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AI business news tracks how companies adopt artificial intelligence and how that changes products, competition and work. Follow enterprise deployments, partnerships, company strategy and the effects of AI on jobs and skills. Our reports separate announced ambitions from demonstrated results, with sources and context to help you judge where adoption is useful, costly or still unproven.
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AI-related chip demand may be a longer-lasting inflation pressure than the Federal Reserve usually expects, San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly told Axios. She says some businesses are already considering forward contracts for memory chips and redesigning products to use fewer chips, signs that the squeeze could reach…
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Supabase has announced $150 million in new funding and the acquisition of database company Turso, betting that a surge in software built with AI agents will need a great many more databases. Supabase says it is adding more than one million users and four million databases a month,…
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MIT has launched MIT for America, a national initiative to expand STEM education from kindergarten through community college, including teacher training and practical AI learning. The big question is whether its established programmes can grow into meaningful opportunities beyond the campus.
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Google will host more than 100 AI startups at a two-day summit in Mountain View this November, with founders set to work with Google DeepMind and Google Cloud specialists. The programme includes hands-on technical support and up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits for eligible startups, making this…
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Paul Krugman argues that the AI investment boom is already diverting money and resources from other parts of the economy, rather than posing only a future risk. His case points to rising interest rates, data-centre construction and pressure on supplies such as electricity and memory chips.
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Enterprise AI is shifting from deploying individual tools to organising teams of agents, argues NTT Research chief executive Kazuhiro Gomi. His case is that leaders will need to decide how agents divide work, learn their roles and remain under human oversight, not simply pick a model and let…
Databricks Watch
Databricks has made Meta’s ads MCP server available in its Marketplace, connecting Meta campaign tools with business data and models in Databricks. Marketers can use Genie to ask questions about campaign performance and take actions such as adjusting budgets or creating campaigns, with administrative controls around what the…
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A randomised trial found that primary teachers using Oak National Academy’s Aila AI lesson assistant spent 24% less time preparing lessons, without a drop in the quality of their materials. The saving was about 49 minutes a week, though teachers used the tool for only a small share…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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.
