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- 01 of 10BUSINESS
OpenAI models head to Google Cloud
Google Cloud is adding OpenAI models to its Model Garden, with a private preview starting for selected business customers. Buyers will be able to use existing Google Cloud spending commitments to pay for them.
OUR TAKENothing says fierce rivalry quite like sharing the till.
Read more → - 02 of 10FUNDING
Mach9 raises $34m to speed up engineering surveys
Mach9 has raised $34 million for AI software that turns laser scans and images into usable engineering surveys. Nearly 100 customers have used its private test service on more than 2,500 projects.
OUR TAKECivil engineering has discovered that the real obstacle was the paperwork all along.
Read more → - 03 of 10POLICY
Anthropic proposes rules to halt dangerous AI
Anthropic is circulating a draft US safety bill that could block AI releases posing an imminent threat of mass deaths or major property damage. Registered independent reviewers would assess the danger, though AI firms could pay them.
OUR TAKEThe industry has kindly offered to help write its own homework marking scheme.
Read more → - 04 of 10CHIPS
Nvidia puts AI data centres in a shipping box
Nvidia unveiled a modular design for AI data centres at its Berlin event. The company says assembling systems off-site could cut the time needed to get them running from months to weeks.
OUR TAKEThe shipping container has finally found a tenant with a truly extravagant electricity bill.
Read more → - 05 of 10CHIPS
Samsung and SK Hynix upgrade their China plants
Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading Chinese factories to make more advanced memory chips, Reuters reports. The companies say they are consulting Washington as they respond to AI demand and stronger Chinese competition.
OUR TAKEEven memory chips now require a rather good diplomatic memory.
Read more → - 06 of 10PUBLIC
India uses AI to keep road agency know-how
India's highway authority is using an internal AI assistant to help staff search policies, contracts and project records. Its developers also want to retain useful staff knowledge when officers move between offices.
OUR TAKEAt last, a public office is trying not to forget everything when someone changes desks.
Read more → - 07 of 10MODELS
Chinese AI leads Korean developers' new models
A Korean research report says Chinese models formed the basis of 49.3% of new models posted by domestic Hugging Face accounts as of August. Alibaba's Qwen led the shift, although Chinese chat apps remained less popular with Korean consumers.
OUR TAKEDevelopers appear to have voted with their downloads rather than their talking points.
Read more → - 08 of 10SPACE
Korean satellite AI diagnoses a fault in orbit
Korea Aerospace Industries says its onboard AI diagnosed a simulated satellite fault and wrote a proposed response during an orbital test. The system sent its report to Earth, rather than waiting for ground engineers to work out the problem.
OUR TAKEEven in orbit, the first achievement is a competent incident report.
Read more → - 09 of 10TELECOM
Nokia and SoftBank plan live AI network trial
Nokia and SoftBank plan to test AI and mobile radio services on shared computing equipment in Japan in 2027. The trial will use real commercial traffic, moving the work beyond the laboratory.
OUR TAKEA live network should provide rather less forgiving feedback than a slide deck.
Read more → - 10 of 10APPS
Apple prepares Korean Siri AI launch this month
Apple plans to add Korean support to its new Siri AI this month, industry sources told Yonhap. The assistant can use personal context and screen content to answer questions, with work also reported on links to local apps.
OUR TAKESiri may soon understand the question before being asked to repeat it.
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