Crossword editor’s desk: what would be the point of an AI puzzle? | Crosswords
The world of crosswords is generally a happy and sensible place. The human mind being what it is,…
Meta Earnings, Meta’s Timing Problems, The Financial Tail – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Meta’s earnings were a bit disappointing; future promises about AI products were more disconcerting. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus…
Sci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI’s dystopian impact on their craft
Two prominent science fiction authors have decried the impact of AI on their craft. “I do not want…
A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem
It’s so hard for big businesses to get AI tools working reliably that whole new organizations of forward-deployed…
Microsoft Agent Framework Harness and Hosted Agents Reach General Availability
Microsoft has moved Agent Framework past the SDK stage and into a supported production runtime. The framework reached…
China acknowledges ‘temperature gap’ between tech boom and traditional slump
A top theoretical journal of the Communist Party has acknowledged that a stark economic divide exists between China’s…
Nvidia’s CUDA Faces New Threats From AI Coding Agents
Nvidia’s biggest competitive advantage is no longer as untouchable as it once seemed. For two decades, Nvidia’s crown…
AI Startup Harmony Raises $34 Million Seed After Founders’ Cisco Exit
Two founders who sold their first startup to Cisco for $500 million have raised $34 million in seed…
Technion ranks 25th worldwide for AI production capacity
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology was ranked 25th worldwide in a new index measuring universities’ ability to advance AI…
If Artificial Intelligence Is in a Bubble, These Are the Stocks That Could Benefit Most
Few developments have had as big an effect on the stock market over the last four years as…
Alibaba’s new Qwen AI model falls short of ‘second only to Fable 5’ claim
Artificial intelligence Benchmark testing puts Chinese group’s ‘most powerful’ release behind various domestic, foreign rivals Alibaba’s latest Qwen…
AI is creating a two-speed jobs market in the UK, Indeed says
UK employers are creating jobs for experienced staff with artificial intelligence skills and cutting back elsewhere, according to…