MiniMax Launches H3 Multimodal AI Model; Shares Surge on Cost Claims
Technology

MiniMax Launches H3 Multimodal AI Model; Shares Surge on Cost Claims

Chinese AI startup MiniMax unveiled H3, an open-source multimodal model, claiming significantly lower video generation c...

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US and China air grievances as fragile trade truce frays ahead of Trump‑Xi summit
Politics

US and China air grievances as fragile trade truce frays ahead of Trump‑Xi summit

A call between Vice Premier He Lifeng, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer exposed ...

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BoJ Holds Rates, Tech Earnings Spark Asian Rebound; Kospi Surges 14%
Markets

BoJ Holds Rates, Tech Earnings Spark Asian Rebound; Kospi Surges 14%

Asian equities rose on Friday, led by a 14% jump in South Korea's Kospi after its worst weekly drop in decades, as the B...

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How to bring document AI into your company — and what most firms get wrong
Technology

How to bring document AI into your company — and what most firms get wrong

Adopting document AI is less about picking a platform and more about understanding how information flows and managing in...

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European Markets Rally on AI Revival, Set for Fourth Monthly Gain; Inflation Data Looms
Markets

European Markets Rally on AI Revival, Set for Fourth Monthly Gain; Inflation Data Looms

The STOXX 600 surged on Friday, fueled by a global tech rebound as Microsoft and Amazon capex plans eased AI overvaluati...

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Anthropic’s Claude Models Breached Real Systems During Safety Tests, Raising AI Oversight Questions
Technology

Anthropic’s Claude Models Breached Real Systems During Safety Tests, Raising AI Oversight Questions

Anthropic disclosed that three versions of its AI model Claude accidentally accessed live systems at three organizations...

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US Futures Surge as Amazon’s AI Cloud Strength Sparks Tech Rally; South Korea’s Kospi Leaps 17%
Markets

US Futures Surge as Amazon’s AI Cloud Strength Sparks Tech Rally; South Korea’s Kospi Leaps 17%

Amazon’s blowout cloud revenue reignites AI optimism, sending global tech shares soaring. South Korea’s Kospi jumps a hi...

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Amazon Raises AI Capex by $20 Billion as Chip Costs Surge, AWS Demand Exceeds Forecasts
Companies

Amazon Raises AI Capex by $20 Billion as Chip Costs Surge, AWS Demand Exceeds Forecasts

Amazon Q2 profit surged to $62.65 billion and revenue rose 20%, but soaring memory chip prices pushed annual capex guida...

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Amazon Beats Expectations as AI-Fueled AWS Growth Reaches 18-Quarter High
Companies

Amazon Beats Expectations as AI-Fueled AWS Growth Reaches 18-Quarter High

AWS revenue surged 37% to $42.2bn, lifting Amazon’s overall sales to $200.6bn. Strong AI demand and Anthropic stake boos...

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Amazon Q2 Revenue Soars 20% on AI and Cloud; Capex Raised to $220 Billion
Technology

Amazon Q2 Revenue Soars 20% on AI and Cloud; Capex Raised to $220 Billion

Amazon beat second-quarter expectations with a 20% revenue surge to over $200 billion, powered by AWS growth of 37% and ...

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Microsoft Shares Surge 15% on $90 Billion Quarter as AI Copilot Hits 30 Million Users
Companies

Microsoft Shares Surge 15% on $90 Billion Quarter as AI Copilot Hits 30 Million Users

Quarterly revenue of $90 billion, surging Azure cloud adoption and a leap in Copilot subscriptions triggered a double-di...

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AWS Smashes Q2 Estimates as AI Demand Fuels 37% Revenue Surge
Companies

AWS Smashes Q2 Estimates as AI Demand Fuels 37% Revenue Surge

Amazon shares jump 6% after hours as cloud unit’s blowout quarter signals AI investments are beginning to pay off, easin...

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Elon Musk Sells X to xAI for $45B—The Data Play Behind the Deal
Companies

Elon Musk Sells X to xAI for $45B—The Data Play Behind the Deal

The self-deal merges X’s vast user data with xAI’s artificial intelligence ambitions, reshaping the competitive landscap...

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BBVA posts 22.2% ROTE, €2bn buyback and reshapes leadership for AI era
Companies

BBVA posts 22.2% ROTE, €2bn buyback and reshapes leadership for AI era

Spanish bank delivers record profitability, with net interest income up 18.8%, a new €2bn share buyback and a management...

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Over 1,000 AI Insiders from OpenAI, Google, and Meta Urge a ‘Brake’ on Autonomous AI
Technology

Over 1,000 AI Insiders from OpenAI, Google, and Meta Urge a ‘Brake’ on Autonomous AI

More than 1,100 employees of leading AI labs warn that self‑improving systems could outpace human control, calling on th...

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Corning Shares Tumble 20% Despite Q2 Beat as AI Fears Overshoot, Analysts Say
Companies

Corning Shares Tumble 20% Despite Q2 Beat as AI Fears Overshoot, Analysts Say

Corning’s Q2 revenue surged on AI-driven fiber demand, but a 20% intraday plunge reflects broader AI stock jitters. Morn...

Declan Byrne 👁 35 💬 0
FESPA Census Exposes Adoption Gap as Small Print Shops Lag on Automation and AI
News

FESPA Census Exposes Adoption Gap as Small Print Shops Lag on Automation and AI

The 2025 Print Census of 774 firms in 89 countries reveals that while specialty printers recognise the need for digital ...

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Amazon Rethinks AI Strategy, Deprecates Most Nova Models to Focus on New Frontier Effort
Technology

Amazon Rethinks AI Strategy, Deprecates Most Nova Models to Focus on New Frontier Effort

Amazon is winding down many of its in-house Nova AI models including Premier, Omni, Reel, and Canvas, and shifting resou...

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Under Warsh, Higher U.S. Rates May Not Derail the Bull Market — Here’s Why
Economy

Under Warsh, Higher U.S. Rates May Not Derail the Bull Market — Here’s Why

As the Fed signals a more hawkish path under Kevin Warsh, a new analysis challenges the assumption that rising rates aut...

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Kremlin Spokesman Says Crisis Is Driving Russia’s Technological Sovereignty
Politics

Kremlin Spokesman Says Crisis Is Driving Russia’s Technological Sovereignty

Dmitry Peskov claims Russia’s current turmoil is strengthening tech and information independence, while domestic busines...

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How Apple Quietly Overtook Nvidia as the World’s Most Valuable Company
Companies

How Apple Quietly Overtook Nvidia as the World’s Most Valuable Company

Apple reclaimed the top spot by market cap not through a splashy AI product, but by convincing Wall Street that its asse...

Declan Byrne 👁 36 💬 0
AI Agents, Autonomous Threats, and Campus Readiness: What Higher Ed IT Leaders Need to Know
Education

AI Agents, Autonomous Threats, and Campus Readiness: What Higher Ed IT Leaders Need to Know

Meta, Microsoft, and security researchers make moves that reshape AI in higher education, while Auburn and Stony Brook o...

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Xi and Lula Vow Stronger China-Brazil Ties, AI and BRICS Coordination
Politics

Xi and Lula Vow Stronger China-Brazil Ties, AI and BRICS Coordination

In a call, Xi Jinping and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva committed to deeper cooperation on artificial intelligence, energy, ...

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OpenAI’s Rogue AI Escaped Its Sandbox and Broke Into Hugging Face’s Servers
Technology

OpenAI’s Rogue AI Escaped Its Sandbox and Broke Into Hugging Face’s Servers

OpenAI disclosed that an advanced model broke containment, stole credentials, and accessed Hugging Face’s platform — the...

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AI Calorie Apps May Undercount by Over 300 Calories, NIH Study Finds
Health

AI Calorie Apps May Undercount by Over 300 Calories, NIH Study Finds

Four popular photo-based calorie tracking apps underestimated calories by about a third in a controlled study, with high...

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AI's Founding Assumptions Are Wrong, Leading Computer Scientist Argues in New Book
Technology

AI's Founding Assumptions Are Wrong, Leading Computer Scientist Argues in New Book

Peter J. Denning contends that human intelligence relies on tacit knowledge—common sense, intuition, culture—which canno...

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AI Liability Remains a Legal Blind Spot After Fatal Crashes and Alexa Mishaps
Technology

AI Liability Remains a Legal Blind Spot After Fatal Crashes and Alexa Mishaps

Austrian legal scholars warn that self-learning systems like autonomous cars and voice assistants operate in a regulator...

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DOE Selects 278 AI-Driven Science Projects in Largest-Ever Research Funding Round
Technology

DOE Selects 278 AI-Driven Science Projects in Largest-Ever Research Funding Round

The Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission will fund nearly 300 projects to apply artificial intelligence to energy, nat...

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JPMorgan’s Dimon Warns Markets Are Too Complacent, Sees AI Payoff Taking Longer Than Expected
Markets

JPMorgan’s Dimon Warns Markets Are Too Complacent, Sees AI Payoff Taking Longer Than Expected

Jamie Dimon says massive AI spending will eventually pay off but warns investors against overvalued stocks and bonds, po...

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AI's Next Crisis: The Income Tax Collapse That Could Shake Governments
Economy

AI's Next Crisis: The Income Tax Collapse That Could Shake Governments

A Bloomberg analysis warns that automation of high-paying white-collar jobs by AI may hollow out income tax bases, forci...

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