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A research programme claims to have derived the Standard Model of particle physics from three arithmetic axioms and a unique integer seed, with all core results machine-verified in the Lean 4 proof assistant. The Univers…
A Reddit user predicts a wave of consulting work fixing AI-generated code, comparing it to the offshoring boom of 2010. The post argues that AI produces 'slop' that founders mistake for working software, creating a lucra…
Meta launched a new line of AI-powered smart glasses called Meta Glasses, starting at $299, in partnership with EssilorLuxottica. The glasses feature Meta AI powered by Muse Spark, hands-free photo and video capture, and…
Main Capital Partners closed the Netherlands' largest-ever private equity buyout fundraise at €5.25bn, betting on boring, essential enterprise software despite market panic over AI. The firm's loss rate below 0.5% and 4.…
OpenAI deployment chief Arnaud Fournier said in an interview that the company aims to embed AI deeply within large corporations using its own engineers, citing explosive growth of Codex and a sharp drop in AI prices. He …
Microsoft released its 2026 AI in Education Report showing 92% of students and education leaders have used AI for school, and announced new AI-powered teaching tools available at no extra cost. The report highlights wide…
A growing majority of Dutch people want AI-generated music to be labeled on streaming platforms, with support rising from 59% to over 75% in two years, according to the NVPI Muziekmonitor. The demand for transparency com…
Researchers at Princeton University have developed AI-driven methods to design radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) that outperform human-designed chips in performance and are created in a fraction of the time. Th…
OpenAI signed a multi-year display deal with Getty Images to show licensed photos in ChatGPT, boosting Getty's stock by ~145%. ByteDance teased Seedance 2.5, a 30-second AI video generator with single-shot output and 4K …
Xella Health, an AI-powered precision health platform for women, launched Wednesday with $4.7 million in funding. The startup uses artificial intelligence to analyze biomarkers and detect over 130 conditions affecting wo…
A Walker Sands benchmark of 828 enterprise B2B companies found that while AI Overviews appear in 50% of relevant searches, the median brand is cited in only 3% of those AI-generated answers, revealing a significant gap b…
Researchers at UC Berkeley introduced LEVI, an AI-driven framework that optimizes systems algorithms at 3-7 times lower cost than existing methods. By using smaller, cheaper models for most mutations and reserving larger…
Accenture is scrambling to curb non-technical workers' AI token spending on trivial tasks like PDF conversions, as leaked audio reveals soaring costs. The consulting giant's internal data shows engineers are not the main…
Nasdaq CFO Sarah Youngwood says leaders must personally learn AI, not just delegate it to their teams, as the company integrates AI across its market infrastructure and finance operations. Nasdaq returned to the Fortune …
A developer encountered three pitfalls while enabling WhatsApp on the self-hosted Hermes Agent from Nous Research, including issues with Docker and unprivileged LXC containers, and ultimately found a simpler alternative …
A family of five in the UK openly uses AI tools like Claude in their daily lives, integrating voice assistants into work, meal planning, and parenting. The parents teach their three children aged 5 to 12 to use AI as a t…
Qualcomm is in advanced negotiations to acquire AI infrastructure startup Modular for approximately $4 billion, more than doubling its last known valuation. The deal aims to bolster Qualcomm's data center ambitions by in…
Qualcomm will acquire Silicon Valley chip startup Modular for nearly $4 billion, including $300 million for employees. The deal, announced Wednesday, aims to expand Qualcomm's AI capabilities beyond mobile chips into dat…
Software development as manual code production is dying, replaced by a discipline centered on framing problems and judging outcomes, as coding agents make code cheap and refactoring easy. The marginal cost of code collap…
A developer achieved 3x better batch throughput with Qwen3.5 by fixing vLLM on AMD's Strix Halo using the Lemonade Server, enabling more efficient AI inference on AMD hardware.