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MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can spring up from a flat sheet of interconnected tiles with a single pull of a string.
Consumers probably think of Uber as a ride-hailing and food delivery company. But in the eyes of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber is really just a giant code base with engineers that are “literally the builders of the company.” In fact, Uber’s engineers have gone so far as to replace Khosrowshahi with a
Large language models have a problem: they are large. Multiverse Computing, a Spanish startup, is addressing this issue with compressed models that aim to close the gap between what frontier models can do and what companies can actually afford to deploy. The secret sauce is CompactifAI, a compressi
On Monday, creative suite maker Canva announced the dual acquisition of startups Cavalry, which works on animation, and MangoAI, which works on improving ad performance. U.K.-based Cavalry works on 2D motion animation for different verticals such as advertising, marketing, gaming, and generative art
It’s an open secret (that is, not many people seem to know) that the institutions keeping the global financial system turnig over run code that is ancient, barely understood, and frighteningly hard to replace.
incident is remembered today as a high‑water mark of AI hype. It thrust the whole idea of conscious AI into public awareness for a news cycle or two, but it also launched a conversation, among both computer scientists and consciousness researchers, that has only intensified in the years since.
Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul millions of sharks out of protected seas, and smugglers carry countless animals and plants across borders.
Earth’s a medium-size rock with some water on top, enveloped by gases that keep everything that lives here alive. Just at the edge of that envelope begins a thin but dense layer of human-built, high-tech stuff. People started putting gear up there in 1957, and now it’s a real habit.
Basware has introduced a AI agents in its invoice lifecycle management platform to extend the existing InvoiceAI abilities of the platform. The company positions the agents as a step towards what it calls “Agentic Finance,” a model in which AI systems undertake finance tasks under preset controls.
Believe it or not, web search is still thriving as an industry. As businesses invest in using AI agents to make the most of their data, there’s demand for tools that not only scrape the web to inform what those AI bots do, but also return those results in a way that’s easier to use with modern data
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Why conservationists are making rhinos radioactive Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul millions of sharks out of protected seas, and
Agentic finance AI improves business efficiency and ROI only when deployed with strict governance and clear return on investment targets.A recent FT Longitude survey of 200 finance leaders across the US, UK, France, and Germany showed 61 percent have deployed AI agents merely as experiments.
Companies are increasingly launching software to build and monitor AI agents in an effort to get enterprises to adopt AI. New Relic is no different.
Meta has struck a multi-billion dollar chip deal with AMD that could lead to the Facebook owner taking a 10 percent stake in the group, sending shares in the US chipmaker surging on Tuesday. The social media giant said it would acquire customized chips with a total capacity of 6 gigawatts from AMD a
Disconnected clouds aim to improve AI data governance as businesses rethink their infrastructure under tighter regulatory expectations.Ensuring operational continuity in isolated environments has become increasingly vital for businesses.
On Tuesday, Anthropic unveiled its new enterprise agents program, its most aggressive push yet to integrate agentic AI into everyday workplaces. In an official briefing, Anthropic’s head of Americas, Kate Jensen, told reporters that the new system would finally deliver on the promise of agentic AI.
Oura announced on Tuesday that it’s launching its first proprietary AI model to enable its AI chatbot, Oura Advisor, to deliver personalized insights around women’s health.
Meta plans to purchase potentially up to $100 billion worth of AMD chips, enough to drive roughly six gigawatts of data center power demand, the companies announced Tuesday. As part of the multiyear agreement, AMD has issued Meta a performance-based warrant for up to 160 million shares of AMD common
With OpenAI on the verge of finalizing a new $100 billion round, and Anthropic just closing its own monster $30 billion raise, one thing is clear: The concept of investor “loyalty” is only hanging on by a thread. At least a dozen direct investors in OpenAI were announced as backers in Anthropic’s $
The now-viral X post from Meta AI security researcher Summer Yue reads, at first, like satire. She told her OpenClaw AI agent to check her overstuffed email inbox and suggest what to delete or archive. The agent proceeded to run amok.
