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Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro’s Capture
From seemingly AI-generated videos to the recirculation of old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading posts in the wake of the US invasion...
Even AI has trouble figuring out if text was written by AI
There are several methods for detecting whether a piece of text was written by AI. They all have limitations – and probably always will.
How Artificial Intelligence can help find new heart treatments
The researchers say the technology could eventually support more personalised care, allowing treatments to be better matched to how an individual’s heart is functioning.
The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT Disagrees
Some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news. Others decidedly don’t.
In the AI Slop Era, Instagram’s CEO Says New Tools Are Needed to Support ‘Authentic’ Creators
The Instagram boss said it might be easier to ‘fingerprint’ and verify the real media rather than the AI-created content, and promised new creative tools to help human creators compete with...
Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments
Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 100 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor’s largest investments.
Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei on spending less than competitors, keeping AI safe and a possible IPO
Anthropic is taking a disciplined approach to spending and algorithmic efficiency while rival OpenAI makes $1.4 trillion in headline compute commitments. Anthropic co-founder and president Daniela Amodei speaks with CNBC’s...
Apple @ Work: New survey shows why the Mac is becoming the most sustainable device in the enterprise
3. The 2026 Mac Admin Survey reveals longer Mac lifecycles, more security pressure, and a growing reliance on AI inside Apple IT.
Alaska’s court system built an AI chatbot. It didn’t go smoothly.
A yearlong effort to build an AI probate assistant reveals the limits of government chatbot development.
White House AI Action Plan: Policy Changes Since July
6 months after the White House AI Action Plan’s release, agencies are advancing AI strategies, procurement rules and federal governance guidance.
Algorized and KUKA Redefine Robot Safety at CES 2026: The First Robot with “Intuition”
/PRNewswire/ — Algorized, the pioneer in people-sensing foundational models, and KUKA, one of the global leaders in intelligent automation, are introducing a…
Artificial intelligence for breast cancer management
Communications Medicine – Chua et al., discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming breast cancer care by improving detection, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment planning, and patient recovery…
I Ran an AI Misinformation Experiment. Every Marketer Should See the Results
I built a fake brand and tricked 8 AI search engines for 2 months. The results show how any real brand can be poisoned, and how to fight back.
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition
Tech companies looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly being voted down.
China’s robot sports craze could eventually put humanoids in homes
On the outskirts of Beijing, young Chinese entrepreneur Cheng Hao sits on an indoor soccer pitch – but this turf isn’t for humans. It’s where engineers working for his start-up,...
Top AI Chatbots for Business in 2026: Tools, Use Cases & Benefits
Explore the leading AI chatbot tools for businesses in 2026. Learn how ChatGPT, IBM Watsonx, Drift, and more drive customer support, HR, and workflow automation.
China takes confident strides to develop more AI innovation in 2026
‘China’s tech innovation is poised for policy-driven growth in 2026, with AI placed at the centre of the country’s economic agenda,’ NYU’s Winston Ma says.
How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor’s CEO
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody discusses how his startup became a $10B middleman in AI’s data gold rush, on the Equity podcast.
In China, AI is finding deadly tumors that doctors might miss
Alibaba said the US Food and Drug Administration had granted the AI detection model “breakthrough device” status, meaning that its review would be expedited to help it get to market.
LMCache: An Efficient KV Cache Layer for Enterprise-Scale LLM Inference
KV cache has traditionally been stored in GPU memory to accelerate the decoding phase of large language model (LLM) inference. However, it is increasingly necessary to move KV caches outside...
Woman felt ‘dehumanised’ after Musk’s Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes
The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.
AP report: Rise of deepfake cyberbullying poses a growing problem for schools
Schools are facing a growing problem of students using artificial intelligence to transform innocent images of classmates into sexually explicit deepfakes. Here are key takeaways from AP’s story on the rise of AI-generated nude...
Silicon Valley funding boosts construction robotics
On Dec. 16 last year, local time, at robot startup Dusty Robotics in Mountain View near Silicon Val…
Schaeffler and NEURA commit to humanoid robots
Schaeffler and NEURA Robotics team up to scale humanoid robots and bring physical AI to industrial factories in Germany and around the world.
GitHub – nicolasahar/morphic-programming: First principles for 10x productivity with AI agents like Claude Code. Star for updates. Covers: morphability, abstraction, recursion, consistency, reproducibility, complexity limits, E2E autonomy, and more
First principles for 10x productivity with AI agents like Claude Code. Star for updates. Covers: morphability, abstraction, recursion, consistency, reproducibility, complexity limits, E2E autonomy,…
Fiserv, Mastercard Expand Partnership to Enable AI-Initiated Commerce
Fiserv and Mastercard expanded their partnership to support agentic commerce, as payments companies move to establish how artificial intelligence systems
The Hidden Dangers of AI-Driven Mental Health Care
Over 5 million young adults use AI for mental health services. Research suggests that these technologies pose serious dangers when deployed without appropriate safeguards.
S&P 500 Could Rally for 4 Straight Years. These Are the Odds.
Bears who see a bubble are confronting the argument that earnings growth linked to artificial intelligence could send the S&P 500 higher
AI is Driving Demand for Seagate, Western Digital, and Micron Technology. Can the Boom Last?
The big three memory makers have long suffered from booms and busts. Now they’re recipients of one of the biggest surges in demand yet. Wall Street thinks they have room...
How DeepSeek’s new way to train advanced AI models could disrupt everything
The Chinese AI lab may have just found a way to train advanced LLMs in a manner that’s practical and scalable, even for more cash-strapped developers.
CES 2026: Schaeffler shows motion technology portfolio for the industry of the future
• Schaeffler presents innovative solutions for humanoids, energy generation and autonomous handling systems • Highlights: actuators for humanoid robots, high-performance bearing solutions for energy generation, and autonomous material handling solutions...
Elon Musk’s Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard ‘lapses’
Elon Musk’s Grok AI has been allowing users to transform photographs of woman and children into nude and compromising images.
How AI defined the political chaos of 2025
Artificial intelligence influenced nearly every aspect of politics in 2025, from campaign tactics to global diplomacy, Josh Marcus reports
Google Pushes AI Onto Devices
For much of the past decade, artificial intelligence has been concentrated in the cloud. Large models trained and run in centralized data centers have
Fighting Fire with Fire: Scalable Oral Exams with an ElevenLabs Voice AI Agent
It all started with cold calling. In our new “AI/ML Product Management” class, the “pre-case” submissions (short assignments meant to prep…
How multi-AI agents can improve clinical decision support
At HIMSS26, Dr. Nathan Moore of the BJC Accountable Care Organization will show how health systems can move beyond chatbots toward safely deploying AI that takes action in complex workflows...