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RoboForce Highlighted by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang in GTC Keynote for Breakthroughs in Physical AI Featuring its AI Robot TITAN
The Pioneer of Physical AI-Powered Robo-Labor Secures 11,000 Robot LOIs Across Multiple Industries
Google shutters developer-only Gemma AI model after a U.S. Senator’s encounter with an offensive hallucination
A senator’s angry letter over a fabricated claim forces Google to rethink access to AI models
Experts find flaws in hundreds of tests that check AI safety and effectiveness
Scientists say almost all have weaknesses in at least one area that can ‘undermine validity of resulting claims’
Meta Will Use Your AI Chats to Gather Data on You
Meta will begin using AI chat as data for ad targeting and content personalization across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Here are 4 things you can do.
In Honor of Françoise Hampson – Artificial Intelligence in Military Detention – Lieber Institute West Point
This post provides an overview of two possible uses of AI in military detention, based on technological developments from the civilian sector.
Lambda inks multi-billion-dollar AI infrastructure deal with Microsoft
This deal was announced just hours after Microsoft announced a $9.7 billion deal with Australian data center company IREN.
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I’ve established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we’re in the stupidest financial era...
Competition for the Raspberry Pi: Orange Pi RV2
The Orange Pi RV2, an affordable single-board computer, features the RISC-V architecture. We test how it compares to the Raspberry Pi.
Linux 6.6’s new scheduler
Linux 6.6 introduces the EEVDF scheduler, a next-generation CPU scheduling algorithm focused on fairness and responsiveness.
Linux Now Runs Most Windows Games
The latest data shows that nearly 90 percent of Windows games can be played on Linux.
Palantir tops estimates, boosts fourth-quarter guidance on AI adoption
Palantir’s earnings topped third-quarter results and the company issued strong guidance, attributing much of its rapid growth to artificial intelligence.
3 Questions: How AI is helping us monitor and support vulnerable ecosystems
MIT CSAIL researcher Justin Kay is developing computer vision algorithms to help monitor how vulnerable ecosystems change. These AI methods make the data analysis process more efficient, including an approach...
Palantir forecasts fourth-quarter revenue above estimates on solid AI demand
Palantir Technologies forecast fourth-quarter revenue above analysts’ estimates on Monday, as the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence boosts demand for its data analytics services from businesses and governments.
How AI Is Transforming the Way Government Works
People are less worried about AI taking humans’ jobs than they once were, but introducing bots to the public-sector workplace has brought new questions around integration, ethics and management.
Elon Musk hypes Tesla’s 8th gen AI chip, but still hasn’t delivered promised self-driving on 3rd gen
Elon Musk is now hyping Tesla’s 8th-gen AI chip, but he still hasn’t delivered the promised self-driving for millions of…
Trade Group Representing Studio Ghibli, Other Japanese Companies Tells OpenAI to Stop Using Their Content to Train Sora 2 Video Generator
Japanese content trade group CODA, whose members include Studio Ghibli, issued a letter to OpenAI demanding the AI company stop using their content to train Sora 2.
OpenAI signs $38 billion cloud contract with Amazon
OpenAI is wasting no time signing new cloud contracts.
Leaving Open Philanthropy, going to Anthropic
On a career move, and on AI-safety-focused people working at frontier AI companies.
The Double Bind of the AI Bubble Means We’re Screwed Whether the Tech Succeeds or Fails
Either the bubble bursts and wipes out a huge sector of the economy, or AI replaces human workers across industries.
LLMs show a “highly unreliable” capacity to describe their own internal processes
Anthropic finds some LLM “self-awareness,” but “failures of introspection remain the norm.”…
How a Hamburg manufacturer uses AI to auto-process orders
Learn how a manufacturer used an AI-powered Zapier workflow to cut order processing time by 70% and eliminate costly errors.
Aerial Robotics Startup Infravision Raises $91M Series B As Funding To Sector Surges
Austin, Texas-based Infravision, which says its “flexible and automated approach” eliminates many of the contingencies and hazards inherent in conventional power line stringing methods, has raised $91 million in Series...
Fox News Falls for Racist AI-Generated Videos, Runs Completely False Story That Has to Be Updated With Gigantic Correction
Fox News ran a story treating AI-generated ragebait as if it were real, in order to stir up anger against SNAP recipients.
Perplexity and Getty are teaming up – could this help soothe copyright concerns?
A new agreement between the two companies aims to tackle the legal messiness of AI image generation.
Apple Watch data teamed with AI reveals heart damage
Interesting article in the Financial Times that could be a game-changer. It could save lives and treat conditions before they become a major issue.
OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with Amazon
Agreement to use AWS datacentres, and Nvidia chips inside them, part of $1.4tn spending spree on AI infrastructure
Former Airbnb engineer raises $25 million for AI security platform Teleskope
M13 led the Series A for the New York-based startup with participation from M13 and Lerer Hippeau.
Tom Snyder: To win the AI race, US must look to efficiency, not energy use
I worry that the U.S. is falling behind China in the quest for AI dominance. And in the quest for quantum superiority. And in many other strategic areas of scientific...
Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI
No more Spirited Away and Demon Slayer in Sora 2.
Gemini Robotics
Our advanced Gemini 2.0-based models designed for the next generation of helpful robots. Gemini Robotics brings Gemini’s capacity for multimodal reasoning and world understanding into the physical wo…
Meta Stock Up 8% — Why Zuckerberg’s Innovation Drought May Sink $META
While Meta’s latest results beat expectations, its big AI capex budget is spooking investors who do not see how revenues will result. Amazon and Google show an ROI.
Bridgewater CIOs warn investors are underpricing risks to AI-fueled rally in S&P
Investors are overlooking mounting risks to the current market stability and the limits of the artificial intelligence boom, particularly in the United States, Bridgewater Associates’ co-chief investment officers said in...
The rise of agentic AI in cybersecurity
From reactive to autonomous: AI agents are rewriting the rules of cyber defense
‘Sensing’ plant floor disruption? How GenAI & OT can help
Hitachi is bridging the OT & AI divide to drive steadier operations in manufacturing.
A primer on artificial intelligence, part 2
Previously, I spoke about how artificial intelligence has been here for a long time and how lawyers can use it to help them practice law and run their firms more...
This ETF is handily beating the S&P 500—and analysts say it could be one of the big winners of the AI boom
Analysts at Ned Davis Research recommend the fund as an “Overweight” investment.
AI Wins When It Does The GTM Work … People Won’t
The Perfect Six-Figure Meeting That No Human Would Ever Book The other Saturday night, our SaaStr AI SDR booked a sponsor meeting for a six-figure deal at 6:02 PM. While...
OpenAI strikes $38 billion AI training deal with Amazon
Pouring billions more into AI.
I analyzed 180M jobs to see what jobs AI is actually replacing today
What impact is AI having on the job market? Everyone has an opinion, but there’s surprisingly little hard…
The AI Advertising Revolution: Three Transformations Reshaping Marketing Forever
The advertising industry is experiencing its most profound transformation since the invention of the internet. AI has moved beyond optimizing existing