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As AI Companions Reshape Teen Life, Neurodivergent Youth Deserve a Voice
Noah Weinberger makes the case for including youth and neurodivergent voices to shape safe, ethical AI companions.
Airtel’s Anti-Fraud Solution Reduces Financial Losses for Customers by Nearly 69 Percent: Study
Bharti Airtel’s AI-powered fraud detection has reduced financial losses by 68.7 percent and cut cybercrime incidents by 14.3 percent, according to I4C data.
How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing emergency medicine
In emergency medicine, AI has gained traction not only in clinical decision support but also in digital twin modeling of patients, predictive analytics for emergency department flow, and integration with...
Google opens new UK data centre
Google has spun up a new data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, which is part of a two-year £5 billion investment into the UK.
How AI-trained robots are helping to root out fake paintings tied to a notorious forgery case
The Norval AI tool is being used to determine the authenticity of works alleged to by the Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau
Millions turn to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confession
Bible Chat hits 30 million downloads as users seek algorithmic absolution.
Meta Connect 2025: AI-powered smart glasses take center stage
Analysts and investors will be watching how the public responds to Meta’s big bet on smart glasses during its Connect event.
Agentic AI at Scale: Redefining Management for a Superhuman Workforce | MIT Sloan Management Review
Experts debate if implementing agentic AI demands new management approaches.
Organic photovoltaic prediction model based on Bayesian optimization and explainable AI
Scientific Reports – Organic photovoltaic prediction model based on Bayesian optimization and explainable AI
Reykdal seeks $10 million AI pilot as test gaps persist in WA schools
Washington’s top K-12 official is asking lawmakers to bankroll a statewide push to bring artificial intelligence tools and training into classrooms in 2026.
BMO Financial Group: Measuring How Well Humans and AI Interact
The future of finance will be shaped by those who lead in defining and measuring the human-AI relationship. BMO is starting that conversation. Now, we invite others to join us.
Defense at scale: How agentic AI secures without extra headcount
In the AI cyber arms race, big security teams won’t save you — autonomous agents just might.
Dyna Robotics gains $120m in Series A round for robotic model development
Dyna Robotics has raised $120m in a Series A funding round led by Robostrategy, CRV, and First Round Capital to accelerate development of its next-generation foundation model.
Google terminates 200 AI contractors — ‘ramp-down’ blamed, but workers claim questions over pay and job insecurity are the real reason behind layoffs
Some believe they were let go because of complaints over working conditions and compensation.
Meta to debut costlier smart glasses with display at annual Connect event
Meta is expected to double down on AI-powered augmented reality products with new smart glasses at its annual Connect event on Wednesday, even as the company faces scrutiny over its...
Matthew Prince Wants AI Companies to Pay for Their Sins
The Cloudflare CEO joined ‘The Big Interview’ to talk about standing up to content scraping, the internet’s potential futures, and his company’s relationship to Trump.
Commission collects feedback to simplify rules on data, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence in the upcoming Digital Omnibus
The European Commission has opened a call for evidence to collect research and best practices on how to simplify its legislation in the upcoming Digital Omnibus, especially when it comes...
Nothing is launching first ‘AI-native devices’ next year
The London-based startup is building its own AI-centric OS to power devices like robots, EVs, smart glasses and “whatever comes next.”
How boring Oracle became cool again
In the late 1970s, a startup founded by Larry Ellison and two fellow computer programmers got a big break in the form of a CIA contract to build a database...
Anthropic presses lawmakers on AI’s economic impact
CEO Dario Amodei said elected leaders ‘need to start thinking about’ AI-driven job losses.
What Exactly Are A.I. Companies Trying to Build? Here’s a Guide.
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and OpenAI plan to spend at least $325 billion by the end of the year in pursuit of A.I. We explain why they’re doing it.
Tencent pushes adoption of Chinese AI chips as mainland cuts reliance on Nvidia
The firm fully supports domestic chips in its AI computing infrastructure, according to Tencent Cloud president Qiu Yuepeng.
The looming crackdown on AI companionship
The risks posed when kids form bonds with chatbots have turned AI safety from an abstract worry into a political flashpoint. What happens now?
Arcanis Launches AI Platform to Streamline VC Deep Decision Research
Arcanis (arcanis.com) today announced its launch as an AI-powered “deep decision research” solution for growth and late-stage VC markets, adding a transparent AI trust layer through meeting standardized criteria for...
Dyna Robotics Raises $120M in Series A Funding
Dyna Robotics, a Redwood City, CA-based company developing embodied AI robots, raised $120M in Series A funding
China will reach technological parity ‘with or without’ the U.S.: Ex-Nvidia executive
Jeff Herbst of GFT Ventures says Nvidia ‘will be fine’ even if it does not sell to China. Regardless, he believes it is better for the world to work together...
InternScenes: A Large-scale Simulatable Indoor Scene Dataset with…
The advancement of Embodied AI heavily relies on large-scale, simulatable 3D scene datasets characterized by scene diversity and realistic layouts. However, existing datasets typically suffer from…
UI-S1: Advancing GUI Automation via Semi-online Reinforcement Learning
Graphical User Interface (GUI) agents have demonstrated remarkable progress in automating complex user interface interactions through reinforcement learning. However, current approaches face a…
Interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky on Rationality and Systematic Misunderstanding of AI Alignment
My interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky for If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies launch week is out!
Here’s your first look at Samsung Health’s new AI-powered fitness assistant (APK teardown)
Samsung will soon launch a new AI-powered health assistant in the Samsung Health app. Here’s how it will help you track your fitness goals.
Top UK artists urge Starmer to protect their work on eve of Trump visit
Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Elton John among creatives arguing that Labour’s AI proposals could result in ‘an artist’s life work to be stolen’
OpenAI enters humanoid robotics race, setting stage for clash with Tesla
OpenAI is said to be focusing on systems that can learn through advanced teleoperation methods and virtual simulation environments.
Nothing closes $200M Series C led by Tiger Global, plans AI-first device launch
Carl Pei’s Nothing is raising $200 million in a Series C round from Tiger Global at a $1.3 billion valuation.
Japan set to subsidise NEC to help buy subsea cable-laying ships
Support for country’s leading undersea cable provider seen as national security issue as demand grows for more data links to power AI
Google-owner reveals £5bn AI investment in UK ahead of Trump visit
Google’s President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat tells the BBC there are “profound opportunities in the UK”.
‘I love you too!’ My family’s creepy, unsettling week with an AI toy
The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted...
‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI...
Ohio brings on artificial intelligence chatbot app to help fight crime, terrorism
Ohio Homeland Security has a new app that allows people to submit information about potential criminal activity.
10 Ways to Guard Against Algorithmic Bias and AI Narcissism
The future belongs not to those who can best mimic AI nor those who avoid it, but to those who can dance with natural and artificial forms of intelligence.
How Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing Emergency Medicine
From triage algorithms to digital twins, artificial intelligence is reshaping emergency care, delivering faster decisions, smarter workflows, and raising vital questions about trust, transparency, and regulation.