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China's DeepSeek, MiniMax win approval for AI global use, state media-affiliated entity says
China's DeepSeek and MiniMax large language models have received approval for global use from a state media-affiliated entity.
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OpenAI’s AI agents analyse a mouse brain gene atlas in 32 minutes
OpenAI and collaborators deployed 2,000 AI agents to analyse a mouse brain gene atlas in 32 minutes, a task that would take researchers months to a year manually.
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UK to set up AI unit to spot and fight wildfires faster
The UK government is establishing a Wildfires AI Unit to accelerate wildfire detection and response following record summer temperatures, to be housed within the National Situation Centre.
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Meta had to ask Stripe to raise limits as Muse shoppers poured in
Meta's Muse AI shopping agent exceeded expectations after launch, attracting over 10 million users in the US and Canada, forcing Meta to request Stripe increase its payment processing limits.
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OpenAI’s GPT-6 Luna-Powered Decisions API Is Now Generally Available for Developers With Native GPT-Live Integration: Price, Capabilities
OpenAI announced the general availability of its GPT-6 Luna-powered Decisions API, enabling developers to build AI agents that make categorization, routing, and decision-making choices up to 10x faster than prior models.
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Canva Craft Image Generator Now Available Globally With Support for 55 Languages, 30 Aspect Ratios
Canva launched Craft, an AI image generation model globally supporting 55 languages and 30 aspect ratios, with editable outputs and faster versions in development.
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A growing number of scientists, engineers and tech workers have seen colleagues leave after AI changed their work 'beyond recognition'
Growing numbers of scientists, engineers, and tech workers report that AI has fundamentally altered their roles, prompting colleagues to leave their positions.
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Chariot Launches Speech Recognition Model for 10 Indian Languages
Chariot launched Chariot-1-ASR Realtime, a speech recognition model supporting 10 Indian languages plus Indian English, claiming superior performance over Google and Sarvam systems in real-time transcription tests.
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Meta Expects Up To $145 Billion In Capex As AI Investments Expand
Meta projects capital expenditure of $135-145 billion for 2026 to expand AI infrastructure and develop new products, with AI investments already generating incremental advertising revenue.
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AI companies say they want to give billions away. Will they actually do it?
Major AI companies including Anthropic and OpenAI have pledged billions in shares for public benefit, though converting promises into actual disbursements faces structural challenges.
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Walmart will let AI agents shop for you, with their own spending limits
Walmart announced Agent Profiles, allowing AI agents to shop autonomously on Walmart.com and Sam's Club with individual spending limits and purchase histories.
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Vendor-affiliated AI agent tech gets adopted by friendly, funded foundation
Agentic AI Foundation adopted four new open-source projects for AI agent development, bringing its total to 10 vendor-neutral tools contributed by Alibaba, Anthropic, Hugging Face, and OpenAI.
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AI devours a fifth of companies’ IT budgets
AI spending will reach 20% of corporate technology budgets by 2027, but over half of IT executives expect to miss their return-on-investment targets according to Forrester research.
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How AI Is democratising creativity, according to Canva India’s Chandrika Deb
Canva India's Country Manager discusses how AI democratizes creativity by removing barriers to skill and knowledge, while emphasizing the irreplaceable role of human judgment and intent in the creative process.
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Cognizant launches AI Nexus to track enterprise AI spending, quality and outcomes
Cognizant launches AI Nexus, a modular platform to help enterprises monitor AI spending, assess work quality and measure business outcomes across teams.
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Quantum computing could generate up to USD 2.7 trillion in economic value by 2035: McKinsey
McKinsey projects quantum computing could generate between $1.3 trillion and $2.7 trillion in global economic value by 2035, requiring early investment in talent and technology.
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Introducing Machine Gods
Platformer and NPR launched Machine Gods, an AI podcast featuring episodes on misbehaving AI agents and interviews with recently fired OpenAI safety researchers discussing their concerns.
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Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing
MIT researchers placed 13 AI agents in a virtual environment where they spontaneously created games, exhibited unexpected behaviors, and improved task performance without external direction.