South Korea to combine 5 utilities to prepare for AI, chip power demand

Is AI eliminating the first rung of employment ladder?

Youth unemployment is nearly three times that of the wider working-age population.

4h ago ·rnz.co.nz

Why SoundHound AI Stock Rocketed 16.8% Higher in August

Key PointsSoundHound AI reported Q2 2026 financial results last month.

5h ago ·nasdaq.com

Why SoundHound AI Stock Rocketed 16.8% Higher in August

Beating analysts' Q2 206 estimates wasn't the only catalyst for this AI stock's rise last month.

5h ago ·fool.com

Prapatti AI: Restoring Digital Independence for the Disabled with Gemini-Powered Navigation

Modern digital infrastructure is fundamentally broken for millions of people. Despite strict global regulations, 95% to 98% of the world's top websites still fail basic web accessibility standards.

• Prapatti AI aids disabled individuals with visual, motor, or cognitive impairments.
• Uses multimodal vision-language models to bypass non-compliant HTML.
• Operates on local Sense-Reason-Act loop with Google AI Studio and Gemini.

4h ago ·dev.to

How to Build an AI Agent from Your Existing REST API — Without an MCP Server

How to Build an AI Agent from Your Existing REST API — Without an MCP Server You already have a REST API. You don't want to rewrite it, run a dedicated protocol server, or learn JSON-RPC just to let…

• RCP adds a GET /manifest route to describe API endpoints as tools
• AI agents fetch manifest and call API using stateless HTTP
• RCP is simpler than MCP but lacks stateful features

4h ago ·dev.to

Best AI Code Assistant for IntelliJ: 2026 Pricing & Comparisons

Originally published at nlocoding.com 64%of JetBrains users say AI code assistants doubled their productivity in 2026 (JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Survey). AI isn’t coming for your job.

4h ago ·dev.to