What we're reading, in the order we're reading it.
Anthony and Harry's working stream — links, charts, tweets, and short takes. The unprocessed inputs behind the briefings.
CISA, Partners Release Guidance on AI in Critical Systems
The document emphasizes governance, risk assessment and safety principles to protect operational technology as AI adoption grows. Understanding security concerns during development is one recommendation.
AI ROI: How to measure the true value of AI
Measuring AI ROI is tricky. This article describers the advanced metrics (impact chaining, risk-adjusted ROI) and frameworks top companies use to prove value, measure adoption, and manage scaling costs.
How OpenAI is using GPT-5 Codex to improve the AI tool itself
“The vast majority of Codex is built by Codex,” OpenAI told us about its new AI coding agent.
3E8 Robotics introduces Elly delivery robot that can detect and press elevator buttons
California-based startup 3E8 Robotics unveiled its flagship delivery robot, Elly, that the company said can detect and press elevator buttons to unlock multi-floor autonomy.
Cheers to AI: ADAM Robot Bartender Makes Drinks at Vegas Golden Knights Game
In Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena, fans of the Golden Knights are getting more than just hockey — they’re getting a taste of the future. ADAM, a robot developed with NVIDIA...
Senior Staff Frontend Engineer
About Motion Motion is building the first end-to-end agentic work suite for everyday businesses. Unlike point solutions or bolt-on tools, Motion was built from the ground up with AI agents...
AI in financial services is here: How firms are adopting and where they’re stuck
In financial services, AI is no longer a futuristic idea — it’s part of daily business. By 2027, the sector is expected to spend nearly $100B on AI. But this...
Bedrock Robotics Moves Earth with Autonomous Excavators
Bedrock Robotics, in partnership with Sundt Construction, is automating excavators for heavy civil site preparation for a 130-acre manufacturing facility project
When Expertise Stops Defining You
Reskilling can leave professionals feeling less useful, not more. This piece explains why identity—not skill—breaks first, and how to rebuild it under AI acceleration.
AI’s Built-In Vulnerabilities
(click to enlarge) The hype surrounding artificial intelligence tends to elide some if its drawbacks – namely, that it consumes vasts amounts of energy,
Agent Prompting Guide: How to Build Reliable AI Workflows
Learn the structured approach to agent prompting. Build reliable, layered AI workflows that deliver real business value beyond one-off chats.
Google Translate is now better at translating slang terms and idioms using AI
Google has also introduced a new speech-to-speech translation feature for headphones.
Google updating Search Live with Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio
In addition to Google Translate for live headphones translation, AI Mode’s Search Live will benefit from these model upgrades.
Instacart Caught Using AI to Charge Wildly Different Prices for the Same Item
New research shows a country-wide experiment by Instacart has been charging shoppers different prices for the same product at the same store.
Singapore startup builds AI-powered, self-running chemistry lab
The self-driving lab consists of AI software and robots that design experiments, run them, and gather data, with limited human intervention.
Why Excel is AI-proof
Microsoft recently upped the price of Excel which remains the company’s killer app, despite the rise of AI.
View: Why high-quality content can thrive in an AI world
The Disney–OpenAI licensing deal is the latest example of a media company making a savvy move in the fog of AI economics.
Scientists built an AI co-pilot for prosthetic bionic hands
Managing each finger separately can, with the right sensors, ease control issues.
WELLE Environmental Group and Primech Holdings Enter Strategic Cooperation to Advance Intelligent Industrial Robotics and Sustainable Operations
Advancing Intelligent Operations and Sustainable Solutions Across Complex Industrial EnvironmentsSINGAPORE, Dec. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WELLE Environmental Group Co., Ltd. (300190.SZ) (“WELLE”), a leading energy-saving and environmental technology enterprise...
AI is already part of Linux’s plumbing – whether developers like it or not
AI is quietly doing some of Linux’s dirtiest work, but not everyone is comfortable with it.
Trump Signs Executive Order to Go After ‘Burdensome’ State AI Laws
As states try to rein in artificial intelligence, the president argues that letting each one regulate AI threatens to kill off the technology. Those who resist will now risk losing...
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
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
AI the main suspect after radio stations wrongly identify reporter as alleged violent offender
Southern Cross Austereo investigate how Adelaide Advertiser journalist was wrongly named. Plus: awkward timing for ABC crime podcast
Trump’s AI Order Sets Up Federal-State Showdown Over Tech Regulation
Trump’s AI executive order aims to preempt state laws, setting up a federal-state showdown over AI regulation, innovation, funding and national standards.
Will AI make research on humans… less human?
It’s been a long road to ensure that testing on human subjects is ethical. AI could send us backward.
‘Chip War’ author Chris Miller on the battle of AI chip export controls
Chris Miller, Tufts Fletcher School associate professor and ‘Chip War’ author, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the battle of chip export controls, why he believes allowing China access to advanced...
Disney feels like they’re making a market leader move with OpenAI: Variety’s Cynthia Littleton
Cynthia Littleton, Variety co-editor-in-chief, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss Disney’s $1B investment in OpenAI, the move to let fans make AI videos with its characters, and more.
A startup discovered a hidden source of abundant, clean energy — and did it in an unusual way
Finding hidden geothermal systems, where there is no visible sign on the surface of the heat below, is expensive and time-consuming. Zanskar says AI can help overcome these obstacles
Reliable Robotics wins NASA contract for UAS airspace integration flights near airports
Reliable Robotics has announced a new contract with NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) to perform and collect data from operational demonstration flights of its automated Cessna 208B
Most people aren’t fretting about an AI bubble. What they fear is mass layoffs
Artificial intelligence could make income inequality even worse and create a new underclass. Governments and society must take action
Implementing AI in Retail Banking: Balancing Innovation and Control
Retail banks can innovate with AI while maintaining strict oversight. Discover the frameworks, data discipline, and governance needed for responsible adoption.
Chatbot-powered toys rebuked for discussing sexual, dangerous topics with kids
AI toys shouldn’t be capable of having sexually explicit conversations, period.”…
ChatGPT-5.2: Best model yet for professional work
ALSO: How to
✨ OpenAI drops GPT‐5.2 and redefines what AI can do
INSIDE: Rivian debuts self-driving tech
The 4 most innovative tech products we tested this year (includes a surprise tri-fold phone)
From AI glasses with digital overlays to robot vacuums that can pick up your leftover laundry, here are ZDNET’s Breakthrough Award winners for 2025.
Contributor: This is no time to make nice with China
The Trump administration is now permitting Nvidia to sell high-performance AI chips to China, a dangerous step empowering America’s worst enemy.