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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.
India Faces Grid Pressure as AI Data Centers Drive Power Demand
Energy executives warn that accelerating AI adoption could strain India's electrical infrastructure as data center consumption surges.
Autonomous AI Agents Breach Taiwan Government in First Known Attack
Hackers deployed coordinating AI systems that mapped networks, cracked accounts, and stole records across four days without human intervention.
AI Agents Breach Taiwan Nuclear Agency in Near-Autonomous Attack
Chinese-linked hackers deployed self-correcting AI swarms that compromised 85 government accounts and pivoted to energy infrastructure without human intervention.
LigoLab Partners with MarginLogic to Automate Lab Requisitions
AI-powered OCR integration targets manual data entry bottleneck that precedes specimen testing in clinical laboratories.
44% of Employers Can't Fill Open Roles as Hiring Timelines Stretch
New survey data reveals automation and longer processes are creating friction on both sides of the talent market.
Taiwan Reports First AI-Assisted Cyberattack on Government
Autonomous hacking tools compromised 85 accounts and extracted personnel records from agencies including nuclear safety regulators.
ASUS Raises 2026 AI Server Growth Forecast on Strong Demand
Co-CEO S.Y. Hsu cites robust infrastructure spending despite memory shortages and supply chain headwinds.
Anthropic in talks to acquire Decart AI for $6 billion
The Claude maker is pursuing AI infrastructure capabilities as it prepares for a public listing and works to expand computing capacity.
Taiwan Confirms AI-Assisted Cyberattacks on Government Agencies
Island nation successfully defended against hybrid hacking campaign combining manual operations with AI agents in July incident.