How Manyavar Is Using AI To Take The Guesswork Out Of Retail
Manyavar is as much a technology and data company as it is an ethnic wear brand, claimed Vedant Modi, the…
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Claude can now reply to and send Gmail messages on your behalf
Claude can now send, reply to and forward Gmail messages without requiring approval every time, giving users more control over how much autonomy the AI receives.
The Geometry Measures, the AI Teaches: Building an Art Studio Tutor with ADK, Vertex AI & OpenCV
The Geometry Measures, the AI Teaches: Building an Art Studio Tutor with ADK, Vertex AI & OpenCV This project was created for the Devpost All Things Agentic Hackathon. 1.
- Atelier is an AI-powered art studio tutor created by a 9-year-old's interest in drawing.
- Atelier uses OpenCV for geometry measures and Gemini Flash on Vertex AI for empathetic critique.
The AI Revolution Isn’t Coming — It’s Already Here. Are You Ready to Build With It?
Artificial Intelligence isn't something developers are waiting for anymore. It's already changing how we write code, analyze data, search information, automate workflows, build applications, and solve…
- AI is already transforming coding, data analysis, and workflow automation
- Building AI applications requires understanding underlying processes
- Developers should focus on building foundations like Python, Data, and Machine Learning
Beyond red flags: How AI is redefining financial fraud detection
AI is changing the fraud landscape, making phishing, identity theft and social engineering harder to detect. As fraud becomes faster and more interconnected, institutions need to move beyond static…
AI-Driven Efficiency in Cross-Border Trade Payments: XTransfer Cracks the “Impossible Trinity”
SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AI is reshaping global trade, with digitalisation driving industrial transformation.
UAE Ambassador Visits Akita to Discuss Data Center Plan
Akita, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)--Shihab Alfaheem, the United Arab Emirates' ambassador to Japan, visited Akita Prefecture on Wednesday for talks with local officials on a plan to build a large data center…
The Fundamentals of AI Engineering - EP 01
AI Engineering means using an existing AI model to add useful AI features to a real software application. Those features might: Summarize a support ticket Classify a customer review Recommend products…
Graphwise aims to become the semantic layer for AI agents after securing major investment from Oakley Capital
Graph database startup Graphwise said today it has secured a significant investment from the European venture capital firm Oakley Capital as it looks to beef up its go-to-market strategy and expand…
If this is true, the hyperscalers are toast
In my regular research (behind a paywall), I have been saying for a while that I think the future of AI is not large language models (LLM), but small language models (SLM) run on local desktop…
Using synthetic data for AI training is 'a big mistake,' says AI pioneer Rich Sutton
He said that the AI industry is headed in the wrong direction because of its reliance on synthetic training data.
KT puts Korean AI chips, language model into one enterprise server
KT has packaged a Korean-made artificial intelligence (AI) processor, language model and operating platform into a single enterprise server, offering companies a way to run generative AI entirely…
Chungnam National University's nursing college, hospital to expand AI-based healthcare cooperation
Chungnam National University’s College of Nursing and Chungnam National University Hospital have joined forces to conduct joint research on artificial intelligence (AI)-based healthcare and foster…
Companies with huge datasets can save up to 80% in AI costs by using open-weight models: Hims CEO
He said big patient datasets are Hims & Hers' "real asset," as they can be used to train open-weight models.
The Enterprise Fight Against Runaway AI Costs
As enterprises increasingly turn to AI to get work done, three new weapons are emerging in their fight to control…
Seoul inks AI partnership with Imperial College London to boost European research
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it is extending its network connecting the city's artificial intelligence (AI) startups with leading international researchers from North America to Europe…
Japan to require AI firms to disclose training data
A draft code has been drawn up amid growing concerns that texts and images may be used to train AI models without consent, potentially infringing on copyrights.
OpenAI’s ads business hits Europe at the six month mark
OpenAI will begin serving ads to people using ChatGPT across 31 European markets beginning August 24.
Künstliche Intelligenz: OpenAI startet Werbegeschäft in Deutschland und Europa
Werbefrei für Profis, Reklame für Gratis-Nutzer und Einsteiger: OpenAI setzt auf neue Umsatzquellen. Wie das Angebot für Unternehmen und Verbraucher gestaltet wird.
Twelve Labs on Business Strategy
Yoon Kim, Chief Strategy Officer at Twelve Labs, discusses monetizing AI-powered video search on "Bloomberg: The China Show." He speaks on the sidelines of the AI Summit Seoul & Expo 2026.
SKT joins government's 'AI for All' initiative to expand public access
SK Telecom (SKT) said Wednesday it will take part in "AI for All," a project led by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency aimed at making artificial…
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT for Teens with stronger guardrails, parental controls
The $852-billion startup faces multiple lawsuits alleging ChatGPT harmed children, as it prepares for a potentially record-breaking initial public offering
Why founders should never use AI-generated pitch decks
I start my work weeks with deck reviews. Every Monday morning, in advance of our weekly fund meeting, I look at all the decks that entrepreneurs submitted through our website in the past week.
China’s robots search for workforce breakthrough
China's advanced robotics sector is gaining momentum as the next frontier of the global AI boom, drawing investor enthusiasm and concern from rivals such as the US.
Capitalizing untethered AI agents
That is my latest piece of writing, co-authored with Sonia Farrell Pearson of Harvard. Here is the opening premise: As early as 2017, the European Parliament floated “electronic personhood” for…
Anthropic prepares supervoting power for founders ahead of IPO: Report
Anthropic is structured as a public benefit corporation, which is legally required to balance commercial success with social and public benefit
Baidu says Chinese buyers want local AI chips due to ‘supply chain’ issues
It seems like Nvidia’s not getting back into the Middle Kingdom anytime soon
Too good to be human? NYC mayor Mamdani posts blooper reel after multilingual videos spark AI claims (VIDEO)
NEW YORK, Aug 19 — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has come up with a decidedly low-tech response to claims tha...
Why Google just paid $10 m for Microsoft Teams chats of a dead and bankrupt airline
Google has won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' internal data, paying $10 million for roughly 100 million emails, 500 million Microsoft Teams messages, 30 million lines of code and 175,658…
Sorry, Samsung — Google says its latest AI smartphone camera tool can measure bodies better than the Galaxy Watch's bioelectric sensors
In the midst of a health wearables arms race, Google's been quietly developing health scanning tools for your smartphone's camera instead.
Malaysia wants 300,000 AI jobs by 2030. Talent will decide if it gets there
Southeast Asia’s artificial intelligence race is often framed as a contest over data centres, chips and cloud infrastructure. That is only half the story. The harder asset to build — and the easier one to lose — is talent. Malaysia’s National AI Action Plan 2026-2030, known as AI Nation 2030, makes that point clearly.
Anthropic prepares supervoting power for founders ahead of IPO
The company is also planning to maintain its existing body of non-shareholder trustees with a special class of stock to elect a majority of members to the company's board of directors, according to the report.
AI companies understand the value of owning books. Do we?
Every time I move home, I understand the appeal of streaming. Books are heavy, records are fragile and boxes of films and games seem to multiply as soon as the movers arrive. In the UAE, where moving between apartments – or countries – is a familiar part of life, a library that fits on a phone is an easy sell.
Northern Railway Empowers 123 Visually Impaired Employees With Jyoti AI Smart Glasses
New Delhi: Northern Railway distributed 123 Jyoti AI Smart Glasses to visually impaired employees to enhance accessibility, independence and efficiency in their official duties.
Can AI really improve collaboration and productivity
We are told that there’s always room for some efficiency. Which roughly means you have a fair chance of boosting your productivity and getting more done.
So AI is preparing to help the catering world
New strategies to conquer "more covers" at the table and try to ride the challenges of delivery platforms. The out-of-home consumption world is undergoing a radical and profound revolution...
Deepfake doctor scams expose growing threat of AI health fraud
KUALA LUMPUR: Consultant cardiologist Dr Onn Akbar Ali was disturbed when he discovered a deepfake video using his face and voice to promote herbal tea as a diabetes cure.
Case filed after AI video shows BJP's Nitin Nabin waving inverted tricolour on Independence Day
Complaints by BJP leaders assert the video is doctored and aimed at tarnishing the party's image, prompting police action.
The builders of AI are selling a future their own technology destroys
Every salary is a bet that something about its holder stays valuable. AI is changing the terms of that bet. The companies building the AI future are selling that future in two different ways.
Analytics Intelligence, OADC partner on sovereign AI for Nigerian businesses
Analytics Intelligence (AI), a provider of artificial intelligence and data analytics solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Open Access Data Centres (OADC), a WIOCC Group company…
tridorian launches Gemini Enterprise Experience Center in Singapore to help enterprises turn AI ambition into business outcomes
New executive experience center helps business and technology leaders explore secure, connected AI workflows built around real business priorities.
Chinese AI models at the centre of growing divide in Silicon Valley
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has publicly questioned whether Chinese developers are “using stolen materials”, while Beijing has pushed back against American threats of restrictions.
GLM-5.3 hits the API at $1.4/$4.4 per million tokens
After a stunning debut last week with cyber capabilities so advanced they reportedly found a previously undetected vulnerability in Cursor, GLM-5.3, the new frontier open source language model from…
LG Electronics, Nvidia Accelerate Robotics Partnership With Physical AI Data Hub
LG Electronics is stepping up its robotics strategy through closer cooperation with Nvidia, just days after the two companies agreed to collaborate on future strategic technologies.LG Electronics said…
- LG Electronics and Nvidia form robotics partnership in Seoul's Seocho district.
- LG CLOiD humanoid robot gathers real-world data for training at Physical AI Data Hub.
- Hub aims to accumulate 100,000 hours of robot training data by year-end.
OpenAI halts testing, slows development after model went rogue
OpenAI has announced it is slowing the pace of its AI development and pausing its model testing for two weeks while its research and training systems are overhauled.
AI’s attribution problem gets worse as models scale
Diffusion models are becoming sophisticated enough that they can reproduce an image even when they don’t have access to the original.
OpenAI falls further behind Anthropic, with disappointing revenue growth and mounting losses
OpenAI Group PBC is falling further behind its rival Anthropic PBC, if its latest financials are any indication. The artificial intelligence model maker told investors that its revenue rose 18% on a…
Smarter cooling, cleaner air: How AI is changing home comfort
LG’s DualCool AI air-conditioner and PuriCare AeroBooster air purifier use AI to respond to changing conditions with minimal manual adjustment.
Rent a supernode by the hour - Alibaba brings frontier-scale AI compute to the public cloud, but only if you live in this remote Chinese province
Alibaba's new AI supernode is rentable by the hour, built entirely on Chinese silicon, and smaller than every rival it's compared to.
Cybersecurity concerns prompt OpenAI to pause some AI training runs
OpenAI Group PBC recently paused some of its artificial intelligence training workloads over concerns that they could cause cybersecurity issues. The ChatGPT developer disclosed the move in a blog post published today. According to the company, the pause is part of a broader initiative designed to improve its cybersecurity guardrails.
OpenAI is slowing down its most powerful AI — the reason is the AI
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 — ChatGPT creator OpenAI said yesterday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its...
Premium customer, quickest service? Not so fast, at least in a world of agentic AI-driven services
It's conventional wisdom in the business world: Premium customers get a pass to the front of the line. Think airports or amusement parks.
Offloading work tasks to AI comes with a cost – to our brains
We risk replacing genuine knowledge with “work slop”.
- South Africa's Draft National AI Policy withdrawn due to AI errors
- Deloitte's AI-generated document cost Australian taxpayers A$440,000
- 61% of AI users report inappropriate, complacent, untransparent use
Anthropic Beats OpenAI in Revenue for First Time
Anthropic’s sales topped those of OpenAI for the first time in the second quarter, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Aug. 18), citing figures obtained from unnamed sources. OpenAI told investors that its revenue grew by 18% in the second quarter, compared to the first, while its losses deepened.
