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Building the materials foundation for AI
The AI boom is becoming a materials challenge. As AI pushes computing into new territory, the materials behind that infrastructure are becoming just as crucial as the algorithms running on it.
Shopify Drops React Native for Swift and Kotlin as AI Changes Cross-Platform Development Tradeoffs
Shopify recently announced it is abandoning React Native to rewrite its flagship apps in Swift and Kotlin. With the significant jump in the quality of AI models, Head of Mobile Mustafa Ali reassessed…
Medicare's AI claims pilot has been denying more care than it approves, new records show
Documents obtained through a FOIA lawsuit show one vendor denied more requests than it approved and a request went unanswered for 83 days
Forget Terminator. This Nigerian philosopher is worried about the AI we already use
From building robots in his head as a child to studying philosophy, researching AI safety, advising the UN, and building industrial AI, Samuel Segun’s career has followed one question: how should AI…
Billionaire-backed AI safety activists have significantly expanded their Capitol Hill lobbying, with groups like ControlAI conducting hundreds of meetings (Washington Post)
Activists spent years cultivating allies on Capitol Hill. Now lawmakers in both parties are discussing extinction. — Summary
Ridgeline Raises $250M Series E, Valuing AI-Native Fintech at $1.425 Billion
Dave Duffield, founder of Ridgeline, PeopleSoft, and Workday, leads the raise, with customers including Motley Fool Ventures joining the round INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Sept.
Four ways to prevent AI killing us all within 10 years
Two high-profile computer scientists from Princeton University, and coauthors of the book AI Snake Oil , have weighed in on the question of whether AI will kill us all by the end of the decade.
Ferry Health, agentic AI scheduling platform backed by a16z, launches from stealth
Ferry leverages AI agents to make calls on behalf of users schedule appointments, working with health systems, payers and care navigation platforms.
Stop Sending Raw HTML to LLMs
A scraper gives you a page as one HTML string: markup, inline styles, scripts, and somewhere inside it the text you wanted. Many pipelines send that string directly to an LLM.
Why Russia’s AI-powered economic future lies in its Far East
I attended this year’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok and took part in a dialogue on technological development. There, I had a deep discussion with Maxim Oreshkin, Russia’s deputy chief of the…
Abu Dhabi Congress to explore how AI, investment can shape future of Arabic
How can artificial intelligence better understand Arabic? How can Arabic books, films and games become valuable intellectual property?
One word that explains Trump’s AI denialism
Washington’s biggest question this week: Why is President Donald Trump so furiously against an AI slowdown in the wake of apocalyptic warnings from some top industry executives?
China’s AI chip stocks face crucial test as MetaX lock-up period expires
China is bracing for a potential massive sell-off of a high-profile artificial intelligence chip stock on Thursday, when a lock-up period affecting 14 million shares in MetaX Integrated Circuits is…
63 Cents of Every New Marketing Dollar for E-Commerce Is Going to AI and Cashback Apps — Not Ads
New research from Northwestern University’s Retail Analytics Council and Minty finds e-commerce marketing leaders are redirecting budgets to keep pace with value-driven, AI-assisted shoppers.
Sam Altman says some AI accidents are 'unavoidable' as the industry grapples with apocalypse fears
The OpenAI CEO says AI firms should follow the aviation industry by reporting, investigating, and learning from failures.
Pune: DY Patil PGDM Institute To Host AI-Focused FDP
Pune: DY Patil PGDM Institute, Akurdi, Pune, will organise an AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “From Blue Ocean to Green Growth: Leveraging AI for…
AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips
For smaller device manufacturers, rising memory prices are only part of the problem as limited availability forces companies to rethink everything from motherboard designs to procurement strategies.
Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Live With Extended Thinking
Google has announced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, calling them its most advanced live dialogue models … Read More The post Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Live With Extended…
The Download: AI’s trillion-dollar gamble and OpenAI’s biology data bid
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.
Guardrails for AI-Assisted Development: Skills, Gates, Hooks and Mutation Tests
When a model writes the code, writing it stops being the expensive part. Proving you didn't break something nobody was looking at becomes the expensive part.
- Verification layer built with skills, gates, hooks, and mutation testing
- Four agent skills dictate agent behavior in repository
- Sixteen repository gates enforce rules, catch silent violations
UltraGreen.ai says it remains focused on maintaining market share in the US amid stiff competition
Firm is ‘actively engaging’ with distribution partners there as part of its broader growth strategy, it notes
- UltraGreen.ai focuses on maintaining US market share amidst competition
- Company collaborates with US distribution partners for expansion
- Upcoming Q3 results on Oct 29 will detail US operations progress
Beyond Vibe Coding: 10 Critical SDLC Gates AI Agents Will Silently Skip Unless You Enforce Them
Originally published on tamiz.pro . The Automation Trap AI agents can generate code at superhuman speed, but they don't understand consequences.
What if AI data centers didn’t need new power plants?
A new data center in southwest Texas isn’t connected to the grid—but it also didn’t require building any new power plants.
Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development — paper says move is ‘a response to Chinese competition’
State media outlet China Daily posits that Anthropic's Dario Amodei made the call to limit frontier AI development because Chinese AI models are catching up with American AI labs.
A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation
Over the past few days, a lot of people who stand to make a lot of money from AI all publicly agreed that it's time to make everyone slow down before we lose control - including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…
Spain gets its first taste of AI-aided cyber attack
Data protection chiefs call for 'immediate review' of data protection models
Databricks unveils US$350m Singapore AI investment, plans larger HQ and workforce expansion
SINGAPORE, Sept 16 — Data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform Databricks announced a US$350 million (RM1.4 b...
Bank of Baroda Launches bob World 2.0 – Powered by AI
Bank of Baroda has announced the launch of bob World 2.0, its next-generation mobile banking application. The app was demonstrated to Sanjay Lohiya, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS)…
Ayble Health banks $16M series A to expand AI-driven precision digestive, autoimmune healthcare
Ayble Health says it is currently in-network with most commercial health plans, covering more than 80 million patients through its various partnerships.
YC-backed Bujeti launches AI agents to automate routine finance work
The launch comes as African businesses move beyond experimenting with AI to embedding it in daily operations.
Making AI safer is not impossible, but agreeing to do so may be
It is technically feasible, but American labs and the American authorities are at odds, as are America and China
Women lag men in AI roles despite gains in education, says WEF
According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026, the world's gender gap is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas.
Pope steps into AI debate, warns about growing reliance on algorithms
AI safety concerns are intensifying as Pope Leo XIV urges human control over AI, while industry giants pursue self-regulation amid warnings about potentially catastrophic risks.
What lies behind Scotland's AI data centre boom
The growth of AI is happening at lightning pace, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of Scotland being at the forefront?
'We can't stuff AI back in a box' says former US president Barack Obama, confirming he's 'not a doomer' while still calling for more government AI regulation
'But we can collectively determine how it's developed and how it’s used.'
Study finds AI scribes save doctors' time and may ease administrative burden
Artificial intelligence (AI) scribes can reduce the time physicians spend documenting patient visits by 69.1% during simulated primary care appointments, according to research led by University of Toronto Ph.D. student LaShawn Murray.
Internal documents: Chinese hacker-for-hire company ZRON is selling stolen foreign intelligence and using AI systems to make the data more accessible for police (Wall Street Journal)
Internal company materials show AI being used to make stolen foreign government data digestible for police, targeting Russia, Pakistan and others
'Invisible work' of AI falls disproportionately to middle managers, women
It's a common refrain that AI is changing how we work, but new research conducted by the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab, housed in the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, shows that AI is…
SK hynix reportedly discussing US memory chip manufacturing with Intel — options include leasing Ohio plant or forming joint venture with other AI hyperscalers
Sources say SK hynix and Intel are in talks to start HBM manufacturing in the United States. Both companies refused to confirm the rumors, though, as SK hynix could potentially be put in a precarious…
Loora Raises $22 Million to Build AI English Tutor To Help People Get Better Jobs
There are hundreds of English apps that teach you by matching words and tapping pictures. However, when you have to present a proposal to your boss, that is definitely not The post Loora Raises $22…
Calls for an AI slowdown: conscience, politics, or cold feet?
This week Dario Amodei (left, main image), CEO of Anthropic, the creators of the Claude AI assistant, published an essay warning that AI is moving too fast, and that without a deliberate slowdown we…
Got a rogue AI? A new hotline is encouraging agents to tell on each other
Two new hotlines are giving AI agents a way to report suspected misbehaviour by other agents, following a series of incidents.
- AI Contact Hotline launched to report suspicious AI behavior
- GET requests transmit encoded reports through URL strings
- Agents can submit information using curl without browser or email
'Nukes with opinions': Former Labor leader's chilling AI warning
Former Labor leader Bill Shorten issues an extraordinary warning on what he sees as the danger of AI advancement.
Arcee AI trained four models for $20 million. Now, it’s worth $1 billion.
Arcee AI isn’t chasing OpenAI, it’s chasing China.
Berlin-based Integral raises €18 million to deliver AI-run accounting, tax and payroll services to SMEs
Integral, a Berlin-based AI-powered services company innovating accounting, taxation, and payroll for SMEs, today announced its €18 million Series A funding round.
Mirror publisher to cut 220 editorial jobs as readers turn to AI summaries
Reach, which also owns Express, makes decision because of ‘mammoth shift’ in how audiences seek out content The publisher of the Mirror and Express newspapers is to cut a further 220 editorial jobs as it adapts to a dramatic fall in online traffic while readers increasingly turn to summaries generated by artificial intelligence.
Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition
Tech CEOs banding together is an old ruse recycled from corporate America to get a pass from antitrust laws Anthropic’s Dario Amodei is not the first corporate CEO to suggest that excessive…
Pipedrive launches Nova AI assistant to reduce CRM admin work and keep data current
Pipedrive Inc., an intelligent customer relationship management platform for small- and medium-sized businesses, today announced the general availability of Nova, an artificial intelligence tool that…
Presentation: Teaching Engineers, Trusting AI: How Education Enabled Autonomous Code Review
Sarah Deitke discusses how Duolingo drives cultural AI adoption beyond tooling access. She explains their internal AI literacy workshops and observability dashboards, then shares a case study on…
Here’s why Microsoft supports open-source Chinese AI
In the battle over whether the US or China will lead the world in AI, the argument for the US side largely can be summed up in four words: USA good, China bad.
Anthropic’s AI steals mathematicians’ record for most complicated curve
A search for the most complex elliptic curves has taken mathematicians years. Claude beat the record in days
- Anthropic's AI Claude sets new record in elliptic curve complexity.
- Mathematicians previously held record of rank 30, Claude surpasses with rank 31.
- Breakthrough achieved in few days after 18-year minimal progress.
From due diligence to market mapping: Private capital is leaning on AI
Private equity and venture capital firms are handing over administrative and back-office tasks to artificial intelligence agents in order to shift staff focus to more pressing matters.
Here’s how some Ontario municipalities are grappling with new AI data centres
The boom in artificial intelligence has put Ontario municipalities on the front lines of a major debate over how to regulate a new wave of large, energy-hungry data centres. Several municipalities have voted in recent months on temporary data centre moratoriums while they study possible guardrails, and at least one has amended its bylaws…
Anker’s Next Chapter: One brand, AI-led innovation, bigger GCC ambition
The consumer technology company is bringing Anker, eufy, soundcore, SOLIX and eufyMake under one name as AI, connected devices and robotics reshape its global portfolio - with the UAE increasingly important to its next phase of growth.