Alibaba unveils new AI chip as Nvidia access remains stalled
Tech giant Alibaba released on Wednesday a new artificial intelligence chip it said performed three times as well as its predecessor, showcasing growing domestic chipmaker prowess as US titan Nvidia struggles for access to China.
AMD plans to invest over US$10bil across Taiwan's AI sector
Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday it would invest more than $10 billion in Taiwan's AI sector to deepen strategic partnerships and boost its capacity to build and assemble advanced AI chips.
Trump set to sign AI cybersecurity directive as soon as Thursday
President Donald Trump is poised to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday aimed at bolstering artificial intelligence cybersecurity and has asked tech industry leaders to join for the event, according to people familiar with the matter.
This tool lets you purge Windows 11 of all AI bloat features
From the Edge browser to the Photos app and the Paint graphics software, the number of AI features embedded in the operating system is growing constantly.
San Francisco turns to AI to avoid collisions between ships and whales searching for food
Until now, whales could easily go unnoticed by mariners, but an AI-powered detection network launched this week is designed to track them day and night.
Chatbots struggle with news accuracy and sourcing ahead of US midterms
Four major artificial intelligence chatbots – OpenAI's ChatGPT, Alphabet Inc's Google Gemini, Anthropic's Claude and xAI's Grok – are struggling to fairly and accurately answer questions about American elections and geopolitics, according to a new study from Forum AI.
Zuckerberg says he feels 'weight' of Meta layoffs
Meta began laying off roughly 8,000 employees Wednesday – about 10 percent of its global workforce – as co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pushes to redirect resources toward an ambitious artificial intelligence agenda.
From graduation boos to voter unease: AI anxiety grows in the US
Speakers promoting AI are getting booed at universities, voters are rebelling against data centres, and even AI-friendly Trump administration officials are starting to retreat as an artificial intelligence backlash gathers pace across the United States.
Wall Street watchdogs pause some cyber exams after Mythos shock
US regulators are pausing some cyber-related examinations of the largest banks, giving the lenders more breathing room as the firms dig into the risks exposed by Anthropic PBC's new Mythos AI model.
China wants AI to flourish, but not at the expense of jobs
A series of precedent-setting rulings signals that Chinese courts are being enlisted to shield workers from displacement by artificial intelligence.
