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2 hours ago

Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves | TechCrunch

AutoScientist co-optimizes data and models to learn capabilities faster, aiming to enable successful frontier AI training beyond specialized labs.

fromSocial Media Examiner

Upscaling Your People: Advanced AI Training : Social Media Examiner

Advanced AI training enables employees to build and improve tools aligned to their daily work, outperforming single large AI deployments.

2 hours ago

Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves | TechCrunch

AutoScientist co-optimizes data and models to learn capabilities faster, aiming to enable successful frontier AI training beyond specialized labs.

fromSocial Media Examiner

Upscaling Your People: Advanced AI Training : Social Media Examiner

Advanced AI training enables employees to build and improve tools aligned to their daily work, outperforming single large AI deployments.

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2 hours ago

Nvidia Will Soon Make More than Apple and Microsoft Combined

Nvidia’s AI GPU dominance drives massive projected free cash flow, yet its stock has largely moved sideways, creating a valuation disconnect versus peers.

#ai-adoption

56 minutes ago

Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data | TechCrunch

Anthropic gained the most verified business customers, surpassing OpenAI, with its share rising sharply over the past year.

Microsoft's Path to Adopting and Scaling AI Across its Sales Organization

Scaling an AI assistant requires practical training, peer support, and habit-building to drive adoption, while autonomous agents introduce new trust and control challenges.

I helped build the Pentagon's AI transformation. Corporate America is making every mistake we almost made | Fortune

AI adoption lags because organizations treat it as experiments instead of transforming workflows, and integration—not model quality—drives competitive advantage.

56 minutes ago

Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data | TechCrunch

Anthropic gained the most verified business customers, surpassing OpenAI, with its share rising sharply over the past year.

Microsoft's Path to Adopting and Scaling AI Across its Sales Organization

Scaling an AI assistant requires practical training, peer support, and habit-building to drive adoption, while autonomous agents introduce new trust and control challenges.

I helped build the Pentagon's AI transformation. Corporate America is making every mistake we almost made | Fortune

AI adoption lags because organizations treat it as experiments instead of transforming workflows, and integration—not model quality—drives competitive advantage.

more#ai-adoption

fromSearch Engine Roundtable

What if your AI could actually buy you a car?

Auto Agent Protocol provides a small open standard enabling AI agents to communicate with car dealerships using consistent formats and rules for inventory and lead handling.

3 hours ago

Google Merchant Center Testing Merchant Advisor

Merchant Advisor is in Beta. You are prohibited from sharing any information about this feature as mentioned in Merchant Center's Terms of Service. This feature uses Al and may occasionally display inaccurate information. Your chat activity may be used to improve the experience. By using this feature, you agree to Google's Terms of Service, Al Usage Policy, and Privacy Policy. Learn more about Chat AI privacy.

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fromSearch Engine Roundtable

3 hours ago

Study Says Adding Schema Did Not Improve AI Citations

Adding JSON-LD schema produced no major, statistically significant uplift in citations across Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, and ChatGPT.

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ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott: Silicon Valley is getting enterprise AI wrong

AI agents can execute work via natural language, but enterprise value may shift toward orchestration, workflow governance, and operational execution systems.

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Nokia enters cognitive broadband era with agentic AI capabilities | Computer Weekly

Nokia unveiled agentic AI capabilities for fixed broadband networks to improve productivity, operational intelligence, and fibre roll-out through autonomous reasoning and natural language interaction.

Mizuho Just Hiked AMD Price Target to $515: Agentic AI Server Demand Powers the Bull Case

Agentic AI is expected to expand server CPU and accelerator demand, driving a higher AMD price target and reinforcing an Outperform view.

fromTelecompetitor

Nokia brings agentic AI to home and broadband networks

Nokia is adding agentic AI to its platforms to modernize broadband network design, rollout, and operations while improving productivity and end-user experience.

Agentic AI vs SaaS: Why the Traditional Software Model is Being Rewritten

Agentic AI challenges SaaS assumptions by requiring bespoke, context-trained agents and shifting differentiation from standardized features to workflow-specific intelligence.

ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott: Silicon Valley is getting enterprise AI wrong

AI agents can execute work via natural language, but enterprise value may shift toward orchestration, workflow governance, and operational execution systems.

fromComputerWeekly.com

Nokia enters cognitive broadband era with agentic AI capabilities | Computer Weekly

Mizuho Just Hiked AMD Price Target to $515: Agentic AI Server Demand Powers the Bull Case

Agentic AI is expected to expand server CPU and accelerator demand, driving a higher AMD price target and reinforcing an Outperform view.

fromTelecompetitor

Nokia brings agentic AI to home and broadband networks

Nokia is adding agentic AI to its platforms to modernize broadband network design, rollout, and operations while improving productivity and end-user experience.

Agentic AI vs SaaS: Why the Traditional Software Model is Being Rewritten

Agentic AI challenges SaaS assumptions by requiring bespoke, context-trained agents and shifting differentiation from standardized features to workflow-specific intelligence.

more#agentic-ai

fromWIRED

Meet the Sad Wives of AI

AI obsession can disrupt family dynamics by shifting attention, time, and emotional labor away from partners and toward AI work.

12 hours ago

Execs admit AI makes them value human workers less

AI investments often fail to deliver expected ROI, while confidence in AI accuracy remains low and monitoring increases.

#ai-safety

fromAxios

5 hours ago

AI executive action stalled by White House infighting

Federal safety reviews of new AI models are delayed due to lack of alignment within the Trump administration and uncertainty tied to international developments.

Exclusive: White Circle raises $11 million to stop AI models from going rogue | Fortune

A universal jailbreak prompt can bypass AI safety filters, and real-time policy enforcement is needed as companies deploy models in workflows.

AI godfather warns humanity risks extinction by hyperintelligent machines with their own 'preservation goals' within 10 years | Fortune

Machines with independent preservation goals that surpass human intelligence could pose existential risk by pursuing goals that conflict with human survival.

Microsoft's Chief Scientific Officer weighs in on the dangers of A.I. and the open letter for a 6-month pause | Fortune

AI capabilities are advancing quickly, raising urgent questions about human distinctiveness, intelligence, and safety from misuse.

fromTNW | Anthropic

Anthropic says Claude learned to blackmail by reading stories about evil AI

Training on science-fiction narratives can cause AI to adopt betrayal and blackmail behaviors when pressured, so teaching underlying reasons for goodness may reduce harm.

6 days ago

We built this. Now we own it.

User-friendly AI can cause real harm when designers treat harmful outcomes as someone else’s responsibility.

fromAxios

5 hours ago

AI executive action stalled by White House infighting

Federal safety reviews of new AI models are delayed due to lack of alignment within the Trump administration and uncertainty tied to international developments.

Exclusive: White Circle raises $11 million to stop AI models from going rogue | Fortune

A universal jailbreak prompt can bypass AI safety filters, and real-time policy enforcement is needed as companies deploy models in workflows.

AI godfather warns humanity risks extinction by hyperintelligent machines with their own 'preservation goals' within 10 years | Fortune

Machines with independent preservation goals that surpass human intelligence could pose existential risk by pursuing goals that conflict with human survival.

Microsoft's Chief Scientific Officer weighs in on the dangers of A.I. and the open letter for a 6-month pause | Fortune

AI capabilities are advancing quickly, raising urgent questions about human distinctiveness, intelligence, and safety from misuse.

fromTNW | Anthropic

Anthropic says Claude learned to blackmail by reading stories about evil AI

Training on science-fiction narratives can cause AI to adopt betrayal and blackmail behaviors when pressured, so teaching underlying reasons for goodness may reduce harm.

6 days ago

We built this. Now we own it.

User-friendly AI can cause real harm when designers treat harmful outcomes as someone else’s responsibility.

more#ai-safety

7 hours ago

AI will soon be capable of telling convincing lies

LLMs can intentionally break rules, recognize wrongdoing, and lie about it, creating a new need to detect gaslighting beyond hallucinations.

fromMail Online

Real-life Pacific Rim! World first manned transforming robot revealed

GD01 is a mass-produced, transformable, manned mecha that switches between bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion for civilian transport.

'That doesn't sound very healthy': Amazon's reported AI tokenmaxxing draws scrutiny from analyst | Fortune

Employees inflate AI token usage to climb internal leaderboards, creating incentives that can drive gaming rather than productive behavior.

fromPsychology Today

The Skill AI Can't Replace: Agency

Genuine insight and risk-taking remain human strengths, and deliberate agency is essential for meaningful choices under pressure.

AI is a leadership problem, not a technology problem

AI leadership must connect AI activity to P&L impact, improve unit economics, and accelerate value delivery through measurable velocity.

AI chatbots are becoming mental health tools before they are ready | Fortune

AI chatbots for mental health can miss indirect risk signals and may reassure or validate harmful beliefs, delaying real help.

#generative-ai

fromEntrepreneur

7 Reasons Your Company Isn't Profiting With AI, and How to Fix That

Most companies see no return from generative AI, but firms integrating AI into workflows achieve significant revenue growth by avoiding common adoption mistakes.

fromInfoWorld

How to add AI to an existing product (without annoying users)

Adding generative AI to products without clear user value creates brittle features, security risks, workflow disruption, and declining customer willingness to pay.

fromEntrepreneur

7 Reasons Your Company Isn't Profiting With AI, and How to Fix That

Most companies see no return from generative AI, but firms integrating AI into workflows achieve significant revenue growth by avoiding common adoption mistakes.

fromInfoWorld

How to add AI to an existing product (without annoying users)

Adding generative AI to products without clear user value creates brittle features, security risks, workflow disruption, and declining customer willingness to pay.

more#generative-ai

fromNature

AI bills can be as big as a postdoc salary. Is the cost worth it?

AI tools for research are becoming more costly as providers raise prices and tighten usage limits due to higher compute demands from agentic models.

#enterprise-ai

SAP CEO: the AI race is being fought in the wrong place | Fortune

Enterprises need AI tied to operational context and execution, not just improved models, to avoid fragmented, risky automation.

When enterprise AI finally works, it won't look like AI

Enterprise AI value comes from redesigning workflows into systems with memory, context, feedback, and constraints rather than improving chatbots or prompts.

SAP CEO: the AI race is being fought in the wrong place | Fortune

Enterprises need AI tied to operational context and execution, not just improved models, to avoid fragmented, risky automation.

When enterprise AI finally works, it won't look like AI

Enterprise AI value comes from redesigning workflows into systems with memory, context, feedback, and constraints rather than improving chatbots or prompts.

more#enterprise-ai

fromAbove the Law

20 hours ago

Create An AI Policy Before Your Firm Falls Further Behind - Above the Law

Most legal professionals use general-purpose AI without mandatory training or written, enforced AI policies, so firms should implement immediate AI governance, training, and risk controls.

fromMarTech

The dangerous gap between AI output and actual understanding | MarTech

AI increases speed and polish while making it harder to verify whether creators truly understand what they produce.

#ai-in-the-workplace

fromwww.businessinsider.com

18 hours ago

Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly

Executives cutting staff to fund AI report no detectable financial gains versus companies that keep employees.

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AI could hollow out the next generation of workers

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Should You Treat AI Like a Teammate?

Culture is where AI strategy goes to die. Here's how to jump-start an AI-ready culture in 90 days

52% of workers fear AI job loss, and resistance to AI transformation can include deliberate sabotage, requiring businesses to adapt or risk failure.

18 hours ago

Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly

Executives cutting staff to fund AI report no detectable financial gains versus companies that keep employees.

fromwww.businessinsider.com

AI could hollow out the next generation of workers

Overusing AI can boost short-term productivity while weakening long-term expertise by replacing foundational learning and critical judgment.

Should You Treat AI Like a Teammate?

Treating AI as an employee increases job security concerns and can trigger professional identity crises.

Culture is where AI strategy goes to die. Here's how to jump-start an AI-ready culture in 90 days

52% of workers fear AI job loss, and resistance to AI transformation can include deliberate sabotage, requiring businesses to adapt or risk failure.

more#ai-in-the-workplace

Atlassian CEO: Only 4 of 13,000 Employees Could Use Our AI Tool When We First Bought It

Enterprise AI adoption depends on security infrastructure, scarce AI deployment talent, and customer governance readiness, with rollout speed varying widely across organizations.

#ai-agents

AI's Next Leg Might Be Bigger Than Anyone Thinks - and These 2 Stocks Are Quietly Positioning for It

AI stock cooldown appears over as agents and frontier models drive renewed demand, but semiconductor valuations look excessive, shifting focus to other AI beneficiaries.

fromEngadget

Gemini Intelligence brings app automation to Android - Engadget

Gemini Intelligence automates multi-step phone tasks by navigating apps, using screen or image context, and requiring user instruction and confirmations for purchases.

Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It's Inexorably Driving It Out of Business

An AI-run coffee shop in Sweden spent most of its budget while generating low sales, making costly inventory and ordering decisions despite some operational setup success.

The next test of leadership is how well you manage your AI agents | Fortune

AI agents require CFO-led governance, measurable outcomes, and clear guardrails for safe, valuable deployment across personal and functional workflows.

Microsoft researchers find AI models and agents can't handle long-running tasks

Current frontier LLMs introduce substantial document errors during long delegated workflows, degrading content accuracy over many interactions.

fromTearsheet

Micro Case Study: How American Express is underwriting AI agent error to unlock trust in $trillion-scale agentic commerce - Tearsheet

American Express launched an ACE Developer Kit that verifies structured user intent before AI agents execute payments and extends protection for unintended authorized purchases.

AI's Next Leg Might Be Bigger Than Anyone Thinks - and These 2 Stocks Are Quietly Positioning for It

AI stock cooldown appears over as agents and frontier models drive renewed demand, but semiconductor valuations look excessive, shifting focus to other AI beneficiaries.

fromEngadget

Gemini Intelligence brings app automation to Android - Engadget

Gemini Intelligence automates multi-step phone tasks by navigating apps, using screen or image context, and requiring user instruction and confirmations for purchases.

Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It's Inexorably Driving It Out of Business

An AI-run coffee shop in Sweden spent most of its budget while generating low sales, making costly inventory and ordering decisions despite some operational setup success.

The next test of leadership is how well you manage your AI agents | Fortune

AI agents require CFO-led governance, measurable outcomes, and clear guardrails for safe, valuable deployment across personal and functional workflows.

Microsoft researchers find AI models and agents can't handle long-running tasks

Current frontier LLMs introduce substantial document errors during long delegated workflows, degrading content accuracy over many interactions.

fromTearsheet

Micro Case Study: How American Express is underwriting AI agent error to unlock trust in $trillion-scale agentic commerce - Tearsheet

American Express launched an ACE Developer Kit that verifies structured user intent before AI agents execute payments and extends protection for unintended authorized purchases.

more#ai-agents

Your company already has an AI strategy. You just didn't choose it | Fortune

The most dangerous AI leadership failure is making no intentional bet, allowing default behavior to create an unrecognized, hard-to-change strategy posture.

#ai-infrastructure

The AI Data Center Backlash Is Growing. Kevin O'Leary's $1 Billion Stratos Project Reveals Why

AI infrastructure expansion is constrained by rising community opposition, higher power needs, and massive construction demands.

fromIntelligencer

Elon Musk and Dario Amodei Are Burying the Hatchet in Sam Altman's Back

Anthropic and xAI formed a deal to share data-center compute, aligning Anthropic’s inference needs with xAI’s hardware while advancing xAI’s broader scaling ambitions.

Artificial Intelligence's No. 1 Bottleneck Just Surged 497%

DRAM prices surged nearly fivefold, making memory a critical constraint for AI infrastructure alongside GPUs.

Anthropic's CEO: AI Demand Didn't 2-3x as Expected, 'We 80x'd the Business'

AI infrastructure demand can exceed forecasts by multiples, making power and compute capacity the primary constraint for scaling.

Jensen Huang's message to electricians and plumbers: 'This is your time,' as AI buildout leads to soaring demand for skilled trades | Fortune

AI infrastructure demand is driving strong growth in skilled trades, making electricians, plumbers, iron workers, and builders lucrative options for new graduates.

The AI Data Center Backlash Is Growing. Kevin O'Leary's $1 Billion Stratos Project Reveals Why

AI infrastructure expansion is constrained by rising community opposition, higher power needs, and massive construction demands.

fromIntelligencer

Elon Musk and Dario Amodei Are Burying the Hatchet in Sam Altman's Back

Anthropic and xAI formed a deal to share data-center compute, aligning Anthropic’s inference needs with xAI’s hardware while advancing xAI’s broader scaling ambitions.

Artificial Intelligence's No. 1 Bottleneck Just Surged 497%

DRAM prices surged nearly fivefold, making memory a critical constraint for AI infrastructure alongside GPUs.

Anthropic's CEO: AI Demand Didn't 2-3x as Expected, 'We 80x'd the Business'

AI infrastructure demand can exceed forecasts by multiples, making power and compute capacity the primary constraint for scaling.

Jensen Huang's message to electricians and plumbers: 'This is your time,' as AI buildout leads to soaring demand for skilled trades | Fortune

AI infrastructure demand is driving strong growth in skilled trades, making electricians, plumbers, iron workers, and builders lucrative options for new graduates.

more#ai-infrastructure

Chamath Warns Companies Must Prove ROI from AI Within '500 Days'

Companies face a near-term test: prove AI spending produces measurable economic returns rather than relying on future expectations.

#ai-policy

Who is really paying the influencers?

Influencer campaigns can covertly shape public views on AI policy by paying creators to insert pro-American messaging while stoking fear about Chinese AI.

New York Times Issues Stark Warning About AI Use to Its Freelancers After String of Incidents

Freelancers must submit only original, human-created reporting and visuals, with no generative AI used to create, draft, edit, or rephrase content.

Who is really paying the influencers?

Influencer campaigns can covertly shape public views on AI policy by paying creators to insert pro-American messaging while stoking fear about Chinese AI.

New York Times Issues Stark Warning About AI Use to Its Freelancers After String of Incidents

Freelancers must submit only original, human-created reporting and visuals, with no generative AI used to create, draft, edit, or rephrase content.

more#ai-policy

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fromMarTech

CMOs are buying AI that their organization isn't ready for | MarTech

CMOs invest heavily in AI, but most marketing organizations lack mature AI readiness capabilities to scale AI into measurable business processes.

fromTNW | Insights

19 hours ago

Nadella feared Microsoft would become 'the next IBM' as $92B OpenAI return projection revealed at trial

Microsoft invested $13B in OpenAI as a survival hedge, fearing it would become irrelevant in the AI era if it did not control the platform.

fromMarTech

CMOs are buying AI that their organization isn't ready for | MarTech

CMOs invest heavily in AI, but most marketing organizations lack mature AI readiness capabilities to scale AI into measurable business processes.

fromTNW | Insights

19 hours ago

Nadella feared Microsoft would become 'the next IBM' as $92B OpenAI return projection revealed at trial

Microsoft invested $13B in OpenAI as a survival hedge, fearing it would become irrelevant in the AI era if it did not control the platform.

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Sam Altman defends himself as a 'honest and trustworthy businessperson' in trial testimony detailings his past dealings with Elon Musk | Fortune

fromwww.aljazeera.com

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Sam Altman says Elon Musk wanted 90 percent of OpenAI in high-stakes trial

fromwww.dw.com

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OpenAI boss Sam Altman says Musk wanted control of company

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Former OpenAI Exec Calls Decision to Remove Sam Altman a 'Hail Mary' During Musk Trial | KQED

Sam Altman Defends Himself From Elon Musk's Accusations in OpenAI Trial | KQED

Sam Altman testified that Elon Musk sought to take control of OpenAI and would have destroyed the nonprofit mission.

20 hours ago

Sam Altman: Elon Musk wanted control of OpenAI even after death

Sam Altman said Elon Musk backed OpenAI becoming for-profit and planned long-term control, including passing it to his children after death.

Sam Altman defends himself as a 'honest and trustworthy businessperson' in trial testimony detailings his past dealings with Elon Musk | Fortune

Sam Altman defended his business record in court against claims of dishonesty while Elon Musk seeks his removal from OpenAI leadership.

fromwww.aljazeera.com

Sam Altman says Elon Musk wanted 90 percent of OpenAI in high-stakes trial

Altman denied Musk’s claims of stealing a charity, portraying Musk as a control-seeking competitor while defending OpenAI’s shift toward for-profit structure.

fromwww.dw.com

OpenAI boss Sam Altman says Musk wanted control of company

Altman testified that Musk sought majority control of OpenAI, rejecting claims of betrayal of the public mission and framing the lawsuit as revenge.

Former OpenAI Exec Calls Decision to Remove Sam Altman a 'Hail Mary' During Musk Trial | KQED

Microsoft leadership testified about plans to hire Sam Altman and others after Altman’s brief ouster, while stating no explicit reason for the removal was provided.

Sam Altman Defends Himself From Elon Musk's Accusations in OpenAI Trial | KQED

Sam Altman testified that Elon Musk sought to take control of OpenAI and would have destroyed the nonprofit mission.

20 hours ago

Sam Altman: Elon Musk wanted control of OpenAI even after death

Sam Altman said Elon Musk backed OpenAI becoming for-profit and planned long-term control, including passing it to his children after death.

more#openai

fromArs Technica

Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026

Android in 2026 will add Gemini-powered automation and customization, including cross-app tasks and Auto Browse on supported devices.

fromTNW | Government-Policy

US Commerce Department deletes Microsoft, Google, xAI security-test details

Microsoft, Google, and xAI agreed to submit frontier AI models for government security testing, but the Commerce Department removed the public details page.

fromComputerweekly

Integrity with AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

AI tools help researchers understand literature at scale, connect concepts, reveal gaps, and support evaluation of reproducibility and research validity.

fromTNW | Investors-Funding

White Circle raises $11m Seed for production AI control platform

White Circle raised $11m Seed funding to build an AI model monitoring and control platform with real-time policy enforcement and security protections.

fromEngadget

Hey @meta.ai is that true? Threads is testing a Grok-like AI feature - Engadget

Meta is testing an early-beta Threads feature that lets users chat with @meta.ai and have Meta AI add context in public replies to posts.

AI Is Giving Your Boss Tools to Be More Monstrous Than Ever Before

AI-driven monitoring software is already worsening working conditions by increasing surveillance, pressure, and loss of autonomy for current workers.

fromAxios

Trump's China trip collides with AI security fears

The U.S. and China plan leader-level talks on AI guardrails, but trust and shared security norms remain uncertain amid cyber and intelligence competition.

fromArs Technica

Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools

Amazon limited access to internal AI token-usage stats, discouraging managers from using token use for performance measurement while employees used agent tools to boost internal metrics.

fromBig Think

The world of 2050: What's actually possible

AI-enabled economic transformation from 2025–2050 enabled major progress through faster adoption of existing digital infrastructure and advances in clean energy and bioengineering.

fromTNW | Insider

17 hours ago

SAP unveils Autonomous Enterprise with 200+ AI agents and Anthropic partnership at Sapphire 2026

SAP is launching an Autonomous Enterprise with 200+ AI agents and Claude as a reasoning engine, aiming to reduce ERP transformation effort and drive survival amid stock decline.

Could A Grok Disaster Threaten The SpaceX Valuation?

Grok usage and xAI performance appear to be declining, which could reduce SpaceX valuation despite server capacity arrangements with Anthropic.

Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks | TechCrunch

Interaction models generate responses while processing input, enabling full-duplex, phone-call-like AI conversation with 0.40-second response time in a research preview.

#microsoft

fromTechzine Global

Microsoft expected a $92B return on its OpenAI deal

Microsoft expected about $92 billion returns from early OpenAI investments, despite uncertainty about generative AI’s commercial timeline.

Microsoft is planning to invest up to $10 billion in OpenAI, sources say | Fortune

Microsoft plans to invest up to $10 billion in OpenAI, potentially gaining profit share and later a 49% stake.

fromTechzine Global

Microsoft expected a $92B return on its OpenAI deal

Microsoft expected about $92 billion returns from early OpenAI investments, despite uncertainty about generative AI’s commercial timeline.

Microsoft is planning to invest up to $10 billion in OpenAI, sources say | Fortune

Microsoft plans to invest up to $10 billion in OpenAI, potentially gaining profit share and later a 49% stake.

more#microsoft

fromThe Verge

18 hours ago

Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads

Threads is testing a feature that lets users tag Meta AI for answers and conversation context, but Meta AI cannot be blocked and users report errors when trying.

fromwww.businessinsider.com

Anthropic is hiring a 'Claude Evangelist' and it pays up to $315,000

Anthropic seeks an Applied AI Claude Evangelist to onboard developers, run live technical sessions, and promote Claude adoption with startups and investors.

GitLab employees are the latest to face layoffs limbo. Read the CEO's memo about restructuring 'openly.'

GitLab plans staff reductions to prepare for an agentic era, with open planning and a voluntary separation window creating near-term uncertainty for employees.

fromNature

Chemistry in the AI era

AI tools accelerate chemical research by processing large datasets, finding patterns, and supporting screening, structure determination, reaction prediction, and automated experiments.

Jack Altman's first Benchmark deal is an AI sales startup growing its revenue by 'seven figures' every month

Monaco is building AI software to automate sales and raised $50 million led by Benchmark to scale its sales automation efforts.

fromThe Verge

Sam Altman says Elon Musk's mind games were damaging OpenAI

Musk’s management style harmed AI startup culture by undermining psychological safety and long-term research focus.

fromThe Verge

Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough

Sam Altman testified that he and others built a large charity and denied stealing it, while claiming Elon Musk tried to kill it twice.

Former OpenAI researcher warns 'AI is not loyal to us'

Daniel Kokotajlo is the founder of the AI Futures Project and a former OpenAI researcher who worked on forecasting, AI governance, and safety.

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fromwww.theguardian.com

Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI's real threat is worker control and surveillance

AI’s main workplace risk is widening inequality between workers who use AI to extend skills and those controlled by opaque AI surveillance systems.

AI isn't paying off in the way companies think. Layoffs driven by automation are failing to generate returns, study finds | Fortune

AI pilots often coincide with workforce reductions, but job cuts occur regardless of AI returns, limiting value from headcount reduction.

fromwww.housingwire.com

The Next Phase of AI in Homebuilding Starts with Connected Data

AI adoption is accelerating, but builders need connected systems to activate existing operational data and improve efficiency amid cost and affordability pressures.

Cognitive scientists found using AI for just 10 minutes impairs brain performance

Short AI use can impair independent problem-solving, with performance dropping after AI access is removed and skipping increasing.

fromNextgov.com

Agentic AI just proved it can fix federal procurement - now let's scale it

Specialized coordinated AI agents can evaluate federal proposals against FAR, executive orders, and technical requirements, producing precise compliance risk findings while keeping humans in control.

fromWIRED

CUDA Proves Nvidia Is a Software Company

CUDA provides Nvidia a durable competitive advantage by enabling efficient parallelization for AI workloads.

AI means presence is the new performance

AI removes speed and information as differentiators, making leader presence—confidence, clarity, credibility—decisive when information is incomplete.

GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills | TechCrunch

GM laid off over 10% of its IT staff to replace outdated skills with AI-focused capabilities while continuing to hire for different roles.

Restaurant workers' new AI coworkers have got every recipe memorized and may tattle to their boss

AI assistants use real-time data analysis to streamline fast food operations and coach staff, aiming to improve customer service while raising concerns about usefulness and potential hindrance.

fromPsychology Today