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Big Tech’s AI push is spawning a new heat economy
Amid the AI boom, hyperscalers and governments are looking for ways to repurpose excess heat from data centers. CNBC’s April Roach has been looking into how the power-hungry facilities are...
South Korea Enacts Global Milestone Of AI Safety Laws Including Covering Mental Health Impacts
South Korea enacted AI laws, becoming the first major single country to do so. I closely examine the new AI laws, showcasing the good and the bad. An AI Insider...
2 Trillion-Dollar Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks To Double Up on Right Now
Hyperscalers are expected to spend $500 billion on AI- related capital expenditures in 2026.
Amazon AI Cuts, Snap Spins Out AR, VR Content Studios Retreat
Amazon cuts jobs and shutters stores, Snap spins out AR glasses, VR studios pull back, and Apple and OpenAI prepare AI hardware, signaling a broader tech reset in 2026.
Moltbot briefly becomes the internet’s favorite AI chatbot after chaotic rebrand
The viral open‑source AI assistant survives frauds, scams, and fake memecoins in the name of personalized AI.
AI models that simulate internal debate dramatically improve accuracy on complex tasks
A new study reveals that top models like DeepSeek-R1 succeed by simulating internal debates. Here is how enterprises can harness this “society of thought” to build more robust, self-correcting agents.
Who profits from AI? Not OpenAI, says think tank
New research from Epoch AI suggests any revenue surplus from one model ‘gets outweighed’ by the expense of developing the next.
Guys, I don’t think Tim Cook knows how to monetize AI
One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you.
How AI Creates “Aha” Moments for Product Managers?
Discover how AI helps product managers uncover user insights, connect feedback to roadmaps, and turn everyday data into real “aha” moments
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock That Refuses to Stay Down
This company works closely with AI leader Nvidia.
Software is Mostly All You Need
Robust AI architectures avoid neural networks at runtime, using them at buildtime instead.
AI use in breast cancer screening cuts rate of later diagnosis by 12%, study finds
Swedish study of 100,000 women found higher rate of early detection, suggesting potential to support radiologists
My AI companions and me: Exploring the world of empathetic bots
George is an avatar on my mobile but claims to know what makes me tick.
The iPhone 17 is easing Wall Street’s concerns about Apple’s AI troubles
As Big Tech battles for dominance in artificial intelligence, Apple is flying high on the success of the iPhone.
It’s a new heyday for gas thanks to data centers
The US is now developing more gas power than China.
Reading the 2026 IT Landscape (Part 2): Insights from Japan’s Top IT Leaders
As we look ahead to 2026, corporate IT strategies are entering a decisive phase. Generative AI is no longer an experimental tool; it is becoming the backbone of business processes....
Tech stocks fall on AI spending jitters
Microsoft shares fell 10%, the company’s biggest single-day plunge since March 2020.
Apple just had a record-breaking iPhone quarter
Yet another record-breaking earnings report for Apple.
Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50 billion in OpenAI
If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.
How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path?
Anthropic’s latest paper on “user disempowerment” has some troubling findings.
Unable to Stop AI, SAG-AFTRA Mulls a Studio Tax on Digital Performers
SAG-AFTRA is considering whether to seek a contribution to a union fund every time a studio uses a synthetic performer in a film or TV show.
The Hallucination Defense
Why logs make ‘The AI Did It’ the perfect excuse
US tech stocks slide after Microsoft’s AI spending unnerves investors
Nasdaq falls more than 2% while S&P 500 weakens by 1.2%
Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt
Project Genie lets you generate new worlds 60 seconds at a time, but only if you pay for AI Ultra.
AI Changes Global Landscape, Rubenstein Hosts Schmidt and Ucuzoglu
AI is reshaping economy and work; experts urge building agents; humans’ domain context remains crucial.
Apple’s new acquisition could solve my biggest AI problem
Apple has acquired Q.ai in a deal estimated around $2 billion, and I’m getting very excited for the future of Apple’s AI and Siri offerings.
Optimism Wanes as AI Risks Take Center Stage
Optimism among The Information’s readers about the tech industry’s near-term outlook has fallen to its lowest level since President Donald Trump’s tariffs spooked markets last April, according to our latest...
Apple’s second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’
“Siri, read my lips.”
How AMD Is Moving From Assistive AI To Autonomous Operations
AMD CIO Hasmukh Ranjan explains how data strategy, digital twins, and autonomous systems are reshaping enterprise AI at scale.
DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos
Immigration agencies have been flooding social media with bizarre, seemingly AI-generated content. We now know more about what might be making it.
A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI
As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is trying something different in pursuit of AI that can mimic...
It’s People All The Way Down
Nope, not turtles. Not AI surfaces. Not AI agents. Not multi-agent autonomous orchestration gobbledygook. Just people. Without a person at the end of the chain, it’s just machinery. (That is,...
AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment
Across Instagram and Facebook, AI-generated videos show people of color putting ICE agents in their place. Are they cathartic or just adding to a stew of misinformation?
Big Tech results show investor demand for payoffs from heavy AI spending
Meta wowed Wall Street with improvements in ad targeting fueled by AI alongside huge investment. Microsoft had less to show for its billions spent
Microsoft Reveals It’s the No. 2 Seller of AI Apps Behind OpenAI
Microsoft’s slightly-slowing growth in cloud server rentals cast a pall over its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, but the company had a salve to numb that sting: It’s generating significant...
AI’s Impact On Engineering Jobs May Be Different Than Initial Projections
Workflows and the addition of new capabilities are happening much faster than with previous technologies, and new grads may be vital in that transition.
How Precisely helps enterprises trust the data behind agentic AI
From copilots to autonomous Agents, organizations are starting to embed AI into every layer of decision-making. But they don’t trust the data that powers it. While 60% of organizations view...
We built an in-house AI data agent to help our teams answer high-impact questions across a massive data ecosystem. Our data agent…
We built an in-house AI data agent to help our teams answer high-impact questions across a massive data ecosystem. Our data agent can reason over 600+ PB and 70k datasets,...
RobCo nabs $100M to scale autonomous industrial robotics platform
RobCo nabs $100M to scale autonomous industrial robotics platform – SiliconANGLE