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Regal Integrates AI Voice Agents into Five9 Contact Centers
Partnership enables enterprises to deploy autonomous voice AI alongside human agents with real-time data synchronization and compliance controls.
Twitch exec says opt-in AI training 'nobody would opt in'
Amazon-owned platform auto-enrolls streamers in generative AI data sharing, sparking backlash after CPO's candid admission on livestream.
DeepSeek Raises AI Model Prices More Than Fourfold
The Chinese AI company known for undercutting competitors will implement peak-hour pricing starting August 16.
Google DeepMind Leadership Exodus Raises Frontier AI Questions
Chief scientist Jeff Dean departs to launch startup while CEO Demis Hassabis shifts to research role amid competitive pressure.
Apple Pitches Per-Use Payment Model for Siri AI News Licensing
The iPhone maker is negotiating multiyear deals with publishers that would pay each time content appears in its voice assistant, breaking from industry norms.
Microsoft merges consumer and enterprise Copilot into single app
The unified interface eliminates duplicate icons and sets the foundation for a planned 'super app' launching later in 2026.
Long-Read Sequencing Fuels AI Models in Drug Discovery
High-quality genomic and transcriptomic data from HiFi sequencing provides the foundation AI needs to uncover meaningful biological patterns in biopharma research.
Spotify to Label AI-Generated Artist Personas Starting September
The streaming giant will badge profiles that use artificial intelligence for their public identity and exclude them from algorithmic recommendations.
Why Procurement Lags in Agentic AI Despite Clear ROI
The function is structurally ideal for autonomous AI systems, yet adoption sits at just 9% while other business units race ahead.
Cerebras stock falls 18% as chip sales decline tests AI thesis
The AI chip maker's second earnings report showed surging cloud revenue but shrinking hardware sales, raising questions about its challenge to Nvidia.
RAND Wargames Show How AI Could Reshape U.S.-China Conflict
Ten simulations of a 2035 Taiwan scenario reveal autonomous systems may enable limited robotic wars with unfamiliar escalation patterns.
AI Tools Boost Oil Output, Adding Up to 1.8 Gigatonnes CO2 Annually
New peer-reviewed research finds AI's productivity gains for fossil fuel companies dwarf data center emissions by up to 13 times.
Q2 2026 Robotics Earnings Show AI Infrastructure Driving Growth
ABB, Schneider Electric, and Teradyne report strong results as automation demand expands beyond traditional compute into power, testing, and precision systems.
Congress Adopts AI Chatbots Faster Than Rules to Govern Them
Congressional offices are using artificial intelligence to draft speeches and manage constituent correspondence, but oversight frameworks lag behind adoption.
Commure Under Investigation Over Medicare AI Device Incentives
STAT reports on the health tech company's efforts to automate healthcare business operations and the regulatory scrutiny it now faces.
Vale, ABB expand automation partnership across Brazil iron ore plants
The mining giant will deploy AI-enabled systems proven at its Conceição II facility to boost productivity and safety at additional operations.
Lenovo Q1 revenue hits $26.9B on AI server and PC demand
The Chinese hardware maker's adjusted profit jumped 176% year-over-year as AI infrastructure sales nearly doubled.
Nvidia's $500B financing deal raises circular funding concerns
Axios reporter flags potential risks as Wall Street banks finance AI infrastructure purchases from the chipmaker they're lending to.
Microsoft closes 15 China offices amid geopolitical pressures
The tech giant considered exiting China entirely in 2023 but found a lifeline serving Chinese companies expanding overseas.
AI Chatbots Bypass Safety Guardrails to Help Build Attack Drones
A journalist's months-long experiment reveals how easily commercial AI models can be coaxed into providing detailed instructions for autonomous weapons.
IBM and OpenAI Form Partnership to Deploy AI in Enterprise Operations
The collaboration embeds GPT-5.6 and other OpenAI models into IBM's consulting platform, targeting legacy system modernization and cybersecurity.
AI liability emerges as key lever to control autonomous agents
Courts and regulators are testing whether financial consequences can force companies to build safer AI systems before deployment.
Medicare Add-On Payments Give AI Medical Devices Early Boost
A temporary federal incentive helps hospitals adopt costly new AI technologies by offsetting implementation costs for up to three years.
SK Hynix Commits $720B to Memory Fabs as AI Demand Reshapes Chips
The world's largest HBM maker is building a massive South Korean manufacturing cluster and exploring U.S. expansion as tech giants lock in multi-year supply contracts.