AMD and French Government Announce Plans to Advance AI Innovation, Research and Open Ecosystem Development
AMD and the French government signed a multi‑year Letter of Intent in Paris to deepen collaboration under France’s National AI Strategy. AMD will provide CPUs, GPUs, software and training through its university and developer programs, while partnering with GENCI, the Jules Verne Consortium and CEA on Alice Recoque, France’s first exascale supercomputer powered by AMD technology. A dedicated Center of Excellence will help researchers and startups harness the new compute platform. The partnership aims to accelerate AI innovation, strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty and expand AMD’s footprint in high‑performance computing.
Could Space Become the Next Frontier for AI Data Centers?
Tech giants are moving the AI compute conversation off‑planet, with NVIDIA unveiling a Space‑1 Rubin module that promises up to 25× more AI performance in orbit and Google’s “Suncatcher” project probing solar‑powered chips for space. Startups such as Starcloud have...
New Pearson and AWS Global Research: 53% of Employers Struggle to Find AI-Ready Graduates
Pearson and Amazon Web Services released a global study of 2,700 respondents across six countries revealing a widening gap between AI skill demand and graduate readiness. The research shows 53% of employers cite difficulty finding AI‑ready talent, while only 14%...
The Apache Software Foundation Launches Responsible AI Initiative
The Apache Software Foundation announced a Responsible AI Initiative, a targeted sponsorship program to strengthen the open‑source infrastructure that powers modern artificial intelligence. The effort is seeded with a $1.5 million contribution from Anthropic and $250,000 from Alpha‑Omega, with a $10 million...
A New Memory Chip Survives 700°C and Could Enable AI in Space
Researchers at the University of Southern California have demonstrated a memristor memory chip that functions at 700 °C (1,300 °F) without degradation. The device uses a tungsten electrode, hafnium‑oxide insulator and a graphene interlayer that blocks tungsten filament formation. It retains data...
CAS Launches ‘Newton’ Agentic AI Built on Curated Scientific Data
The American Chemical Society’s CAS division unveiled CAS Newton, an agentic AI built on its 150‑year‑old, curated scientific literature. The platform delivers conversational, context‑aware answers that draw from the extensive CAS Content Collection, spanning chemistry, biology, materials science and patents....
Genesis Mission Now Accepting Applications to Fund AI-for-Science Projects
The Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, launched under a Trump‑era executive order, is now open for proposals to accelerate AI in science and engineering. The agency has earmarked $293.76 million, offering $500‑$750 k nine‑month Phase 1 grants and up to $15 million three‑year Phase 2...
AI Is Running Into a $7 Trillion Wall
McKinsey’s latest report projects global AI infrastructure spending to top $7 trillion by 2030, driven by a planned 100‑110 GW of new data‑center capacity. Major hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google are already committing tens of billions of dollars to expand...
Semidynamics Secures SK Hynix Investment to Advance Memory-Centric AI Inference Architecture
Semidynamics announced a strategic investment from SK hynix to accelerate its memory‑centric AI inference architecture. The Barcelona‑based firm recently completed a 3nm silicon tape‑out with TSMC, positioning it among the first European companies at that node. Its proprietary Gazzillion memory...
ACM Prize in Computing Honors Matei Zaharia for Foundational Contributions to Data and Machine Learning Systems
The ACM announced Matei Zahara as the 2026 recipient of the ACM Prize in Computing, recognizing his pioneering work on distributed data systems that power large‑scale machine learning and AI. The $250,000 award, funded by Infosys, highlights his creation of...
PrismML Emerges From Stealth With 1-Bit LLM Family
PrismML, a Caltech‑spun startup, announced a $16.25 million seed round and the open‑source release of its 1‑bit Bonsai LLM family, including an 8‑billion‑parameter model that fits in roughly 1 GB of memory. The company claims the fully binarized models deliver performance comparable...
ORNL Work Explores AI-Guided Experiments That Adapt in Real Time
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Yongtao Liu is pioneering AI‑driven closed‑loop experiments that autonomously plan, execute, and interpret nanomaterial measurements. By integrating real‑time pattern recognition with scanning probe microscopy, the system can identify novel behaviors, such as unexpected hysteresis in halide...
ACM AI Letters Journal Publishes First Issue
ACM has launched ACM AI Letters (AILET), publishing its inaugural issue to provide a rapid‑publication venue for AI research. The journal targets short, peer‑reviewed letters that bridge the gap between fast‑paced conferences and slower traditional journals. AILET welcomes multidisciplinary work,...
DOE Labs Develop SYNAPS-I AI Platform for Real-Time Beamline Data Analysis
DOE’s Genesis Mission has produced SYNAPS‑I, an AI‑driven imaging platform that unifies neutron, X‑ray and microscopy data from more than 100 beamlines across seven national labs. The billion‑parameter foundation model can reconstruct ptychography scans in real time, turning 1.3 TB of...
NCSA, MechSE Develop GenAI Workflow for Metamaterial Design on DeltaAI
Researchers from the University of Illinois Mechanical Science & Engineering department and NCSA have unveiled a generative AI workflow that designs multi‑material metamaterials directly from target stress‑strain curves. The system leverages a video diffusion model trained on the DeltaAI supercomputer...