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AI, robotics push built environment funding to $4.4B influx
The sector saw a 66% year-over-year increase with construction technology investments posting three-fold growth, per a Nymbl Ventures report.
AI data startup WisdomAI has raised another $50M, led by Kleiner, Nvidia
WisdomAI is offering AI-driven data analytics that can answer business questions from structured, unstructured, and even “dirty” data, meaning data not cleaned of typos or errors.
The AI Boom Is Fueling a Need for Speed in Chip Networking
Next-gen networking tech, sometimes powered by light instead of electricity, is emerging as a critical piece of AI infrastructure.
MongoDB Founder Eliot Horowitz on Building a WordPress for Robotics (And Why He’s Skeptical of Humanoids in the Kitchen)
Nearly two decades ago, Eliot Horowitz launched a company with a couple of cofounders that would be pivotal in the early days of big data, helping to create more scalable...
Meta’s star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup
AI pioneer reportedly frustrated with Meta’s shift from research to rapid product releases.
Anthropic will invest $50 billion in building AI data centers in the US
More AI data centers are coming.
AI’s missing ingredient: Shared wisdom
We are in the fourth wave of artificial intelligence. In his new book, Alex Pentland says understanding AI from the 1960s, 1980s, and 2000s can help us develop technology that...
Too much data, too few analysts: How AI offers a ‘force multiplier’ for intelligence analysts
Without artificial intelligence, AI training, and automation, the Intelligence Community faces an overwhelming task in keeping top decision-makers informed in a fast-moving world.
Xpanceo, A Dubai Startup, Is Building An AI XR Contact Lens
Smart contact lens startup Xpanceo, haas raised $250 million to build atom-thin AR lenses to merge vision, biosensing, and AI, ushering in an era of human-machine fusion.
Two Women Had a Business Meeting. AI Called It Childcare.
How biased data quietly rewrites gender roles — and what it means for the next generation of family tech.
AI Is Failing at the Most Hilarious Task Imaginable
If there’s any job artificial intelligence should be good at, it’s spamming the internet with algorithmic comments.
BenchSci and Mila Partner to Advance AI for Biological Inference and Accelerate Drug Discovery
TORONTO & MONTREAL, November 12, 2025–BenchSci and Mila today announced a multi-year partnership to advance the use of artificial intelligence for biological inference.
The AI Voice Market Just Found Its Stars
ElevenLabs has launched the Iconic Voice Marketplace, a licensing platform that lets brands legally use AI-generated replicas of famous voices in content and ads. It’s a consent-based system designed to...
What Executives Get Wrong About AI
Most companies fail to realize that true advantage with AI and other transformative technologies comes not from mere adoption but from reinvention—rethinking business models, value creation, and organizational architecture. Historical...
New study finds users are marrying and having virtual children with AI chatbots
A new study explores the profound emotional attachments users develop with companion chatbots, examining how these digital bonds mirror, and sometimes diverge from, traditional human romance.
AI is redefining work. Now, leaders must redefine how they lead
AI’s changing work fast — now it’s on leaders to rethink jobs, boost human skills and make sure tech makes us better, not replace us.
The Real AI Bottleneck Is Organizational Reinvention, Not Computing Power
OpenAI, Anthropic, XAi, Microsoft, Google, and others are making trillion-dollar bets on AI infrastructure. They promise artificial general intelligence (AGI) delivered from the cloud which they describe as “a country...
Problem solving with AI at the Boston Consulting Group
Merim Becirovic, CIO at Boston Consulting Group, recently spoke with Lucas Mearian, senior writer at Computerworld, to discuss the overall AI strategy at BCG, which emphasizes internal POC before external...
How small businesses can survive AI shopping: 7 essential steps
With AI shopping agents quietly changing how we buy stuff, SMBs must adapt quickly or risk becoming invisible online.
Professors, students divided over AI technology in classrooms
Some argue that AI can hinder critical thinking and creativity, and that it is not being implemented effectively. Other professors are embracing AI as a tool to prepare students for...
France’s new humanoid enters the nuclear zone to take the heat
France has deplopyed Hoxo, an AI-powered humanoid robot, to enhance safety and efficiency in nuclear plant operations.
AI For Mental Health Is Violating Proper Therapy Standards And Here’s What Can Be Done About It
AI is widely used for mental health advice. New research shows that the AI is violating proper codes of conduct that human therapists must follow. An AI Insider scoop.
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun To Depart And Launch AI Start-Up Focused On ‘World Models’
(RTTNews) – Meta’s (META) chief artificial intelligence scientist, Yann LeCun, plans to leave the company to launch his own AI start-up, marking a major shift inside Meta as CEO Mark...
Palladyne AI Reinvents Itself as the Nerve Center of Embodied Intelligence
Palladyne AI, formerly Sarcos Robotics (Salt Lake City, UT), has transformed from building exoskeletons to developing embodied AI software powering autonomous drones and robots, securing Air Force contracts, key patents,...
InternVL3: Exploring Advanced Training and Test-Time Recipes for…
We introduce InternVL3, a significant advancement in the InternVL series featuring a native multimodal pre-training paradigm. Rather than adapting a text-only large language model (LLM) into a…
I tried Google Photos’ new ‘Help me edit’ tool on iPhone — and I’m already obsessed
I just leveled up my photography skills without even trying
Nvidia supplier Foxconn third-quarter profit beats expectations, rising 17% on AI demand
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, reported Wednesday that its third-quarter profit jumped 17% from a year earlier.
Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs
The AI boom might help QLC overtake TLC in the next two years.
Mem0: Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Scalable Long-Term Memory
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable prowess in generating contextually coherent responses, yet their fixed context windows pose fundamental challenges for maintaining…
PyTorch Distributed: Experiences on Accelerating Data Parallel Training
This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of the PyTorch distributed data parallel module. PyTorch is a widely-adopted scientific computing package used in deep learning…
TradingAgents: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework
Significant progress has been made in automated problem-solving using societies of agents powered by large language models (LLMs). In finance, efforts have largely focused on single-agent systems…
WebWeaver: Structuring Web-Scale Evidence with Dynamic Outlines…
This paper tackles \textbf{open-ended deep research (OEDR)}, a complex challenge where AI agents must synthesize vast web-scale information into insightful reports. Current approaches are plagued…
Military experts warn security hole in most AI chatbots can sow chaos
Current and former military officers are warning that countries are likely to exploit a security hole in artificial intelligence chatbots.
New artificial intelligence law used to charge middle school student who allegedly shared fake nude images of classmates
A middle schooler faces criminal charges for allegedly sharing fake images of classmates, while one victim’s attorney says school leaders failed to protect her
IEA: Renewables and AI are rapidly transforming the world’s energy future
The IEA says the world has entered the ‘Age of Electricity’ as data, AI, and renewables reshape global energy.
CNCF Technology Radar: Cloud Native AI Enters Its Production Era
The CNCF Tech Radar report concludes that cloud native infrastructure is no longer optional for AI and ML practitioners.
Partner Robotics: Series A Raised To Accelerate Deployment Of Construction Robotics
Partner Robotics announced that it has raised an eight-figure RMB Series A funding round led by China Growth Capital, with participation from existing investors Cowin Capital and Redpoint China Ventures....
Artificial intelligence improves diagnosis of invisible airway blockages
Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can spot hard-to-see objects lodged in patients’ airways better than expert radiologists.
AI Beat Reading Interventions in Clinical Trial
The first AI-based education intervention to undergo a rigorous clinical trial saw bigger reading gains over teacher instruction and other online programs.