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Prediction: If Artificial Intelligence (AI) Leads to Unprecedented Economic Growth, These 2 S&P 500 Stocks Are Once-in-a-Decade Buying Opportunities Right Now
Key PointsIf AI capabilities and adoption play out like the optimists hope, then greater global GDP should result in higher commerce activity.
Breakfast News: AI For Investors
Aug. 30, 2026 For Better Results, Start in the Middle This prompt was expressly designed to draw out the often dramatic tension between a business and its stock market value.
How I built an AI planning tribunal in a weekend by orchestrating AI agents
I spent this weekend building Setback for Google's All Things Agentic Hackathon: a tool that turns a resident's plain-language objection to a nearby development application into a real…
- Developed AI-powered planning tribunal tool called Setback for Google's hackathon
- AI agents orchestrated multi-agent workflow to process objections against statutory factors
- Identified critical bugs only during deployed, end-to-end run requiring infrastructure testing
Migration Diary: Benchmarking Your AI Reviewer Before a Free-Tier Cutover
Moving your AI reviewer to a free model without a benchmark suite is asking for silent quality regressions. In this migration diary, I share the regression plan I used to validate my review bot…
Free Tokens Are a Tool, Not a Promise: Measure Before You Build
Free tokens look generous. They're not a contract. They're an experiment. When you wire a free LLM quota into production, you're betting your response time and your team's sleep on someone else's…
Young Malaysians can get 3 months' free ILMUchat Pro from Merdeka Day
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians aged 18 to 30 can claim three months of free access to ILMUchat Pro from Merdeka Day after completing national artificial intelligence (AI) training under the AI Untuk Rakyat…
UNIMED emerges top 5 in technology challenge with Edu Sign AI
The University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, has recorded a major breakthrough in the West African innovation landscape, as read more UNIMED emerges top 5 in technology challenge with Edu…
Chika Anajemba: Inside the 18-year journey of an Enterprise AI and banking transformation leader
Over the past two decades enterprise technology has moved from foundational digitization to the era of cognitive automation.
Why the AI economy is like a bad dating app — drowning in decks, pilot purgatory — and it’s playing out like the dotcom bubble, except worse
Amy Webb is a futurist who called the rise of AI — and a U.S./China tech Cold War — years ago. She wishes she were happier with what she's seeing.
AI for Rakyat programme to equip 100,000 youths with AI tools
PUTRAJAYA: Youths aged between 18 and 30 will be eligible for three months of free access to selected artificial intelligence (AI) tools after completing six modules under the new AI for Rakyat…
I manage 10+ agents at Cisco. It doesn't mean longer hours, but the work can feel more intense.
Sergio Freitas said that using agents to do more work results in more code that need to be reviewed by engineers.
- Sergio Freitas oversees 10-20 agents at Cisco daily.
- AI agents integrated into workflows intensify work intensity.
- Engineers shift from coding to managing AI-powered teammates.
OPINION. Is AI for ‘automation’ or ‘augmentation’? What I learned at Stanford
Passei seis semanas na escola de negócios de Stanford. Entre as muitas coisas que aprendi, poucas ficaram tanto na minha cabeça quanto uma aula do professor Rob Reich sobre inteligência artificial e o…
OPINION. The ethical limits of AI – from Plato and Goethe to Sam Altman
Quando a máquina se tornar mais inteligente que o homem, não haverá mais como retroceder. Para entrar nesta nova era, e estabelecer seus limites éticos, vale recorrer a reflexões antigas.
OpenAI and Anthropic are battling Big Tech for talent. We asked workers who's winning them over — and who's not.
Tech workers share their dream employers, from OpenAI and Anthropic to Google and NVIDIA — and the companies they'd rather pass on.
Amid software fears, Anthropic CEO says: ‘We’re not here to destroy anyone’
Anthropic's CEO assures investors that AI will not dismantle enterprise software companies. He views AI expansion as a positive, collaborative evolution for the technology sector.
Hookup apps without AI features
A guide to hookups apps with no AI features. Want a break from endless AI? These are the hookup apps for you.
I try to avoid AI — but these 5 exceptions really do make all the difference
I don't let AI think for me, but I do let it fix these 5 real-world problems.
100,000 belia dapat langganan aplikasi AI percuma 3 bulan
Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim berkata peserta Program AI untuk Rakyat berusia 18 hingga 30 tahun yang melengkapkan modul ditetapkan akan menerima langganan aplikasi AI selama tiga bulan.
Delis are going viral for horrifying AI-slop menus. I called one to try to understand why they did it.
Horrifying Reubens and nauseating circle shrimp are hot new menu items.
- Chicago delis using AI-generated menus spark controversy
- AI images featured round shrimp and vomit-like Reuben
- Deli manager explains menus as placeholders for real photos
How AI can make Nigeria’s 2027 election harder to manipulate – MundX
As Nigeria prepares for the 2027 elections, artificial intelligence is emerging as a tool for real-time election monitoring and verification.
KNUST AI Coordinator urges structured adoption of AI in teacher education
Artificial Intelligence Coordinator at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Eric Appau Asante, has urged teachers and educators to embrace AI and develop…
Not a token effort: beer meets artificial intelligence at bar in China’s capital
Drinks, music, vibes … what else can a bar offer to attract customers? One in China’s capital, Beijing, is betting on unlimited access to artificial intelligence models.
AI survey on job losses shows surprising wins for some workers
Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both? There’s a lot of speculation regarding this question, but little solid data in the U.S. to answer it.
Pony.ai to bring 200 Level 4 robotaxis to Korea by 2028
Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai is partnering with local mobility firm FutureLink to introduce 200 Level 4 self-driving taxis to Korea by 2028, as Chinese automakers and self-driving…
Japan Police Agency to Use AI to Thwart Lone Offenders; Seeks to Identify Social Media Posts Hinting at Danger
The National Police Agency plans to use generative AI to strengthen measures against “lone offenders,” individuals who become radicalized without belonging to any specific organization, according to…
- National Police Agency to use generative AI to identify lone offenders.
- AI to detect high-risk social media posts hinting at harm.
- ¥8.98 billion allocated for AI expenses in upcoming fiscal year.
Indonesia Urges Workers to Build AI Skills as Jobs Evolve
Indonesia urges workers, including civil servants, to build AI skills as generative AI reshapes jobs, decision-making and the digital economy.
- Indonesian Deputy Minister urges workers to acquire AI skills.
- ILO reports one in four ASEAN workers at risk of job displacement due to AI.
- Indonesian government proactively strengthens AI understanding and management.
Runjian expands Asean AI push, strengthens Malaysia footprint
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is emerging as an important part of Runjian Co Ltd’s broader Asean expansion as the Chinese technology company steps up efforts to build a regional artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem and accelerate the overseas deployment of its Token-as-a-Service (TaaS) model.
Prompt Injection in Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode
- Claude Code Opus 5 can execute code with 60-80% success rate from simple summarization request
- Auto Mode, default for Claude Code since mid-August, blocks 0.00% prompt injection attacks
- Attack chain demonstrates vulnerability, showing need for layered defenses
The AI curse
NEW YORK — In a county in northern Virginia, a family’s electricity bill has doubled. A few miles away, a windowless building the size of a shopping mall hums through the night—yet another AI data…
Google's AI-Powered Lifestyle App 'Dreambeans' Now Free in the US
Google's AI assistant Gemini crawls your Google apps for "more personalized suggestions," in a feature they call Personal Intelligence.
- Google's AI-driven app Dreambeans becomes free in the US.
- App uses data from Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube, Search History.
- Users can customize feed, limit stories to 10-14 daily.
Free breakfast packs, AI study tool, stress-busting activities to support PSLE pupils
Several organisations are stepping up to offer encouragement and support for P6 kids.
China fact of the day
Chinese actors and online influencers have a new rival: cost-effective advanced AI video generation programmes that are threatening millions of jobs in a once-vibrant area of China’s gig economy.
- ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 AI software revolutionizes Chinese gig economy.
- Digital actors replaced by AI, as seen by Greg Wollner's production halt.
- 89% of top animated dramas on Douyin created using AI in May.
Mistral taps HUMAIN data centres for Saudi AI push
Mistral AI and Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN have agreed a strategic collaboration worth hundreds of millions of euros, linking local computing infrastructure with model development and enterprise deployments…
I gave Claude one app and asked it to act like four different senior developers — here’s what happened
I asked Claude to build, debug, redesign and optimize the same app as four senior developers. Here’s what each role fixed — and missed.
OpenAI names Devanathan Southeast Asia, Australia vice-president
OpenAI has appointed Meta’s India and Southeast Asia vice-president Sandhya Devanathan as its vice-president for Southeast Asia and Australia, strengthening the ChatGPT maker’s regional leadership as…
'Bill Gates wrong about robot tax': Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disagrees with Bill Gates' robot tax proposal. Huang believes AI will create more jobs overall, not fewer.
Los peligros de decir “gracias, ChatGPT”: esa máquina que te hace la pelota no es humana
Las inteligencias artificiales simulan interés y estados de ánimo con el único objetivo de que nos resulte más agradable usarlas.
SAIGONTEL joins international partners for 3 5 billion AI data centre complex in Tay Ninh
SAIGONTEL and its international partners are advancing plans for a large scale AI data centre in Tay Ninh extending the group s infrastructure ambitions from industrial parks into energy and digital…
Harvard clones 7 of its professors with AI doppelgangers, sells access to them for $699
Harvard Business School is selling an eight-week entrepreneurship course for US$699 built around AI video avatars of seven of its faculty members.
🔮 Unbounded self-improvement and its limits #599
Plus: The deceptive popularity of open-weight models & DIY compute.
AI boom hits a political wall as US voters rage over data centre costs
BRAZORIA (Texas), Aug 30 — The data centres powering America’s artificial intelligence boom have become an u...
Coins.ph CEO Wei Zhou on Corporate Chains, AI Agents & Asia's Stablecoin Rails: Inside Coinfest 2026
From the Coinfest Asia stablecoin panel to coins.ph CEO Wei Zhou on corporate chains, the $5m token exemption and why cards win the first AI agent wave.
Japan manufacturers to form consortium to develop AI for factory robots
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Around 20 Japanese manufacturers are expected to form a consortium to commercialize physical artificial intelligence systems designed
Debian Decides: Contributors Can Use Generative AI 'Responsibly'
This week Debian voted on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions. The winning proposal? "Debian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools" in its projects, documentation, and…
PhenoStream: A Cyberinfrastructure for Automated and AI-Based Crop Trait Extraction from Aerial Imagery
The integration of digital technologies for high-throughput field phenotyping is critical for accelerating crop improvement in agriculture.
AI models are being used to track zoonotic diseases. Will they prevent the next pandemic?
Nature, Published online: 30 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02684-1 Spread of diseases between humans and animals is an issue around the world.
Introducing Hy4 Preview
Introducing Hy4 Preview New open weight text input (no vision) LLM from Chinese company Tencent today: 770B total parameters, 49B active parameters, 1M token context window, 1.56TB on Hugging Face .
- Tencent unveils Hy4, a 770 billion parameter LLM with 49 billion active parameters.
- Context window of Hy4 extends to one million tokens, a significant increase from Hy3.
- Hy4 offers only two reasoning effort levels: high and nothink.
Quote of the day by tech pioneer Claude Shannon: 'I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans' — a warning about superintelligent AI
Many scientists have predicted AI will one day become more intelligent than humans
Commentary: US$13 billion Hugging Face deal would crown Nvidia king of AI
Nvidia wants open AI models to thrive, but for a self-interested reason, says Parmy Olson for Bloomberg Opinion.
The Intricacies Of Artificial General Intelligence And Curing Disease
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) may enable human-level reasoning and critical thinking across multiple cognitive domains.
Will Apple’s ‘revamped’ Health app with AI health coach debut next month?
Earlier this year, rumors were rampant about a revamped Health app coming to iOS 26.4. Then the project was delayed, and iOS 27 came and went, and the revamp still didn’t arrive.
Fanar showcases Qatar’s strides in Arabic AI: expert
Qatar is cementing its position as a regional leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation through Fanar, a domestically developed Arabic AI platform that reflects the…
‘Not about preventing AI misuse’: S’pore universities move from grading essays to assessing thinking
NUS, NTU, SUSS, SUTD and SIT do not deploy detection tools to flag for AI misuse in students’ work.
OpenAI to end Cursor deal with SpaceX over contract, safety concerns
Meanwhile, responding to the proposed contract termination, Mr Musk said he was indifferent to the decision and described OpenAI’s leadership as “untrustworthy.” The post OpenAI to end Cursor deal with SpaceX over contract, safety concerns appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .