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The NBA will use AI cameras to instantly decide out-of-bounds calls and eliminate replay challenges
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league will use AI to automate a category of calls such as out-of-bounds decisions to speed up games and reduce disputes over possession.
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AI mania sends Silicon Valley home prices soaring: AI stock is now starting to replace cash offers
New data shows Silicon Valley’s AI boom is minting a new class of startup millionaires and sending home prices through the roof – with some sellers even asking buyers for shares in companies like Anthropic instead of millions in cash.
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DuckDuckGo enjoys 30% user spike while traffic to its 'No AI' page triples following Google search pushback
Users fed up with having AI pressed upon them switch to DuckDuckGo as installs surge and visits to its 'No AI 'page triple, as challenger search engine plans more 'No-ai' settings.
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Uber spends entire 2026 AI budget in 4 months, sees no ROI
Anthropic is likely generating at least 35% more revenue than OpenAI, but enterprise AI buyers are increasingly doubtful about throwing money after “tokenmaxxing.” The latest company to indirectly ask vendors for evidence rather than promises? Uber.
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North Korea tests AI-guided missiles for the first time
North Korea says it has successfully tested AI-guided missiles under the watchful eye of Kim Jong Un, marking Pyongyang’s latest attempt to modernize its military with emerging technologies already reshaping battlefields across the world.
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China’s ByteDance to buy millions of Qualcomm chips following Trump’s China visit
A bit more than 10 days after Team America’s visit to China, US tech giant Qualcomm has reportedly agreed with TikTok owner ByteDance on an AI-related chip deal.
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Opposing AI may soon be seen as “anti-tech extremism” in the US
The US law enforcement agencies privately warn that widespread AI adoption may lead to a large-scale upheaval, which could potentially turn into violent extremism.
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The Pope’s AI encyclical is triggering AI detectors
After his rousing speech on how “AI needs to be disarmed,” there are claims that the text in Pope Leo’s encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, could have been partially written by AI.
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Nvidia will invest $150 billion a year in Taiwan, calls the country the "epicentre" of the AI revolution
Nvidia's chief executive said on Wednesday the chip company plans to invest around $150 billion a year in Taiwan, terming it the "epicentre" of the AI revolution and predicting it will be the world's tech manufacturing hub for a long time.
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In Alabama, students are trained for roles that can’t be wiped out by AI
AI is already rapidly reshaping white-collar employment: MBA and law degree programs are no longer a guarantee of a great job. The answer, a school in Alabama has decided, is training young people as skilled tradespeople rather than despair.
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Are you ready? Anthropic preparing to release Mythos publicly
General enterprise customers might soon get to know Anthropic’s Mythos, marketed as an AI model that can uncover thousands of software bugs across every major operating system and browser. There are signs the model will be rolled out publicly imminently.
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NATO has no European alternative to Palantir’s warfare tech – commander
Admiral Pierre Vandier, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), says European companies and governments must prove they can quickly provide alternatives to American technologies.
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DeepSeek is making its massive 75% price cut permanent on its flagship V4-Pro model
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek will make permanent a 75% price cut on its flagship V4‑Pro artificial intelligence model, keeping prices at a quarter of their original level, the company said in a statement on Saturday.
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Mythos mania leads to discovery of thousands of critical bugs: So why are devs unhappy?
Anthropic says researchers and partners have found more than 23,000 vulnerabilities across more than 1,000 open-source projects since Project Glasswing and the Mythos model launched six weeks ago. Many devs aren’t happy, though, as they’re flooded with work now. This might change.
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Pope condemns AI industry's "new forms of slavery," claims it exploits children and company workers
Pope Leo urged governments to slow down and closely regulate the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritise conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war.
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Microsoft to drop Claude Code by June 30th after burning through yearly AI budget in months
After inviting thousands of developers to use Anthropic's AI coding tool Claude Code in December, software giant Microsoft is now reportedly looking to remove their licenses.
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Here’s why Anthropic’s Claude could be telling you to go to sleep
Anthropic’s Claude wants its users to “go to sleep” or “get some rest” during users working hours. While the reasoning behind this isn’t clear, the internet has come up with its own ideas.
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Europe pivots to chiplets after Chips Act failure
Europe's ambitious plan to capture a fifth of global semiconductor production has fallen dramatically short. An April audit revealed the continent will reach barely half that target. Now policymakers are abandoning dreams of massive fabrication plants. Instead, they're pivoting to a completely different strategy centered on chiplets and advanced packaging.
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Huawei "chip queen" presents a new way to make faster chips without advanced US technology
When He Tingbo was put in charge of Huawei's chip development in 2003, the young engineer was handed an annual budget of $400 million and a mandate that would eventually put her at the centre of China's most consequential technology effort.
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Literary prize winner accused of submitting an AI-written story
AI may have just won a prize for literary excellence.
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