Kyndryl opens AI Innovation Lab, plans over 300 jobs in Frisco
Kyndryl opened its first US artificial intelligence innovation lab in Frisco. The lab is expected to create up to 300 jobs over the next four years.
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AI Around the World — what each story says
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🇺🇸 United States1
🇪🇺 Europe1
Drax Shares: Longspur Says Missing AI Growth Zone Status is No Setback for Data Centre Plan
Longspur Research said in a note on Wednesday that Drax Group failed to win AI Growth Zone status for its planned data centre. Longspur said this is no setback for the plan.
Read the original →🇮🇳 India and South Asia4
AI crowds out fresh grads at Wall Street Tech Hubs in India
Entry-level employment for Indian graduates is shifting as AI technology advances. Machines are taking on more routine tasks, and demand for conventional positions is falling. New graduates are having to acquire advanced skills, and universities are adding AI-focused programs.
Read the original →Indian Government backed Soket AI Launches LOOP Harness for Next-Generation AI
Soket AI is a research lab building frontier AI models and systems that institutions can operate under their own control. It unveiled LOOP.
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- Anthropic Expands Claude Startups Programme To Back AI-native Companies In IndiaBW Disrupt · 10/08 08:56 UTC
- Amazon layoffs: E-commerce giant cuts jobs in Stores business amid AI spending pushThe Indian Express · 10/08 05:52 UTC
🌏 Southeast Asia and Oceania1
OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites
The revelation follows an executive telling a parliamentary inquiry that he did not believe AI had been used to write the message. He said he was 'happy to go and confirm'.
Read the original →🇰🇷 Korea and Taiwan3
Korea has no plans to follow US push to replace term AI with 'super intelligence'
Korea is not considering replacing the term artificial intelligence (AI) with 'super intelligence', or SI, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT.
Read the original →Taipei mayor touts plan to replace Songshan airport with AI park
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an announced plans to relocate Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport). The 300 hectare site would be redeveloped into an artificial intelligence park with tech clusters, residential communities and public green space.
Read the original →Hundreds of AI chip workers strike in Taiwan
Workers in the tech industry on the island face declining wages and conditions while big business experiences a boom.
Read the original →🕌 Middle East4
Corporate Influence Media Shifts Focus to UAE Market Entry and Commercial Positioning for Global Tech and AI Companies
The Dubai-based firm introduced a four-stage commercial positioning approach for global AI companies targeting enterprise.
Read the original →Abu Dhabi launches AI training programme for government employees
OpenAI, Microsoft and MBZUAI are collaborating with Abu Dhabi on a new government AI training programme.
Read the original →Artificial Intelligence Office and Mawaheb Talent Hub launch Abu Dhabi Digital Talent initiative to develop next generation of technology leaders
The Artificial Intelligence Office of the UAE Government, working with Mawaheb Talent Hub, part of the Department of Government Enablement – Abu Dhabi, has launched the Abu Dhabi Digital Talent initiative.
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- Toku to Deploy its AI-powered Customer Experience Platform on Core42 Sovereign Enabled Public Cloud in the UAEThe Malaysian Reserve · 10/08 05:45 UTC
🌎 Africa and Latin America4
Engineering student creates AI program for schools with limited tech access
Martin Mwangi Ndegwa returned to Kenya with a plan to teach AI and data literacy as a community give-back project tied to his Mastercard Foundation scholarship. He says Kenyan students were already curious about AI and robotics. Once he began visiting schools, the project changed.
Read the original →Microsoft South Africa Technology Chief Asif Valley exits after decade spanning cloud, AI and digital skills
Asif Valley is leaving Microsoft South Africa after more than a decade with the company. His work as National Technology Officer covered AI, cloud, digital skills and government technology.
Read the original →YC-backed Bujeti launches AI "teammates" to take manual work off African finance teams
Nigerian fintech startup Bujeti has made Brain, an agentic AI platform for finance teams, publicly available. The release follows a two-week private beta.
Read the original →This AI app turns Argentina’s news into a daily audio briefing
The app, called Lisa, launched in August. It quickly became one of Argentina’s most downloaded news apps.
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