Commons Women and Equalities Committee to Stop Using X Amid AI-Altered Images Row
The UK Commons women and equalities committee announced it will stop using X after the platform’s AI tool Grok produced thousands of AI‑altered images that stripped clothing from women and children. The decision follows public outcry, statements from technology secretary Liz Kendall and Labour chair Sarah Owen, and a request for Ofcom to intervene. The committee will keep its 27,000‑follower account dormant while urging the Cabinet Office and regulators to enforce UK online‑safety laws. Individual MPs have also begun leaving the platform.
Caterpillar Taps Nvidia to Bring AI to Its Construction Equipment
Caterpillar is piloting an AI assistive system called “Cat AI” on its Cat 306 CR Mini Excavator, built on Nvidia’s Jetson Thor platform and showcased at CES. The system answers operator queries, offers safety tips, and schedules services while streaming roughly 2,000 data messages...
OpenAI Reportedly Testing ChatGPT Ads Soon
OpenAI is quietly piloting advertising within internal ChatGPT models, signaling a shift toward diversified revenue streams. The test follows partnerships with retailers such as Walmart, Instacart, Target and Shopify, and mirrors moves by competitors like Google. Earlier this year, user...
CES 2026: Entertainment Leaders Talk About AI, Creators, and Innovative Tech
CES 2026 turned its massive stage toward entertainment, featuring more than 25 panels on AI, creator economies, and advertising. The event spotlighted the debut of Tilly Norwood, the first fully AI‑generated actor, reigniting copyright and ethical debates. Industry leaders from...
PepsiCo Deploys AI-Powered Digital Twins of Manufacturing Facilities to Test Expansion Plans
PepsiCo has teamed with Nvidia and Siemens to create AI‑driven, physics‑based digital twins of its U.S. manufacturing and warehouse sites using Nvidia Omniverse and Siemens Digital Twin Composer. The virtual replicas let AI agents simulate layout changes, catching up to...
The Trade Desk’s Jeff Green Says 2026 Will Be ‘The Best Year Yet’ for the Open Internet
The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green told CES that 2026 will be the strongest year yet for the open internet. He said AI‑driven targeting and new measurement tools will lure brands away from walled‑garden platforms toward premium web inventory. Green...
Holiday Ecommerce Sales Near $260 Billion with AI Driving 20% of Transactions
Consumers set a new record for holiday ecommerce, reaching $257.8 billion, a 6.8% year‑over‑year increase. Mobile devices drove 56.4% of online transactions, while aggressive discounts pushed electronics off‑price by 30.9%. Salesforce estimates U.S. online sales at $294 billion, contributing to a $1.29 trillion...
Optimism for AI-Powered Productivity: Deloitte
Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey shows 96% of finance chiefs plan to boost technology spending over the next five years, with AI at the forefront of productivity strategies. Optimism for AI has jumped to 59% of CFOs, up from 39% a...
'It's a Good Idea': Jensen Huang Hints that Nvidia Could Consider Bringing Back Older Graphics Cards to Solve GPU Pricing...
At CES 2026 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hinted that the company could resurrect older GeForce GPUs or retrofit them with the latest AI‑driven DLSS technology to alleviate current supply constraints and soaring prices. He described the idea as "good" but warned...
Cloudfy Launches Enterprise V5: Modular, API-First, and Ready for the AI-Driven Future of B2B Commerce
Cloudfy has unveiled Enterprise v5, a next‑generation B2B eCommerce platform built on a modular, API‑first architecture. The solution offers pre‑built functional modules and a headless API layer for rapid integration with ERP, CMS and custom front‑ends. It introduces an open...
Inside the Agentic Operating System Code and Theory Is Teasing at CES
Marketers are rapidly adopting AI, yet most have not re‑engineered workflows to capture its full value. At CES, Code and Theory unveiled The Machine, an agentic AI operating system that embeds automation and intelligence into existing marketing stacks instead of...
What Ads in LLMs Could Look Like by 2027
Panelists at ADWEEK’s CES 2026 forum warned that ads embedded in large language model (LLM) responses will appear by 2027. They envision paid placements, commerce links, and conversational prompts replacing traditional banner and link ads. Auction‑style pricing is expected to carry...
Liferay Earns ISO 42001 Certification for AI Management System, Demonstrating Its Commitment to Responsible AI
Liferay announced that its AI Management System (AIMS) has earned ISO/IEC 42001 certification, positioning the firm among the first global companies to meet the emerging standard for responsible AI. The certification confirms that AIMS satisfies rigorous criteria for risk management,...
EngineAI Robotics Technology Introduces the T800 Humanoid Robot at CES 2026
EngineAI Robotics Technology unveiled two embodied intelligence platforms at CES 2026: the lightweight PM01 general‑purpose agent and the full‑scale T800 humanoid robot. The PM01 is positioned for near‑term deployment in transportation, retail guidance, and inspection tasks, while the T800 showcases...
Yonalink, PSP Enable Faster EHR-to-EDC Data Exchange in Japan
Yonalink and Japan’s PSP announced a strategic partnership to automate the transfer of electronic health record (EHR) data into electronic data capture (EDC) systems for clinical trials. PSP will contribute its cloud‑based PACS platform that serves over 68 million patients, while...
Hexagon Robotics Partners with Microsoft to Develop Humanoid Robots
Hexagon Robotics announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to accelerate the development of production‑ready humanoid robots for data‑driven manufacturing. The collaboration merges Hexagon’s sensor‑fusion and spatial‑intelligence expertise with Microsoft Azure’s cloud, edge, and real‑time analytics services. Initial deployments will focus...
Intel Spinout Articul8 Raises More than Half of $70M Round at $500M Valuation
Articul8, an Intel spin‑out, has secured more than half of its planned $70 million Series B at a $500 million pre‑money valuation, marking a five‑fold increase from its $100 million Series A. The company now reports over $90 million in total contract value from 29 enterprise...
CryptoMondays at Sundance Marks a Defining Cultural Moment for Film, AI, and the Future of Media — Sponsorship Opportunities Now...
CryptoMondays is joining the Sundance Film Festival for its final year in Park City, creating a forum where founders, filmmakers, investors, and technologists discuss the intersection of film, AI, and on‑chain systems. Hosted by Alizah Whitney Johnson, the event emphasizes...
David Ebrahimzadeh: Corniche Capital Advances Power-Ready Industrial Real Estate Development to Meet AI-Driven Demand
Corniche Capital is accelerating its power‑ready industrial real‑estate development to meet the surge in AI‑driven, high‑energy demand. President David Ebrahimzadeh emphasizes integrating power capacity and grid flexibility early in design, targeting tenants in logistics, advanced manufacturing, and automation. The firm...
This Tiny Humanoid Robot Is Designed to Go Wherever You Go
Shanghai startup Agibot unveiled Q1, an 80 cm humanoid robot designed for portability. Weighing about one‑eighth of typical humanoids, Q1 features crash‑resistant quasi‑direct drive joints and full‑body force control. The robot ships as an open platform with developer kits, 3D‑printable shells...
Ford, Powell & Carson Modernizes Operations and Growth Strategy with Unanet
Ford, Powell & Carson (FPC), a century‑old Texas AEC firm, selected Unanet’s AI‑first ERP platform to replace legacy spreadsheets and fragmented software. The unified solution provides real‑time dashboards, automated forecasting, and collaborative proposal tools that accelerate bid preparation by up...
Why Trust Breaks in AI-Powered Security Patrol Robots, and What Operators Miss at 2 A.M.
At CES 2026 VicOne and DeCloak unveiled joint research showing that AI‑powered security patrol robots face a trust crisis when operating unsupervised at night. The white paper reveals that privacy breaches, cybersecurity gaps, and unpredictable AI behavior converge, causing operators...
Spacebank to Unveil Next-Generation Robotics Control Platform at CES 2026, Accelerating Global Market Entry
Spacebank Inc. will debut RoboViewX, a next‑generation robotics control platform, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. The solution provides unified multi‑robot management, real‑time monitoring, and AI‑driven automation through a software‑defined robot architecture with low‑code and LLM capabilities. By showcasing live...
EMQ Announced the Release of EMQX Enterprise v6.1.0
EMQ announced EMQX Enterprise v6.1.0, adding MQTT Streams for durable, ordered, replayable message consumption, native Parquet output for direct lakehouse ingestion, and enhanced namespace management for multi‑tenant deployments. The new streaming capability lets multiple consumers read the same data at...
Seceon Announced the Launch of aiBAS360™
Seceon has launched aiBAS360, a breach‑attack simulation platform now generally available within its OTM platform and aiSIEM‑CGuard 2.0. The solution delivers automated attack scenarios mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, including LLM‑generated techniques designed to bypass AI defenses. Seceon is promoting...
Synergy Technical Achieves Microsoft Copilot Advanced Specialization, Strengthening Leadership in Enterprise AI Adoption
Synergy Technical announced it has earned the Microsoft Copilot Advanced Specialization, confirming its proven ability to guide enterprises through secure, scalable adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot and related AI solutions. The designation validates expertise across Copilot Chat, Copilot Studio, and...
Havas Will Use AI to Redefine What Agency Work Is Worth
Havas introduced AVA, an AI‑powered, no‑code platform, at CES to centralize knowledge and automate agency workflows. The system gives every employee instant access to data, campaign results, and AI tools, aiming to boost productivity across the holding company. AVA is...
GMXT Launches AI-Powered Rail Operations Modernization
Grupo Mexico Transportes (GMXT), Mexico’s largest rail operator, has teamed with CloudMoyo to deploy an AI‑driven crew management suite across its 10,000 km network and U.S. operations in Texas and Florida. The CloudMoyo platform, built on Microsoft Azure, combines Crew Management,...
Atua AI Strengthens AI-Driven Task Coordination Across Smart Contract Environments
Atua AI, a decentralized AI automation platform, has upgraded its AI‑driven task coordination framework for smart contract environments. The new system adds adaptive execution logic, intelligent task sequencing, and real‑time monitoring to synchronize automated workflows across multichain networks such as...
Eficode Unifies Global Operations to Power the AI-Driven Future of Software Development
Eficode announced a unified, functional global operating model effective Jan. 1 2026, positioning the firm to capture growth in AI‑driven software development. The transformation centers on two customer journeys—AI in Software Development and Effective SDLC Tooling—and deepens ties with key partners such...
Central Announces CTRL: The AI Agent Runtime for Mission-Critical Products
Central unveiled CTRL, an AI agent runtime that moves beyond answering queries to execute complex, mission‑critical back‑office tasks. Users can issue natural‑language commands such as issuing bonuses or creating off‑cycle payruns, and CTRL automatically plans, orchestrates, and executes deterministic workflows...
Novachips Debuts New Self-Encrypting P2-Series SSDs Compliant with CNSA 2.0
Novachips introduced its P2-series self‑encrypting SSDs, designed to run post‑quantum cryptographic algorithms compliant with CNSA 2.0. The drives incorporate an in‑house NV7X processor that supports ML‑KEM‑1024 and ML‑DSA‑87, delivering higher read/write bandwidth and better power efficiency than the prior P‑series. Available...
Hitachi Launches Expanded HMAX Solutions to Drive Global Innovation
Hitachi unveiled the expanded HMAX suite at CES 2026, delivering AI‑driven solutions for mobility, energy and industry. By fusing sensor data, advanced perception, generative, agentic and physical AI with its 110‑year domain expertise, HMAX tackles complex social‑infrastructure challenges. Early deployments...
If AI Can’t Hear You, It Can’t Help You: Why Clear Audio Drives Real Productivity
Organizations seeking to maximize AI‑powered productivity must prioritize audio quality. High‑fidelity microphones and intelligent processing ensure natural language and emotional nuance are captured, enabling tools like Microsoft Copilot to function effectively. Investing in certified, platform‑integrated audio solutions reduces meeting friction,...
NXP and GE HealthCare Accelerate AI Innovation in Acute Care
NXP Semiconductors and GE HealthCare announced a joint effort to bring edge‑AI capabilities to acute‑care settings, debuting two concepts at CES 2026. The partnership combines NXP’s secure, high‑performance processors and AI toolkits with GE’s medical‑device expertise to create a voice‑controlled anesthesia...
Visteon Launches Flexible Compute Solution with NVIDIA AI to Accelerate Smart Cockpit and ADAS Development
Visteon unveiled an AI‑ADAS Compute Module powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin, offering a plug‑and‑play platform that can be configured for either intelligent cockpit experiences or advanced driver‑assistance systems. The solution leverages NVIDIA DriveOS, AI Enterprise software, and a hybrid...
It Turns Out I’ve Been Using My Hue Lights All Wrong
Philips Hue introduced SpatialAware, an AR‑driven feature that maps a room’s geometry and light‑fixture locations. By scanning the space with a smartphone, the Hue app creates a 3‑D model that lets remastered scenes distribute colors and intensities intelligently. About half...
Infortrend Launches Its Most Advanced U.2 NVMe SSD for AI Workloads
Infortrend Technology unveiled the EonStor GS 5024U, its most powerful U.2 NVMe SSD aimed at AI, HPC and data‑intensive workloads. Powered by an Intel Xeon 6 processor, the system achieves 125 GB/s throughput—2.5× faster than its predecessor—and 2.4 million IOPS via PCIe 5.0. It integrates 200 GbE...
10Bridge Unveils AI Agents for Healthcare Data Interoperability Workflows
10Bridge launched AI Agent Automation to handle complex healthcare data interoperability without relying on APIs. The solution autonomously logs into systems, runs reports, extracts data, and uploads results, eliminating manual steps. Initial use cases include daily eligibility and quality reports,...
The Death of the Questionnaire: Automating RFP Responses with GenAI
Enterprises are turning to generative AI to automate RFP responses, replacing manual spreadsheet drudgery with a centralized knowledge engine. By ingesting past proposals, security whitepapers, and sales transcripts, the system drafts answers that mirror a senior engineer’s tone and accuracy....
LeapXpert Launches Version 3.0 of Its Platform 3.0 with AI that Turns Governed Messages Into Insight and Action
LeapXpert unveiled version 3.0 of its Communications Platform, adding AI‑driven Communication Data Intelligence that converts governed chat logs into actionable insights. The release introduces three core components—Signals, Communication Workflows, and the Maxen app—to surface conversation patterns, automate approvals, and unify...
AI Breakthroughs Coming in 2026: World Models, Spatial Intelligence & Multimodality
The episode explains how AI research has shifted from building better video generators to creating comprehensive world engines, driven by multimodal training, autoregressive architectures, and real-time frame prediction. It highlights breakthroughs such as native audio‑video generation, solving consistency issues with...
Lenovo Unveils the AI Tools It Hopes Will Supercharge Your Productivity at Work
Lenovo announced a suite of AI‑powered productivity tools at CES 2026, highlighted by Qira, a personal AI platform that synchronises intelligence across smartphones, PCs and tablets. The company also introduced Smart Modes, Smart Share and Smart Care features for its new...
Motorola Is Entering the Wearable AI Game
Motorola unveiled a proof‑of‑concept wearable AI pendant at CES 2026, powered by its new Qira assistant. The minimalist device, shaped like a glossy necklace, can identify objects, summarize text and launch apps on a paired phone without any visible controls. While...
Return of the SLI: Lenovo's New Workstation PC Supports up to Two RTX 5060 Ti GPUs for AI Inference -...
Lenovo introduced the ThinkCentre X Tower workstation at CES 2026, offering a dual‑RTX 5060 Ti configuration that aggregates 32 GB of GDDR7 VRAM for AI inference. The system can also be equipped with a single RTX 5090 32 GB card, and it includes a secretive 1 TB...
2025 Holiday Shopping Went AI
The Liveops 2025 Holiday AI & Customer Service Report shows the U.S. holiday season became the first fully AI‑driven shopping period. AI chatbots answered roughly 40% of consumer queries, while voice assistants processed 15% of purchases. Personalized AI recommendation engines...
Listening to Battery Failure
MIT engineers have demonstrated that the faint sounds emitted by lithium‑ion batteries can be decoded to reveal degradation and impending failure. By synchronizing acoustic recordings with electrochemical testing, the team identified distinct signatures for gas‑bubble formation and material fracturing. The...
Small Yet Mighty: Improve Accuracy In Multimodal Search and Visual Document Retrieval with Llama Nemotron RAG Models
NVIDIA introduced two compact Llama Nemotron models—an image‑text embedding encoder and a cross‑encoder reranker—tailored for multimodal retrieval over visual documents. Both run on typical NVIDIA GPUs, emit a single dense vector per page, and integrate seamlessly with existing vector databases. Benchmarks...
At CES, EVs Take a Backseat to Robotaxis and AI
At CES 2026, the automotive spotlight shifted from electric vehicles to artificial intelligence and robotaxis. Hyundai used its keynote to showcase Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot, while Mercedes announced a Nvidia‑powered Level 2++ driver‑assist system for the U.S. market. Uber displayed...
California Lawmaker Proposes a Four-Year Ban on AI Chatbots in Kids’ Toys
Senator Steve Padilla introduced SB 867, a bill that would impose a four‑year ban on the sale and manufacture of AI‑chatbot toys for anyone under 18. The legislation seeks to give regulators time to develop safety guidelines after a series of...