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Workday Chairman and CEO Aneel Bhusri spoke to reporters at the Workday Rising Summit. He said AI will not lead to jobs moving out of the US or first-world countries, but may do the opposite.
Read the original →Over 120,000 job cuts have been linked to AI in 2026. Companies are now rethinking automation as costly mistakes and productivity concerns pile up.
Read the original →Many people worry that AI will replace human roles. Experts highlight three important roles for humans in business that cannot be replaced.
Read the original →The Anthropic Fellows Program in AI Safety and Security funds promising researchers who want to move into AI safety research without a large research record yet.
Read the original →Webflow, the agentic marketing platform, announced on Oct. 15, 2026 a new connector for Google Gemini. It gives Gemini the context and capabilities to help teams build, manage, and continuously improve digital experiences in Webflow.
Read the original →Meta Muse Spark Open launched Oct. 15 across 7 inference clouds and 4 weight hosts. It competes with DeepSeek, Qwen and GLM in the open-weight race.
Read the original →The article looks at what xAI’s always-on agent does and how to get access. It also covers what physicians need to know before trying it.
Read the original →Grok Imagine Image 2.0 is ranked thirteenth on the independent editing board at 1,110 Elo. Krea 3 is unranked, newer, and far less measured.
Read the original →The item is a roundup of numbers from the last week. It includes how many jobs robots can physically complete on a cost-competitive basis.
Read the original →Barclays analyst Dan Levy stated that SpaceX and Tesla could announce a merger ahead of Tesla's 2026 annual shareholder meeting. Based on regulatory timing requirements, the meeting is expected to take place no later than December 6.
Read the original →AI-powered imaging is helping California firefighters and scientists detect wildfires early. This enables a rapid response.
Read the original →Microsoft reported Azure revenue of more than US$100b for fiscal 2026 and Q4 Azure growth of 43%. Commercial cloud remaining performance obligations reached US$678b. The results were supported by heavy AI and cloud spending and offerings such as Copilot, E7 and first party Maia chips.
Read the original →Both start at $7 per user monthly on annual plans. The comparison covers storage, desktop Office, shared work and the added cost of workplace AI.
Read the original →DeepSeek V4.1 Pro has no endpoint, no card and no date. Step 5 Preview has a rate card, open weights and a score.
Read the original →Frequent October disruptions and 44 outages this year have revived doubts over DeepSeek's reliability. This comes amid a deeper partnership with Huawei.
Read the original →Muse Spark Open and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash both score 39 on Artificial Analysis. One costs three times more to run the same workload.
Read the original →Calls to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash inside OpenCode no longer count against plan credits. The free version tops out at 200K tokens of context. DeepSeek's own API still has no free tier.
Read the original →Nvidia's CEO says there is a zero percent chance AI ends the world and that companies can police themselves, writes Patrick McGee. Even Huang's admiring biographer calls that a 'libertarian fantasy.'
Read the original →The JPMorgan CEO says the global spread of AI, from open-source models to systems developed in China, makes it impossible for governments to stop.
Read the original →The article argues that, just as 19th-century steam technology increased rather than eliminated the demand for coal and labor, AI is poised to expand the demand for work even as it transforms it.
Read the original →This opinion piece says the divergence in approaches at the state and federal level presents challenges for AI companies. It also says there are opportunities for those who navigate it well.
Read the original →The description quotes a statement that AI is advancing at great speed and that the question is whether the transformation will be governed together.
Read the original →With little progress on artificial intelligence legislation in Congress, some Washington leaders are looking at how the state could regulate the technology. Early discussions are underway about bills.
Read the original →DoubleAI will focus initially on code optimization, with a product announcement planned for next week. The Mobileye founder says the company is also exploring quantum computing and hardware design. He argues that Israel needs more investment in AI infrastructure.
Read the original →Audience Insights is a new campaign-level reporting capability from fullthrottle.ai®. It helps advertisers see the shows, content and entertainment their audiences spend time with, and where that consumption happens across media, publishers and markets.
Read the original →For the first time, multiple states have filed coordinated lawsuits against OpenAI. They claim its chatbot ChatGPT harmed children and deceived parents.
Read the original →SpaceX is sending its head of global government affairs for AI, Gabriela Castillo Madrid, to testify before the New York City Council.
Read the original →Starlink says its Grok Voice agent has become a methodical customer service agent. The company wrote that it answers 20,000 calls a day.
Read the original →Musk said the Roadster has "altitude control thrusters and main thrusters in the rear, so it can basically fly like a rocket."
Read the original →The description says a wave of sell-offs is spreading across the global financial market, affecting equities, fixed-income securities and risk-sensitive alternative investments. It attributes the momentum to macroeconomic headwinds, shifting monetary policy expectations and sector-specific profit-taking pressures.
Read the original →Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei GS '11 was a physics Ph.D. student at Princeton. His professors and fellow researchers reflect on his time at the University.
Read the original →Many of the new generation of billionaires are turning to philanthropic organizations tied to the sometimes controversial philosophy known as effective altruism.
Read the original →Google is changing how links appear in its AI-powered search results as news publishers face mounting concerns over declining website traffic. The company said the change on Thursday.
Read the original →Mark Zuckerberg showed off the new Muse Spark Open model by posting a snapshot of his office desk. The post also included a few subtle flexes.
Read the original →Meta Platforms plans to invest up to US$200b in AI infrastructure and development over the coming years. Mark Zuckerberg outlined the multiyear plan as one of the largest corporate commitments to the technology globally. Management aims to monetize the push through new consumer tools and business services that extend beyond social media advertising.
Read the original →The IMF raised its growth forecast for Cyprus to 3.2 per cent in 2027. Finance Minister Makis Keravnos welcomed the revision on Thursday and pointed to the economy's resilience despite continuing international uncertainty. The forecast comes from the IMF's October 2026 World Economic Outlook.
Read the original →Expecting the most powerful AI models not to find their way through firewalls and proxies is asking for trouble.
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