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Meta’s Oversight Board overturned the company’s decision to leave a deepfake of a Scottish councillor on Facebook, finding that it should have been removed under Meta’s Hateful Conduct rules. The Board also called for stronger friction, penalties and transparency around high-risk AI content.
Read the report & discussion ↗AMD Watch
AI agents may be shifting some of the computing workload back towards CPUs, giving AMD and Intel a larger role alongside the GPUs that have dominated the AI boom. The change matters because agents need processors to keep their virtual computers and tasks running, not just chips to…
NVIDIA Watch
NVIDIA’s head of sustainability argues that growing electricity demand, including demand from AI, strengthens the case for a US nuclear expansion. The essay also sets out the company’s view of where computing could help nuclear developers, and where policy needs to change.
Watch Desk
SignSplit has launched with a reported $400 million strategic seed commitment, pitching infrastructure for people to license personal data, creative work and likenesses to AI developers. The bigger question is whether signed consent and payment can become practical plumbing for AI training, rather than another promise attached to…
Watch Desk
Aragón is courting more than €60 billion in data-centre and digital-infrastructure investment over the next decade, with fast-track permits helping make the Spanish region a major draw. The speed could help build infrastructure for cloud and AI, but residents and researchers question whether public scrutiny can keep pace.
OpenAI Watch
OpenAI and Synopsys are developing a specialised AI model that can operate chip-design software, with agents set to run and refine engineering workflows for human review. It is a substantial step towards putting AI to work inside semiconductor design, though there is no launch date or pricing yet.
TSMC Watch
TSMC and IC-Link by imec are expanding access to advanced chip-design infrastructure through a cloud service for customers developing silicon. The notable twist is support for mixed-partner electronic design automation flows, letting teams use their preferred tools while IC-Link manages the hosted environment.
Meta AI Watch
Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses are gaining walking directions, alongside audio controls that let users balance sound between speakers or switch to mono. The changes make the glasses more useful for getting around and offer practical listening options, not just another setting to admire in a menu.
Watch Desk
Workers who use AI regularly often say it helps them work faster and more creatively, but the benefits are not evenly spread across the workforce. A US study found that workers with degrees and managers were more likely to use AI regularly, pointing to an access gap alongside…
Watch Desk
New York City Council heard former AI-company employees warn that frontier AI could become difficult to control, while company representatives faced questions about catastrophic risks and possible local safeguards. The hearing also put concrete proposals, including whistleblower protections and third-party checks, into the debate.
Watch Desk
Elon Musk and Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey are helping lead a Pentagon study of future warfare, including AI-powered weapons. Their defence businesses could benefit from some of the study’s recommendations, raising questions about how its work will be insulated from commercial interests.
Watch Desk
AI tools can make a working software prototype quicker to produce, but Bookipi chief executive Tim Lee argues that speed is no longer the scarce resource: judgement, verification and integration are. His prescription is to iterate quickly in private, then release only after stronger quality checks.
Watch Desk
Chip-simulation startup Vinci has raised $250 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, with plans to expand its team and increase customer pilots from two to 20. Its software uses AI foundation models to simulate how chip and hardware designs behave before they are built, including the heat challenges…
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A new book by technology journalist Kevin Roose examines how rivalry, safety concerns and genuine excitement coexist inside leading AI companies. The New York Post’s account offers a vivid, if sometimes startling, look at the people shaping a race whose consequences reach well beyond the labs.
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Deutsche Telekom says AI and automation could cut its indirect costs by about €2.5 billion by 2030, while also growing revenue from AI-related services. The company is already using AI in customer service and network operations, giving its ambitious savings target a few concrete numbers to answer to.
Watch Desk
UK enterprise AI adoption doubled in a year, from 29% to 60%, but a new SAS and IDC survey points to a gap between deploying AI and getting value from it. Its practical message for organisations: measure what AI changes in a decision, and match how much freedom…
Mistral AI Watch
Morocco’s digital transition ministry and Mistral AI have developed two AI tools aimed at helping software understand Moroccan Arabic: a dialect identifier and a speech-recognition model that can transcribe conversations switching between Arabic, French and English. The planned open-source release could give developers a useful building block for…
Watch Desk
Mearns Castle High School in East Renfrewshire has appointed Jamie Laycock to a dedicated AI literacy post, with lessons for pupils and training for colleagues. The approach is less “AI is the future” than “check what it tells you”, which is a more useful starting point for a…
Watch Desk
The White House’s new “Super Intelligence” task force has 120 days to advise President Trump on AI policy, as officials weigh competing approaches to oversight and keeping the US ahead in the AI race. Its work could shape how federal agencies review advanced models, even if it stops…
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Mi Familia en Acción has launched Nubi, a bilingual AI app offering locally tailored answers to voting questions across all 50 US states. The civic group says the tool draws on information it considers reliable rather than searching the open internet, a design choice that matters when an…
Stanford HAI Watch
Stanford HAI’s 2026 AI Index finds AI capability and adoption advancing quickly, while responsible-AI reporting remains patchy and documented incidents have risen. The report gives readers a broad, data-rich view of where the field is moving, and where measurement is still playing catch-up.
