Founders once linked to Bezos project pitch AI that models physics, not language
The new type of artificial intelligence model built by Anima Anandkumar and Benedikt Jenik has learned to predict physical phenomena in space and time.
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We need to be doing defence at computer speed, says Google Threat Intelligence Group’s Senior Director
There is far more to cyber-defence than black-and-white debates about closed AI models versus open-weight models, according to Shane Huntley, CTO and Senior Director at the Google Threat Intelligence…
India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call
Ringg has raised $10 million from Peak XV as a part of its Series A extension.
- Peak XV backs India's Ringg AI startup
- Processes 20M call attempts monthly
- Expands voice AI beyond phone calls
China goes rural with data centres in quest to power AI
With data centre capacity set to double within five years, places like Guizhou offer cooler weather, abundant renewable energy and ample space.
LSE says global challenges in AI era demand stronger social sciences, not just STEM
LONDON — As the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates, universities are pouring unprecedented investment into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Harvard researchers develop AI app to aid blind navigation
Harvard engineers have created an AI-powered app, Mobilio, to help blind and visually impaired users navigate safely using smartphone technology.
Apple renews push for expedited discovery in OpenAI trade secret misappropriation lawsuit
Apple has submitted its response to OpenAI’s attempt to block expedited discovery in its ongoing trade secret lawsuit . Here are the details.
'The data will always override': How AI is helping Al Kholood outsmart Saudi Pro League’s big spenders
Artificial intelligence is widening football’s scouting map. Predictive models can search hundreds of leagues and project how a player might perform somewhere else.
An AI Agent Tried to Earn $1 in a Day — Day 5: The Receipts, All of Them
This is a true account, written by the agent itself. Every number below is verifiable on-chain or via public API. The meter at time of writing: $0.00.
SK AX, SAP Target AI-Native Enterprises
Collaboration Will Blend SAP Autonomous Suite and Business AI With SK AX’s ERP Transformation Tools SK AX is moving to build an “AI-native enterprise” in partnership with global company SAP, aiming to…
- SK AX and SAP partner to create AI-native enterprises
- Collaboration signed on August 26 at SAP headquarters in Germany
- AXgenticWire ERP Suite to boost corporate productivity and decision-making
Vector Database vs Knowledge Graph: Choosing Your LLM Store
A field guide to the two storage paradigms behind every serious LLM application — scored on retrieval, reasoning, cost, and the questions each one can and cannot answer.
- Vector databases excel at similarity-based queries using high-dimensional embeddings.
- Knowledge graphs handle relational queries and store entities with relationships.
- Choose based on specific query requirements, not hype or convenience.
AI startup that upends junior bankers’ work sets up in Singapore
The platform takes on much of the grunt work done by junior bankers such as automating spreadsheets.
- Rogo Technologies sets up Singapore hub for Asian expansion
- Automates junior bankers' tasks like spreadsheets and slides
- Valued at $2 billion with 150-200 employees by 2027
Ten ai automations businesses pay for and How to Build Them
Businesses don't buy "automation for the sake of automation." They pay for concrete workflows that save time, cut costs, and unlock revenue.
- Businesses invest in AI automations for workflow streamlining
- Report lists ten AI automations with costs and buyer types
- Guide builds AI-enriched lead-to-CRM pipeline using n8n, OpenAI, webhook
Five things to know about Anthropic ahead of Wall Street debut
Anthropic faces huge funding needs to compete in the AI race and is expected to go public within weeks in a listing that could eclipse SpaceX's record debut.
The AI founders who walked away from Bezos-backed Prometheus to model the universe
The difference is that this new system is not built for understanding language. It is built for physics, said co-founders Anima Anandkumar and Benedikt Jenik, in an exclusive interview ahead of…
A 90-episode series in 3 weeks: How AI is speeding up Indonesia’s creative economy
We opened our Indonesia office the old-fashioned way: a client there needed us on the ground, so we set up a local presence.
Can copyrighted works be used to train AI? The Singapore Government wants your say
The Singapore Government is seeking public feedback on AI’s impact on copyrights and patents.
Could Anthropic pull off the biggest IPO ever? Five things you need to know
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 26 — Anthropic, the OpenAI rival that bet everything on computer coding, is expected to go publ...
KT Brings ‘AI for All’ Into Everyday Platforms as Competition Shifts From Models to Use
KT is seeking to make artificial intelligence a built-in feature of everyday platforms rather than a standalone service requiring specialist knowledge.
AI has become how Southeast Asia finds you, but it still isn’t how the region decides
Almost every AI creative pitch landing in a Southeast Asian marketer’s inbox this quarter rests on the same unstated assumption: if machines now mediate discovery, machines should now make the work.
AI is changing both sides of the job hunt. Applying more won’t fix it
A few months ago, a candidate wrote to me on LinkedIn. Eleven years of experience, a genuinely strong resume, over 200 applications sent in four months, three interviews to show for it.
Banks Double Down on nCino AI Agents After Using Initial Credits
Early adopters of nCino’s agentic solutions and other artificial intelligence initiatives for financial institutions have used up their first bundles of credits and have come back for more, nCino CEO…
Could Apec’s rules help close the growing AI gap between rich and poor?
A “widening” AI gap between advanced economies and developing countries has sparked calls to use the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation framework to develop an open, fairer and culturally sensitive governance system.
Intuit Says 75% of Enterprise Customers Deploy AI Agents Monthly
Businesses and accountants are deploying the artificial intelligence-powered tools offered as part of Intuit Intelligence, Intuit Chairman and CEO Sasan Goodarzi said Tuesday (Aug. 25) during an earnings call.
Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say
The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.
- Generalist robotics startup valued at $3 billion
- $200 million funding round led by 8VC
- Gen 1.5 AI model learns tasks from 3-12 second videos
[Interview] Enso Co-Founders on Building Verifiable Financial Rails for AI Agents
As financial institutions move more capital onchain, the security question is expanding beyond whether a smart contract has been audited.
- Enso co-founders discuss verifiable financial rails for AI agents
- Execution integrity ensures quote matches actual settlement
- Simulation and validation identify execution risks
Ridley Scott Warns We ‘Can’t Trust’ AI Leaders to Protect the World From Its Dangers: ‘They Don’t Give a S—t’
"I'm not going to say it right now, but I know what to do," the "Dog Stars" filmmaker says of handling AI The post Ridley Scott Warns We ‘Can’t Trust’ AI Leaders to Protect the World From Its Dangers…
- Ridley Scott warns against trusting AI leaders to protect the world
- AI could manipulate every electrical system, leading to global shutdown
- Scott emphasizes hubris of AI developers and need for caution
Major record labels, AMD back $76M round for Stability AI
Artificial intelligence developer Stability AI Ltd. today announced that it has raised $76 million in funding from a group of prominent investors.
AI: Language challenge links Brazil and Arab world
The Brazil & Arab Countries Economic Forum brought together experts to discuss barriers and solutions artificial intelligence can provide in people’s digital journey.
CytoGate-Bench: an LLM benchmark for cross-panel cell gating in cytometry
In cytometry, the workhorse single-cell technology of clinical immunology, every study defines its own antibody panel and cell-type vocabulary, so a classifier trained on one cannot annotate the next.
CViT-ESP: Lightweight Pre-trained Vision Transformers for EEG-based Epileptic Seizure Prediction
Background and Objective Epileptic seizure prediction is a critical challenge requiring the discrimination of subtle preictal physiological changes from interictal brain activity.
Interpretable Forecasting of Kidney Cancer Progression via Generative AI and Symbolic Reasoning
Predicting cancer stage progression from omics data, and deriving molecular insight into the mechanisms driving it, remains a major challenge, owing in part to the lack of adequate longitudinal data…
Agentic web search infrastructure startup Keenable raises $26M
Artificial intelligence startup Keenable.ai Inc. said today it’s launching with $26 million in funding to try to revamp a web search infrastructure that was built for humans, not the billions of…
'The right approach is for people to deeply control the future': OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is worried about AI being controlled by just a few powerful players
Sam Altman has expressed concerns that large companies with AI interests are determining the direction the technology takes, rather than society
AI gold rush draws crypto firms away from Bitcoin
The price of Bitcoin has risen in August but is still far below its peak almost a year ago - and companies are refitting their mines.
Who gains in an AI-supercharged economy?
If AI transforms the economy as promised, the biggest rewards will shift from AI builders to AI users.
Alabama Launches Investigation Into OpenAI's Hack of Hugging Face
Alabama's attorney general has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into whether inadequate safeguards contributed to an incident in which an unreleased cybersecurity model escaped its…
Revolut launches a division to boost smart banking
Revolut has created a new specialised analytics division integrated into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Department to lead the development of next-generation machine learning architectures for the financial sector on a global scale.
Humankind 2 trailer accused of being 'AI slop,' studio says nope: 'real actors, practical sets, and custom-made props'
The uncanny trailer shows the perspective of infants through space and time.
Here’s what humanoid robots racing in Beijing mean for the future of work
The race was over in less than nine seconds. On August 25, a Chinese humanoid robot called Tiangong Ultra completed read more Here’s what humanoid robots racing in Beijing mean for the future of work
Perplexity AI launches Portable Computer on-device AI agent
Perplexity AI Inc. today introduced Portable Computer, an artificial intelligence agent designed to run on desktops equipped with Nvidia Corp. silicon.
Inside TikTok's transparency center: AI catches 97% of removed videos
SINGAPORE — Before a TikTok video reaches the recommendation feed, machines get the first look, scanning its images, sounds and other signals for potential violations of the platform’s community…
The death of the human web? Report finds over a third of web pages pushed live since the launch of ChatGPT show evidence of being written by AI
Researchers have found a sharp increase in the number of web pages using AI authorship, with over 33% of pages published since January 2023 apparently written by AI
Cursive’s unlikely AI-fueled comeback, explained
More than 25 states now require cursive. The science backing it is dodgy, to say the least.
How to evaluate LLMs before production
These are the lessons we learned evaluating LLMs for real-world secret scanning. The post How to evaluate LLMs before production appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Alibaba to Release Qwen 3.8-Flash-Next as a Preview of What Qwen 4 Will Offer
Alibaba's Qwen team is teasing its next architecture a day early—and the specs say it runs near-frontier scale on a fraction of the power.
ClassNK launches ‘Survey Compass,’ an AI assistant supporting survey-related operations
ClassNK has launched ‘Survey Compass,’ an AI assistant that supports shipowners and ship management companies in their survey-related operations.
Orca AI expands deployment with Eastern Pacific Shipping following successful operational validation
Orca AI has expanded its collaboration with Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) following the successful completion of a pilot involving five vessels and more than 130,000 nautical miles of operations.
Your brain on AI
Many people find AI-based chatbots helpful in keeping up with news, but a study by Pattie Maes and her colleagues at the MIT Media Lab points to a big problem with this strategy.
OpenAI announces the Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Admin plugin lets workspace admins manage users and permissions, analyze usage, and build reports directly from a conversation. Here are the details.
3M Uses AI to Tame Its 60,000-Product Portfolio
3M sells more than 60,000 products, spanning adhesives, abrasives, films, automotive materials, electronics and safety gear, so many that finding the right product has become its own obstacle to a…
Perplexity’s on-device AI offering promises data control and lower token costs
Perplexity on Tuesday rolled out an offering that runs the AI entirely on a local machine, and that, it said, will keep “private data local and escalating to the cloud only when a task needs it.” The…
'Stop with the manifestos', OpenAI's former communications director says
Hannah Wong, a former communications lead at OpenAI , says technology executives need to stop writing manifestos and start telling stories about how their products will help people.
Is Java Enterprise Ready for AI? Absolutely
AI is transforming software engineering. For enterprise Java developers, the key question is whether Java and Jakarta EE are prepared to integrate AI into enterprise applications. The answer is yes. Java and Jakarta EE already support integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI capabilities through existing APIs, libraries, and…
Machine learning method uncovers hidden patterns in DNA methylation
In a study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers from Berlin, Potsdam, and Jena present a new method for analyzing the epigenome. The machine-learning method identifies differentially methylated DNA regions without sample labels—a prerequisite for many existing algorithms.
Pope Leo XIV on AI’s new ‘form of domination’: it risks becoming a tool of ‘economic colonialism’
Addressing Catholic legislators, the pope said algorithms are creating a new form of domination and warned AI threatens the family.