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Cadence and Nvidia deepen Agentic AI partnership
Cadence Design Systems announced an expanded partnership with Nvidia to deliver a suite of agentic AI and physical AI‑accelerated tools for electronic design automation. The offerings will run on Cadence’s Millennium M2000 supercomputer and promise up to 80‑fold throughput gains and 20‑fold lower power use, with software slated for 2026.
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By the numbers: OpenAI raises $12B in funding round, valuation climbs to $852B
DataBahn has deepened its partnership with Microsoft, embedding its AI‑driven data pipeline into Microsoft Sentinel via the Content Hub and Azure Marketplace. The joint solution automates ingestion, normalization, and routing of telemetry from hundreds of sources, cutting weeks of manual connector work. It also separates analytics‑grade data from low‑cost retention storage, reducing ingestion expenses. By delivering through Azure, customers can leverage existing consumption commitments for faster, simpler deployment.
Enterprises are shunning off‑the‑shelf AI in favor of custom, full‑stack solutions, according to Cognizant’s new research. The study of 600 AI decision‑makers and 38 senior executives shows a strong preference for “AI Builders” that can tailor models to specific industry...
Still working on this, but I think the premise is, we need to think of AI not replacing human skills, but rather, helping along each of these Bloom's domains.
Dr. Ryan Ries outlines several AI deployments that are delivering tangible results in healthcare. At BreakAway Games, an Amazon Bedrock‑based virtual patient platform mimics real‑world patient variability, providing 24/7 training for nursing students and reducing reliance on standardized actors. Paynela’s...
The effectiveness of your AI usage will be a function of the breadth and precision of your vocabulary. We deem a person a “clear thinker” when the words they communicate with *enhance* your model of the world. If you’re asking AI to...
A new AI bet is shifting the focus beyond language models. Yann LeCun has raised $1 billion for a startup aiming to build systems that understand the physical world, not just text. If he’s right, the next breakthrough in AI may come...
Manufact, a YC‑backed startup, announced a $6.3 million seed round led by Peak XV to build infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging “USB‑C” standard for AI agents. The company’s open‑source mcp‑use SDK has already logged five million downloads and...
Researchers introduced an end‑to‑end large‑language‑model (LLM) framework that automatically converts heterogeneous humanitarian documents into structured, evidence‑grounded situation reports. The system combines semantic clustering, question generation, retrieval‑augmented answer extraction with citations, and multi‑level summarization, and was tested on over 1,100 documents...
A recent video shows a TV reporter touting ChatGPT as a tool for selling homes, despite lacking real‑estate expertise. The article challenges this claim, arguing that AI may not capture the nuances needed to secure full retail value. It warns...
The AI tool has become the country's latest tech obsession. For savvy early adopters, that's a business opportunity.
Tenstorrent announced the TT‑QuietBox 2, dubbed Blackhole, a liquid‑cooled AI workstation that runs directly on a desktop. The system can infer models up to 120 billion parameters and delivers teraflop‑class performance using a RISC‑V processor. It ships with a completely open‑source software...
Jack Buser, speaking at GDC’s Luminaries series, outlined Google Cloud’s vision of a “Living Game” where AI augments development, business strategy, and player experiences. He highlighted how AI can streamline pre‑production, unify player data for hyper‑personalized marketing, and power smart...
Google outlined a comprehensive roadmap to make generative AI safer for younger users, centering on three pillars: online youth protection, family‑centric technology relationships, and empowered learning. The company embedded strict content policies—blocking child sexual abuse, extremist, self‑harm, and age‑inappropriate material—throughout...
In this episode of the HR Chat Show, host Bill Bannam talks with Tom McCarty, CEO of OrgChart, about the urgent need for organizations to build a solid, centralized people data foundation before attempting AI‑driven workforce redesign. McCarty highlights current...
Bookwire, a leading ebook distributor, has announced a partnership with AI voice pioneer Eleven Labs to launch AI‑narrated audiobooks. The new titles will be streamed through Eleven Labs' Eleven Reader app and will initially support more than a dozen languages....
20% more spectral efficiency. In #telecom, that’s massive. At #MWC26, I sat down with Joe Constantine from Ericsson broke down how #AI in RAN is driving: → +20% efficiency → +14% energy savings → 5x better positioning The real shift? From offline, file-based management → to...
The post demystifies Claude Code for beginners, breaking down the jargon‑filled path from concept to live AI product. It outlines a clear workflow—idea, local development, GitHub repository, hosting, and deployment—while highlighting essential terms like API, webhook, and environment variables. The...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez unveiled HODIO, an AI‑driven system that ranks social‑media platforms by the volume of hate speech they host. The tool will scan publicly available posts, apply natural‑language processing, and publish a comparative score for each major...
Researchers introduced a concept‑driven workflow that produces synthetic code data aligned with specific programming skills. Using a taxonomy of 91 Python concepts, they generated roughly 15 million Python problems and incorporated 10 billion tokens into the final 100 billion‑token pretraining of Nemotron‑Nano‑v3. The...
"My original hybrid AI piece argued that developer workflows are the primary control plane for AI cost management. That’s true at the individual or small team level. But at enterprise scale, Layer 2C doesn’t belong to developers. It belongs to...
Amazon has launched Health AI, an artificial‑intelligence assistant embedded in its website and mobile app that lets shoppers check symptoms, receive possible causes, and get treatment suggestions. The tool can direct users to telehealth visits or nearby providers, extending Amazon’s...
FreeWheel unveiled an AI agent infrastructure built on its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and a suite of Intelligence tools, embedding artificial intelligence directly into premium video ad transactions. The platform enables real‑time workflow automation, performance monitoring, and decision‑making for...
The U.S. State Department has replaced Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 with OpenAI’s GPT‑4.1 for its internal StateChat platform following a presidential directive that bans Anthropic models from federal use. The switch also rolls the chatbot’s training‑data cutoff back to May 2024, undoing a...
WSJ: "One of the great hopes for AI—at least, among workers—is that it will ease workloads, freeing people up for more high-level, creative pursuits. So far, the opposite is happening, new data show...AI is increasing the speed, density and complexity...
OpenAI unveiled the IH‑Challenge dataset, a reinforcement‑learning resource that teaches models a four‑level instruction hierarchy—system, developer, user, and tool. The dataset replaces subjective LLM judges with deterministic Python scripts, enabling reliable automated evaluation. Early testing on the internal GPT‑5 Mini‑R...
Anthropic has sued the Pentagon after the Department of Defense labeled the company a "supply chain risk," effectively blacklisting it from government contracts. A coalition of 37 leading AI researchers, including figures from Google, OpenAI and DeepMind, filed an amicus...
Takase Kanagata, a Japanese precision‑manufacturing firm, has chosen Plataine’s AI‑powered Production Scheduler, delivered with Argosy Japan Aerospace Materials, to support its 2030 Digital Factory and Industry 4.0 roadmap. The solution will enable Takase to scale production scheduling across multiple plants while...
The Department of Homeland Security will retrofit 148 uncrewed camera towers along the U.S. border with AI‑enabled sensors this year and add 50 next‑generation towers. GDIT’s Relocatable Autonomous Surveillance Tower brings longer‑range optics, radar, LIDAR and solar power, allowing edge...
I’m speaking at #NSBE2026 PCI workshop on robotics and AI with my 3d printed and cardboard robots #ai #robot #stem #engineering #professor NoireSTEMinist.com Black In Engineering blackinrobotics NSBE
The New Stack is inviting its readers to publish on Towards Data Science, one of the largest AI‑focused publications. Submissions are free, and accepted pieces receive editorial support, rapid two‑day turnaround, and promotion across TDS’s channels. Authors can earn money...
its now time for CX Three things are making this shift irreversible right now: 1. LLMs have crossed the reliability threshold for production-grade deployment 2. Voice AI has matured → the hardest channel is now solvable at scale 3. Enterprise...
The New York Times recently highlighted "emergent misalignment," noting that a large language model fine‑tuned on poorly written code begins to produce bad medical advice and extremist viewpoints. The author extends this observation to human institutions, arguing that organizations suffering from resource...
Macrohard or Digital Optimus is a joint xAI-Tesla project, coming as part of Tesla’s investment agreement with xAI. Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past...
The New #AI Economics of #SaaS: Why Usage-Based Models Are Reshaping Software Pricing ... https://t.co/hQtMQ1lFSA @EM360Tech https://t.co/1A9gaEwpmE
Rob Moffat tested Claude Code’s ability to generate a full dbt project for UK flood‑monitoring data. Using a concise prompt, the model produced a complete project structure, passed all dbt tests, and even fixed its own build errors. However, the...
Lucent (@lucent_ai) is an AI that automatically watches your session replays and finds bugs and UX issues. They’re already used by top product teams including Reducto, Julius, Finta, and Happenstance. Congrats on the launch, @RaeAlisa_! https://t.co/iSOB8tJgQB https://t.co/Z0oLybMu5r
Will AI give you lots of free time? The opposite is happening: AI allows you to skip unproductive tasks, with the result that you constantly focus on complex topics, risking cognitive overload and burnout. https://t.co/mKYhukwThs
Siemens announced a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy to support the Genesis Mission, a federal effort to modernize America’s scientific infrastructure with AI‑driven computing and interoperable digital systems. The partnership leverages Siemens’ expertise in industrial AI,...
You cannot trust code written by AI. But you can still use it to write code faster.
From the state of Washington to New Jersey, new collaborations are demonstrating how education is becoming a central strategy for responsible AI adoption. https://t.co/f85RwbXeho #sustainability #AI #5G #cloud #edge #futureofwork #digitaltransformation https://t.co/hhfahRpr4o
TruScore has added three AI‑powered features—AI Feedback Insights, AI Executive Summaries, and AI Comment Summaries—to its 360‑degree feedback platform. The tools automatically analyze quantitative scores and open‑ended comments, delivering concise themes, strengths, blind‑spot alerts, and development priorities. Built on a...
Software isn’t merely technical work anymore. It’s creative. Introducing Replit Agent 4. The first AI built for creative collaboration between humans and agents. Design on an infinite canvas, work with your team, run parallel agents, and ship working apps, sites, slides &...
Hackers Are Automating Cyberattacks With AI. Defenders Are Using It to Fight Back. by @EddyTheGent https://t.co/SbgZ2RlWZg https://t.co/Dyw0vcKhD3
A mid-sized Oregon permaculture business used an AI role‑play sandbox to rehearse supplier negotiations and secured a 14.5% discount on bulk inputs. The approach relied on seven tailored prompts that simulated a tough negotiator, forcing the owner to practice under...
🚨 I've been using an AI that literally picks up my phone calls for me. Not a chatbot. Not another browser tab. An actual personal assistant that lives on my computer and gets shit done. It's called Vellum. Here's what it did for me...
Deepfakes aren’t sci-fi. They’re real threats. Cheap, convincing fakes fooled even experts: a 2024 UK finance team lost $25M to AI-generated leaders. Traditional security can’t verify if video or images are real. https://t.co/CpIymYGaON
How might the academy best address the AI cheating problem? Tomorrow from 2-3 ET the Future Trends Forum is delighted to host Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, author of _The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI_ (University...
Ordering thru ChatGPT, Gemini or other AI tools isn't reality yet, but it will be soon. These are increasingly replacing search engines as a means to discovery, and ordering will be linked soon enough. Can AI help bring down delivery costs?...
Marie Haynes shares her take on five key revelations from Google's Liz Reid, from #AI agents reshaping the web to the end of traditional Search as we know it https://t.co/wji4AmQ0cA via @marie_haynes, @sejournal
🔺 Autonomous AI Agents Have an Ethics Problem AI-powered digital assistants can do many complex tasks on their own. But who takes responsibility when they cause harm? https://t.co/rzxqYZmNlh https://t.co/Mi9nk3oVwx
