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OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue. Over the weekend, OpenAI took what appears to be a handful of influencers to a luxury retreat in upstate New York for what was called “Summer Club.” There, the creators

Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico’s largest university. For the first time, they did it completely remotely, using a “lockdown” browser and AI-powered webcam proctoring software, over several weeks from late May through early J

Of all the product announcements made at this year’s AMD Advancing AI event, by far the most high-profile was the semi-formal launch of AMD’s Helios rack. The pride and joy of the company, Helios is a culmination of multiple AMD technologies, CPU, GPU, and DPU/NIC, along with its

Apple is challenging another legal demand by the U.K. government to access the encrypted data of its users in the country, according to Financial Times. The company reportedly filed a complaint with the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a court that hears cases related to gov

Gaming major Nazara Technologies slipped to the red in Q1 FY27, reporting a net loss of ₹82.5 Cr as against ₹51.3 Cr in the year quarter. Sequentially, the bottom line eroded from a profit of ₹55.7 Cr in Q4 FY26. The gaming major swung to losses as operating revenue declined 14%

Off the Wire Press Releases NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2026 — Fabric.AI, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, and Kopin Corporation, a leading developer of microdisplay and MicroLED technology — joint developers of the Neural I/o MicroLED-based optical interconnect technology — today an

Off the Wire Press Releases RUEIL-MALMAISON, France, Aug. 3, 2026 — Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, today announced a first-of-its-kind analysis that provides practical guidance on how to assess and manage arc flash risk in 800 VDC power architectures. Base

After rounds of delays, Siri AI arrived in the consumer beta build of iOS 27, launched in July. The AI assistant now does what Apple promised: It understands your personal context, taps into broad world knowledge to answer your questions, and surfaces relevant information stored

Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 3, 2026 — A research team at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has successfully demonstrated a powerful AI modeling approach that accurately and rapidly predicts how reactions between solid materials u

Hopes are running high that high-profile software provider Palantir can shake off its nine-month bear market and rally after earnings Monday night. After all, the chart of Microsoft was looking similar going into its report, and that stock's now in the midst of a three-day, 25% b

Michigan health authorities on Monday reported the first two deaths from the ongoing cyclospora outbreak. The Michigan Health Department said that both individuals had "significant underlying health conditions" that may have been affected by cyclosporiasis and dehydration, citing

Building Data Center Infrastructure Requires Trust, Not Just Permits Data center protests signal a trust gap. Developers must engage communities early to align AI infrastructure with local needs, writes Roshan Shah. August 3, 2026 Across America, billions of dollars in data-cente

Nazara Technologies, a gaming and sports media company, reported a 14% year on year decline in operating revenue during the first quarter of FY27. The company also slipped into a loss during the quarter. This is a rare quarterly loss for Nazara, which last reported a net loss of

IBM and three research partners, the University of Chicago, Algorithmiq, and Qedma, have published separate quantum-computing studies focused on a common barrier to quantum advantage claims: establishing confidence in results that classical systems cannot directly reproduce. The

New Micron lawsuit reignites fight over New York fab — complaint alleges 'forever chemicals' will flow into Oneida River Micron has permits for wastewater and air, but the lawsuit alleges those permits don't extend far enough. Pushback against Micron's planned manufacturing compl

Danielle Egan and Athena Leong know how to have fun. Between the two of them, they’ve organized a citywide scavenger hunt in San Francisco and turned a viral prank into an exclusive NYC restaurant for a night. They even created an alternative to a running club for socializing, du

- Meta’s Generative Ads Recommendation Model (GEM), the foundation model behind ads recommendations across Instagram and Facebook, now trains at LLM scale on several thousand of the latest-generation GPUs. This post goes into the details on how we achieved: doubling end-to-end (E

In what could likely pave the way for the reintroduction of the merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI payments, the Union government has proposed amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act (PSSA), 2007. Clubbed under the Taxation And Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, the

For the last few hours, several people across social media have reported that their WhatsApp accounts have been blocked and put “under review” by Meta. The company, in response to TechCrunch’s inquiries about the matter, said that it is working on restoring access to these accoun

The European Union has ushered in some additional rules that aim to make it easier for people to identify chatbots and AI deepfakes online. The new transparency obligations under the bloc’s landmark AI Act came into effect on August 2nd, requiring companies to disclose when peopl

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said China is winning the artificial intelligence race with open-weight models and could catch up to U.S. model makers as soon as this year. "They're clearly dominating on open models right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they start dominatin

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said China is winning the artificial intelligence race with open-weight models and could catch up to U.S. model makers as soon as this year. "They're clearly dominating on open models right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they start dominatin

Artificial Intelligence From weeks to minutes: How Formula 1® uses agentic AI on AWS to accelerate data operations Formula 1® (F1) engages an audience of over 800 million fans globally across digital platforms, F1 TV, social media, ticketing, and merchandise year-round. Races hap

AI - ai and ml China turns up the heat with open model blitz as US model makers panicFor the first time, Alibaba's Qwen team is letting its 'Max' model out of the API pen; meanwhile, DeepSeek V4-Flash gives new meaning to chea

Valar Atomics confirmed the whisperings that it was raising a giant round led by Sequoia on Monday. The startup’s founder and CEO Isaiah Taylor announced that the company has raised $1 billion in equity, with Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire joining its board, and that it also secur

KIOXIA has introduced the GP1 Series PCIe 6.0 NVMe SSD, the first product in its GP Series of Super High IOPS drives optimized for GPU direct access. KIOXIA describes it as building on the GP Series technology it introduced in March, now realized in shipping silicon. Built around

Real-world mainframe modernization with AI: A safe, scalable path from mainframe to cloud David Yahalom Group Product Manager, AI Application Modernization For too long, enterprises with legacy mainframe estates have been faced with a high-stakes dilemma: continue maintaining the

The next big idea in the U.S. automotive industry may be small. A growing number of companies, including auto giant Stellantis, are betting Americans are ready to embrace smaller, less expensive vehicles amid yearslong affordability concerns for the U.S. auto industry. But the ve

The White House will host artificial intelligence companies Tuesday to discuss a newly completed framework for reviewing the cybersecurity capabilities of the industry's most advanced models, a White House official confirmed to CNBC. The meeting will focus on the voluntary framew

A burst in factory activity shows the U.S. economy may be escaping the burden of tariffs and gaining manufacturing jobs, while at the same time laboring under the geopolitical uncertainty that some industry leaders say is worse than the Covid pandemic. In its July survey of the m

Where most energy storage companies look for big tracts of land near large connections to the grid, Base Power is betting that it can beat them all by putting batteries in people’s backyards instead. It appears to be paying off, with Base Power installing more than 500 megawatt-h

Visa on Monday said it is acquiring fraud detection startup BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, expanding the payment giant's push into cybersecurity as banks confront a surge in artificial intelligence-powered scams and account takeovers. Under the deal, Visa will get BioCatch's

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is Congress’ AI tool of choice so far in terms of money spent, according to a report from CNBC. OpenAI received roughly 90% of all spending on AI tools by House offices, committees, and institutional accounts during the year ending in March 31, per House disburse

In a troubling sign, Nvidia RTX 50 series prices jump up to 30% in South Korea — TSMC wafer hikes and $20 GDDR7 modules push RTX 5090 past $5,100 Yet another blow for gamers. GPU prices are set to increase in South Korea starting this month, specifically Nvidia’s desktop GeForce

Artificial Intelligence Automated Reasoning policy refinement in Amazon Bedrock Refining an Automated Reasoning policy in Amazon Bedrock has been a manual cycle of diagnose, hand-edit, retest, and repeat. Today, we are announcing automatic policy refinement, which automates the d

Dictation app Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, according to the tool’s updated Terms of Service. The company also sent an email to its customers about the change in both its terms and its privacy policy to accommodate related features. Upon investigation, th

AI companies are now racing to the bottom — crashing token prices and competitive models push companies to cut costs For the rest of us, there's now significant AI intelligence to be found in more affordable models. We've entered a new phase of the AI industry's development, with

Online travel platform MakeMyTrip reported a mixed performance for the first quarter of FY27, with revenue growing in single digits while profit declined 65% to $9.1 million due to higher finance costs linked to its convertible notes. The Nasdaq-listed company recorded 6.2% year-

Used-car marketplace Spinny has converted its parent company, Valuedrive Technologies Private Ltd, into a public entity by dropping the “Private” from its name as the startup prepares for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in the near term. According to regulatory filings

As so many career counselors and lifestyle coaches have explained, first impressions matter. A bad one can set the tone for an entire relationship, whether that’s with a person, a novel, a restaurant, or a car. And the 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport and I did not get off to the best

Onyx Partners, a private equity firm that last year attempted to acquire a portfolio of roughly 120 J.C. Penney stores spanning several states, is trying again. This time, the company has offered $934 million for 117 properties, which like last year’s bid averages out to about $8

Episode details Available for over a year Today, Reform have announced plans to use the Navy to stop small boat crossings. They suggest, that if they are elected, military personnel would accompany migrants back across the English channel, overriding French objections if necessar

Marc Andreessen & Chris Dixon: Why America needs CLARITY And why no rules is the riskiest rule of all America | Tech | Opinion | Culture | Charts We’re at a pivotal moment for the CLARITY Act—the landmark crypto market structure legislation making its way through Congress. Marc A