunch of ancient princesses were buried with weapons. Did they… Read more: Ancient Princesses Were Weapon-Wielding Badasses, Scientists Discover - Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
Plus: Russian cyberspies turn to infrastructure hacking, DHS repeatedly fails to realize it’d been hacked, a breach exposes an AI music generator’s scraping ways, and more. - Ancient Princesses Were Weapon-Wielding Badasses, Scientists DiscoverWelcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that loosed arrows, made sacrifices, prepared for battle, and took the hit. First, a bunch of ancient princesses were buried with weapons. Did they… Read more: Ancient Princesses Were Weapon-Wielding Badasses, Scientists Discover
- Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents
“Context bombing” tricks malicious AI agents into shutting down before they can do harm. - Moonshot AI Launches World’s Largest Open-Source Model
Moonshot AI’s 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 raises China’s open-model ambitions while posing major infrastructure and cost questio The post Moonshot AI Launches World’s Largest Open-Source Model appeared first on TechRepublic. - Microsoft’s ‘Project Perception’ Could Challenge Anthropic’s Mythos in AI Security
Microsoft is reportedly developing Project Perception, a lower-cost AI security tool that would use multiple models to identify enterprise vulnerabilities. The post Microsoft’s ‘Project Perception’ Could Challenge Anthropic’s Mythos in AI Security appeared first on… Read more: Microsoft’s ‘Project Perception’ Could Challenge Anthropic’s Mythos in AI Security - Why OpenAI Is Selling a $70 ChatGPT Basketball
OpenAI’s $70 ChatGPT basketball and premium merchandise test whether the AI company can transform its software platform into a lifestyle brand. The post Why OpenAI Is Selling a $70 ChatGPT Basketball appeared first on TechRepublic. - Taco Bell iceberg lettuce identified as source of cyclosporiasis in 5 states
Federal officials on Friday announced that shredded iceberg lettuce imported from Mexico and served at Taco Bell restaurants in five states is a source of Cyclospora, the foodborne parasite causing the nationwide surge in cases… Read more: Taco Bell iceberg lettuce identified as source of cyclosporiasis in 5 states - Hegseth wants a “High-T” military; doctors call it a clinical minefield
On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the startling announcement that the US military would begin requiring all active duty and reserve personnel aged 30 and older to undergo mandatory screening for testosterone deficiency. The… Read more: Hegseth wants a “High-T” military; doctors call it a clinical minefield - The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency hasn’t moved as fast as anyone would like
The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 to help speed up the deployment of US military space systems by sidestepping the Pentagon’s traditional sluggish bureaucracy. Seven years later, SDA is finally launching its first… Read more: The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency hasn’t moved as fast as anyone would like - Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada
As smoke from hundreds of burning wildfires spread across Canada and the United States, the first three operational satellites in the Google-backed FireSat program successfully launched into orbit. The satellites will begin providing wildfire detection… Read more: Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada - Hackers Expose How AI Music App Suno Stole Decades Worth of Copyrighted Music
A hack revealed in detail how AI music generating app Suno scraped millions of songs, likely including copyrighted ones, from across the web to feed into its AI model, 404 Media reports. Suno, which is… Read more: Hackers Expose How AI Music App Suno Stole Decades Worth of Copyrighted Music - Will Russia’s answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight?
Everyone seems to be launching and landing rockets these days. Last week, China joined the club of countries that have launched an orbital mission and brought its booster safely back to Earth, which is just… Read more: Will Russia’s answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight? - Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy
Last month, we reported on a troubling incident at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New Orleans. On June 5, five leading scientists were ousted for handing out copies of an editorial,… Read more: Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy - AI Bubble Fears Are Starting to Spill Over
Yet another domino appears to be falling as part of the Ruth Goldberg machine that will eventually pop the AI investment bubble. Earlier this month, economic forecasters were sounding the alarm that overspending on AI… Read more: AI Bubble Fears Are Starting to Spill Over - Following the questions where they lead
Ever since she was a child playing on her family’s farmland in Wisconsin, Bailey Flanigan was guided by her own selective, yet wide-ranging, curiosity. Describing her young self as spirited and a bit unruly, she… Read more: Following the questions where they lead - IntelePeer Announced the Launch of Aqurio
Company’s mission is to help organizations in complex industries operate more efficiently and scale faster by combining Agentic AI with compliance-first vertical integrations IntelePeer today announced the launch of Aqurio, an Agentic AI company purpose-built… Read more: IntelePeer Announced the Launch of Aqurio - H2O.ai Deepens Investment in Forward Deployed AI Lab in Singapore
A deeper APAC investment: a local team of forward-deployed engineers, backed by H2O.ai’s world-renowned Kaggle Grandmasters, delivering sovereign, IMDA-accredited AI to enterprise and government. H2O.ai, the sovereign enterprise AI platform spanning predictive, generative, and agentic… Read more: H2O.ai Deepens Investment in Forward Deployed AI Lab in Singapore - DataDome: AI Agent Traffic Jumps 45% in Q2
Findings reveal rapid growth in agentic traffic and a growing gap between consumption and value DataDome, the leader in bot and agent trust management, today released The AI Traffic Report Q2 2026: Agentic Traffic Surged 45%,… Read more: DataDome: AI Agent Traffic Jumps 45% in Q2 - Elon Musk’s xAI, Which is Being Sued Over AI-Generated Sexual Deepfakes, Sues Grok User Over AI-Generated Sexual Deepfakes
Elon Musk’s xAI is suing a man for using its flagship chatbot, Grok, to create nonconsensual sexual deepfakes of women and children. The Grok user, a 67-year-old in South Carolina named Terry Wayne Harwood, was arrested… Read more: Elon Musk’s xAI, Which is Being Sued Over AI-Generated Sexual Deepfakes, Sues Grok User Over AI-Generated Sexual Deepfakes - GoodVision AI to Build 100 MW AI Factory in Japan
Flagship Deployment in Fukushima Anchors Scalable, High-Performance AI Infrastructure Buildout GoodVision AI (“GoodVision”), a developer of next-generation AI compute infrastructure purpose-built for inference, today announced the establishment of its first next-generation AI Factory in Japan… Read more: GoodVision AI to Build 100 MW AI Factory in Japan - Elastic Named a Leader in Gartner Observability MQ for 2026
Elastic credits the recognition to its unified data architecture and focus on cutting the cost and complexity of observability at scale Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), the Search AI Company, today announced that Gartner®, Inc. has named it… Read more: Elastic Named a Leader in Gartner Observability MQ for 2026 - Ars is looking for a senior technology reporter, and you might be it!
If you’re a skilled writer with outsize technology chops who gets excited by the idea of taking the Ars audience with you as you go hands-on with hardware—all kinds of hardware!—then this position has your… Read more: Ars is looking for a senior technology reporter, and you might be it! - Bunkerhill raises $55M to scale agentic AI across health systems
Bunkerhill Health has raised $55 million to scale its agentic AI platform, Carebricks. The closing of the company’s Series B round, announced today, folds in continued participation from Sequoia Capital, Felicis, Optum Ventures, and Y… Read more: Bunkerhill raises $55M to scale agentic AI across health systems - San Francisco orders Apple, Google to remove nudify apps from app stores
This week, San Francisco’s attorney general, David Chiu, sent cease-and-desist letters, demanding that Apple and Google remove 13 so-called nudification apps from their app stores, Wired reported. Nudification apps can make it trivially easy to… Read more: San Francisco orders Apple, Google to remove nudify apps from app stores - You’re Invited: 404 Media’s Third Anniversary Live Podcast and Party!
404 Media is turning three years old! We’ve come a long way with your support, so let’s hang out. We’re throwing TWO separate events to celebrate: A live taping of the podcast and a special… Read more: You’re Invited: 404 Media’s Third Anniversary Live Podcast and Party! - Fubo hikes prices by $15 after restoring some NBCU channels lost in November
Fubo prices are going up by $15 per month because it will have some NBCUniversal channels again. For years, Fubo, a sports-centric vMVPD (virtual multichannel video programming distributor, which lets subscribers watch traditional TV channels… Read more: Fubo hikes prices by $15 after restoring some NBCU channels lost in November - A Chinese AI Model Just Shot to Number One on the Charts, Sending Shockwaves Through the American Tech Industry
While Wall Street was fast asleep, a Chinese-made large language model quietly leapfrogged 16 other models to become number one on the AI charts. The model is called Kimi-K3, developed by Beijing-based firm Moonshot AI.… Read more: A Chinese AI Model Just Shot to Number One on the Charts, Sending Shockwaves Through the American Tech Industry - Behind the Blog: Infinite Bowl Machine
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 AI music, slop bowls, and the endless… Read more: Behind the Blog: Infinite Bowl Machine - ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to pay data broker giant Thomson Reuters $125 million for access to its databases of personal data — which includes peoples’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, ethnicity, social… Read more: ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’ - Apple dethrones Nvidia to regain title of world’s most valuable company
Shift in pecking order illustrates that investors are reassessing outlook for artificial intelligence Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world’s most valuable company, reshuffling the top ranks of tech heavyweights as investors reassess… Read more: Apple dethrones Nvidia to regain title of world’s most valuable company - OPAQUE Joins the Linux Foundation’s Appia Foundation and AAIF
The memberships bring OPAQUE’s open AI trust standards to the industry efforts shaping how AI is verified, and autonomous agents are governed OPAQUE, the Confidential AI company, today announced it has joined two Linux Foundation… Read more: OPAQUE Joins the Linux Foundation’s Appia Foundation and AAIF - Rocket Report: India’s Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company?
Welcome to Edition 9.03 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX counted down all the way to T-0 on Thursday evening in South Texas before a handful of Raptor engines decided not to light at ignition of… Read more: Rocket Report: India’s Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company? - 2026 Lucid Gravity Touring review: A strong act 2
When Lucid introduced the Air electric sedan in late 2021, the first Air Dream Edition I tested packed over 1,100 hp (820 kW) and carried a $180,000-plus window sticker. It’s easily the most powerful street… Read more: 2026 Lucid Gravity Touring review: A strong act 2 - FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals
The rich and famous who filed into the Kennedy Center’s opera house in December were there to enjoy one of the nation’s most exclusive celebrations of the performing arts: the center’s annual honors gala. The… Read more: FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals - The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science
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