The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do frontier models still matter if most production AI ends...
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Government urged to protect musicians and artists from AI content theft
The Government is being urged to introduce stronger copyright protections for artists and musicians to ensure creators are fairly compensated when their work is sampled or otherwis...
Canada's financial regulator urges insurers to update risk controls for autonomous AI
Canada's OSFI issued July 2026 AI guidance warning autonomous systems can outpace operational risk controls. It advises limiting AI autonomy and treating outputs as inputs.
Microsoft makes passkeys default for Entra ID logins
Users relying on SMS or voice for sign-ins will be nudged to passkeys as Microsoft phases out weaker multifactor methods in Entra ID.
Hachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)
A.J. Katz / The Wrap : Hachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models — P...
North Platte Public School Board of Education adopts AI use policy for staff
North Platte Public Schools has approved a new policy allowing staff to use AI tools for work tasks, requiring human oversight and accuracy checks to protect students and education...
AINewsBreaks – Nightfood Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: NGTF) Featured in AINewsWire Editorial on AI Infrastructure Expansion
Nightfood Holdings (OTCQB: NGTF), doing business as TechForce Robotics, announced its inclusion in an editorial published by AINewsWire examining the growing demand for semiconduct...
Hundreds of economists urge immediate action on AI's economic impact and job displacement
Over 200 economists and researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates, warned AI could trigger mass job displacement. They urge leaders to build guardrails to manage the shift.
Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant
Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to discover music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
Large language models often prioritize Western moral values, overlooking other cultures
Large language artificial intelligence models, such as ChatGPT, often misjudge what people outside the West might value as a moral priority.
Germany saw 370 per cent rise in Indian students' applications in January
Indian student applications to Germany increased significantly this year. Artificial intelligence and data programs saw the fastest growth in student interest. Students now evaluat...
Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies
Superhuman’s latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little to no editing in our testing.
Illinois Tech receives UGC approval to launch Mumbai campus
Academic programmes at the Illinois Tech Mumbai Campus will commence from the 2026 academic year
Oregon team of nearly 100 partners awarded NSF Regional Innovation Engine Award, set up to receive up to $160 million to grow state’s semiconductor industry
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Frontiers of Advanced Semiconductor Technology, known as FAST, an Oregon consortium that includes nearly 100 partners from across Oregon, will receive up to $160 ...
The TestMart Launches Horizon, the Only Enterprise Validation Platform Purpose-Built for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Combining AI-Powered Test Creation with Deterministic, Fully Auditable Execution
New platform enables enterprises to accelerate Dynamics 365 validation with instant AI-powered intent-based test creation while maintaining trusted, repeatable and audit-ready exec...
UK’s ability to win wars increasingly determined by AI and drones, tech chief warns
EXCLUSIVE: The Mirror speaks to the AI minister Kanishka Narayan about the importance of Britain controlling its own AI for national security and defence
Chai Discovery nabs $400M Series C as AI-designed antibodies reach Big Pharma
Chai Discovery Inc., a company that develops artificial intelligence models to predict interactions between biochemical molecules, today announced it has raised $400 million in Ser...
UChicago Law bans laptops and phones for first-year students, mandates in-class exams starting this fall
In its announcement, the law school said the changes are a response to the way AI is disrupting higher education. "With AI disrupting higher education, our commitment to rigorous l...
Goods Comeback Trade: Why XLY Is the Sleeper ETF of Q3 2026
The broader market has pushed higher as enthusiasm for artificial intelligence has lifted spirits. Yet the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund has quietly lagged.
Indian-Origin Astronaut Anil Menon Begins Eight-Month ISS Mission
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon, along with two Russian cosmonauts, has embarked on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz MS-29 spa...
From startup to $36 billion: How DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng became the richest AI founder
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has become the world's richest founder of an artificial intelligence model company, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His fortune more t...
AI could lead to large-scale job displacement, say Nobel laureates
Hundreds of economics and artificial intelligence researchers warned Monday that institutions must begin preparing for the potential economic upheaval AI could unleash, while putti...
Massive AI buildout poses latest inflation threat as consumers pay more for laptops and electricity
The gusher of investment in data centers — likely topping $700 billion this year — to power artificial intelligence has made memory chips, computer processors and other equipment, ...