A theology of sorts has been building in Silicon Valley, where questions about digital, biological and spiritual life are beginning to converge. Some believe AI could give humanity powers that once belonged to science fi…
A new policy brief from the Peterson Institute for International Economics estimates that artificial intelligence generated roughly $250 billion in economic activity in 2025, comparable to the entire U.S. airline industr…
Anthropic expanded access to its Claude Mythos model to more groups, warning that a successful attack on the system could be catastrophic. The AI safety company cited concerns over potential misuse as it broadened the mo…
Rudus, an AI platform developed by YC-backed founders Rishi and Sahil, automates material quantity takeoffs for concrete subcontractors by using computer vision to analyze structural PDFs and generate detailed line items…
Microsoft unveiled two new concept AI devices at its Build developer conference, including a high-tech badge with a touchscreen, fingerprint sensor, 5G connectivity, and a side-facing camera. The badge, part of the new "…
More than 100 University of California faculty members signed an open letter opposing a proposed policy that would require professors to notify university police of any student who expresses suicidal thoughts. The letter…
The rapid expansion of AI is exposing gaps in traditional quality frameworks like ISO 9001 for data center infrastructure, according to a recent TIA and Google webinar. Industry leaders are developing DCE 9000, a dedicat…
Microsoft released MAI-Code-1-Flash, a new coding model built for fast, efficient assistance in everyday developer workflows, rolling out to GitHub Copilot individual users in Visual Studio Code. The model outperforms Cl…
Microsoft unveiled Project Solara at Build 2026, a chip-to-cloud platform and operating system for devices that run AI agents instead of traditional apps. The company is piloting two concept devices—a wearable badge and …
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defended the company's AI data center expansion plans during a keynote address Tuesday, addressing community backlash over rising power costs, environmental concerns, and job displacement fear…
Microsoft's internal strategy for its new "Scout" AI assistant explicitly aims to "make people addicted" to the tool before expanding its capabilities, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The documents…
The White House released a weakened executive order on AI Tuesday, reducing the voluntary government review window for new models from 90 days to 30 days after intense lobbying by tech executives convinced President Trum…
Accenture (ACN) and Mitsubishi Chemical have formed a joint venture to drive AI-powered business reinvention. The partnership aims to accelerate digital transformation by integrating Accenture's artificial intelligence c…
Microsoft AI introduced MAI-Thinking-1, a 35B-active parameter reasoning model trained from the ground up on clean, commercially licensed data without distillation from third-party models. The medium-sized model matches …
Microsoft launched seven new AI models at its Build developer conference Tuesday, including its first reasoning model called MAI-Thinking-1. The 35-billion-parameter model, designed for multi-step tasks, beat Anthropic's…
Cisco has praised its Mythos AI model for uncovering software vulnerabilities but declined to disclose the number of bugs it found. The announcement comes as Anthropic adds 150 partners to its Project Glasswing security …
OpenAI is expanding its Codex tool with role-specific plugins for data analysis, sales, and investment banking, aiming to transform it into a general-purpose application for non-developers. The company reports that five …
Americans are increasingly opposing AI data center construction in their communities, with 71% of respondents in a Gallup poll rejecting such facilities and communities blocking or delaying $64 billion worth of projects …
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday establishing a voluntary framework for AI companies to share their frontier models with the federal government for pre-release review, aiming to assess cybersecuri…
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said crypto is becoming a contrarian bet as Bitcoin falls 21% this year and investors rotate toward AI stocks, robotics companies, and private market names like SpaceX. Hougan said regulatory unce…