How Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are testing AI models by having them play Pokémon Blue on Twitch to track a model's ability to reason and make decisions
Nintendo's original Pokémon games are becoming a popular and strangely effective way to test and benchmark new artificial-intelligence models.
South Korean prosecutors allege China's CXMT mass-produced 10nm-class DRAM using leaked Samsung tech, indicting 10 employees who previously worked for Samsung
executives and researchers allegedly leaked DRAM technology to China-based CXMT, resulting in trillions of losses in Korean Won https://www.tomshardware.com/ ... @hedgedworld : · P...
AI data centers are building on-site power plants to bypass the overloaded grid and meet growing electricity demand, amid permitting and supply chain challenges
www.wsj.com/business/ene... @martenmickos : America should be adding about 80 gigawatts of new power generation capacity a year to keep pace with digital demands. It's currently b...
A look at the setbacks facing the US DOD's Replicator program that seeks to quickly produce low-cost drones and other autonomous weapons to counter China
here's why it matters for drone pilots Haye Kesteloo / DroneXL.co : DJI Loses Major Pentagon Lawsuit in Sweeping Defeat X: Alex Plitsas / @alexplitsas : SOCOM given the mission to ...
Xi Jinping is pushing the country's tech industry to be oriented toward applications for AI, charting a pragmatic alternative to Silicon Valley's pursuit of AGI
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chin... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently chastised Silicon Valley for burning billions chasing AGI instead of focusing on use...
Xi Jinping is pushing the country's tech industry to be oriented toward applications for AI, charting a pragmatic alternative to Silicon Valley's pursuit of AGI
With growing fears of an AI bubble, Beijing is charting a pragmatic alternative to Silicon Valley's pursuit of artificial superintelligence
Open-source AI models from DeepSeek, Alibaba's Qwen, and others driving global adoption of Chinese AI tech jolts US policymakers and companies to respond
Free-to-use models from DeepSeek, Alibaba and others gain users worldwide — China's ambition to turn its open-source artificial-intelligence models … Bluesky: @martijnrasser Blue...
Airbus' Acubed and Google spinout SandboxAQ test MagNav, a quantum-sensing navigation device and potential GPS alternative, for 150+ flight hours across the US
With GPS increasingly vulnerable to tampering, planes need more reliable navigation systems. The magnetic pull in the Earth's crust could offer a novel solution.
Amazon says it has 1M+ robots in its warehouses, the most it's ever had and near the count of human workers, with ~75% of global deliveries assisted by robotics
The e-commerce giant now counts more than one million of the machines at its facilities — | Photographs and Videos by Desiree Rios for WSJ
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI may wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike US unemployment to 10%-20% in the next one to five years
Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, one of the world's most powerful creators of artificial intelligence — has a blunt, scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us:
Inside a “laptop farm” run by a 50-year-old US woman that let DPRK IT workers pose as US tech staff and illegally earn $17.1M from more than 300 US companies
A LinkedIn message drew a former waitress in Minnesota into a type of intricate scam involving illegal paychecks and stolen data Bluesky: @hatr and @martijnrasser . Forums: Slashdo...
Analysis: four of the world's top 50 tech companies are European, and none of the top 10 quantum companies are in Europe, as the continent lags the US and China
A risk-averse business culture and complex regulations have stifled innovation on the continent, weighing on its future Bluesky: @martijnrasser . X: @justinsayfie , @fabricapo , @j...
Sources: the US Treasury asked Benchmark whether its Manus AI funding is covered by restrictions on investments in tech destined for “countries of concern”
“Benchmark was advised by multiple US law firms that the investment was not covered by the outbound investment restrictions, because Manus was not developing its own AI models.” —...
On its Q2 call, Apple said that a “majority” of iPhones sold in the US in Q3 will come from India while “nearly all” of its other devices will come from Vietnam
www.wsj.com/tech/apple-a... Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : More highlights: Cook says in current quarter over half of phones sold in U.S. come from India. Government subsidies in C...
Apple reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to $95.4B, vs. $94.6B est., China sales down 2% YoY to $16B, vs. $16.83B est., and authorizes a $100B share buyback program
Services revenue reaches new all-time high — EPS sets March quarter record … The Company posted quarterly revenue of $95.4 billion …
A look at New Mexico's efforts to become a quantum computing hub through partnerships between the state, its universities, and national labs and companies
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The White House says that tariffs on China are set to rise to 104% at 12:01am ET on April 9 after China missed Trump's deadline to remove its reciprocal tariffs
President Donald Trump is set to impose an astounding 104% in levies across all Chinese imports on Wednesday …
A look at the race between China and the US to build truly useful humanoid robots, as China lists “embodied” AI as a priority for a $138B state investment fund
Recent developments in humanoid robots are grabbing plenty of global attention. Bluesky: Martijn Rasser / @martijnrasser : China's government has said it wants the country to be a ...
An interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas on DeepSeek, why it isn't AI's “Sputnik moment” but is “a big deal”, how DeepSeek will “get shut down” by the US, and more
Rene Haas has reshaped chip designer's business to focus on royalties rather than fees
AT&T and Verizon say their networks are now clear after the Salt Typhoon intrusion; AT&T says a few “individuals of foreign intelligence interest” were targeted
- Carriers said hackers targeted political, intelligence figures — White House said nine telecom companies were victims