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AI, Robotics, Sustainable Materials and a Laser Focus on Efficiency: Suffolk Technologies Convenes Innovative Startups at BOOST Demo Day, Showcasing Groundbreaking Contech Solutions
BOSTON, November 20, 2025–Suffolk Technologies, the venture capital affiliate of Suffolk, one of the nation’s most innovative and successful builders, convened fellow investors, construction and tech industry leaders and other...
AI, Robotics, Sustainable Materials and a Laser Focus on Efficiency: Suffolk Technologies Convenes Innovative Startups at BOOST Demo Day, Showcasing Groundbreaking Contech Solutions
BOSTON, November 20, 2025–Suffolk Technologies, the venture capital affiliate of Suffolk, one of the nation’s most innovative and successful builders, convened fellow investors, construction and tech industry leaders and other...
Feds charge four with illegally smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China
“Janford Realtor LLC” was allegedly a front for smuggling.
What Linus Torvalds really thinks about AI and software development might surprise you
Linux’s leader, Linus Torvalds, and his friend, Dirk Hohndel, discuss AI, Rust, and Linux’s human side.
ChatGPT group chats roll out to everyone
openAI’s group chat features is rolling out to anyone who uses ChatGPT, whether they have a paid account or a free one.
U.S. Citizens and Chinese Nationals Arrested for Exporting Artificial
Two U.S. citizens and two nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)—all residing in the United States—have been charged with a conspiracy to illegally export cutting-edge NVIDIA Graphics Processing...
AI Changes the Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Market
The only constant in our world is change. This axiom was proven once again during Forrester’s research into Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) for the 2025 update to our Document Mining...
New Research Shows How AI Could Transform Math, Physics, Cancer Research and More
A new paper shows ChatGPT-5 emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments
AI bubble fears return as Wall Street falls back from short-lived rally
Leading US stock markets tumble less than 24 hours after strong results from chipmaker Nvidia sparked gains
Apple shows how much faster the M5 runs local LLMs on MLX
A new post on Apple’s Machine Learning Research blog shows how much the M5 improved over the M4 when it comes to running a local LLM.
Where AI Meets The Humanities: Inside Kenyon College’s Bold Experiment
This is an innovative program at a leading liberal arts college combining AI education and literacy with traditional liberal arts strengths
Microsoft’s AI-powered copy and paste can now use on-device AI
Advanced Paste is getting more advanced.
LG ramps up a robotics stack aimed at the U.S. market
LG Group is now leveraging those same core strengths to position itself as a major supplier in the fast-rising humanoid robotics industry, aiming for future supply deals in the United...
Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says
Stephen Gageler warns the speed of AI’s development could be outstripping people’s ability to ‘comprehend its potential risks and rewards’
Alabama man charged in conspiracy to export AI technology to China
A Huntsville man allegedly used his technology company to help illegally export AI technology to China.
Intrinsic, an Alphabet company, and Nvidia supplier Foxconn will join forces to deploy AI robots in the latter’s U.S. factories
Companies in the AI space are paying more attention to “physical AI,” or artificial intelligence that operates in the real world.
Hands On With Google’s Nano Banana Pro Image Generator
Google’s latest AI image model is vastly better than the previous release at generating text in images. You can expect companies to go buck wild with this update.
Gemini 3 Shows Off Capabilities In The Agentic Era
Gemini 3 emerges as agentic AI, executing complex tasks, collaborating like a coworker across modalities.
Google steps up AI scam protection in India, but gaps remain
Google is expanding its real-time scam detection and screen-sharing fraud warnings in India.
Ofcom at risk of losing public trust over online harms, says Liz Kendall
Technology secretary fears digital frontier may be outpacing regulator, with AI chatbots a particular concern
Retraining Emerges as Leading Response to AI Job Disruption
A new multiyear survey from Northeastern University shows that adults across the U.S. and Canada prefer workforce retraining over other policy responses
Alphabet’s Intrinsic and Foxconn plan to accelerate factory automation with smarter robots
Alphabet’s Intrinsic and Foxconn plan to accelerate factory automation with smarter robots – SiliconANGLE
US stocks slide as Wall Street’s AI jitters persist
Strong sales at AI giant Nvidia have done little to quell investor worries.
Troubling results: AI chatbots tested for teen mental health support
Researchers who tested leading AI chatbots found them to be unacceptably risky for teenagers in need of emotional or mental health support.
Trump looking at order that would unleash the DOJ on states that pass AI regulations
Such a law would direct DOJ officials to challenge state laws that it deems could interfere with interstate commerce, according to a copy of the order proposal
The Real Friction Slowing Enterprise AI Adoption
Enterprises struggle to scale AI due to gaps in governance, transparency, and model oversight. Reducing this friction is key to moving AI from pilots to real deployment.
Inside The Executive Order That Could Kill State AI Laws
A leaked draft shows the White House pushing federal AI standards that could override state laws, reshape regulation and spark a major showdown over America’s AI future.
OpenAI CEO Braces For Possible ‘Economic Headwinds’ in ‘Catching Up’ to a Resurgent Google
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told colleagues last month that Google’s recent progress in artificial intelligence could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company,” though he added that OpenAI would...
How to alienate customers and undermine revenue
As the big cloud providers prioritize artificial intelligence, they risk leaving traditional cloud technologies—and cloud customers—in the dust.
I’ve tested several AI smart glasses in 2025, but these are the only ones I’d confidently wear
The best thing about the latest Even Realities glasses might be their limitations.
Key Takeaways From The Singapore FinTech Festival’s 10th Anniversary
Key takeaway: Agentic payments move to the competitive front line; payments‑specific foundation models are emerging; fraud management has become table stakes; transaction banking is a high‑yield AI use case; and...
US Sanctions Propel Chinese AI Prodigy to $23 Billion Fortune
In 2019, Chen Tianshi was a long way from becoming one of the wealthiest people on the planet.
Artificial intelligence shows more empathy towards patients than doctors do
A sweeping meta-analysis of 15 studies found patients consistently rate AI chatbots as having more empathy than real clinicians.
Hands on with Canva Code
When Canva first launched its code tools in Canva AI, I was pretty cynical. In fact, I was definitely too harsh, with my first post based on a few basic...
Data protection and the Online Safety Act revisited
The Information Commissioner’s Office has recently published its submission to Ofcom’s consultation on additional safety measures under the Online Safety Act. The consultation is the second instalment of Ofcom’s iterative...
The Hard Truth About Fundability: What 2,000+ Pitch Decks on SaaStr AI VC Taught Us
61% of Founders Think They’re Fundable. The Data Says Otherwise. We’ve now processed over 2,000 pitch decks through SaaStr.ai VC’s FREE AI-powered analysis engine. Try it here. An…
When Children Call Violence ‘Unavoidable’
Algorithms make harmful content “unavoidable,” undermining kids’ autonomy. This is high-risk AI. Part 1: The involuntary audience.