Why Data Center Firms Are Working With Trump on Energy Costs
The White House, led by former President Donald Trump, convened executives from Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and other AI‑focused firms to address rising electricity costs tied to new data centers. The companies signed a voluntary "ratepayer protection pledge" committing to shoulder a larger share of the energy expenses their facilities generate. While the pledge aims to prevent utility bill spikes for households, experts warn implementation will be complex and its impact uncertain. The move reflects growing political pressure to curb the AI boom’s hidden energy externalities.
Iran’s Authorities Using NtechLab’s Live Facial Recognition to Crush Dissent
Iranian authorities have integrated Russia’s NtechLab FindFace facial‑recognition system into a live surveillance network, accessed through local partners Rasad, Kama and BPO. The technology is deployed in Tehran’s university entrances, Mashhad’s subway, and other public venues to identify and detain...
Microsoft Expands Sovereign Cloud Capabilities to Support AI Models
Microsoft announced a major expansion of its sovereign‑cloud portfolio, adding Foundry Local for on‑device AI inference and making Azure Local and Microsoft 365 Local globally available in disconnected environments. The new services let qualified customers run large AI models and core...
Authentic Brands to Use Seel’s Agentic AI for Post-Purchase Processes
Authentic Brands will integrate Seel’s agentic AI‑driven Worry‑Free Purchase platform to automate post‑purchase issues such as missing packages, claims and refunds. The solution will be deployed across its portfolio, which includes ten brands in Digital Commerce 360’s Top 1000 like Reebok,...
South Korea’s Music Industry Unites to Declare ‘War’ on AI Copyright Infringement
South Korea’s six leading music‑industry bodies have formed a coalition to combat AI‑driven copyright infringement, declaring a state of emergency and a "war" on unauthorized use. The group, chaired by KOMCA president Lee Si‑ha, issued a joint declaration demanding consent‑based...
New AI-Enabled Heart Failure Implant Shows Early Potential
Relief Cardiovascular unveiled its AI‑enabled Relief System, an implantable valve and sensor that modulates inferior vena cava pressure to boost renal perfusion in diuretic‑resistant heart‑failure patients. In the first‑in‑human RELIEF‑FIH study of eight European participants, the device achieved 100% procedural...
AI and Technology Alone Won't Fix Revenue Cycle Challenges: The Automation Paradox in RCM
Healthcare finance leaders are pouring capital into AI and automation to solve revenue cycle management (RCM) challenges, yet many are discovering that automating flawed workflows only accelerates errors. The emerging "automation paradox" shows that without clean data and standardized processes,...
Determining the Roles Required for Effective AI Governance in Higher Ed
Universities are racing to formalize AI governance as generative tools permeate admissions, instruction, research, and operations. Institutions such as Austin Community College and Cornell have created interdisciplinary committees and senior roles—like a vice provost for AI strategy—to define policies, vet...
NDSS 2025 – On The Realism Of LiDAR Spoofing Attacks Against Autonomous Driving Vehicle
The NDSS 2025 paper presents the first large‑scale measurement of physical‑world adversarial attacks on commercial traffic‑sign recognition (TSR) systems used in autonomous vehicles. While academic attack techniques can achieve 100% success against specific commercial TSR functions, overall success rates are...
Circana Launches Complete Why Analytics Platform for CPG Sales Performance
Circana unveiled Complete Why, an AI‑driven analytics platform for the consumer packaged goods sector, embedded in its Unify+ visualization suite. The tool models sales performance at store‑ and week‑level, evaluating up to 60 drivers such as price, promotions, distribution, competition,...
Apple Music Launches AI Transparency Tags — but only if Labels and Distributors Declare Them
Apple Music announced Transparency Tags, a new metadata requirement that forces record labels and distributors to label AI‑generated artwork, tracks, compositions, and music videos. The tags are optional for now but will become mandatory for future deliveries, placing disclosure responsibility...
Unique Capabilities of Edge Computing in IoT
The article outlines how edge computing transforms IoT by enabling federated learning, real‑time analytics, and stronger data sovereignty. By processing data locally, edge nodes cut latency, lower bandwidth demands, and keep sensitive information compliant with regulations such as GDPR and...
OpenAI's Codex App Lands on Windows After Topping a Million Mac Downloads in Its First Week
OpenAI has launched a native Windows version of its Codex app, featuring a custom OS‑level sandbox that isolates AI agents and enforces token and file‑system permissions. The Mac release previously achieved over one million downloads in its first week, and...
Accor Exec Warns AI Could Weaken Hotels’ ‘Human Connection’
Accor’s European and North‑Africa CEO Karelle Lamouche warned that while artificial intelligence drives pricing, personalization and marketing efficiencies, an over‑reliance could erode the human connection that defines hospitality. She highlighted risks such as disintermediation, commoditisation and loss of brand differentiation if...
Will AI-Generated Lessons Work? Here's What the 1970's Can Tell Us
Generative AI tools now produce K‑12 lesson plans at unprecedented speed, promising efficiency for teachers and districts. The article compares this wave to the 1970s experiment with computer‑assisted instruction, highlighting similar skepticism and adoption hurdles. While AI can handle routine...
TAPP Engine’s 9Squid Launches Private Markets Platform for Credit Unions and CFIs
TAPP Engine’s subsidiary 9Squid Private Markets has launched an AI‑driven platform that lets credit unions and community financial institutions (CFIs) securitize loan portfolios. The solution embeds modern asset‑liability and liquidity management tools, turning securitization into a repeatable balance‑sheet strategy rather...
SAP Integrates SmartRecruiters with SuccessFactors
SAP has integrated the SmartRecruiters hiring platform, acquired last September, into its SuccessFactors HCM suite, creating a unified talent architecture. The integration provides end‑to‑end hiring with embedded AI, bidirectional data flow, single sign‑on, and combined AI assistants Joule and Winston....
Modernizing Federal Risk Management
Federal agencies are overhauling risk management as artificial intelligence moves from pilot projects to core missions. The AI Risk Management Framework has been refreshed, and NIST introduced the ARIA 0.1 framework to quantify real‑world AI behavior. Simultaneously, quantum‑computing challenges and tight...
Will AI Drones, Robots and Wearable Sensors Revolutionize Workplace Safety?
Artificial intelligence‑enabled wearables, drones and robots are poised to transform occupational health and safety, especially in high‑risk sectors such as construction, mining and oil‑gas. Real‑time monitoring of posture, fatigue, noise and hazardous exposure can alert workers before injuries occur, while...
Business Central AI Forecasts Now Drive Planning Parameters with Enhanced Forecasting Worksheet
Insight Works has extended its Enhanced Forecasting Worksheet to link Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central AI forecasts directly to item planning parameters such as safety stock, reorder point, and maximum inventory. Users can create expressions that combine forecast quantities, historical...
RightRev Releases AI Platform for End-to-End Revenue Accounting Automation
RightRev unveiled Revi, an AI‑powered revenue automation platform, on March 4 2026. The suite embeds two AI agents—a Contract Review Agent that extracts terms and generates audit‑ready checklists, and an Anomaly Detector Agent that flags revenue schedule variances. Revi also includes a...
How Commercial Property Management Firms Are Using AI — and Hope to Use It Tomorrow
Commercial real‑estate giants are moving from speculative AI chatter to concrete strategies. Cushman & Wakefield introduced an AI Impact Barometer to gauge sector‑wide effects and is using AI for space‑planning, leasing automation, and data‑lake creation. CBRE is leveraging its extensive property...
Typeface Launches Marketing Orchestration Engine
Typeface unveiled its Marketing Orchestration Engine, a unified operating layer that synchronizes people, AI agents, and enterprise systems throughout the marketing lifecycle. The platform rests on three pillars: a living brand‑intelligence graph (Arc Graph), governed AI‑driven workflows (Arc Agents), and closed‑loop performance...
Enterprise AI Governance for Revenue Teams
Revenue teams are adopting AI features—email drafting, call summaries, forecasting—without a unified governance layer, leading to data leaks and compliance delays. The article outlines an operational framework: data classification, use‑case policies, platform controls, and regular review cadence. It emphasizes mapping...
LILT Launches Industry-First MCP Server and Agent-to-Agent Integration
LILT introduced its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and an Agent‑to‑Agent (A2A) card, creating the first enterprise‑grade bridge between generative AI speed and human‑verified translation quality. The solution lets employees request instant drafts from AI assistants and then route content...
Generate Your Own Cinematic Video Overviews in NotebookLM.
Google’s NotebookLM has rolled out Cinematic Video Overviews, a new AI‑driven video creation tool that replaces the previous slide‑based format with fully animated, story‑focused clips. The feature leverages Gemini 3 as a creative director alongside Nano Banana Pro and Veo 3 to craft visuals,...
Use Canvas in AI Mode to Get Things Done and Bring Your Ideas to Life, Right in Search.
Google has rolled out Canvas in AI Mode to all U.S. users in English, turning Search into a dynamic workspace for planning, writing, coding, and building interactive tools. The feature pulls real‑time data from the web and Google’s Knowledge Graph...
Intapp's Celeste AI Aims to Automate Judgment-Heavy Tasks
Intapp unveiled Celeste, an agentic AI platform that leverages a firm’s entire data set to execute complex, judgment‑intensive workflows such as deal screening, conflict clearance, and revenue realization. The system uses firm‑specific "Playbooks" and modular "skills" to codify best‑practice methodologies...
Behind the Curve
The rapid rise of generative AI is outpacing medical education in Canada, leaving most students without formal AI training. A 2022 survey found 85% of Canadian medical students reported no AI curriculum, while recent initiatives at schools such as U...
SiteGround Announced the Launch of Coderick AI
SiteGround unveiled Coderick AI, an AI‑driven app builder that lets users create production‑ready software through conversational prompts. The platform extends the “vibe coding” trend by delivering fully deployed applications, not just prototypes, on SiteGround’s enterprise‑grade hosting infrastructure. It targets small‑business...
Mutable Tactics Raises $2.1 Million for AI Drone Coordination in Satellite-Denied Environments
Mutable Tactics, a British AI startup, secured $2.1 million in pre‑seed funding to build software that lets swarms of military drones operate autonomously when satellite navigation and communications are unavailable. The round was led by Seraphim Space, with participation from the...
Wedbush Maintains $350 Apple Target as Product Blitz Reinforces AI Hardware Push
Wedbush Securities reaffirmed its "outperform" rating on Apple and kept a $350 price target, citing a sweeping product launch that bolsters its AI hardware ambitions. The new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, built on a Fusion Architecture, promise more than four‑times...
UnityAI Secures $8.5M to Scale Agentic AI for Healthcare Operations
UnityAI announced an $8.5 million Series A round led by Third Prime, bringing its total capital to $15 million. The startup deploys an agentic AI workforce that autonomously manages patient scheduling, referrals, and staff shift coordination across hundreds of care sites. It already...
Charlie Puth Joins AI Music Creation Platform Moises as Chief Music Officer
Charlie Puth has been appointed Chief Music Officer of AI music platform Moises. Moises, backed by $52 million total funding and a recent $40 million Series A led by Connect Ventures, claims over 70 million users across 33 languages. The startup differentiates itself...
With Evo 2, AI Can Model and Design the Genetic Code for All Domains of Life
Evo 2, an AI foundation model published in Nature, was trained on over 9.3 trillion nucleotides from 128 000 genomes spanning bacteria to humans. The model can pinpoint disease‑causing mutations, such as BRCA1 variants, with more than 90 % accuracy and design synthetic genomes...
Nvidia Global AI And DGX VP Hired By Google To Lead AI Infrastructure
Matthew Hull, former Nvidia Global AI Solutions VP, has joined Google as Vice President of AI Infrastructure Go‑to‑Market. Hull spent eight years at Nvidia, overseeing DGX platform sales, financial solutions, and data‑center partnerships. His move comes as Nvidia reported a...
AI Was Supposed to Help Her Launch. Instead, It Nearly Destroyed Her Business
Restaurant owner Rachael Smith used generative AI to draft The Salty Otter’s logo, an otter on a surfboard, then refined it herself. The AI‑origin sparked a wave of one‑star reviews from locals who felt the design was cheap and unauthentic....
Tabnine Fills the Organizational Context Gap for Enterprise AI
Tabnine has unveiled the Enterprise Context Engine (ECE), a platform that injects structured organizational knowledge into AI coding agents. By continuously modeling software architecture, documentation, and engineering practices, ECE moves beyond simple retrieval‑augmented generation to enable agents to reason about...
‘The Crown’ Star Jared Harris Instructs Lawyers Over AI Podcast Deepfake: “A Perfect Example Of Concern Creatives Have Over Misuse...
Jared Harris, Emmy‑nominated star of *The Crown*, has instructed his lawyers to intervene after a new podcast used an AI‑generated deepfake of his likeness without permission. He called the unauthorized use a prime example of creative concerns over AI misuse,...
CMS Advances Zero Trust, AI Security in IT Modernization Push
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accelerating its IT modernization by consolidating platforms, expanding shared services, and adopting a zero‑trust cybersecurity framework. Under Director Wade Zarriello, the agency has already exceeded its FY 2025 savings target, cutting $750 million in...
AI ‘Vibe-Coded’ War Dashboards Are Flooding Social Media
Following the February 28 US‑Israeli strikes on Iran, a wave of AI‑generated “vibe‑coded” dashboards has flooded social media, offering real‑time visualizations of the conflict. These tools, built with Claude Code, pull RSS feeds, sentiment trackers, market data and live video into...
What’s Powering the Algorithm that Gets You a Good Night’s Sleep?
NovaResp Technologies has developed an AI‑driven algorithm that predicts obstructive sleep apnea events before they occur, allowing CPAP devices to intervene gently and avoid abrupt pressure spikes. The predictive software, trained on patient breathing patterns, completed two clinical trials and...
Robotics Incubator at Technical University of Munich Receives Additional €3.5M in Government Funding
Technical University of Munich’s robo.innovate incubator has secured an additional €3.5 million from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, bringing total public funding to over €7 million and extending the program for the next three and a half years. Since its 2021...
ADP’s Strategic Partnership with Pine Services Group Expands HCM Solutions
ADP has entered a strategic partnership with Pine Services Group to embed its AI‑enabled human capital management (HCM) suite within ERP and value‑added reseller ecosystems, initially targeting construction and other project‑driven sectors. Pine will act as a distribution and enablement...
AI, VR, and the Training Gap: Why New Healthcare Tech Fails Without Workforce Readiness
Artificial intelligence and virtual reality are poised to transform healthcare education, yet adoption rates remain sluggish. The article argues that the primary barrier is workforce readiness, especially among nurse educators who control training decisions. Without intentional change management, leadership support,...
Vudoo Announces Partnership with PubMatic to Simplify Activation of Commerce-Enabled Advertising
Vudoo has partnered with PubMatic to embed its commerce‑media technology into PubMatic’s AI‑powered programmatic platform, enabling shoppable ad experiences across verified inventory. The integration lets agencies and brands activate commerce media with a single deal ID, supporting display, video and...
You Can’t Automate Trust: Why AI Still Needs Human Strategy in Marketing
Marketers are discovering that AI can automate data‑heavy tasks, but it cannot set strategy or build trust. The most successful teams pair AI’s speed with human judgment, using automation to execute a clear, human‑crafted vision. Without human direction, AI‑driven campaigns...
Samsara Uses AI to Help City Fleets Clear Snow After Storms
Syracuse, the nation’s snowiest city, has cut snow‑removal complaint calls by 30% after deploying Samsara’s AI‑enhanced GPS and dash‑cam system. The platform provides real‑time vehicle locations and video, feeding a public map that refreshes every five minutes and helps dispatch...
Tufin’s AI-Powered Tools Simplify Network Security Operations
Tufin unveiled a suite of AI‑powered tools, including four new assistants and an Executive Dashboard, built on its TufinAI engine. The assistants automate rule searches, device discovery, compliance exception analysis, and access‑request handling via natural‑language prompts. Integrated with Tufin’s Unified...
Agentic Orchestration Confronts the Growing Complexity of Enterprise IT
IBM is championing agentic orchestration as the next evolution of enterprise IT, aiming to unify AI agents across fragmented applications and multi‑cloud environments. The approach moves beyond traditional digital‑transformation pilots toward end‑to‑end, outcome‑driven strategies that leverage IBM’s consulting, research, and...