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Chinese AI Model Z.ai Gains Traction After U.S. Restricts Anthropic
Z.ai's GLM-5.2 offers performance nearly matching top American models at a fraction of the cost, capturing Silicon Valley attention as six Chinese models now rank among the world's top ten.
Rippling tracks AI spending per employee, launches data analytics platform
Parker Conrad's HR platform now surfaces which workers generate value from AI tools and which burn budget without results.
Micron Secures $22B in Long-Term AI Memory Chip Commitments
Memory chipmakers are betting take-or-pay contracts with customers like Nvidia will break the industry's notorious boom-bust pattern.
UiPath Maestro Case Targets Exception-Heavy Workflows
New AI-native case management tool aims to compress handling times in dispute resolution and KYC processes for enterprise customers.
Ford Rehires Veteran Engineers After AI Quality Tools Underperform
The automaker brought back 350 experienced inspectors over three years to address quality issues and retrain AI systems that fell short.
3M's Expanded Beam Optics Cut Data Center Deployment Time by Weeks
A lens-based fiber connector technology addresses AI infrastructure bottlenecks by eliminating precision polishing and dust sensitivity.
Adobe Acquires Topaz Labs to Strengthen AI Enhancement Tools
The deal brings Emmy-winning upscaling and denoising technology into Photoshop, Lightroom, and Firefly while Topaz continues as a standalone product.
Micron forecasts $50B quarter on AI memory demand
The chipmaker's outlook beat estimates by $7 billion as strategic customer deals reshape the volatile memory market.
FDA Grants Breakthrough Status to Generative AI Radiology Tools
Two systems that draft full X-ray reports mark a shift from earlier AI that only flagged potential problems for human review.
Hasbro Faces Backlash Over AI Voice Rights in Peppa Pig Contracts
Nearly 1,000 industry professionals signed an open letter condemning contract clauses requiring child actors to surrender voice rights indefinitely for AI use.
Qualcomm targets $15B data center revenue by 2029 with AI chips
The mobile chipmaker is pivoting to rack-scale infrastructure with custom silicon for hyperscalers including Meta and Microsoft.
US Proposes AI Partnership With EU on Chips, Supply Chains
Draft statement reveals Washington's push for transatlantic alliance to secure semiconductor infrastructure amid China competition.
Qualcomm targets $15B data center chip revenue with Meta deal
The mobile chipmaker unveiled its Dragonfly portfolio and doubled non-handset revenue guidance to $40 billion by fiscal 2029.
Federal AI Spending Surges 966% as Leadership Shifts From Governance to Execution
New analysis reveals how the Trump administration's Chief AI Officers Council prioritizes rapid deployment over the Biden-era focus on risk management and oversight.
Texas Congressman Proposes AI Incident Reporting Mandate
New legislation would require AI developers to alert Commerce Department within seven days of discovering dangerous model behavior or security breaches.
Trase Raises $107M Seed to Deploy AI Agents in Healthcare
The Northern Virginia startup automates compliance-heavy workflows for Duke Health and other regulated industries, billing only on efficiency gains.
Elastic cuts 7% of workforce, cites AI and automation gains
The Elasticsearch company will shed roughly 300 employees while still planning net headcount growth in sales roles.
Schneider Electric, HPE Launch Hybrid Cloud Automation Service
New as-a-service offering lets industrial operators modernize control systems incrementally without replacing legacy infrastructure.
Amazon commits $13B more to India AI infrastructure
The cloud giant's expanded pledge brings its total India investment to $48 billion through 2030 as hyperscalers compete for market position.
AI Revenue Crosses Key Threshold, Covering Data Center Costs
Global AI sales hit $25 billion in Q1 2026, surpassing depreciation expenses for infrastructure investments—but margins remain razor-thin.
Ford Rehired Former Engineers to Fix AI Automation Errors
The automaker's climb to No. 1 in JD Power quality rankings required bringing back experienced staff to correct mistakes made by automated systems.
CFOs Spend 93% of AI Budgets on Tech, Only 7% on People
Fortune 500 finance chiefs warn that underinvestment in training threatens to undermine enterprise AI initiatives.
Women Face Competence Penalty for Using AI at Work, Study Finds
Identical AI-assisted resumes are judged twice as harshly when attributed to women, revealing bias that drives lower adoption rates.
Pro-AI Super PAC Scales Back After New York Primary Backlash
Leading the Future spent $8 million attacking a tech critic but now faces questions about its strategy as public sentiment shifts.