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What is AI transformation?
Here’s what AI transformation really means, how Zapier adopted AI org-wide, and how teams like yours are making it happen with Zapier.
GitHub – ServiceStack/llms: LLM Client, Server API and UI
LLM Client, Server API and UI. Contribute to ServiceStack/llms development by creating an account on GitHub.
Why AI Must Be Governed As A User, Not Just A Tool
As AI takes on human-like roles, companies must manage it as a user—with access controls and oversight—to prevent automation from outpacing security.
Hari Gopalkrishnan On Building Bank Of America’s AI And Tech Engine
Hari Gopalkrishnan’s perch and purview at Bank of America offer his team and him one of the broadest and most innovative instantiations of artificial intelligence.
Google Home is rolling out a major AI upgrade — here’s what to try first
Your Google Home speaker or Nest display is about to get even smarter
Beyond the agent: Redefining workflows for the autonomous enterprise
AI’s growing up — no longer just chatting or creating, but actually running workflows and reshaping how entire businesses operate.
AI Versus Humans: The Race For Natural Resources
The rapid growth of AI and its significant consumption of natural resources including the need for innovation and collaboration to ensure sustainable development of AI.
How to prevent transformation outcomes from quietly collapsing
A practical discipline for keeping digital and AI transformation initiatives alive long after go-live.
The Unsustainable Strain Of AI’s Insatiable Power Needs
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how electric cars could get much cheaper and Rivian’s RJ Scaringe on China’s EV price advantage
What’s driving growth right now — and what will redefine pipeline in 2026
Pipeline generation is evolving faster than ever. Insight’s 2025 B2B Pipeline Generation survey revealed how marketing and sales leaders are adapting — from how they’re deploying AI to where they’re...
9 photonics spinouts that can speed up AI data centres and quantum –
Advances in photonics technology will underpin next-generation computing. Here are 9 photonics startups that have emerged from university labs with VC backing.
Why the Goldman Sachs CEO isn’t buying the AI jobs freakout
The fingerprints of artificial intelligence are all over mass layoffs and downsizing at Meta, Amazon, Salesforce, YouTube and other major companies, raising fears of an AI-fueled jobs wipeout for white-collar...
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation
Senator Marsha Blackburn accused Google of anti-conservative bias.
What a Tech-Fueled Takeover of Janus Henderson Might Mean
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners, along with venture capital firm General Catalyst, is trying to buy Janus Henderson, and an AI makeover could be in its future.
Nuclear threats are worsening. Why?
The world is entering an unmapped era of nuclear risk. The answer is not new explosive tests, but a coordinated campaign with allies to maximize deterrence while working to establish...
Chariots of wire: China flexes humanoid robot muscle at National Games with torch relay
Kuavo is the latest humanoid to carry the torch for China’s robotics ambitions, running 100 metres to pass the baton at the National Games.
Siri is finally getting smarter, and Apple is set to “lean” on Google Gemini for it
Same sass, smarter circuits
The number one sign you’re watching an AI video
Your social media feed is being taken over by AI video slop. But for now, there’s still one big red flag that can help you spot the fakes.
Enterprises are not prepared for a world of malicious AI agents
The current model of managing corporate identities is unprepared for a wave of AI agents gaining access to privileged resources.
What Cisco learned on its AI journey
Cisco Germany management board member Detlev Kühne discusses how the technology giant tackled its AI transformation — and his key takeaways.
U.S. Expands Quantum and AI Partnerships with Japan and Korea
The White House announced new Technology Prosperity Deals with Japan and South Korea to expand U.S. tech alliances.
ADNOC Gas partners with AIQ and Gecko Robotics to launch
ADNOC Gas partners with AIQ and Gecko Robotics to launch pioneering programme to transform industrial maintenance
“You Don’t Need Kafka, Just Use Postgres” Considered Harmful
Looking to make it to the front page of HackerNews? Then writing a post arguing that “Postgres is enough”, or why “you don’t need Kafka at your scale” is a...
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
Enhancing tropical cyclone track and intensity predictions with the OWZP-Transformer model
npj Artificial Intelligence – Enhancing tropical cyclone track and intensity predictions with the OWZP-Transformer model
Achieving interpretable machine learning by functional decomposition of black-box models into explainable predictor effects
npj Artificial Intelligence – Achieving interpretable machine learning by functional decomposition of black-box models into explainable predictor effects
Kevin Rose’s simple test for AI hardware — would you want to punch someone in the face who’s wearing it?
“As an investor, you kind of have to not only say, okay, cool tech, sure, but emotionally, how does it make me feel? And how does it make others feel...
Trump says Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chip not for ‘other people’
Nvidia’s advanced Blackwell chip for artificial intelligence would not be available to “other people,” U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday.
Amazon’s Layoffs Show How AI Is Coming for India
Amazon.com Inc.’s latest global layoffs should come as a singular warning to India. For policymakers dealing with the world’s largest youth population, AI suddenly poses a very real risk to...
NHS hospitals to test AI tool that helps diagnose and treat prostate cancer
Three-year study will test biopsy analysis tool shown in trials to identify men likely to benefit from certain drugs
Will AI mean the end of call centres?
Some commentators predict artificial intelligence is about to replace most customer support jobs.
How Artificial Intelligence Is Powering a New Industrial Boom
AI is driving a surge in global energy demand as oil and gas giants embrace artificial intelligence to boost efficiency, reliability, and growth across the energy value chain.
Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio after Senator Blackburn accuses model of defamation
Senator Martha Blackburn argued Gemma’s fabrications are “not a harmless ‘hallucination,’” but rather “an act of defamation produced and distributed by a Google-owned AI model.”
Doosan Robotics partners with Daedong to develop advanced technology for agriculture
Doosan Robotics has signed an agreement with agritech company Daedong to jointly develop on-device AI technology and business collaboration in the agricultural robotics sector. Under this agreement…
Saudi Arabia is making a massive bet on becoming a global AI powerhouse
Humain is setting out to make Saudi Arabia the world’s third-largest AI market, after the United States and China. It’s a bold ambition for a newcomer to the industry, but...
Meta has an AI product problem
Meta’s AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous.
Who is Zico Kolter? A professor leads OpenAI safety panel with power to halt unsafe AI releases
Zico Kolter leads a panel that can stop OpenAI from releasing new AI systems if they’re deemed unsafe.
Tongyi DeepResearch: A New Era of Open-Source AI Researchers
GITHUB HUGGINGFACE MODELSCOPE SHOWCASE From Chatbot to Autonomous Agent We are proud to present Tongyi DeepResearch, the first fully open‑source Web Agent to achieve performance on par with OpenAI’s DeepResearch across a comprehensive suite of benchmarks. Tongyi DeepResearch demonstrates state‑of‑the‑art results, scoring 32.9 on the academic reasoning task Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE), 43.4 on BrowseComp and 46.7 on BrowseComp‑ZH in extremely complex information‑seeking tasks, and achieving a score of 75 on the user‑centric xbench‑DeepSearch benchmark, systematically outperforming all existing proprietary and open‑source Deep Research agents.
The white collar world is falling apart
The Financial Times reported this weekend that a “white-collar recession” is emerging in the United States, suggesting that a decisive shift in the structure of the Read the full article…
An instance of the royal prerogative
All Souls’ Day, 2025 Why an Act of Parliament was not needed to remove the title from the former Duke of York * The most fundamental feature of the constitution...