Is A.I. Replacing Tech Workers or Providing an Excuse for Job Cuts?
Tech industry layoffs are accelerating, and executives have been quick to say it’s because their companies are doing more with artificial intelligence, even when there
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An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years
In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped
How Box Created 13 New Types of Jobs Because of A.I.
Box, a Silicon Valley software maker, expects to have more employees, not fewer, as it hires A.I. architects, A.I. solutions managers and other new A.I.-related
US export controls are pushing China’s AI chip industry away from GPUs and toward custom silicon
China’s AI chip industry is no longer trying to build an Nvidia clone. Under sustained US export controls that block access to the most powerful
AI eclipsed nuclear weapons as the dominant threat at Asia’s premier defense summit
The dangers of artificial intelligence eclipsed nuclear weapons as the central concern at a strategic stability panel during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, with senior
Intel stakes new claim in physical AI with robotics chips
Intel is invading the physical AI space with a reentry into the robotics market it quit many years ago amid financial struggles. The robotics strategy
IBM unveils tool to track sovereignty risks for cloud workloads
IBM has launched a tool designed to help customers assess cloud-sovereignty risks and meet regulatory compliance requirements. The Sovereignty Risk Profile launch comes as digital
Nvidia looks beyond China’s Unitree for its humanoid robot push
The first robot in Nvidia’s new research line is a collaboration with three flags on it. The body comes from China’s Unitree, the hands from
PLD Space raises its Kourou launch-complex investment to €35m
The Spanish launch firm says it is the first private operator to commit capital at this scale to the historic Guiana spaceport, with a first
ASML spinout Invisix raises €20M to see inside the chips optics can’t
Modern chips have a measurement problem that sounds almost philosophical: they have become too complex to look at. As logic and memory devices stack into
China formalises tougher outbound-investment rules after the Meta-Manus blockade
Beijing’s new framework codifies the technology-tracing approach the NDRC used to unwind Meta’s $2bn Manus acquisition, making cross-border AI deals materially harder. China has formalised
Windows 11: A guide to the updates
A Windows launch isn’t the end a process — it’s really just the beginning. Microsoft continually works on improving Windows 11 by fixing bugs, releasing
These researchers would be in Africa fighting ebola—but Trump cut their funding
As the world struggles to contain the rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri Province, a vital network of research centers has
Nvidia Has a Plan to Put Its Chips in Personal Computers
The world’s most valuable company is chasing Intel and Apple as it tries to bring A.I. agents to laptops and desktops.