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SoftBank Joins ASI in $225M Push for Autonomous Construction Equipment
The Japanese tech investor and Autonomous Solutions Inc. are forming a joint venture to scale AI-driven self-driving con...
Microsoft CEO: Data Center Growth Must 'Earn Permission' From Communities
Microsoft is ending data center NDAs and rolling out pledges on power, water, jobs and taxes as US states impose restric...
OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Medicare Portal in First Known AI Breach of a Government Database
PM Albanese said an OpenAI agent reached public and non-public Medicare data in June; no patient records were accessed, ...
Google Signals Gemini 4 AI Model May Launch Before End of Year
Google DeepMind's new chief says the next flagship model is in early post-training and may be released significantly ear...
YouTube’s Custom Feeds Let Viewers Rewrite Their Homepage Algorithm With a Prompt
YouTube is rolling out a Custom Feeds button that turns natural-language prompts into personalized video homepages — and...
Spain to Approve Data Centre Royal Decree in October Amid Industry Backlash
Madrid is pressing ahead with a contested data centre decree as part of its IA360 roadmap, despite sector warnings that ...
Russia's First 5G Networks: Only 15–30% Faster Than LTE for Now
Operators and officials say 5G now runs mainly on LTE frequencies in NSA mode, limiting the early gain to 15–30%. The fa...
Anthropic's Claude Weapons-Work Findings Reframe the AI Safety Debate
Anthropic says a Yemen weapons cell and a suspected Iran-linked actor used Claude for weapons software and naval targeti...
Gigaom Lays Out Q4 2026 Research Agenda for Security, AI Storage and Dev Tools
Gigaom's new research calendar names seven coverage areas and invites vendors to submit written pitches, with developer-...
Anthropic Weighs New AI Model Launch Ahead of IPO as OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Gains Ground
The AI startup is debating a model release to counter OpenAI's enterprise momentum, with the timing tied to its expected...
Why Amodei, Musk and Altman Are Suddenly Calling for an AI Slowdown
Three rival AI chiefs have reportedly aligned on slowing the development of large language models, triggering market jit...
OpenArt Arena Ranks AI Models by Creative Task — and Seedance 2.5 Leads Video
OpenArt's new public leaderboard splits AI image and video rankings by job, from lip sync to e-commerce, with ByteDance'...
Why long-running AI agents drop compliance rules without an alert—and why bigger context windows won't help
Multi-day AI workflows can silently lose hardcoded governance rules as context grows. The fix is deterministic guardrail...
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Not IPO in 2026 and Backs Slower AI Development
OpenAI's CEO ends Wall Street's expected 2026 listing, citing safety and alignment work, after joining Anthropic's call ...
Anthropic Blocks Accounts in Suspected Attempt to Use Claude for Bioweapon Research
Anthropic banned accounts tied to a grant application that sought to make chikungunya virus more harmful and shared find...
Musk and Tech Allies Attack Former Anthropic Researcher Over Viral AI Extinction Warning
Viral AI-extinction warnings from ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon have drawn Elon Musk, Bill Ackman and David Sacks ...
Space Sovereignty Is Rising, But Going It Alone Could Cost More and Break Interoperability
From Davos to Tokyo, space leaders are redefining national control over launch, data and orbital infrastructure. The eme...
Anthropic AI Fluency Chief Says Knowing When Not to Use AI Is the Real Skill
Kristen Swanson warns that judging when to delegate to AI is becoming a core workplace skill—and that misjudging it can ...
OpenAI Begins GPT-6 Astra Rollout as AGI Claims Split Its Leadership
The new model targets browser control, coding, scientific and multi-step work, while Brockman says AGI has arrived and A...
Germany’s Isar Aerospace Launches Europe’s First Commercial Orbital Rocket
The Spectrum rocket reached low Earth orbit from Norway, giving European customers a commercial alternative to Arianespa...
Pix Sets Single-Day Transaction Record as Brazil Fights US Tariff Case and Pursues Global Links
Brazil's Pix processed 318.1 million operations on Friday, a record that arrives amid Washington's 25% tariff justificat...
OpenAI and Anthropic Escalate AI Model Battle Ahead of Mega IPOs
GPT-6 Astra, Fable and Mythos 5.1 land weeks before expected IPOs, with reported revenue and valuation figures setting u...
The AI Confidence Trap: Workers Say They’re Ready, but ROI Is Stuck at 57%
New survey data shows 90% of employees feel confident using AI, yet half say it can take longer than doing the task manu...
Business Wire Touts NewsTrak as AI-Era Press Release Analytics Hub
The wire service's NewsTrak aggregates release views, link clicks and online placements, tying PR measurement to AI-driv...
FAB Becomes First MEA Bank to Complete Tokenised Deposit Test With Citi on Swift Ledger
First Abu Dhabi Bank completed live 24/7 USD tokenised deposit transactions with Citi on Swift’s Ledger MVP, validating ...
OpenAI Forecasts $1 Billion Annual Ad Revenue as ChatGPT Ads Expand Beyond U.S.
OpenAI says advertising revenue is on track to reach $1 billion a year as it rolls out ChatGPT Ads Manager to India, Eur...
NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Test the Hidden Tech Behind Future Earthlike Planet Searches
An experimental coronagraph aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will attempt to directly capture starlight r...
Google Maps Adopts ‘Lake America’ Name for US Users After Trump Order
Google becomes the first major online map provider to show ‘Lake America’ to US users, while Apple, Bing and MapQuest di...
AI Giants Warn an AI-Enabled Cyberattack Wave Is Months Away, With Water Systems Already Targeted
OpenAI, Anthropic and more than 100 companies call for urgent cyber defenses, while CISA reports attacks on 100-plus wat...
Slovakia's Factories and Israel's Venture Capital Are a Natural Fit
Israel filed 15,180 patents in 2024 to Slovakia's 466, yet Slovakia runs one of Europe's strongest factory bases. Their ...