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The AI tokenmaxxing party is crashing over spiraling costs
By Jon Martindale published
Premium "Leadership [...] are still asking the question of whether they're getting value from what we're spending."

California drivers accuse gas station operators of using AI to boost pump prices
By Mark Tyson published
Californians pay the highest gas prices in the U.S. and a proposed class action says that the issue has been exacerbated by an AI-tool that smartly squeezes customers for the best profits.

Anthropic’s powerful Mythos AI reportedly breached ‘almost all’ NSA classified systems in hours during red-team test
By Etiido Uko published
Access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 barred for foreign nationals immediately following security evaluation

Intel and AMD's new ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86
By Bruno Ferreira published
ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86 — new design makes matrix multiplication more power- and density-efficient

US pulls the 'kill-switch' on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI models, sending global allies scrambling
By Jon Martindale published
PREMIUM World leaders are concerned that projects can be cut off by arbitrary U.S. regulations.

Nvidia reveals AI robots that taught themselves to install GPUs into motherboards
By Mark Tyson published
Nvidia showcases agentic robots that can teach themselves high-precision and dexterous tasks - like PC building - in the real world.

Ukraine used 10 AI-controlled ‘Terminator’ drones to kill Russian soldiers two years ago, marking first autonomous killings of humans
By Mark Tyson last updated
A watershed moment occurred on the battlefields of Ukraine in 2024 when 10 fully autonomous AI-controlled quadcopter drones were sent to the front lines against Russia with ‘Terminator Mode’ engaged.

Demand for data center CPUs has surged, and AI agents are responsible
By Chris Stokel-Walker published
Premium The massive AI gold rush has a new bottleneck set in its sights, CPUs. But what's driving the demand? We interview industry experts to find out.

Executives are cutting jobs for an AI future that hasn't fully arrived yet, even as productivity gains remain difficult to prove
By Etiido Uko published
Premium A growing number of CEOs expect AI-driven layoffs, but economic data paints a more complex picture as companies cut junior roles before proving AI delivers meaningful productivity gains.
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