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OpenAI announces sweeping new copyright rule for Sora 2 — here’s what you need to know
You can now opt out of your work or likeness being used
Google unveils Gemini Enterprise – “the new front door for AI in the workplace”
Chat to all your company data in a single place
Gemini Enterprise brings together all of Google’s AI tools for business users
To simplify AI adoption for businesses, Google is bringing together all its capabilities into one offering called Gemini Enterprise.
Google ramps up its ‘AI in the workplace’ ambitions with Gemini Enterprise
The new product launched Thursday already has customers, including Gordon Foods, Macquarie Bank, and Virgin Voyages.
AI Agent Startup N8n Nets $2.5 Billion Valuation With Backing From Nvidia
N8n, a German startup that helps businesses deploy artificial intelligence agents, has raised $180 million to compete in a crowded market that includes OpenAI.
Is there an AI bubble? Financial institutions sound a warning.
Lingering doubts about the economic promise of artificial intelligence technology are starting to get the attention of financial institutions that raised warning flags this week about an AI investment bubble.
Reflection AI CEO: Focused on building a frontier open intelligence for a thriving AI ecosystem
Misha Laskin, Reflection AI co-founder and CEO, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the company’s latest $2 billion Series B funding round, concerns of circular investments in AI, building an open...
Samsung AI Research Team Builds A Tiny Model With Big Power
Samsung’s AI lab in Montreal new Tiny Recursive Model with only 7M parameters performs as well, if not better in some instances, than systems much larger.
SoftBank Acquires ABB’s Robotics Division for $5.4 Billion – DirectIndustry e-Magazine
SoftBank will acquire ABB’s Robotics division for $5.4 billion, marking its first major move into industrial robotics.
Google launches Gemini subscriptions to help corporate workers build AI agents
Google is augmenting its Agentspace product for easily building AI agents at work with new tools for data science and customer engagement.
Tomorrow’s workforce is being raised on AI
AI has become a core classroom tool, shaping how students learn, and how tomorrow’s workforce will think, create and collaborate alongside intelligent systems.
‘Buckle up’: IMF and Bank of England join growing chorus warning of an AI bubble
As industry spending surges, top financial institutions say a sharp correction could occur if investor appetite for artificial intelligence turns sour.
RealSense Spins Out from Intel, Secures $50 Million and Announces Strategic Collaboration With NVIDIA to Accelerate Physical AI and Robotics
SAN FRANCISCO, October 09, 2025–RealSense, a pioneer in AI-powered computer vision, has announced two major milestones: its spinout from Intel Corporation, fueled with a $50 million Series A funding round,...
Microsoft to partner with Harvard in healthcare push to cut OpenAI reliance, WSJ reports
Microsoft is partnering with Harvard Medical School to enhance its Copilot AI assistant with health content, as part of a broader effort to reduce its dependence on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, the...
Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst
Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee
OpenAI, Nividia Fuel $1 Trillion AI Market With Web of Circular Deals
A wave of deals and partnerships are escalating concerns that the trillion-dollar AI boom is being propped up by interconnected business transactions.
Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak
Central bank says market concentration hasn’t been this extreme in 50 years.
SoftBank Buying ABB’s Robotics Division In $5.375 Billion Deal
ABB has announced a significant strategic shift, officially signing an agreement to divest its Robotics division to SoftBank Group. This divestiture is valued at an enterprise value of $5.375 billion,...
AI is poised to disrupt the job market — some roles could ‘radically transform,’ report finds
Artificial intelligence is most likely to impact white-collar jobs, while those requiring more physical labor and intervention are relatively insulated.
Best MCP Servers for Agentic AI Beginners
Finding the right MCP servers challenges newcomers to agentic AI who face scattered tool compatibility and integration complexity. The ecosystem offers over 8,000 automation possibilities through standardized interfaces, yet choosing...
SoftBank to Acquire ABB’s Robotics Business for $5.4B
The acquisition is expected to strengthen SoftBank’s position in AI robotics and accelerate its broader push toward artificial superintelligence.
AMD stock continues rally after OpenAI deal, now up 43% this week so far
Investors took the partnership to mean that AMD could become a viable challenger to Nvidia’s current top position in the AI chip market.
OpenAI’s Nick Turley on transforming ChatGPT into an operating system
In an interview, OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT discusses the company’s push into developing an AI operating system full of third-party apps.
SoftBank Buys ABB’s Struggling Robotics Unit for $5.4 Billion
SoftBank Group said Wednesday it had purchased the robotics division of Swiss industrial conglomerate ABB for $5.4 billion, the latest big push for the Japanese firm into robotics. SoftBank will...
Duke University AI research speeds drug design for cancer treatments
Researchers developed a system to speed up the design of drug-delivering nanoparticles in the human body, which can more directly target ailments.
This Startup Wants to Spark a US DeepSeek Moment
With the US falling behind on open source models, one startup has a bold idea for democratizing AI: let anyone run reinforcement learning.
Can AI Learn And Evolve Like A Brain? Pathway’s Bold Research Thinks So
Pathway claims to have uncovered the mathematical blueprint of intelligence and built an AI named Baby Dragon Hatchling (BDH) that evolves like the human brain.
Is there an AI bubble? Financial institutions sound a warning
Financial institutions are raising concerns about a potential AI investment bubble
New tech can unite AI data centers into one massive supercomputer
Cisco Systems launched a new chip that can connect artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, which will make it act as one massive computer.
Bank of England on AI mania: ‘stretched’ stock valuations ‘comparable to the peak of the dot com bubble’
The top five members of the S&P 500 command nearly 30% of market share, a record high for any point over the last 50 years.
Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robots
MIT CSAIL’s “Steerable Scene Generation” method helps create realistic, virtual training grounds to help robots practice physical tasks. It arranges 3D assets into digital kitchens, living rooms, and restaurants, then...
California Enacts the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 53)
On September 29, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA), making California the first state to require public, standardized…
DevDay [2025] is a wrap. This year, we brought together more than 1,500 developers, founders, and builders at Fort Mason in San Fr…
DevDay [2025] is a wrap. This year, we brought together more than 1,500 developers, founders, and builders at Fort Mason in San Francisco to celebrate what it means to build...
SoftBank to Buy ABB’s Robotics Arm in $5.4 Billion Deal
SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, reflecting billionaire Masayoshi Son’s growing bets on emerging technology in artificial...
Generative AI Is Helping Stanford Researchers Better Understand Brain Diseases
Synthetic brain MRI technology is supercharging computational neuroscience with massive data.
Italy’s Law No. 132/2025 on Artificial Intelligence
On September 23, 2025, Italy adopted Law no. 132/2025 on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The law will enter into force on 10 October 2025 and aims, inter
SoftBank acquires ABB’s robotics unit for over $5 billion
SoftBank acquires ABB’s $5.375 billion robotics unit to advance its “Physical AI” vision, merging robotics and artificial intelligence as part of its global AI expansion strategy.
🎧 How Box Is Building an AI-first Company—Without Cutting Jobs
CEO Aaron Levie says AI agents expand work instead of eliminating it
ABB sells robotics division to SoftBank Group for $5.3B
The deal ends ABB’s previously announced plan to spin-off the robotics division into a separate company.