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AI boom likened to fracking as capital pours in
The Financial Times argues the current AI surge mirrors the fracking frenzy, with AI startups drawing over $200 billion in 2023 funding—comparable to the trillions invested in fracking at its peak. Compute demand for AI now rivals the energy intensity of oil extraction, and the piece warns that speculative excess could repeat the environmental and economic fallout seen in fracking.
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By the numbers: Microsoft commits $10B AI investment in Japan
Perplexity has released its AI‑powered Comet browser for Android, now available for download on the Google Play Store. The mobile app mirrors the desktop version, letting users summon the Perplexity AI assistant, use voice mode to chat about open tabs, and request on‑the‑fly summaries. While cross‑device sync of history and bookmarks is not yet supported, the company says it will roll out in the coming weeks, along with plans for a fully agentic voice mode and a native password manager.
When we unveiled Replit Agent in beta last year, we showed how to build a landmark explorer so you can see interesting things around you. It was slow, buggy, not pretty, and expensive. Now with Replit Design I can make it styled...
I just got back from AI Dev x NYC, the AI developer conference where our community gathers for a day of coding, learning, and connecting. The vibe in the room was buzzing! It was at the last AI Dev in...
Google released Gemini 3 on November 18, 2025, touting it as a breakthrough foundation model for reasoning. In a viral test, AI researcher Andrej Karpathy discovered the model still believed the current year was 2024 because it lacked 2025 training data...
ScaleOps unveiled an AI Infra Product that automates GPU allocation and scaling for enterprises running self‑hosted large language models and other GPU‑intensive AI workloads. The platform integrates with any Kubernetes distribution, cloud or on‑prem environment without code changes, using proactive...
Had dinner last night with one of the Uber AI employees and I came to the conclusion that I was wrong about Uber. Even if Tesla takes away its car business (and that's not guaranteed, and even if it happens,...
In this episode, Pew Research’s Eileen Yam reveals stark gaps between AI experts and the American public, showing that while most experts anticipate productivity gains and personal benefits, only a minority of citizens share that optimism. The public’s dominant fears...
Google began rolling out its Gemini AI assistant to Android Auto users, letting drivers access a conversational voice interface for navigation, messaging, and errands via the Gemini app on their phone projected onto the car’s infotainment screen. Activation works through...
AI will disrupt strategy before it disrupts execution. AI is overturning the old belief that machines would only handle low level tasks first. Because strategy lives in data, models, and simulations rather than the messy physical world, advanced AI systems are...
Wikipedia’s volunteer editors have produced a public "Signs of AI writing" field guide as part of their Project AI Cleanup, offering concrete heuristics for spotting large‑language‑model‑generated prose. The guide notes that automated detection tools are largely ineffective and instead highlights...
AR startup Viture, operating under the Vonder brand, is preparing to launch its first AI-powered smart glasses, dubbed Vonder, with a target debut around CES 2026. FCC filings and a staging website reveal the device will likely move away from...
Many arguments assume AI will learn fear, desire, or survival instinct. Those feelings are shaped by biology. Emotional valence drives the priorities and commitments that influence how we engage with the world. Without it, AI may advance intellectually but not...
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, alleging that its Comet browser’s shopping agent violates Amazon’s terms of service and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by automating purchases on the site. The legal action highlights the emerging "DoorDash...
Technology in Action: My Key Takeaways on How AI and Quantum Are Accelerating Global Transformation Bernard Marr reflects on how AI and quantum computing are not just theoretical: they’re already transforming industries, from healthcare to transport, and shaping global change....
4 AI transformation lessons from Siemens that every enterprise needs to hear. Day 2 at #WDAYRisingEMEA delivered something rare: a leader discussing AI transformation without the script. Nanda Burke, Global Head of Talent at Siemens, sat down with Carl Eschenbach...
Google announced that Gemini can now identify whether an image was created or edited by a Google AI tool, letting users ask “Is this AI-generated?” within the app. The feature initially supports only images using Google’s SynthID watermark, but Google...
Rolling out today we are launching Nano Banana Pro, the world’s best image model built to move beyond casual creation and into a new era of studio-quality, functional design. Nano Banana Pro enables a new level of precision and creative...
TechRadar contributor Becca Caddy outlines how users can limit or disable AI-driven features across a range of popular platforms, from Pinterest and Google Search to Gmail, Android, iOS, Samsung Galaxy, Microsoft Copilot, and Facebook. The guide provides step‑by‑step instructions for...
Google has launched Nano Banana Pro, an upgraded image generation and editing model built on Gemini 3 Pro, now available for free trial worldwide through the Gemini app’s “Create image” feature. The model can blend up to 14 images, render...
Cloud‑based contact‑center‑as‑a‑service (CCaaS) enables firms to replace on‑premises PBXs, servers and office space with virtualized infrastructure hosted in optimized data centres, cutting energy use and e‑waste. The biggest emissions reduction comes from allowing agents to work remotely, eliminating most commuting...
📢 vLLM: Deploying LLMs at Scale Like OpenAI 🚀Want to Deploy LLMs or vision language models at scale? Discover vLLM, the open-source powerhouse that's transforming inference with PagedAttention, continuous batching, and more! In this short article, we unpack how vLLM slashes memory...
Enterprises are confronting a heightened need for digital resilience as agentic AI—autonomous systems that plan, reason, and act with minimal human input—moves from pilot projects to core operations. The technology’s speed, scale, and reliance on real‑time machine data (logs, metrics,...
What if your vision language model isn’t actually seeing… but mostly guessing from text? 👀 @AICoffeeBreak explains it perfectly: when VLMs rely too heavily on text, they start hallucinating answers based on the most common phrasing in their training data instead...
In this special episode, host Dan Turchin explores how AI is transforming the legal profession, covering ownership of AI‑generated work, accountability for automated decisions, and the need for robust governance in law firms. Insights from five experts—including IP specialist Robert...
Gemini 3 is here and for the first time in years, Google is not chasing the frontier... it *is* the frontier. In the last 48h, Google has leapfrogged all the other frontier models. And that's not all: 💪 Nearly half...
The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to create an AI Litigation Task Force that would challenge state AI regulations, targeting laws such as California’s new AI safety bill as “complex and burdensome.” The task force aims to remove...
The episode explores emerging AI literacy frameworks and why basic AI knowledge is vital for every employee, offering leaders strategies to demonstrate business value and articulate risks of lacking AI guidelines. It discusses the balance between formal policies and flexible...
OpenAI rolled out the first major update to its ChatGPT Atlas browser on macOS, adding three practical features: iCloud Passkeys support for secure logins, the option to set Google as the default search engine, and a vertical tab layout with...
A Dropbox study finds that creative professionals juggle an average of 14 digital tools, leading to workflow fragmentation and lost productivity. Better digital organization could boost performance by 54%, equating to roughly 1.5 extra days of creative work per employee...
It's a complicated process! Don't make fun of him! > Propose POST /models/gemini3/chat in a Slack thread. 186 replies later, no consensus on the URL. > Start a "Gemini 3 API Integration Task Force" with its own weekly standup and logo. > Write...
Nokia announced that, effective Jan. 1, 2026, it will split into two primary segments—Network Infrastructure and Mobile Infrastructure—while spinning off its AI‑focused mobile business to drive AI‑first networks such as 6G. The company targets a 6‑8% net‑sales CAGR through 2028...
Data‑center investment in India is projected to exceed $100 billion by 2027, driving a surge in digital services but also raising sustainability concerns. Ashish Arora, CEO of Nxtra by Airtel, argues that sustainability must be embedded in every stage of data‑center...
xAI’s Grok 4.1 and OpenAI’s ChatGPT 5.1 were pitted against each other in a three‑part informal test covering emotional intelligence, factual reliability, and personality consistency. Grok 4.1 delivered a more flamboyant, slang‑laden response to an emotional scenario and to a prompt about rainy...
The International Energy Agency’s latest World Energy Outlook projects global electricity demand to surge 40% over the next decade, driven largely by rising air‑conditioning use and temperature increases that will add roughly 500 GW of peak load by 2035. While data‑center...
How fast could your org recover from an AI-driven security incident when mistakes and breaches are inevitable? As @Commvault CEO @SanjayMirchandani said: “When data is inconsistent or compromised, AI gets things dangerously wrong. Recovery isn’t a process, resilience now runs the...
TechRadar AI Week 2025 outlines a straightforward method for users to transition from ChatGPT to Anthropic's Claude without losing personalized context. Claude’s paid Pro and Max plans now include a Memory feature that can store user‑specific information, allowing a simple...
The episode discusses Suno's recent $200 million funding round, which follows its new partnership with Warner Music. Executives outline plans for accelerated product upgrades that aim to streamline music creation workflows, while analysts predict the infusion could fundamentally reshape how artists...
The episode details NestAI's recent €100 million funding round, highlighting its significance for Europe's emerging defense‑focused AI industry. It examines the strategic partnership with Nokia, explaining how combined expertise could speed the development of secure, battlefield‑ready AI systems. The discussion also...
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) has released Olmo 3, a new family of open-source large language models available in 7B and 32B variants with a 65,000-token context window, enhanced reasoning traces, and improved coding capabilities. Three versions—Olmo 3‑Think (flagship...
The episode examines Function Health's $298 million Series B round, highlighting its impact on the burgeoning longevity and diagnostics market and the company's move into unicorn status. It outlines how the funding will be used to scale the AI-driven health platform, accelerate...
"Well...um. My shortest answer... What's good for traditional SEO is good for AI visibility. What's good for conversion optimization is good for AI recommendations. You have to do both." Thanks, Theresa , for capturing this moment on the Semrush webinar...
Very clever trick by @minimaxir to get Nano Banana to reveal its system prompt by drawing it as refrigerator magnets. https://t.co/dRIVqfkUXh
BOOM! Olmo 3 has just landed, join us in this livestream to learn more about the release 🤗💗
You can also now check for SynthID watermarking directly in the @GeminiApp and verify if an image was made by our models - just upload the image and ask Gemini. Being able to verify what you’re seeing is critical for...
Really excited about how AI can help creatives with their work. Our latest Nano Banana Pro model 🍌🍌🍌 brings this to a whole new level, allowing you to bring complex ideas quickly to life... the outputs are pretty amazing! 🤯Can't...
t-2 weeks til we're back in london for @airstreet state of ai meetup, ft: - @rosstaylor90 of @genreasoning - @youssef_a_mejj of @synthesiaio and yours truly on @stateofaireport! come hang with 150 ai friends across big tech, ai labs, startups and academia https://t.co/ELPmczmd31
This is my sentiment. I still have yet to experience a model in actual useful professional work that beats codex+o3. You can play with strengths to get some bench perf to move, at cost of another capability. All we're doing is...
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These kinds of benchmarks are misleading without a joint metric showing much work was necessary by humans after the fact. How much time to clean up that 2h42m of code? Style and architecture need to make sense, not just passing tests. That's...
I don’t support this but it’s interesting that young people view AI more favorably than the politicians who are constantly bashing it.
