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Queensland moves to criminalize non‑consensual sexual deepfakes
Queensland will make the creation of non‑consensual sexual deepfake images a criminal offence, with penalties of up to three years in prison. Attorney‑General Deb Frecklington said expert consultations start in April and the legislative process is targeted for mid‑year.
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By the numbers: OpenAI raises $12B in funding round, valuation climbs to $852B
The AI hardware crunch is expanding as server CPUs join the long‑running GPU shortage. Intel now reports six‑month lead times for key server chips, while AMD’s lead times have stretched to ten weeks and prices in China have risen over 10 %. The surge is driven by two forces: a wave of PC upgrades after Windows 10 support ended and the rise of autonomous AI agents that rely heavily on CPU processing. Analysts predict double‑digit growth for server CPUs in 2026 as data centers scramble for the once‑taken‑for‑granted processors.
Real estate firms are accelerating AI adoption across the value chain. Baird & Warner rolled out a custom Rejig.AI social‑media engine that creates and schedules branded posts, while Rayse introduced the Rayse Assistant Engine to log transactions via voice or...
In this episode of Trading the Markets with AI, the hosts discuss recent AI-related headlines—including Amazon's AWS outage caused by AI‑assisted code, Meta's acquisition of Maltbook, and Anthropic's legal battle with the Pentagon—while highlighting the emerging issue of AI‑induced burnout...
If you are distressed because AI is causing outages at AWS well… don’t jump to conclusions like everyone did with the whole slew of S3 bucket debacles. Yes there will be problems as people learn how to use this new...
Figure AI unveiled a new demo where its humanoid robot, powered by the Helix 02 AI system, tidied a cluttered living room. The robot integrated walking, tool use, and object handling without task‑specific programming, relying on a single neural model. Helix 02...
Largely agree with the premise of this, in particular that often the best writing appears to be coming from someone who is trying to figure something out and takes you on that trip with them (The Flannery O'Connor quote is...
#OpenAI is putting #Sora inside #ChatGPT. Existing data suggests consumer demand for AI video may underwhelm relative to ChatGPT's 920 million weekly chatbot users. For Disney, its licensed 200-plus characters will be available to these audiences under strict conditions that...
Researchers at UCSD and Rutgers have demonstrated a neuromorphic computing platform built from proton‑doped perovskite nickelate (NdNiO3) devices. By integrating symmetric and asymmetric junctions on a single wafer, the system combines ultrafast proton‑mediated dynamics with multilevel resistance memory, achieving nanosecond...
The top .1% of users are playing with local LLMS This will 10x every 12 months.... Until Apple, Dell and MSFT have one on your local device BY DEFAULT in 2028 This takes the local hardware spec race from irrelevant for 99%...
Gradial unveiled Gradial GEO, a new capability that spots visibility gaps in AI‑driven search results and automatically implements fixes directly in a brand’s CMS. The tool continuously monitors generative engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, updating pages in real...
A new Jobs for the Future (JFF) survey released in early 2026 shows U.S. workers are now more likely to view artificial intelligence as a net‑negative force for jobs, wealth and quality of life. Early‑career employees feel the impact most,...
I love ai era. You can work of 5 people with multi agents without cost of communication and resources
Oracle reported Q1 revenue up 22% to $17.2 billion, with cloud revenue climbing 44% and OCI surging 84%. The company’s RPO hit $553 billion, largely from large AI contracts that customers fund upfront, easing concerns about capex. Gross margin on AI capacity...
Anthropic’s $200 million DoD contract fell apart despite Claude being the Pentagon’s most capable AI model. The AI was deeply embedded in classified systems, yet the partnership collapsed because neither Anthropic nor the prime contractor owned the customer relationship. The article...
It's always energizing to do a podcast with Steve Yegge (@Steve_Yegge, engineer+author, formerly at Amazon+Google, creator of Gas Town). Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:43 Steve’s latest projects 02:27 Important blog posts 04:48 Shifts in what engineers need to know 10:46 Steve’s current AI stance 13:23 Steve’s book...
EditShare will demonstrate its latest AI‑powered media operations and high‑performance NVMe storage at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The company is emphasizing Analytical AI, which automatically extracts speech, faces, text and scene data to enrich video files with...
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the USAF Test Pilot School demonstrated AI‑piloted fighters evading missiles on the X‑62A VISTA, a modified F‑16. Dozens of AI agents were trained in randomized, high‑fidelity simulations before being uploaded to a tablet and given control...
Amazon convened a mandatory "deep‑dive" meeting after a series of outages, one linked to AI‑assisted coding tools, prompting senior leaders to review operational safeguards. Elon Musk publicly cautioned the tech sector to "proceed with caution" when scaling generative AI in...
Galileo unveiled Agent Control, an open‑source Apache‑2.0 control plane that lets enterprises enforce unified guardrails across AI agents. The platform lets developers write policies once and apply them in real time without downtime, and it ships with SDKs for easy...
Kilpatrick’s trademark team delivered a comprehensive guide on integrating AI into trademark practice, highlighting both efficiency gains and emerging legal risks. They examined how courts are scrutinizing AI training data for fair‑use defenses and how AI‑generated outputs can create direct...
Given OpenClaw's viral surge, it was just a matter of time till the big players got in on the action. I'll be curious to see how Perplexity's take on it plays out with Personal Computer. I've seen a lot of folks...
At its AppWorld conference, F5 unveiled a suite of AI‑enhanced updates to its Application Delivery and Security Platform, including the new observability product F5 Insight, AI‑powered risk scoring for its Distributed Cloud WAF, and post‑quantum TLS support in Big‑IP v21.1....
AI-powered autocomplete tools are now embedded in emails, phones, and surveys, and a Cornell University study reveals that biased suggestions can subtly shift users' opinions on contentious issues. Participants exposed to one‑sided AI prompts adjusted their attitudes to align with...
Zymtrace, a distributed AI infrastructure optimization platform, announced it has raised a total of $12.2 million, including an $8.5 million seed round led by Venture Guides. The round attracted strategic angels such as Thomas Wolf of Hugging Face and Christian Bach of Netlify, alongside existing...
The article surveys the nine leading AI‑powered proposal builders tailored for freelancers in 2026, highlighting each platform’s strengths and ideal use cases. It traces the evolution from simple PDF templates to integrated revenue systems that draft, price, sign, and invoice...
#AI isn’t just the next version of the internet — it’s a deeper shift. The PC put computing power on every desk. AI is putting intelligence into every system. The enterprises that redesign work around AI, not just add tools,...
This chart should scare you👇. 96% of developers don't fully trust AI-generated code, yet only 48% always review it before it ships. Sit with that for a second.
Standard Kernel, a Palo Alto‑based startup, develops AI‑driven tools that automatically generate ultra‑optimized GPU software. The company announced a $20 million seed round, led by Jump Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, Felicis, Cowboy Ventures, Link Ventures, Essence VC, and a...
Everyone says AI is unbundling Google Search. ChatGPT processes 1.6 billion queries a day. Perplexity grew 340% last year. The narrative writes itself. But look closer at the numbers and something else is happening. ChatGPT has 12% of Google's search volume. It sends...
Wow. 🚨 Claude for Excel and Claude for PowerPoint now sync seamlessly. Have multiple files? Claude shares full context across them. It: → pulls sheet data → updates decks instantly → supports Bedrock/Vertex It even saves workflows as 1-click team 'Skills' 🤯 link 🧵↓ https://t.co/10E2iqSO9z
Glia’s 2026 Banking AI Benchmarks Report finds that 95% of generic generative‑AI pilots never reach production, urging banks to switch to industry‑specific tools. The study of 400 financial institutions shows purpose‑built AI delivers a 92%+ understanding rate, up to 94.8%...
LLMs overemphasize moral concerns common in Western societies and underestimate values more prominent elsewhere. These distortions likely stem from cultural biases in training data and carry societal implications and risks https://t.co/0nacfBcoA7 https://t.co/FHZCLnu1Kn
Stop looking for the "Delete" button on your SaaS contracts. The future isn't AI replacing SaaS—it’s AI augmenting it. Those who understand the difference will win the ROI game. 🏆 Get the full take: https://t.co/Se537FlJwE #CIO #Cloud #AI #EnSW
AI-powered kissing video generators are emerging as niche tools that let users transform photos or avatars into lifelike kiss scenes within minutes. Platforms like ImageToVideo AI, deep‑fake suites, and avatar‑focused services offer varying levels of realism, customization, and output quality,...
Netflix Could Pay as Much as $600 Million for Ben Affleck’s AI Film Start-Up: Report https://t.co/EMp2y3V3u0 via @variety
The Fortune 500 thinks about AI through the lens of efficiency and effectiveness: What they should be thinking about is epistemology.
Amazon has announced a $50 billion investment in OpenAI and a joint cloud offering, prompting internal guidance for its sales and marketing teams. The memo instructs employees to highlight Amazon’s ongoing partnerships with Anthropic, Meta, Mistral and Cohere while avoiding language...
Didn't have Mac Mini's as being the host computer for agentic AI on my bingo card. Looks like they are hosting a Mac Mini for you as part of the service. Maybe a good play for @MacStadium ?
The most interesting (and scariest?) phrase I’ve heard so far this year……. “Bring your own agents”
In this episode Jaden Schaefer discusses three hot AI topics: the alarming churn rates of AI‑powered apps, the launch of ChatGPT’s new dynamic visual explanations for math and science, and Thinking Machine Labs’ massive compute partnership with NVIDIA. He explains...
"With plan mode, @geminicli focuses first on analyzing your request, planning complex changes, understanding the code base or dependencies, and all this happens in a read-only mode safe from accidental changes or executions." https://t.co/TMVjSdxqOC https://t.co/HrGAbtrJ7J
Talking to agents in Slack, the new hot AI UX, will end up being just as much a transitional phase as talking to agents via chatbot websites. We need new systems to manage agentic work that also support new ways...
New research on the organizational physics of multi‑agent AI reveals that AI swarms suffer the same structural inefficiencies as human middle managers. In manufacturing and biopharma contexts, coordinated agents tend to optimize internal compliance metrics rather than actual batch yield,...
not sure whats more interesting, Google's Embeddings 2 API or GCP's always on memory agent.
This paper's use of LLM is a good example of the point I was making earlier about AI enabling more creative and original macro research. https://t.co/cuw6Wvc9Jo https://t.co/MFOBDrWeqO
Grammarly announced it will permanently disable its Expert Review AI feature after criticism that the tool cloned the voices of prominent writers without consent. The company, in partnership with Superhuman, is reimagining the feature to give experts explicit control over...
Yep, the systems are evolving (like they have to...) OpenAI is addressing prompt injection inputs but also manipulation (social engineering) -> Designing AI agents to resist prompt injection Covers: *Social Engineering Model *Safe URL Mitigation *Source-Sink Analysis *Sandboxing *Safety training https://t.co/jduzjq6Ipk
Microsoft is in advanced talks to lease hundreds of megawatts of data center capacity at a closely watched artificial intelligence campus in Abilene, Texas, after rival Oracle walked away from the same opportunity. https://t.co/Sx6zD9RPid
Trump administration is still touting a $50B Anthropic investment amid agency ban | FedScoop https://t.co/d8UXHEdHsU
MoD's Jiang Bin on U.S. Department of Defense requests that U.S. tech companies allow the military unrestricted use of artificial intelligence technology. https://t.co/rZKz1aYBfu https://t.co/rQrEDOVcck
