AI is helping businesses learn what customers will pay – and workers will accept
Businesses are increasingly turning to AI and personalised data to become more efficient. Will that leave workers earning less and customers paying more?
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A year after $32m government investment, Aussie startup pivots to US
Harrison.ai is laying off staff and pivoting to a new US business model, a year after receiving a $32 million investment from the federal government to keep the company in Australia.
AI may soon help humans talk to animals and birds
Artificial intelligence may soon enable humans to communicate with animals. Researchers are cataloguing and reproducing animal sounds using machine learning models.
Trust in AI starts with human-AI boundaries
Customers are increasingly open to AI playing a bigger role in their relationships with brands, but there is a limit to how much control they are prepared to give it. Adobe’s 2026 AI and Digital Trends Consumer Report found that 56% of consumers expect AI to improve their customer experience.
AI helps clarify complex array and interaction of risk factors contributing to alcohol use disorder
Explainable AI (xAI) models are illuminating the multiple risk factors that underlie the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a new study. Although some factors involved in AUD—including demographic, socioeconomic and genetic variables—are known, researchers typically study them in isolation, and their roles in…
Nvidia CEO: Artificial General Intelligence Has ‘Arrived’ With New OpenAI Model
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang once again trumpeted the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Huang congratulated OpenAI in a Sunday (Sept. 6) post on social platform X after the startup released its latest AI model, which was trained on Nvidia’s chips. “From ChatGPT to o1 to Astra in 4 years,” Huang said in the post.
Nvidia Launches Free PAIR Tool to Share AI Workloads Across PCs and Macs
Nvidia PAIR is a free open-source tool that distributes local AI workloads across PCs and Macs, letting idle hardware help run multi-agent tasks.
US-Europe Investment Gap Widens Due to AI Surge
The US-Europe investment gap is growing as AI drives American venture capital. Discover why Europe is falling behind and what tech leaders must do.
“Technology Must Remain the Servant”: Ghana Urges Ethical AI and Workplace Discipline at HR Café
By Sharon Zoe Williams As public institutions rapidly embrace artificial intelligence and digital governance, governments must ensure that technology serves as an enabler rather than a master, while…
Before You Paste Anything Into ChatGPT, Check This List
Before pasting passwords, medical records, source code, or company data into ChatGPT, use this checklist to decide what should stay private.
Can You Trace an AI Decision Back to the Data That Created It?
Why enterprise AI teams can rarely trace a decision back to its source data — and what it takes to make every recommendation reconstructable.
Google DeepMind published a paper on how 100 agents tasked with solving math problems learned to cheat and how some agents tried to counter the cheaters (Jack Clark/Import AI)
Plus, a machine hermeneutics story — Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on arXiv, cappuccinos, and feedback from readers.
'The Half-Life 2 of AI': Saber executive thinks the controversial tech will create great games someday — but I’m not so sure
Saber Interactive doubles down on its enthusiasm for AI in game development — but are you sold?
AI Adoption Could Create New Competition Risks In Digital Markets: CCI Chief
Competition Commission of India (CCI) chairperson Ravneet Kaur has reportedly warned that AI could amplify anti-competitive practices in digital markets.…
AI transcriptions are no time-saving measure for doctors | Letters
Dr Mary Gibbs says there are a number of problems with AI, particularly its tendency to misunderstand, as Debbie Cameron can attest I am an out-of-hours GP, and I am glad to see a news report on this…
OpenAI’s new model costs 2.5x more per token — and developers are saving money anyway
GPT-6 Astra has an obvious problem for developers considering an upgrade from GPT-5.6 Sol: its tokens cost 2.5 times as The post OpenAI’s new model costs 2.5x more per token — and developers are…
I made a free AI chatbot solve a decade-long maths problem in 13 minutes
After months covering the shocking rise of AI mathematics, reporter Matthew Sparkes decided to put a free chatbot to the test – and was shocked at the speed at which it solved an outstanding problem
Matt Clifford to leave ARIA before Anthropic role becomes a 'distraction'
MPs welcome move but still want answers over how the conflict of interest was allowed to arise
AI Coding Tip 034 - Stop Hoarding Rules in Your AGENTS.md
Audit your AGENTS.md and skills on a schedule, or you keep paying context rent on rules the model has outgrown.
Philippines outsourcing sector holds up amid AI concerns
The Philippines has yet to see an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven collapse in its outsourcing industry, with business service exports and related employment continuing to expand, according to HSBC…
Robots protest rampant AI in Poland
WARSAW: Waving flags, “chanting” slogans, and marching in circles: around 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw on Monday to campaign for AI regulation in front of the Polish digital affairs…
Got an AI Solution for Infrastructure? Rodic Consultants and Nasscom Are Opening the Door
Rodic Consultants and Nasscom are calling on India's AI and deep-tech innovators to take on real infrastructure problems through the InfraAI Innovation Challenge, with applications open until…
Marugame Seimen Introduces President AI
Toridoll Holdings, the operator of Marugame Seimen, has introduced an artificial intelligence system trained on the thinking and speaking style of President Takaya Awata, giving employees a way to…
Autonomous drones and AI called out by UN human rights chief
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has addressed a council in Geneva saying AI posed a threat to humanity among the use of autonomous drones and US deaths in immigration custody.
Your Chatbot Verified the Price, Then Pasted It Into a Sentence It Wrote
A grounded chatbot retrieves the right catalog rows, asks the model which price it used, looks that price up, and compares. Mine did all of that and still quoted a stale price to a customer.
Open-weights LLMs vs frontier APIs: when to rent, when to own
Most AI products start on a frontier API and stay there until the bill, the latency or legal forces a rethink. Here's the practical case for when a self-hosted open-weights model is the better call…
Building a Prompt-Based Video Object Removal Pipeline
Removing an unwanted object from a video sounds simple until you try to automate it. With a static image, an editor can select an object, create a mask, and reconstruct the missing area.
Trump shares AI image showing Intel stock price jump from $20 to $95, claims ‘hundreds of billions’ in gains for US
Trump shared the image on Truth Social alongside a post in which he said: “I do this for our Country, not myself. I’ve made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and many other type Holdings, for…
Elon Musk's xAI loses second bid to block Minnesota's AI nudify-app ban
On August 1, Minnesota banned apps and websites that allow users to generate non-consensual sexualized imagery. The companies behind these services can be fined $500,000 for each unlawful access or…
Vasai Factory Tragedy: 54-Year-Old Worker Dies After Transformer Radiator Falls On Him In Naigaon East
Vasai: In a tragic workplace accident, a 54-year-old worker died after a transformer radiator allegedly came loose and fell on him while he was working at a factory in Kaman, Naigaon East.
Colleges of Education call for National AI Policy and digital resources for teachers
Principals of colleges of education are calling for a clear national policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teacher education, warning that students are increasingly adopting the…
Jeong Yeon-tae AI Lab Designs ‘OXMV GPT’ for Integrated Tax Case Verification
The Manripungchwi Jeong Yeon-tae AI Research Institute has designed an artificial intelligence system that begins analyzing complex tax cases with the underlying facts rather than a single tax…
Ukrainian and US teams are building AI tools for wounded troops with no medic nearby
A Ukrainian app and a US chatbot aim to help troops treat battlefield wounds when medics and evacuation aren't available.
Reuters: Anthropic delays IPO plans to October
The latest plans could see Anthropic completing its listing days before the US mid-term elections in November. Read more: Reuters: Anthropic delays IPO plans to October
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model autonomously completes Portal in 24 hours — feat cost just $571 in tokens
An AI enthusiast has conducted an experiment where OpenAI's new GPT-6 Astra played through the entirety of Valve's Portal 3D puzzler game on its own.
Make AI-merica Great Again: Meme Lord Trump’s digital feed goes off rails again
Donald Trump posted numerous AI-generated images on Truth Social over the weekend. These images ranged from self-congratulatory to geopolitically consequential, causing confusion.
AI: Has the superintelligence been achieved? This is behind OpenAI's latest AI model Astra
Astra is said to have reached an unprecedented level, OpenAI and Nvidia's CEO claim. The most controversial AI model to date obeys better than ever - but keeps its working methods secret.
Hidden camera detectors miss nearly 60% of cameras –but a $7 AI phone case could solve that, and here's how...
Concealed cameras are the bane of travellers' lives, but could AI do a better job than specialist hidden camera detectors?
Is iKairos a Robot, or Jewelry? It’s Both, and It Wants to Be Your Ever-Present AI Memory Keeper
This wearable-cum-desktop robot is one of the most unique AI devices I saw at IFA in Berlin.
Warren Buffett's Successor, Greg Abel, Sees Multiple Ways for Berkshire Hathaway to Profit From Opportunities in Artificial Intelligence
Berkshire doesn't look to be shying away from artificial intelligence under its new CEO at all.
The future of Earth observation: Private satellites and AI bring benefits but also pose risks
We've entered a new world of Earth observation, in which artificial intelligence helps researchers make sense of an ever-glowing glut of privately gathered data.
OpenAI chief scientist warns no one is prepared for consequences of AI
OpenAI's chief scientist Jakub Pachocki has called for "extreme caution" over AI's runaway progress and warned more intervention may be needed to ensure "humans remain in control of the future".
Institutional Finance Needs a Context Layer for AI Workflows
In institutional finance, AI failures often come from missing context, not bad models. Here’s why validation layers matter.
Singapore and Luxembourg working to deepen ties in quantum tech, AI, space, satellite communications
Such ‘emerging and critical’ areas are among those where both countries will do more together, says PM Lawrence Wong
Government to train 50 digital champions, Senior officials in AI by December
The government is targeting the training of 50 Digital Champions and senior public officials by December 2026 as part of efforts to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across Ghana’s…
This city is one of the world’s most important AI hubs. It’s not where you’d expect
Toronto, Canada — Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist, took a leap in the 1980s — leaving a well-funded post at Carnegie Mellon University to pursue a little-studied area of machine learning research at the University of Toronto.
Bukhatir Group launches DIWAN - A private AI assistant live across all 16 companies on a fully sovereign stack, built by Magure
Bukhatir Group, one of the UAE’s oldest and most diversified business houses, and Magure, a UAE-headquartered enterprise AI company, today announced a strategic partnership to embed AI across the Group’s businesses, beginning with a milestone already achieved: DIWAN, a secure enterprise AI assistant, is now live in production for…
AI titans’ ‘circular deals’ are starting to look like ‘daisy chains’
The “circular deals” among AI titans increasingly resemble the “daisy chains” of the 1980s savings-and-loan crisis. Forty years ago, interconnected transactions obscured the dangers, multiplied systemic risks and helped inflate asset values before roughly a third of US thrift banks failed.
OpenAI Says It Has Built an Automated AI Research Intern
OpenAI says it has achieved its goal of developing an “automated research intern,” a system capable of carrying out well-defined … Read More The post OpenAI Says It Has Built an Automated AI Research…
Sam Altman calls GPT-6 Astra rollout ‘messy’ as enterprise users wait for access
OpenAI’s rollout of its GPT-6 Astra model ran into early access issues after paying ChatGPT users were unable to use the system shortly after launch, prompting CEO Sam Altman to apologize and say the…
📈 AI revenue hit $229 billion
Plus: AI job losses drop, El Niño squeezes trade & the agentic tool gap++
Upset About Data Centers? Big Tech and Trump Think You’re a Socialist Dupe
China is being blamed for stoking the grassroots revolt against artificial intelligence in the U.S.
AI replacing certain tasks, but not entire jobs: Ong Ye Kung
The health minister was speaking about the job market to students and academic staff members at the annual Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum.
Microsoft engineer says 'typing code is absolutely over' as GitHub Copilot takes on more development work
Fowler was not suggesting that software engineers are becoming unnecessary. But as AI handles more routine coding work, developers may spend less time writing individual lines and more time on system…
How introverted or extroverted you are may influence how you use AI
How people interact with their inner and outer worlds may shape how they approach generative AI
Insilico, which uses AI to accelerate drug discovery, says early data shows rentosertib, a drug whose structure was generated with AI's help, could slow aging (Cade Metz/New York Times)
Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition.