SpaceX is targeting late 2027 to launch Nvidia-powered AI satellites into orbit
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company plans to launch its first Starmind AI satellites in the fourth quarter of 2027 and scale up in 2028
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The Download: smarter AI in schools, and a robot “carnival” in Shanghai
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.
Pico Deploys Xnode Cortx AI Control Plane to Govern, Secure, and Scale Enterprise AI; Cortx Ranked Highest-Scoring Platform in AIMultiple Evaluation
Global financial markets technology leader adopts Xnode Cortx to accelerate the safe adoption of AI with centralized governance, security, and operational control. WESTPORT, Conn.
DuckDuckGo survey highlights how much personal information users share with AI
Private search company DuckDuckGo has released a new survey highlighting just how much personal information people are sharing with AI chatbots, and how little many understand about what happens to those conversations. Here are the details.
Workers are lying less about AI—but they’ve developed a worse habit
A new WalkMe survey finds employees have largely stopped faking AI expertise. But CEO Dan Adika suggests that's not progress, but unearned confidence.
Can AI discover new biology?
It began with an unexpected result in an automated laboratory in Zhangjiang, Shanghai. In traditional drug discovery, laboratory capacity is tightly budgeted, and evaluating unconventional biological ideas is often viewed as an unjustifiable luxury.
The AI adoption phase is over
For two years, the AI conversation in every boardroom has been about adoption: who’s using it, how much, how fast. That conversation is over. Adoption happened.
The U.S. and the EU regulate AI differently
Spanning 113 articles and roughly 50,000 words, the EU AI Act is the first of its kind globally to provide comprehensive legislation on AI. Meanwhile, the U.S.
‘The world seems to be ready’: An interview with OpenAI head of product Thibault Sottiaux
TechCrunch talks agents, UX, and reporting to Greg Brockman with OpenAI's head of product.
The real reason voters hate data centers so much
Welcome to The Midterms, Actually. Every week I’ll be writing about two things: one big idea or trend I see forming across the 2026 primaries, and one thing I’m hearing from a voice on the ground.
Half the Requests Wearing ChatGPT's Name Were Scanning Us for Secrets
We finally opened Cloudflare's AI Crawl Control last week, mostly out of curiosity about which AI bots actually visit us. It had been collecting quietly the whole time.
- Cloudflare monitors AI agents visiting their website
- ChatGPT-User accounted for 859 requests, but only 412 succeeded
- Vulnerability scanner probed SSH keys, Terraform state, and more
Qwen 3.8, Ornith, Nemotron and Muse-Glimmer in real-world comparison
Přímé srovnání čtyř populárních open-source modelů na reálné coding úloze přineslo překvapivé výsledky. Qwen 3.8 27B vyhrává v přesnosti, ale za cenu vysoké spotřeby tokenů — zatímco Ornith 1.5…
n8n's Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Node Brings Managed AI Agents Into Workflows
n8n has published a Verified Node Spotlight for a community integration that brings the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore harness into n8n workflows.
Klil chairman: 'The high-tech-industry gap: 80% AI accuracy? In industry, that’s failure'
The gap between AI developers and industry is slowing adoption. Tzuri Dabbah analyzes the challenges, offers practical guidelines, and warns: 'One failure can destroy trust.'
- Discrepancy between AI demos and real-world manufacturing conditions hinders adoption.
- Entrepreneurs and industry lack shared understanding of terminology and regulations.
The future of work: Why AI won't replace jobs but will change how we work
Experts stress that the true corporate battleground is not job eradication, but the urgent cultivation of AI literacy and human orchestration.
AI helps workers most when paired with experience, new study finds
As companies race to integrate artificial intelligence into the workplace, new research suggests workers benefit most when AI is paired with experience rather than treated as a replacement for it.
UAE families draw the line: Let AI guide children, not do their homework
Dubai: Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming part of everyday life, and for many families in the UAE, that includes homework time.
"We've all been too ambitious": Sam Altman says our old habits are delaying the great AI transition
A recent survey found that almost 49% of US adults now use AI chatbots. While that is up from 33% two years ago, it's not as all-encompassing as, say, the number of people who use the internet every day. Read Entire Article
AI coder gets Doom running on a custom CPU designed by GPT-5.6 Sol — game viewport is overlaid on a pulsing schematic of the CPU in Turing Complete's sandbox environment
An AI computing enthusiast has demonstrated Doom running on a custom CPU designed by GPT-5.6 Sol.
Prepare to wait for Siri AI access when iOS 27 launches next month
Apple implemented a Siri AI waitlist for beta users of its upcoming operating systems, and it appears the same will be true when iOS 27 and macOS 27 officially launch next month.
Guangzhou Knowledge City to work with SUSS and SIT on healthcare and AI
Additionally, Business China will expand institutional networks to connect Singapore-China firms with talent
- Guangzhou Knowledge City partners with SUSS and SIT for healthcare and AI
- CSGKC signs agreements at 16th Singapore-Guangdong Collaboration Council meeting
- SIT to develop smart healthcare technologies with CSGKC
Meta’s Consumer-Focused AI Agent Could Be Weeks From Launch
Meta is reportedly ready to unveil its consumer-focused AI agent designed to rival OpenClaw. The tech giant’s new offering, known in-house as “Hatch,” could debut in the next several weeks, The…
GPTZero founder: Even with watermarks, AI slop isn’t going anywhere
We must learn how AI fits in the writing process effectively, rather than as a short cut to produce spam, writes GPTZero co-founder Alex Cui.
Pine Labs Invests ₹24 Cr In AI R&D In FY26, Cuts Testing Time by Over 95%
In line with its bid to modernise its digital payments offerings, fintech major Pine Labs invested about ₹24 Cr on…
Property hunting enters the AI agent era
Consumers are using AI instead of search engines, trusting it to weigh up options and deliver one reliable answer quickly.
The problem with an AI tutor: Students don’t want to use it
Chalkbeat Ideas is a section featuring reported columns on the big ideas and debates shaping American schools. If you build it, they may not use it.
Four mistakes founders are making with AI and the true cost of inertia
Advice about AI adoption usually comes in two flavours: move fast, or proceed with caution. Take too long to deliberate how and when to integrate AI into your business, and your competitors will leave…
The proof Africa’s boardrooms have been waiting For
Strategic PR carries an inconvenience most marketing disciplines have been lucky to avoid. A media buy produces a reach figure. A sales campaign produces a revenue line.
Salesforce AI agent platform hasn't delivered meaningful growth two years after launch, customers report finds
Salesforce is seeing huge revenue from its Agentforce strategy, but partners and customers are experiencing delays.
The AI spending spree is over. Here are 5 steps to prepare for the next wave of consumption
Learn how visibility, governance and accountability can help enterprises scale AI responsibly.
Raksha Bandhan Shopping Gets An AI Makeover As Personalised Gifting Gains Popularity
As India prepares for Raksha Bandhan, festive shopping is undergoing a structural shift from traditional search engines to conversational AI platforms.
Tempo Introduces Workforce Intelligence, the First Attribution Solution to Align ROI for Human and Agentic Productivity
The new Atlassian Marketplace app connects AI usage data and human effort to the exact Jira issue it supported, giving engineering leaders an accurate record of what AI cost and what it delivered.
Fullspan Health’s AI agent sees strong early traction with 1.1M views since June launch
The conversational AI tool—dubbed Healthline AI—is sourced directly from the publisher’s medically reviewed properties.
Exclusive-The AI founders who walked away from Bezos-backed Prometheus to model the universe
- Anima Anandkumar and Benedikt Jenik leave Bezos-backed Prometheus
- Accelerated Understanding AI processes 5 trillion data points per request
- Applications in chip design, robotics, weather prediction, energy sector
The infrastructure behind Saudi Arabia’s next phase of AI
Saudi Arabia's AI ambitions are entering a new phase. Across government entities, critical industries and private enterprises, AI is moving beyond pilot projects and proofs of concept into the systems…
Tempo launches Workforce Intelligence to tie AI spend to Jira work items
Tempo Software Inc. today introduced Workforce Intelligence, an Atlassian Marketplace app that connects artificial intelligence usage and its cost to the individual Jira issues the work was done on.
Why AI Watermarks and Detectors Could Backfire
AI watermarks and detectors may leave us worse off by creating a false sense of confidence in content marked as genuine, writes Nadav Ziv.
AI Companion Robots Are Closing the Human Connection in Modern Homes
This article is brought to you by Ollobot . From about 2017, individuals began to truly connect with the initial wave of companion robots. These devices had personality, moved around, joked, and answered when you spoke to them.
Itoflow lands $2.5M to scale investment research and portfolio management
AI investment platform Itoflow has raised $2.5 million inpre-seed funding to develop its technology to help professional investmentteams automate and scale research and portfolio management. The round...
Standard Metrics Raises $20M To Transform Private Markets with AI Portfolio Management
Venture capital and private equity are currently wrestling with the brutal reality of the soaring upfront cost of building custom AI infrastructure. It’s an absolute financial black hole that drains The post Standard Metrics Raises $20M To Transform Private Markets with AI Portfolio Management appeared first on Ventureburn .
Gemini Can Now Fix Common Problems on Phones
Google is testing a new Device help feature powered by Gemini that can troubleshoot problems, change settings, and guide Pixel … Read More The post Gemini Can Now Fix Common Problems on Phones…
Keeping your options open: Why choice matters for UK AI sovereignty
AI sovereignty depends on preserving choice, competition and control - not pursuing complete technological self-sufficiency.
Goldman's engineers have a new challenge: turning AI agents into firm insiders
Marco Argenti, the firm's chief information officer, said engineers are now focused on transferring "tribal knowledge" to AI agents.
Anthropic tells San Francisco staff to work from home due to possible security team strike
Anthropic staff were told they should not come to the AI company's San Francisco offices on Monday and Tuesday in case a security strike took place.
AI is writing more code than ever, but is it good enough?
While coding assistants can increase output, faster code generation doesn’t necessarily create better software.
UN, Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons
The head of the Red Cross and the United Nations on Tuesday warned that autonomous weapons that can kill people without human involvement could soon be used in conflicts and called for urgent negotiations to restrict their use.
We tried Gemini’s new Device Help feature on the Pixel 11, and the results were mixed
Gemini is ready to fix your Pixel, well, almost ready.
Oro Raises $3M as Investors Bet on AI-Native DeFi
While one may be tempted to believe that venture capital money has exited crypto in a big way this year, that narrative is not entirely correct.
Revolut to advance fintech architecture with research platform
The online banking app has established a dedicated division within its broader AI department. Read more: Revolut to advance fintech architecture with research platform
HiDream ai releases HiDream O1 World interactive artificial intelligence model
Technology firm HiDream ai launched its native omni modal model HiDream O1 World on 24 August 2026 to advance digital content generation and interactive systems
EU technology chief warns of AI losing human control
Henna Virkkunen said these AI technologies are advancing so rapidly that safeguards are indispensable.
Revolut launches AI unit as proclaims virtues of proprietary AI
Revolut has today launched a unit dedicated to AI research across financial services, as it sets out its belief in building as much of the AI stack in-house and not relying on third parties. Revolut s...
AI smart glasses force South Korea to rewrite its exam rules
South Korea is preparing to overhaul the rules governing technical qualification exams after five candidates were caught using AI-powered smart glasses to cheat in just over two months. The five cases, reported between May and June, were disclosed in data submitted to the Human Resources Development Service of Korea by opposition…
STAT+: AI is good at catching drug theft at hospitals, but only when humans do their part
New AI technology can help hospitals prevent the controlled substances from being stolen, or abused by staff, but those tools aren't foolproof.