A coalition of more than 200 experts, including 15 Nobel laureates and top AI industry figures, has issued an urgent call for governments to create policies addressing AI’s potential to cause massive economic disruption faster than any previous technological revolution.
Taiwan’s TSMC posted record second-quarter revenue, up 36% year-over-year, fueled by explosive demand for artificial intelligence chips. The results highlight the company’s pivotal role in the global AI supply chain.
Instagram will soon charge for fuller AI access, as confirmed by Adam Mosseri. Free daily caps remain, but a paid tier is in the works. The move follows Meta’s massive AI infrastructure spending and a recent privacy backlash.
China’s export growth dipped slightly in June, yet the AI boom continues to fuel semiconductor demand, offsetting weakness in traditional sectors. With tariff uncertainty and sluggish domestic consumption, the economy remains precariously balanced.
Tata Consultancy Services is building a team of up to 8,900 forward-deployed AI engineers and actively seeking acquisitions in AI and cybersecurity, betting that artificial intelligence will create new business rather than undermine its outsourcing model.
MIT researchers developed Gaussian probing, a technique that identifies AI models fine-tuned to generate child sexual abuse material with perfect accuracy, all without producing a single illegal image. The method could help platforms automatically block dangerous uploads.
As AI computing costs skyrocket, corporate giants are dominating basic research, reversing a decades-long shift to universities. This revival of the Bell Labs model could yield huge economic dividends but stirs antitrust and innovation quality debates.
A Peking University team has created an all-optical link for standard chips, achieving a 100x speedup in distributed AI inference with drastically lower resource use. The breakthrough could reshape data center design amid soaring AI demand.
Google has introduced study notebooks in the Gemini app, offering personalized lessons and quizzes to help students prepare for exams. The feature enters a competitive landscape with OpenAI and Anthropic.
Forthright Securities launches Hong Kong’s largest offline investment hub with a dedicated AI terminal, blending human advisory and machine intelligence to serve record wealth levels.