Can AI solve the energy problem it created?
It costs about $5 and takes roughly 15 minutes to train an AI model that can help determine where America’s next data centers should be built. That’s not a rounding error.
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Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators.
Reduce LLM Cost for Catalog: Compare Small Models to Summarize, Classify, and Extract JSON
Short answer: the best way to reduce LLM cost for a product catalog is to measure cost per accepted record, then route each job by difficulty.
Speculative Decoding and MTP: Why Guessing Is Free
I saw "MTP round-trip" on a checklist for a Megatron conversion pipeline and had no idea what it meant. Two acronyms, one hyphen, apparently important enough that someone had listed it as a thing to…
Inside the Gemmaverse: Celebrating one billion Gemma downloads
A look at the Gemmaverse as Gemma surpasses one billion downloads.
Slack Code taps into collective vibe, puts AI agents into the group chat
Developers can now invite the whole team along for their quality time with the coding bot
acc vs acc_norm: Why Length Bias Skews LLM Eval Scores
Your fine-tune gains three points of acc_norm on HellaSwag and loses two points of acc . Same checkpoint, same harness, same seed.
- "acc" measures highest summed log-likelihood of candidate continuation
- "accnorm" divides sum by byte length of continuation string
- Length bias can skew LLM evaluation scores significantly
Build intelligent security for healthcare APIs with Amazon Bedrock
Learn how to add context-aware security monitoring to FHIR APIs using Amazon Bedrock. This post shows how to detect anomalous access patterns, classify data sensitivity automatically, and generate…
Microsoft warns Africa risks becoming AI consumer, cites weak adoption
Microsoft has warned that Africa risks becoming primarily a consumer of artificial intelligence rather than a creator or beneficiary of it.
Binance Just Handed the Keys to AI Agents
Binance launches Agent OS, letting AI tools trade crypto on users' behalf, a shift BRICS businesses can't afford to ignore.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles composer speaks out about AI-generated Spotify album falsely using her name
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles composer Kumi Tanioka has spoken out about an album attributed to her on Spotify. The problem? She had nothing to do with it. Read more
Serval’s super agent Catalyst creates roving background agents to identify and fix IT issues before they’re ticketed
Serval is making Catalyst , its AI agent for building enterprise automations, generally available Thursday and enabling it by default for customers — allowing teams of AI agents to decide what should…
Ant International Recruits Banking Giants for Updated AI Model
Ant International says several of the world’s biggest banks are using its new AI model. The Singapore-based FinTech giant’s Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) 2.0 artificial intelligence (AI) model…
OpenAI introduces new safety tool to protect user privacy
Under ZDR, OpenAI does not save a customer's prompts or the AI's responses once a task is finished. No OpenAI employee can view the content, and unless a company chooses to opt in, none of that data is used to train AI models.
Report: Just 3 sectors aiding AI adoption poised to grow from it
‘Only markets in three categories – infrastructure; data and AI; and identity, access and network security – are broadly positioned for clear growth.’ Read more: Report: Just 3 sectors aiding AI adoption poised to grow from it
How FinTech Companies Are Using AI to Automate Risk and Compliance
Financial technology companies operate in one of the most tightly regulated and high-stakes environments in the global economy.
Moving AI from pilot to production
Why infrastructure, trust and leadership are key to scaling enterprise AI successfully.
Anthropic and OpenAI Split as Massachusetts Pushes Nation’s Toughest AI Safety Rules
Anthropic and OpenAI are divided on their views of a Massachusetts proposal that would establish a process in the state for evaluating the safety of artificial intelligence models, Bloomberg reported…
Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence?
Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence doesn’t “think” or “reason” like humans, and how we can create better methods for measuring machine cognition.
'We’ve removed the biggest barrier to customer AI adoption: writer’s block' — Starling Bank AI boss on why agentic AI could be the key to help customers manage their money better
Starling Bank tells us why its AI tools could help users supercharge their money management
Welcome to the AI crisis in math
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Robert Hart, The Verge’s London-based AI reporter, about what AI is doing to the field of mathematics and the existential crisis many lead mathematicians are having about it. OpenAI just published a set of solutions to longstanding problems in math that went off like a bombshell in the field. […]
Stop the token bleed: building token-efficient multi-agent systems
Every engineering team deploying AI agents eventually discovers an uncomfortable truth: the model isn’t the biggest expense. The hidden cost The post Stop the token bleed: building token-efficient multi-agent systems appeared first on The New Stack .
‘Star Wars vibes:’ Chainlink’s McCormick sees AI agents, robots driving blockchain transactions
McCormick expects a multi-chain future as AI lowers the cost of creating new blockchain networks, increasing the need for interoperability.
How to Quiz Yourself With ChatGPT and Check the Answers
A better ChatGPT quiz starts with a tighter prompt, a clear difficulty level, and independent checks when the answer actually matters.
Binance Debuts Agent OS to Link AI Apps and Finance Infrastructure
Binance introduced a way to connect artificial intelligence applications to its digital asset capabilities. Agent OS is a developer platform and standardized access layer linking AI applications to…
What AI usage is really telling us about enterprise adoption
New AI Gateway data reveals why businesses are prioritizing smarter AI deployment over model rankings and hype.
I was there for the dot-com burst. Here's how the AI bubble will pop.
Stock market booms and busts have two big things in common. Those signals point to a coming burst of the AI-fueled bubble.
Berezhna on Tysiachovesna-2027: AI regulation, higher qualifying score, separate tracks for debut and experienced applicants
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Culture Minister Tetiana Berezhna says the Tysiachovesna-2027 (Thousand Spring) cultural content support initiative will include regulation…
Odd Lots: What If AI Doesn't Destroy Humanity or Save It?
Speaking on Odd Lots with Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, philosopher Nick Bostrom breaks down why the most likely AI future isn't a simple binary, but a world where what we value today transforms…
Subtlefakes: Slightly Altered Nonconsensual AI Images Are Taking Over X
Nonconsensual AI images are getting much harder to spot.
Stripe says the singularity began eight months ago as it makes a $7.5 billion AI bet
Stripe told investors on Wednesday that January 1, 2026, was an important day as it marked the "beginning of the singularity." That's not the sort of claim you'd expect a company to make, especially a…
This obscure FTC proposal exposes the widening fight over what AI can say
AI companies are increasingly being pulled into a fight over who gets to decide what their systems can and can’t say. And a little-noticed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposal is showing just how sprawling that fight has become.
Google rolls out AI-powered learning tools for students to prep for competitive exams
Google Search lets students create customised practice quizzes, which draw on test-prep content via partnerships with education companies The Princeton Review, Careers360, PhysicsWallah and Akira Enem.
What AMACO’s $1.5bn Kenya AI project can teach Africa about energy
The company's HERCULES project combines electricity generation, cooling and AI data-centre infrastructure. The idea is to reduce dependence on the national grid by generating electricity close to…
Azio AI Holdings Announces Atlas One, a 500+ Acre Site Designed for Up to 500 MW of Behind‐the‐Meter Power
Atlas One is the first named development phase within Project Atlas, bringing together the South Texas land, secured behind‐the‐meter natural gas generation, dedicated fiber and modular compute…
Clinical AI needs safeguards against hallucinations, data leaks and overreliance, review finds
Large language models (LLMs), including the models behind ChatGPT and Claude, as well as numerous other systems developed specifically for medical applications, are increasingly used in clinical…
Bitdeer signs $400M AI cloud computing deal for Malaysia facility
Bitdeer expects revenue from the five-year agreement to begin in early 2027 as it builds toward 350 megawatts of AI cloud capacity by 2028.
“Save frontier models for frontier problems”: Why Korea’s Solar Pro 4 is a workhorse agent reliability play
South Korean AI model company Upstage AI officially announced the launch of its Solar Pro 4 closed commercial LLM last The post “Save frontier models for frontier problems”: Why Korea’s Solar Pro 4 is a workhorse agent reliability play appeared first on The New Stack .
No Mic Needed: You Can Create Music and Speech With Adobe’s AI Audio Tools
Adobe’s instrumental AI soundtracks come with a universal license, meaning it’s safe to use for any project.
Adobe Firefly’s music, voiceover, and sound effects generation tools now generally available
Users can now create fully licensed tracks, voiceover, and sound effects on Adobe’s Firefly AI assistant. Here are the details.
Exclusive: This $100 million startup wants to give companies AI employees
At the San Francisco-based startup Anything AI , there’s a robust team that seems like any fast-growing startup’s organizational chart. There’s Emma, who investigates reported bugs across logs, databases, and code, then drafts the reply; Otis, who runs engineering operations and forecasts launch dates; Clementine, who manages the…
Make AI Max work for your business with new testing and planning tools.
Use new AI Max tools — like A/B tests and performance planners for budget and bidding changes — to maximize your Search campaigns.
Grok chat duped into swallowing injected instructions
A spoonful of encryption helps the malware go down
For a16z, AI gives foreign founders an advantage
a16z’s Borderless Founder network initiative supports immigrant and international founders. 'Having one foot in your home country, and one foot in Silicon Valley," is an advantage, the firm believes.
- 44% of investments in a16z's Apps Fund One and Two come from international founders.
- AI agents enable startups to secure contracts with Fortune 500 companies worldwide.
Trump’s Bizarre AI Post About Bombing Americans With Diarrhea Is Turning Out to Be a Weirdly Perfect Prediction of His Presidency
Trump's feces slop was — unfortunately — prophetic. The post Trump’s Bizarre AI Post About Bombing Americans With Diarrhea Is Turning Out to Be a Weirdly Perfect Prediction of His Presidency appeared…
Walmart store workers get new job amid AI rollout: Correcting its mistakes
Walmart employees are reportedly correcting artificial intelligence mistakes in stores. AI assistants are assigning tasks and monitoring workers through the MyWalmart app.
Half of Finns fear AI will lead to mass unemployment, survey finds
Experts interviewed by Yle however argue that the concerns about the impact of AI on employment levels are exaggerated, at least in the short and medium term.
Rillet Raises $100 Million at $1B Valuation To Build Financing AI Agents
Nothing about enterprise accounting has really changed in 20 years. ERP tools like NetSuite, Oracle, and SAP still treat data like files in a cabinet.
- Rillet raises $100 million in Series C funding at $1B valuation
- AI-Native OS aims to replace ERP tools like NetSuite and SAP
- Platform treats data as live info for real-time general ledgers
Chinese AI chips fall short on coding, forcing firms to stretch scarce Nvidia supply
Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging demand for inference, as part of that workload still relies on computing power from a limited pool of high-end chips amid restricted…
Slack launches Slack Code, adding dedicated, project-specific channels that let teams collaborate with AI coding agents "like teammates" across all Slack plans (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
Slack Code provides a dedicated open space for teams to collaborate with AI agents.
AI skills in cybersecurity job postings doubled as junior hiring stalls
The AI Workforce Consortium today reported that the share of cybersecurity job postings across the Group of Seven economies that ask for artificial intelligence skills doubled over the year, and junior hiring has not moved with them.
Anthropic's AI designed proteins in 2 days, a job that takes scientists months
Anthropic says Claude designed protein binders that worked against 14 of 15 targets, with Adaptyv Bio and Twist Bioscience validating 354 binders from 1,320 designs. Hit rates reached 35.1%, well above the field's usual 10-15%. A separate test saw Claude Opus 5 match a contract lab's purity reading in 19 minutes.
Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps
Meta said its Muse Spark model is powering the dictation feature.
- Meta AI introduces Mac app with system-wide dictation.
- App accesses current screen for context-based answers.
- Integration enables data on campaign performance and competitor intel.
These 8 Courses Show You How to Use AI for Project Management, Just $40
Eight self-paced courses teach AI prompting, business cases, scheduling, and Lean Six Sigma for project work. The post These 8 Courses Show You How to Use AI for Project Management, Just $40 appeared…
Callosum Raises $100M To Cut AI Costs By Routing Workloads To Specialized Chips
The human brain doesn’t use one giant processor for everything. It uses small circuits built for specific jobs. AI companies do the opposite, and it’s killing their margins.
Spirit Flight Attendants Fight Google’s Data Bid for AI
The flight attendants want assurance that their confidential information will be removed from the sale of the defunct airline’s digital records.