Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
Meta “streamlined” its commercial TOS. Legal experts warn it’s an AI power grab.
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Jev is Vercel’s fastest-adopted AI model ever
The data comes from Vercel's AI gateway, a unified API service similar to OpenRouter.
Technology · TechCrunch · Latest ·
Helon Habila, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Ainehi Edoro, and More Sign On to Promptings, a Proposed Volume on African Literature and AI, Spearheaded by James Yékú
A new essay collection on African writers and artificial intelligence is taking shape, and a first look at its roster is now available. Titled Promptings: African Literature in the AI Conjuncture, the volume is being edited by James Yékú, Associate Professor of African Digital Humanities at the…
Arts & Culture · Brittle Paper · Latest ·
A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops
Nvidia’s new SoC is available in Windows laptops from six different manufacturers. We’ve collectively tested four of them so far. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X processor is finally here, and we've been collectively testing a small fortune's worth of powerful…
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Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy
Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing."
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The EU wants an AI revolution. But on whose terms?
As the US and China race ahead, the European Union seeks to boost its economy with AI. Can it compete while protecting workers, safety and the climate?
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Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’
Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions.
Technology · TechCrunch · Latest ·
China considers new export curbs on solar, AI, biotech
The draft plan, “Announcement No. 48”, proposes a complete export ban on 14 technologies and restrictions on 26 more, including next-generation solar technologies that could affect countries such as India seeking to reduce dependence on China
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Rising AI’s Costs Put SaaS Companies Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Recently, Zoho cofounder Sridhar Vembu raised concerns over the economics of building software in an AI-driven market. In a post…
Technology · Inc42 · Latest ·
The first vibe-coded gun is here
The WASP. | Image: Defense Distributed Since gun-rights activist and alt-right-friendly agitator Cody Wilson made the first 3D-printed firearm 13 years ago, he's helped usher in a chaotic era of untraceable ghost guns. Now he's claiming another first: "the first AI-made gun." It's called the WASP.
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The Surface Laptop Ultra delivers on most of Microsoft's promises
Microsoft promises one machine for dev, AI, and gaming, and mostly gets there.
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Nigeria: Ai Is Coming for Every Company, Says Nvidia Boss
[Vanguard] Artificial intelligence will ultimately become a key aspect of all companies, the head of AI chip giant Nvidia said during a visit to Stockholm, where he urged Europe to ramp up its AI industry.
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India's young workers have a new colleague: AI
Artificial intelligence is changing the way Indian workplaces operate — raising questions about productivity, skills and entry-level jobs.
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CHAR GPT: Hurtling into the unknown as science fiction becomes fact
Warnings about AI evolving to compete with humans for resources may be prescient, but they are already too late.
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Enterprise AI Startup RapidCanvas Nets $29 Mn To Expand GTM Teams
Enterprise AI startup RapidCanvas has raised $29 Mn (about ₹280 Cr) in its Series B funding round led by Vertex…
Technology · Inc42 · Latest ·
How books are being scanned and destroyed to train artificial intelligence
To train artificial intelligence models, millions of physical books are being digitised and destroyed. Our colleagues at France 2 investigate this controversial practice and the risk of seeing many rare second-hand books disappear forever.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
Fed’s Warsh sees AI boosting productivity but gives no signal on next rate hike
US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said in Bangkok on Friday that the global economy has proved surprisingly resilient and called AI the most consequential change of his lifetime, but gave no hint on interest rates ahead of the Fed’s meeting this month.
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Indian IT stocks poised to beat global AI peers by most in decades
The latest survey of chief information officers globally showed stable growth in 2027. Software stocks are now the cheapest they have been since the pandemic year.
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Vibe coding: Game-changer or risky business?
Vibe coding lets users build software with AI, but free alternatives to popular programmes raise security concerns.
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Fed's Warsh surprised by world economy's 'resilience'
"Almost everywhere in the global economy (is) showing resilience I'm not sure I would have predicted five or six months ago," he told an event hosted by IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva at the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok.
World · France 24 · World ·
'Let us build': World Bank chief outlines jobs-led development agenda
Since taking over the World Bank in 2023, the former Mastercard CEO has sketched an ambitious plan to fight poverty by addressing an estimated shortfall in the developing world of 800 million jobs.
World · France 24 · World ·
CERN and Mistral partner to build AI foundation models for physics
It is meant to replace some specialised algorithms now used to reconstruct and identify particles
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
Even Benchmark thinks AI is eroding the venture pact against backing rivals
Benchmark says the Valley’s rule against backing rivals is getting harder to keep.
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From lab to life: Why translating AI advances to the real world is a major challenge
AI systems more reliable in everyday settings is a challenge worth solving, not just to improve gadgets and apps, but because AI has the potential to support human well-being, whether that means safer streets, smarter healthcare or more secure homes
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