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Zuckerberg, Ellison and Huang set for Trump's big tech council
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology will include top tech executives and advise on AI, the economy and security.
AI-written resumes are making the hiring process tougher, recruiter says
Robert Half research finds artificial intelligence–generated resumes are making it harder for hiring managers to verify candidate skills and slowing hiring.
Uber to launch Europe’s first robotaxi service in Zagreb
Uber, Pony.ai and Verne plan a commercial robotaxi rollout in Croatia, integrating autonomous vehicles onto Uber’s ride‑hail network.
Google has installed "sensory intervention" pods to helps AI teams cope
Some days, at some point, everyone feels the need to hide in an office closet for a while, right? ...
Conntour launches AI video search with $7 million
The platform offers unrestricted natural-language searches across live and archived camera feeds and runs fully on-premises.
WhatsApp adds storage, transfer and AI tools
WhatsApp introduces Manage Storage, cross-platform chat transfer, dual iOS accounts and AI photo and writing tools.
Apple adds partners to American Manufacturing Program
Apple expands its U.S. supply chain with Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK and Qnity Electronics under AMP.
KPMG's AI lead says Copilot didn't make her faster. It made her work on harder problems
Three years into using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Christine Andrew is not leaving the office earlier. She is spending more time on the work that actually matters
AI data centres can now dial down their power use in seconds
Emerald AI has demonstrated that GPU clusters can respond to grid stress signals in real time, hitting 200 consecutive power targets without missing one. The implications for how AI infrastructure connects to the grid are significant
Google wants advertisers to think of its AI tools as colleagues, not features
Ads Advisor and Analytics Advisor can now hold a conversation, remember context and flag campaign problems in plain English. Google's advice: treat them like a junior analyst, not a search bar.
Shein's own research shows its customers are not the throwaway shoppers its critics assume
A survey of 15,000 consumers across 21 markets finds high repeat wear, widespread repair habits and a recycling gap driven by logistics, not indifference
OpenAI is paying researchers to find ways its AI can be weaponised
The new Safety Bug Bounty program targets harms that fall outside conventional security definitions. Prompt injection, agent hijacking and account manipulation are all in scope
Google opens its music generation model to developers, with watermarking built in from the start
Lyria 3 can produce full-length songs with vocals, verses and choruses. Every track it generates carries a hidden signature that survives editing
Nvidia says the open versus proprietary AI debate is the wrong argument
At GTC, Jensen Huang and a panel of industry builders made the case that the real question is not which model wins, but how they work together
Microsoft is spending $5bn to bring AI to the nonprofit sector
The company's new Changemaker program pairs credentials and fellowships with hard numbers from the field. The pitch is that responsible AI adoption should not be a luxury for well-resourced organisations
Enterprise AI failed because of bad data engineering, not bad models. Nvidia believes it can fix that
NemoClaw is built on the assumption that enterprises can solve this themselves. The consulting industry's business model depends on them being wrong
OpenAI Foundation to invest at least $1bn across health, safety and community programmes
The foundation frames the commitment as early work toward a previously announced $25 billion pledge focused on curing diseases and AI resilience
Meta and Arm to co-develop data centre chips built for AI workloads
The partnership will produce multiple CPU generations optimised for higher performance per rack, with designs to be shared via the Open Compute Project
Japanese machining firm builds AI voice assistant to tackle manufacturing skills shortage
ARUM's KAYA interface lets less-experienced operators run complex CNC workflows using natural language and speech.
Medical AI moves from research benchmark to clinical deployment
Drug discovery, documentation and diagnostics are seeing real-world adoption as regulation catches up with rapidly advancing models