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Google Cloud and Intel deepen AI chip partnership
Google Cloud and Intel have expanded their multiyear alliance, extending Intel’s Xeon 6 processors for AI, cloud and inference workloads and advancing joint development of custom ASIC‑based infrastructure processing units (IPUs) that offload data‑center tasks from CPUs.
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By the numbers: Optasia secures $330M debt facility
Solid, an enterprise software startup, announced its public launch alongside a $20 million seed financing round backed by Team8 and SignalFire. The capital will accelerate the company’s mission to make AI and analytics trustworthy by automating data semantics across organizations. Solid’s platform captures how data is used and keeps that understanding current, eliminating manual effort to maintain business definitions. It integrates with major data warehouses such as Snowflake, Databricks, and BigQuery, providing a unified source of truth for AI systems and reports.
'@v0 Max Fast' (powered by Fast Opus) straight-up feels like frontend & design engineering super-intelligence. The quality, the speed, the consistency… It's costly, but it's the best taste of the future of generative, on-demand software you can get today. https://t.co/SNzS0vtFA9
everything in the GUI should be available in the API this will be the theme for us for the remainder of the year the UI becomes the preview layer for agentic work if you can click it, you should be able to prompt...
PwC’s 2025 Hong Kong Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey reveals that 61% of local employees are using AI at work, with 22% engaging with generative AI daily—below the 29% Asia‑Pacific average. The majority report productivity gains (77%) and higher work...
Alibaba released the Qwen3.5 small model series, praised for its high intelligence density and ability to run on consumer devices. Within 24 hours, technical architect Junyang "Justin" Lin and two teammates announced their departures, leaving the future of the Qwen...
AI startups are increasingly using multi‑tiered valuations, selling the same equity at two distinct price points within a single funding round. Lead investors receive a discounted price while later participants pay a headline unicorn valuation, as seen in Aaru’s $450 million...
SaidText is launching its voice‑driven AI platform in the United States, targeting industrial and manufacturing plants. The solution lets frontline workers record updates by speech, automatically transcribing and structuring the data for real‑time dashboards and analytics. Managers receive AI‑prioritized alerts,...
Looking to talk to more AI GRC platforms: 2 clients met with a vendor recently and were really impressed with the companies and space. Would love to meet some dope founders if anyone has recs
Microsoft’s inaugural Cyber Pulse AI Security Report reveals that over 80% of Fortune 500 firms already deploy low‑code AI agents, and the company forecasts 1.3 billion autonomous agents operating by 2028. Financial services account for roughly 11% of global agent activity, underscoring...
The CHEO Research Institute’s pediatric AI tool, ThinkRare, is moving beyond its home site to McMaster Children’s Hospital, Alberta Children’s Hospital and Stollery Children’s Hospital, marking one of Canada’s first national deployments of a real‑time, clinically embedded AI algorithm. ThinkRare...
Broadcom reported record Q4 2025 results and set an aggressive Q1 2026 outlook, driven by explosive AI semiconductor demand. Consolidated revenue reached $18 billion, up 28% YoY, with AI revenue climbing 74% to $6.5 billion and an AI‑related order backlog exceeding $73 billion....
A new research briefing examined 1.13 million US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint narratives and found that large‑language‑model (LLM) assistance surged after ChatGPT’s release. The study shows LLM‑assisted complaints are more likely to secure consumer relief, with a measurable uplift in...
Aware Inc. posted fiscal 2025 revenue of $17.3 million, a marginal decline, while its net loss expanded to $5.9 million, reflecting higher technology and certification investments. The company secured ISO 30107 Level 3, ISO 27001, and FIDO2 certifications and earned best‑in‑class bias ratings in NIST...
Here are a couple examples of how Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite can solve real-world problems: First, this high-volume image sorter showcases the model’s ability to quickly analyze and sort large amounts of content, like pictures (something that could have been too expensive...
X announced a revision to its creator revenue‑share program to curb AI‑generated deepfakes about the Iran war. Users posting AI‑created videos of the conflict without a disclosure will be suspended from revenue sharing for 90 days, with permanent bans for...
Yeti Boo, an AI‑generated Bigfoot persona, exploded on TikTok, reaching over 439,000 followers and catching the eye of brands. KANE Footwear signed the character as an “AI athlete” to promote its Revive AC recovery shoe, pairing the mascot’s off‑beat wilderness...
Meta is piloting a shopping research feature inside its Meta AI chatbot for U.S. users. The tool returns a carousel of product images with brand, price, and website details, plus brief recommendation bullet points. The move mirrors similar experiments by...
OpenAI announced that its ChatGPT default model has been upgraded to GPT‑5.3‑Instant, aiming to make interactions feel less stiff and “cringe‑worthy.” The new version cuts over‑caveating, reduces unnecessary safety preambles, and delivers more accurate, conversational responses. OpenAI reports a 27%...
Koah, a native monetization platform for generative AI, announced a $20.5 million Series A round. The round was led by Theory Ventures, with Tomasz Tunguz joining the board. The funding builds on a $5 million seed round raised in September 2025 and signals confidence in...
Researchers at the University of Cambridge introduced SymTorch, a PyTorch library that embeds symbolic regression into deep‑learning pipelines. The tool wraps any nn.Module, records activations, and uses PySR to distill closed‑form equations that replace neural components. In a proof‑of‑concept on...
The article warns that government officials risk becoming overly passive by habitually clicking the AI‑generated ‘Yes’ button, a phenomenon known as automation bias. It argues that the allure of speed and convenience can mask hidden algorithmic biases, compromising decision quality....
LiveRamp announced the integration of Newton Research and SemantIQ agents into its data‑collaboration platform, allowing autonomous AI to handle audience creation, cross‑media measurement and spend optimization for health and life‑science marketers. Simultaneously, Doceree launched RepTwin and the Site LLM, a...
The Pentagon’s demand that Anthropic’s AI models be usable for all lawful purposes collided with the company’s refusal to support mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, sparking a supply‑chain‑risk designation and a legal showdown. The dispute highlights a clash between...
Jaeden and Jamie dissect Anthropic's claim that Chinese AI labs are illicitly mining the Claude model to train their own systems, focusing on the controversial 'distillation' technique used to replicate capabilities. They examine how this practice fuels competition in the...
The SISO CEO Summit convenes March 9‑12 at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, under the theme “Innovation in Action,” shifting focus from AI hype to concrete implementation. Attendees—C‑level leaders from trade shows, media groups, and suppliers—will explore evolving KPIs, AI‑driven M&A...
News Corp has inked a three‑year AI content licensing agreement with Meta, granting the social‑media giant access to the publisher’s U.S. and U.K. news assets for model training and user consumption. The deal could net Meta up to $50 million per...
New Zealand has rolled out an artificial‑intelligence scribe tool across every emergency department, giving more than 1,250 clinicians automated note‑taking support. The pilot showed doctors could see an extra patient per shift, and post‑deployment surveys reported 80% of staff noting productivity...
fal has quickly become one of the most developer-beloved platforms in generative AI and its momentum is nothing short of incredible. In 2025 alone, they raised over $300M across three funding rounds. What makes fal.ai special is that they've made...
Humanoid robots are emerging as a high‑growth market that could outpace the automotive sector, especially in Europe where manufacturers are seeking new value streams. A Fraunhofer‑IPA and P3 white paper reveals a fragmented hardware landscape lacking standardized architectures, with key...
The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply‑chain risk, forcing prime contractors and their subcontractors to assess, report, and wind down any reliance on Anthropic’s AI tools. This unprecedented move targets a domestic vendor and extends beyond DoD contracts, prompting agency‑wide...
Been using Micro since last week and it’s awesome. Especially the new integration with X that allows you to find important people that follow you. I was going to call it a CRM killer but it does so much more...
AI-driven workloads are reshaping enterprise traffic, creating sudden, high‑volume data bursts that bypass traditional monitoring points. As hybrid, multi‑cloud and edge environments proliferate, channel partners lose end‑to‑end visibility, exposing them to hidden performance and security risks. Legacy network tools, built...
Computex 2026 will run June 2‑5 in Taipei across four venues, featuring 1,500 exhibitors and 6,000 booths, positioning the event as a global AI benchmark. The show’s “AI Together” theme spotlights AI & computing, robotics & mobility, and next‑gen technologies,...
Choice Hotels CEO Pat Pacious outlined a multi‑pronged growth plan, highlighting a rebound in the economy‑to‑midscale segment, rapid expansion of extended‑stay rooms, and a shift toward “suits and boots” travelers who need on‑the‑road lodging. He described AI as an equalizer,...
FourKites introduced Loft in February 2026, an AI‑driven orchestration platform that links internal ERP, CRM and ITSM systems with its Intelligent Network of over 500,000 trading partners. The platform centers on Sophie, an AI developer agent that converts natural‑language requests...
Fujitsu Spain and the BCN Port Innovation Foundation have launched a proof‑of‑concept to build an ocean digital twin for the Port of Barcelona. The project combines autonomous underwater drones with AI‑driven analytics to capture high‑resolution seabed imagery, quantify biodiversity, and...
Microsoft's AI chief said most white-collar work will be automated in 18 months. But you won't lose your job to AI. You'll lose it to a person who's better at AI than you. It's already happening. The person who gets promoted isn't the...
Every company wants the best AI stack. But few are asking the real question: To what end? If you automate everything and answer anything… what does your business actually stand for? AI without strategy is just noise. #AI #BusinessStrategy #Leadership #Innovation #TechStrategy
Federal leaders highlighted escalating AI security risks at Zscaler’s Public Sector Summit, noting that over 70% of AI‑generated code goes unchecked and 90% of AI systems were compromised within 90 minutes in a recent red‑team test. The discussion emphasized the...
"Every industry will be impacted by AI. If you are an operating CIO who is largely focused on productivity, efficiencies, and reliability, youre just not going to cut it. #AI #CIO #CXOTalk #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/xTvbca0YxB
A small Qwen3.5 from-scratch reimplementation for edu purposes: https://t.co/OnupgeE55l (probably the best "small" LLM today for on-device tinkering) https://t.co/LwyF8x6sle
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen announced that artificial‑intelligence tools can trim roughly 10% off the back‑office component of ocean freight costs, enabling logistics firms to scale without proportionate hiring. He revealed that Flexport entered a "code red" mode in November 2025,...
We made a memory system for our models at PI. We call it Multi-Scale Embodied Memory (MEM). It provides both short-term and long-term memory to enable very long tasks. We tested it on cleaning a kitchen (and yes, washing dishes),...
I just mapped my role (Recruiter) through JamLab_X's Human-AI Task Map — scored against where AI will be in 18 months. 50% of my tasks require me. Which of your tasks are uniquely yours? https://t.co/9emmwjKkhy
Cisco’s 2026 State of Industrial AI Report reveals AI is a double‑edged sword for industrial networking teams, simultaneously creating security challenges and offering defensive benefits. While 40% of surveyed professionals cite cybersecurity as a major barrier and 48% list it...
This is what every founder secretly wishes their Slack looked like. 124 AI agents across 15 departments. Engineering, Sales, Product, Design — all shipping autonomously. No API keys. No cloud bills. No meetings. Just vibes. https://t.co/Uz9P5TigMf https://t.co/W7H4S926JJ
Ireland aims to digitise 100% of its key public services by 2030, leveraging a Life Events approach that groups services around citizen milestones. The Digital Public Services Plan 2030 outlines 20 objectives and 90 deliverables, targeting 90% digital uptake for...
Glen Tullman, CEO of Transcarent, says consumer‑directed care powered by generative AI is the next structural shift in a fragmented, costly health system. His WayFinding platform moves patients from simple search to agentic actions such as automated scheduling, symptom checking,...
Xometry is upgrading its AI‑driven marketplace with a new lead‑time prediction model and enhanced dynamic pricing logic. The lead‑time model, trained on a dataset four times larger, now incorporates supplier certifications, material requirements and specialized finishing specifications, improving forecasting accuracy...
TIME SPENT UNDERSTANDING THE CODEBASE: Human Dev vibe-coding): 2025: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (6 days, still doesn't get it) 2026: ▏ (Quit to become a barista) Anything's new Parallel Research Agents: 2025: ▏ (Didn't exist) 2026: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (0.4 seconds, understands the code better than the founder)
