The Gulf’s AI Boom Has an Undersea Cable Problem
The Gulf’s AI ambitions depend on something surprisingly fragile: a handful of undersea cables running through some of…
China’s AI start-up funding triples to US$16b in first quarter amid bets on LLMs, robotics
Funding for China’s artificial-intelligence-related start-ups jumped nearly threefold year on year in the first quarter, as investors poured…
Microsoft’s AI Reboot Reshapes Satya Nadella’s Leadership Team
CEO Satya Nadella has dismantled the senior leadership structure that has run Microsoft for decades, creating a new…
Lawyers planned to fool AI with ‘invisible ink’ prompt in documents
The inspiration (possibly). A Brazilian court has fined two lawyers for using hidden text in a document, to…
Alibaba just admitted it’s struggling to keep up with rival chipmakers and AI shops
Systems Reveals decent new homegrown accelerator and tiny production volumes Chinese tech giant Alibaba has revealed a new…
AMD CEO says unexpected CPU demand surge to last 5 years
Semiconductors Lisa Su says China is a key market but not for advanced AI chips sales Lisa Su,…
Robots at Singapore’s AI zone to clean, patrol and deliver goods
As robots become more advanced to carry out complex tasks, they are set to be at the forefront…
Cisco used AI to write security incident reports, with mixed results
Security You’ll need a lot of detailed prompts to get solid output – and even then it may…
Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
Three months ago, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman told me his concerns about a mounting public relations crisis facing…
What do the Commonwealth Writers Prize AI allegations mean for prizes – and short stories?
Another day, another literary scandal involving AI. It has been alleged that the judges of the Commonwealth Short…
Coupa Acquires Tonkean to Expand AI Spend Management
Coupa is expanding its agentic artificial intelligence ambitions with the acquisition of Tonkean, a deal aimed at making…
Lenovo shares jump 15% on record earnings as AI revenue nearly doubles
Chinese multinational technology company, Lenovo logo seen in Shenzhen. (Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Alex…