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OpenAI and Broadcom to produce 10-gigawatt AI chips – that's enough to power 8 million homes
OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to produce its first in-house artificial intelligence processors, the latest chip tie-up for the ChatGPT maker as it races to secure the computing power needed to meet surging demand for its services.
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This AI model with just 15B parameters reaches DeepSeek R1 levels of intelligence
An unexpected contender has appeared in the top AI model leaderboards. With just 15 billion parameters, Apriel-1.5-15B-Thinker can run on a single GPU, is open-weight, and demonstrates capabilities similar to DeepSeek R1, Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, or other LLMs that are 10x larger.
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AI deepfake chaos disrupts South Korea’s National Assembly audit
Chaos erupted in South Korea’s National Assembly after an AI deepfake video, shown by lawmaker Kim Jang-kyun and depicting officials in a secret meeting, sparked outrage. The video disrupted proceedings and highlighted the risks of AI misinformation.
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UK worker productivity soars under shadow AI, but security threats still linger, Microsoft says
According to a new study from Microsoft, 71% of UK employees have at some point used so-called shadow AI tools at work, regardless of whether their management approves. Half continue to use them every week. How does this differ from what employees do in the USA?
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This AI app can predict avocado ripeness
Researchers have developed a smartphone-based artificial intelligence (AI) system that can predict whether an avocado is rotten with 84% accuracy.
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AI necklace wearables under fire – privacy, surveillance, and the subway backlash
New York experienced a backlash last week, as subway ads for Friend, an AI pendant retailing for $129, were sprayed and defaced with “AI doesn’t care” and “human connection is sacred.”
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Apple sued by neuroscientists over using copyrighted books to train its AI model
Apple is facing a lawsuit from a pair of neuroscientists who claim the tech giant had used thousands of copyrighted books to train its AI model.
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AI mostly copies Wes Anderson, WLOP, and Alphonse Mucha, Midjourney data reveals
A new study has analyzed almost five million prompts submitted to the AI image generator Midjourney. The results listed the artists, directors, and brands that are most often mentioned in users' prompts.
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How using AI could destroy PR's reputation
Recently, a Lithuanian PR agency was shown to be using AI to generate so-called expert commentary in response to PR requests posted by journalists on platforms like Qwoted. It comes after some PR agencies had also been using AI to generate comments from fictitious "experts."
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Anthropic says it’s easy to poison LLMs, no matter what size they are
A new study by Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has found that poisoning large language models (LLMs) with malicious training is much easier than previously thought.
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Figure’s new robot may soon help you with your daily chores
Figure AI's redesigned humanoid robot now has additional cameras integrated into its hands and more adaptive fingers, making it better at doing chores and manual jobs.
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AI smart contract audit tools struggle to find real bugs
Just days after AI was celebrated for finding a multi-million-dollar bug in a crypto lending protocol, human intelligence-powered Web3 auditors tested three AI-powered smart contract audit tools and found that their touted “game-changing” impact on the industry may be somewhat premature.
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Over 40% of companies plan to fill junior roles with AI
A new report from the British Standards Institution (BSI) suggests artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to cut entry-level jobs.
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Miniscule AI model from Samsung solves specific problems better than huge LLMs
Samsung has just demonstrated how powerful specialized models can be, even at very small sizes. Despite being just a seven-million-parameter-sized AI model, which is a rounding error compared to massive foundational LLMs, it beats DeepSeek, o3-mini, and Gemini 2.5 Pro at sudoku, maze, and ARC-AGI puzzle solving.
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Can ChatGPT become the "everything app" that Elon Musk couldn't build?
The integration of various popular apps has brought ChatGPT closer to becoming the "everything app" that Elon Musk dreams of but hasn't yet succeeded in building. But can it become the Western version of the Chinese WeChat?
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Google to power LA28 Olympics with cloud and AI technology
Google will serve as the official cloud provider of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and has joined LA28 as a founding partner, organisers said on Wednesday, in a deal that also extends to Team USA and NBCUniversal's US coverage.
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AI characters taking the stage – how AI is reshaping entertainment
When Eline Van der Velden unveiled her latest star at the Zurich Summit in September 2025, the red carpet looked more like a...
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Cisco's new P200 AI networking chip will connect data centers over large distances
Cisco Systems on Wednesday announced the launch of a new networking chip that can connect AI data centers over large distances, with Microsoft and Alibaba cloud computing units signing on as its first customers.
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Data centers drive US GDP growth – and electricity bills
A Harvard economist says investment in data centers drove the US GDP growth in the first half of 2025. However, these facilities may also be responsible for soaring electricity bills.
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Ransomware groups multiply as AI lowers entry barriers
Blockchain analysts have identified nine emerging ransomware groups, noting that AI-powered solutions are lowering the entry barriers for new criminals and helping established groups scale up their operations.
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