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For decades, gains in electronic design automation (EDA) came from faster engines. Verification teams relied on more powerful simulators, scalable formal tools, and higher-capacity solvers to keep pace as designs grew. That approach is now hitting its limit. In modern system-on-chip development, the real bottleneck is no longer raw tool performance; it is coordination. Verification […] The post Agentic AI tackles RTL verification’s productivity gap appeared first on TechWire Asia .

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Singapore is [broadening its approach to data governance](https://www.mddi.gov.sg/newsroom/opening-speech-by-minister-josephine-teo-at-singapore-data-festival-at-sands-expo-and-convention-centre/) as organisations increasingly look to artificial intelligence to drive business value, with new guidance, tools and industry initiatives aimed at strengthening trust, accountability and responsible data use. Opening the Singapore Data Festival, Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo said the event, previously known as Personal Data Protection Week, has been expanded to reflect the growing role of data in supporting AI adoption. While personal data protection remains essential, organisations are now asking broader questions about how to maximise the value of data while main

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ASML’s €20,000 stock grant is the latest move in a semiconductor talent retention contest that has already reshaped pay in South Korea. Southeast Asia is short of the same engineers, without the profit pools to buy its way out. Semiconductor talent retention has become one of the industry’s biggest line items, and ASML has just […] The post Semiconductor talent retention now comes with a price tag, and it keeps climbing appeared first on TechWire Asia .

Update on Run AI workloads on any cloud, store on Hugging Face: zero-egress storage with SkyPilot. Coverage via HuggingFace Blog.

Update on Grabette: an open system to record robot-manipulation data. Coverage via HuggingFace Blog.

Last week, Hugging Face [disclosed a new kind of security incident⁠(opens in a new window)](https://huggingface.co/blog/security-incident-july-2026) after they detected and contained an AI agent that compromised their infrastructure, something we expect to become more commonplace with the proliferation of increasingly cyber-capable models. After investigating, we now know that this particular incident was driven by a combination of OpenAI models — including GPT‑5.6 Sol and an even more capable pre-release model, all with reduced cyber refusals for evaluation purposes — while being internally tested on a [benchmark⁠(opens in a new window)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11086) of cyber capabilities. We consider this incident to be an unprecedented cyber incident, involving state-of-the-art cybe

In May, an anonymous artist who goes by SHL0MS on X posted that he had used AI to generate an image inspired by Claude Monet and asked people to weigh in on how it missed the mark. More than 600 responses called out issues, saying the colors were off, the depth was all wrong, and that AI didn’t understand how light worked. SHL0MS then revealed that the image was of a real Monet, one of around 250 variations of water lilies the artist had painted in his lifetime. He had simply downloaded a high-resolution image from Wikimedia and cropped out the signature. He minted the exchange as an NFT (a unique digital collectible recording ownership of the work), titled it “Inferior Image,” and sold it for just over US $40,000 after 28 bids. The stunt exposed how charged the conversation around AI art

July 14, 2026 Responsibility & Safety Seshu Ajjarapu and Arka Dhar Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) is bringing access to new technology—such as 3D printing, IoT, and robotics—for over 1.1 crore students across India. The initiative is now leveraging AI to scale high-quality mentorship, shifting the focus from access to providing physical lab infrastructure to driving meaningful outcomes like accelerated innovation and enhanced learning metrics. At the AI Impact Summit in February 2026, [Google DeepMind announced](https://deepmind.google/blog/accelerating-discovery-in-india-through-ai-powered-science-and-education/) that it will help incorporate robotics and coding into local curricula, integrate Gemini thoughtfully into teacher workflows, and build a safely guardrailed AI assistant for students

Small businesses start with people who are exceptional at what they do—a craft, a trade, an idea they believe in. But building a business demands far more than expertise alone. With a lean team, limited time, and few resources, every owner is expected to be the marketer, accountant, salesperson, operator, and strategist all-in-one. We believe AI can change that by being a force multiplier that extends individual expertise, increases capacity, and gives everyone access to world class tools they need to achieve their greatest ambitions. We’re announcing the launch of our [ChatGPT for small businesses program](https://openai.com/business/why-openai/small-business/), an initiative to help small businesses be more productive and scale their businesses with ChatGPT. The ChatGPT for small busines

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Jun 09, 2026 | 5 min read Gemini 3.5 Live Translate is our latest audio model, delivering near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages. * * * Anuda Weerasinghe Product Manager Tony Lu Senior Staff Software Engineer * * *  [Audio 3](https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/media/tts_audio_85287_umbriel_2026_06_09_15_20_53.wav) Listen to article [[duration]] minutes This content is generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental Twenty years ago, [translation at Google](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/translate/fun-facts-google-translate-20-years/) began as

We’re announcing the appointment of David Vélez and Robin Vince to the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC. David is the founder, Chairman, and Global CEO of Nubank, recognized as the largest digital bank in Latin America. Robin is Chairman and CEO of BNY, a leading financial services company. David and Robin bring complementary perspectives on how technology can reshape industries and drive economic growth. Both have led global institutions through significant technological and market change, pairing ambitious innovation with disciplined governance, resilience, and a focus on creating durable value for the people who use their services. They also bring perspectives that will strengthen the work of the Foundation. Both have strong commitments to philanthropy and nonprofit

Jul 21, 2026 | 12 min read Our newest Gemini models deliver the efficiency, latency, and reliability to build AI agents at scale. * * * * * *  Developers and customers building production AI agents need higher token efficiency, lower latency, and more reliable performance. Our Flash series of models is built to meet the sweet spot of efficiency and quality to enable scaling agentic workflows. Building on Gemini 3.5 Flash, we’re introducing new Gemini models: * **3.6 Flash:** Our workhorse model that delivers better coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance. According to the [Artif

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Jun 30, 2026 | 11 min read We’re making it easier to experiment and scale your ideas with Nano Banana 2 Lite, our fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini Image model, and Gemini Omni Flash for high-quality video generation and conversational editing. * * * Alisa Fortin Product Manager, Google DeepMind Anish Nangia Product Manager, Google DeepMind * * * Today, we’re making it faster and easier to experiment, refine and scale your ideas with two major releases: * **Introducing**[**Nano Banana 2 Lite:**](https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-image/flash-lite/) Our fastest, most cost-efficient image model in the Nano Banana family yet, built for high throughput, speed and scale. Nano Banana 2 Lite is available today in [Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chat?model=gemini-3.

Jun 09, 2026 | 3 min read Google DeepMind Accelerator selects 15 robotics companies from across Europe to join the program. Providing 3 months of intensive mentorship and technical support, enabling the integration of AI into their core products. * * * Carolina Parada VP Robotics, Google DeepMind * * *  [Audio 3](https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/media/tts_audio_85279_umbriel_2026_06_09_14_43_55.wav) Listen to article [[duration]] minutes This content is generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental AI has the potential to help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges — not just in the digital realm, but in the

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HSBC to set up Global AI Centre of Excellence in S'pore, hiring over 100 AI specialists & wealth managers. The new AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore will help drive HSBC global AI vision.

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_This article summarizes_ _[an episode of AI Engineer’s video series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6jJcIFDLE4)_ _featuring Subbiah Sethuraman, head of AI engineering at ZS._ Image credit: Timmy Loen In business analytics, chasing the wrong problem, even based on accurate data, is a costly mistake. [Subbiah Sethuraman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/subbiahsethuraman/), head of AI engineering at the healthcare consulting firm [ZS](https://www.zs.com/), explains that this risk increases when AI agents are allowed to operate without strict guardrails. To generate reliable recommendations in industries like pharmaceuticals, ZS found that standard statistical checks must trigger the investigation, and a single AI agent must own the entire decision process. ## Verified task lists improve agent

Anwar raises AI sovereignty concerns, naming the US CLOUD Act, at the launch of Malaysia’s institutionalised national AI agency. The government will stay vendor-neutral on the AI tools it funds for 100,000 youths, “whether from China, America or Germany.” AI sovereignty was the one question Malaysia’s most consequential AI launch was not meant to raise, […] The post The sovereignty question Anwar raised at his own AI launch appeared first on TechWire Asia .

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By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, July 28 (Reuters) - Taiwan prosecutors detained a Nvidia employee as part of a probe into alleged illegal exports of Super Micro ‌AI servers to China, Taiwan's local media reported. The Keelung District Prosecutors Office said ‌in a statement on Tuesday that a suspect, surnamed Chang, was questioned after authorities searched his home ​and workplace on July 24. It did not say where he was employed. Chang was later detained after prosecutors argued there was a risk he could flee, destroy evidence or collude with accomplices or witnesses, the prosecutors said. The servers were equipped with Nvidia chips subject to ‌U.S. export controls, the prosecutors ⁠said. These curbs imposed by Washington since 2022 make it illegal for these semiconductors to be exported or sold in

By Anton Bridge and Mariko Katsumura TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some trapped and others presumed dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall. Speaking to reporters at her office in ‌Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said authorities were still assessing the full extent of the damage in the area, which was devastated by a ‌deadly quake a decade ago. "We have already been informed that people have been injured. Power outages and fires have occurred in some areas, and there has also been damage to roads and bridges and the ​collapse of buildings," Takaichi said. "I ask everyone to take action to protect themselves, including evac

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Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, exceeded Wall Street revenue expectations for Q4, with total revenue rising 77% to US$770 million, according to data from LSEG. The company’s reserve income increased as USDC circulation grew 72% year-on-year to US$75.3 billion, boosting reserve revenue to US$733 million. USDC’s growth aligns with recent regulatory developments, such as the GENIUS Act, which provides a federal framework for dollar-pegged stablecoins. Circle invests the proceeds from its tokens into U.S. Treasuries and deposits, making its income sensitive to Federal Reserve interest rate changes. CEO Jeremy Allaire noted that rate cuts could foster more adoption and circulation, as high rates tend to slow money velocity. In December, Circle received conditional appr

Standards can be called the "invisible infrastructure" – the guidelines and specifications that make our world, especially our technology world, tick. But can standards bodies keep up with the relentless week-by-week pace of change seen with artificial intelligence? That's the challenge for three of the world's leading technical standards bodies, comprised of the [International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC](https://iec.ch/homepage)), the [International Organization for Standardization (ISO)](https://www.iso.org/home.html), and the [International Telecommunication Union (ITU)](http://itu.int/). I recently sat down with the secretary general of the IEC, [Philippe Metzger](https://www.iec.ch/basecamp/philippe-metzger), who discussed his organization's efforts to develop standards for AI i

AI systems are better at persuasion than real people, out-performing winners of an online persuasion tournament, professional canvassers and world championship debaters. Along with being more convincing on issues from immigration controls and the monarchy to physician-assisted suicide and the conflict in Ukraine, they make better charity fundraisers than real people, getting substantially more real-money donations than well-paid professional canvassers. In a series of [four experiments](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.16475) examining around 19,000 conversations with nearly 7,000 people, expert humans were allowed to choose their issues, research in advance and undergo hours of live, structured practice—and were even incentivized with £1,000 cash bonuses. Despite this, though, they still failed

By Marc Jones LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - The AI boom and the risk of a correction are emerging as major global credit risks, ratings agency Fitch has warned, adding to growing concerns that soaring tech valuations and ‌unprecedented AI spending may be running ahead of uncertain future returns. In its third-quarter Global Risk Outlook, Fitch said ‌the credit backdrop remains dominated by two short-term risks: mounting vulnerability to an AI-related market correction and continued uncertainty linked to the U.S.-Iran conflict. The ratings agency ​echoed recent warnings from global watchdogs that the AI boom has become increasingly intertwined with economic growth and with capital markets, particularly in the United States, raising the risks of any major selloff. "The scale of AI investment i

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees the company needs to rebuild trust after layoffs and a new office attendance policy, during a staff meeting held online on September 11. Microsoft, which recently cut 9,000 jobs and announced a three-day-a-week office mandate for Redmond-based staff starting February, has faced mixed reactions from employees, according to human resources chief Amy Coleman. Some workers expressed concerns about losing autonomy, while Coleman noted that staff near Seattle already average 2.4 office days per week. Nadella said remote work can limit mentorship for new hires and early-career employees. The company’s Azure cloud business rose 39% last quarter, but Windows and devices revenue grew only 2.5%. Microsoft’s market cap now stands at US$3.7 trillion, making it

Nvidia formed an alliance to build open AI security tools. The group will focus on agent security and vulnerability detection. Nvidia has formed an industry coalition to develop and share open safety and cybersecurity tools for artificial intelligence systems. The Open Secure AI Alliance includes Microsoft, SpaceXAI, Dell Technologies, and companies across cloud computing, cybersecurity, […] The post Nvidia forms Open Secure AI Alliance to build open-source security tools appeared first on TechWire Asia .

Anthropic instead called for keeping powerful chips and chipmaking equipment out of China, curbing industrial-scale model distillation.

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* Dario Amodei clarified Anthropic's stance on open-weight AI models. * He said he doesn't support a ban on open-weight AI models and doesn't think one would be effective. * Amodei doesn't believe that making model weights public makes AI inherently safer. Dario Amodei is clearing the air on open-weight AI models. The Anthropic CEO on Monday pushed back against claims that his AI startup wants Washington to ban open-weight AI models and said that critics have misunderstood the company's position. "Anyone who has read my past writing should know that I don't regard such bans as a useful measure, but let me state it clearly so that there is no doubt: Anthropic has never advocated for a ban on open-weights models," Amodei wrote in his blog post. "Open-weights models that don't have dangerous

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Update on Chip firms fall in US and Asia as AI jitters rattle investors. Coverage via Yahoo Singapore Tech.

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Samsung [announced](https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-launches-health-assistant-beta-first-fully-integrated-ai-powered-assistant) last week that it is launching a fully integrated AI-powered personal health assistant for Samsung Health. Its mission is to provide cohesive AI driven insights for its users, bringing together unstructured and fragmented datasets across apps, devices and multiple services. Undoubtedly, the goal is to improve consumer healthcare access and knowledge, especially with how disjointed the device and service ecosystem in healthcare has become. Over the last decade, for example, consumer use of wearables, especially for health metrics tracking, has increased exponentially. In fact, some [reports](https://www.mddionline.com/wearable-medical-devices/wearables-have-won

Sigenergy has introduced the AI-assisted SigenMate 2700 Ultra in Germany, a new plug-and-play home battery with a specific pitch to solar households. The system is aimed at homeowners who want to add storage without tearing out the rooftop solar equipment they already use, according to [pv magazine](https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/16/sigenergy-unveils-ai-driven-plug-and-play-home-storage-system-for-pv-retrofits/). ### What's happening? Sigenergy says the product is intended for homes with photovoltaic systems already in place, giving owners a way to capture surplus solar generation while leaving their current panels and microinverters untouched, the outlet noted. [Video 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgrksmqXTgk) For solar input, the system accepts up to 4,000 watts of PV power. It

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says humanity has entered the AI singularity, the hypothetical point when artificial intelligence advances beyond our ability to predict or control it. "We are now, like, in the singularity," he said during the [July 25 episode of Relentless](https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/sam-altman-how-to-start-a-startup/id1693907693?i=1000778339990). "This is the moment." The timing gave his claim weight. Days earlier, [OpenAI disclosed](https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/) that models in a controlled cybersecurity evaluation found a path to the open internet and exploited flaws in Hugging Face's production systems. But Altman didn't identify a new scientific threshold, and researchers don't agree on what counts as a singularity. The use

Nvidia is pouring what it calls a "substantial" sum into Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI lab run by Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's former chief scientist. The article Nvidia invests in Ilya Sutskever's AI lab, shifting SSI away from Google chips appeared first on The Decoder .

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Anthropic and OpenAI employees are expected to give generously after their companies go public. “It’s going to be a wild ride,” says one nonprofit leader.

Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, clocks out when his shift ends. He used to work longer hours, going the extra mile to excel at his projects. But lately, he’s been coming straight home to work on his job application for the chipmaker’s South Korean rival SK Hynix, sharing tips with his coworkers on how to draft a stellar personal statement. Even his boss encourages him to make the move. “My team lead tells us all to jump ship to SK Hynix,” says Lee. He and his coworkers are feeling demoralized by the [$476,000](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-28/samsung-and-hynix-to-pay-42-billion-in-bonuses-to-ai-chip-workers) bonus that SK Hynix is set to pay its employees, flush with [record profits](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/09/meet-sk-hynix-the-trillion-dolla

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They’ve since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger has no plans to stop fighting it.

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Reading OpenAI’s account last week of how some of its models broke their containment and hacked into the computer systems of Hugging Face, another AI company, was the first time I got genuine chills about what large language models are now able to do. But this is a case of human hubris, not rogue AI. I am not an alarmist. In fact, I have been[pushing back](https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1127057/agi-conspiracy-theory-artifcial-general-intelligence/?utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_term=%3C%3C%20Test%20Class%20%3E%3E&utm_content=07-28-2026&mc_cid=91d6f23258&mc_eid=UNIQID)against AI[scare stories](https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/26/1122475/open-the-pod-bay-doors-claude/?utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_c

The first modern GPU with 4GB of VRAM has appeared, as RAM prices and component shortages push tech prices higher. As Digital Foundry reports, a listing for an AMD Radeon RX 9050 with 4GB of RAM was spotted on ASRock's website by a user on X, the same day ASRock also launched an 8GB version […]

Perplexity has expanded its agentic Personal Computer tool to Windows, allowing computers running the world's most popular OS to be used as a locally run AI system. Like the Mac version that Perplexity launched in April, Personal Computer for Windows operates like a "general-purpose digital worker" that can access local files and apps to perform […]

The sell-off in AI stocks has intensified, driving South Korea’s stock market down to its lowest level in three months. Investors continued to ditch chip stocks on Tuesday, amid rising concerns about the huge amount of borrowing among AI companies to fund their datacentre expansion plans. The South Korean semiconductor companies SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics fell by more than 10%, dragging the country’s Kospi share index down by 11.5% to its lowest point since mid-April. US chip stocks extended their recent losses when Wall Street opened on Tuesday, with Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Sandisk, Western Digital Corp and Seagate Technology all down by more than 4%. Analysts attributed the sell-off to renewed worries over AI investment spending, and competition from cheaper Chinese companie

The largest electrical grid in the U.S. has struggled to cope with an onslaught of data centers. Now, after an auction to add more generating capacity fell short, the grid’s operator, PJM Interconnection, has said it will cut off data centers and other large users during power shortages. The decision arrives as the breakneck pace of data center construction has grid operators scrambling to generate power. By 2035, data centers are expected to use [4x more electricity](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/data-centers-expected-to-use-4x-more-electricity-by-2035/) than they do today. PJM won’t start curtailing supply until June 2027, and the cuts will only apply to data centers that are 50 megawatts or larger. The grid operator is running another auction for new generating capacity. Similar to

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Over the last few months, I've spent a lot of time talking to my computer. One underrated feature of the LLM revolution has been a remarkable leap in all kinds of dictation technology - even the fastest, cheapest models are getting very good at understanding and processing speech. I've tested lots of these apps, from […]

Hugging Face is being used to make nonconsensual deepfakes, and the popular open-source AI model repository is doing very little to prevent it. That's according to a new report published by the European nonprofit AI Forensics, which found that seven out of the top nine image editing models hosted by Hugging Face readily complied with […]

PayPal is seemingly still open to [Stripe’s $53.4 billion takeover bid](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/stripe-and-advent-reportedly-offered-to-buy-paypal-for-around-53-4b/), just not at the price the latter had offered. On the company’s Q2 2026 earnings call on Tuesday, PayPal CEO Enrique Lores didn’t fully shut down the idea of a deal, saying the company would consider a path that created “superior value” for its shareholders. While that’s not the same as saying, “PayPal’s not for sale,” it still suggests the company doesn’t believe Stripe and Advent International’s [current offer of $60.50 per share](http://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15/) values it correctly, especially after the company [reported](https://f

The market for AI-generated voice models is massive. Creative use cases require AI voice models to be more expressive, while enterprises looking to automate customer support and sales ops need them to be more steerable. Palo Alto-based Fish Audio wants to cater to all of those use cases with its library of more than 15,000 natural language controls. Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open-source or hosted versions of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million. To continue building on that traction, the startup on Tuesday said it has raised $50 million in a seed round that was led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today. The funding also saw participation from 359 Capital, Parable, Play Time, Alphalist Partners, Ba

H ow would you feel if your neighbourhood lamp-posts could recognise your number plate, and also your face? Maybe you wouldn’t mind, given how long we’ve had automatic number plate recognition and CCTV. What about if that lamp-post could power itself through its own solar panels, and perhaps find another use for any extra power generated – that would be good, right? This is what Conflow Power Group (CPG) in [Warwickshire](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/warwickshire) claims for its iLamps, the first of their kind in the UK. What if lamp-posts had the potential to incorporate new AI capability – gait analysis, suspicious behaviours – that you haven’t even heard of? This is what the organisation Big Brother Watch worries about. And what if the home secretary had explicitly said [she beli

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On Tuesday, the AI company [Recursive Superintelligence](https://www.recursive.com/) announced a $410 million compute deal with Amazon Web Services. The company, which emerged from stealth in May with $650 million in funding, is focused on building open-ended self-improving systems, a potentially compute-intensive approach to AI research. This multiyear deal is meant to provide flexibility as the company looks to scale up those systems. Recursive’s $410 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date — but on a call with TechCrunch, founder and CEO Richard Socher emphasized that he expected it to be the first of many such deals. Today’s announcement is “likely going to be one of the smallest compute deals we’re going to the next few years,” Socher said. Recursive’s

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Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei [responded on Monday afternoon](https://www.anthropic.com/news/position-open-weights-models) to murmuring in the industry that his company somehow supports efforts by the U.S. government to ban open-weight Chinese models, or possibly open-weight models generally. “Anyone who has read my past writing should know that I don’t regard such bans as a useful measure, but let me state it clearly so that there is no doubt:**Anthropic has never advocated for a ban on open-weights models**,” he wrote, emphasis his own. His response came after Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang took to X ([his first post](https://x.com/JensenHuang/status/2080643682408321103) on the platform) to share [an open letter on Friday](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/as-us-weighs-resp

Of late, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly emerged as one of the biggest conversations at work. For some workers, it has been a helpful assistant — checking grammar, summarising information, keeping track of deadlines or helping them get started on unfamiliar topics. For others however, the concern with AI goes beyond having to learn a new tool. Rather, it is the fear that parts of their role could be automated, that their experience might be less valued or that they may even find themselves eventually displaced by AI one day. ## Anxiety of job loss has been acknowledged by PM Wong Such fears have been acknowledged by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. In his May Day [speech](https://mothership.sg/2026/05/pm-wong-may-day-speech/), PM Wong acknowledged that “not everyone feels ready” and

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* Dario Amodei clarified Anthropic's stance on open-weight AI models. * He said he doesn't support a ban on open-weight AI models and doesn't think one would be effective. * Amodei doesn't believe that making model weights public makes AI inherently safer. Dario Amodei is clearing the air on open-weight AI models. The Anthropic CEO on Monday pushed back against claims that his AI startup wants Washington to ban open-weight AI models and said that critics have misunderstood the company's position. "Anyone who has read my past writing should know that I don't regard such bans as a useful measure, but let me state it clearly so that there is no doubt: Anthropic has never advocated for a ban on open-weights models," Amodei wrote in his blog post. "Open-weights models that don't have dangerous

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Nvidia formed an alliance to build open AI security tools. The group will focus on agent security and vulnerability detection. Nvidia has formed an industry coalition to develop and share open safety and cybersecurity tools for artificial intelligence systems. The Open Secure AI Alliance includes Microsoft, SpaceXAI, Dell Technologies, and companies across cloud computing, cybersecurity, […] The post Nvidia forms Open Secure AI Alliance to build open-source security tools appeared first on TechWire Asia .

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_This article summarizes_ _[an episode of AI Engineer’s video series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6jJcIFDLE4)_ _featuring Subbiah Sethuraman, head of AI engineering at ZS._ Image credit: Timmy Loen In business analytics, chasing the wrong problem, even based on accurate data, is a costly mistake. [Subbiah Sethuraman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/subbiahsethuraman/), head of AI engineering at the healthcare consulting firm [ZS](https://www.zs.com/), explains that this risk increases when AI agents are allowed to operate without strict guardrails. To generate reliable recommendations in industries like pharmaceuticals, ZS found that standard statistical checks must trigger the investigation, and a single AI agent must own the entire decision process. ## Verified task lists improve agent

Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, exceeded Wall Street revenue expectations for Q4, with total revenue rising 77% to US$770 million, according to data from LSEG. The company’s reserve income increased as USDC circulation grew 72% year-on-year to US$75.3 billion, boosting reserve revenue to US$733 million. USDC’s growth aligns with recent regulatory developments, such as the GENIUS Act, which provides a federal framework for dollar-pegged stablecoins. Circle invests the proceeds from its tokens into U.S. Treasuries and deposits, making its income sensitive to Federal Reserve interest rate changes. CEO Jeremy Allaire noted that rate cuts could foster more adoption and circulation, as high rates tend to slow money velocity. In December, Circle received conditional appr

By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, July 28 (Reuters) - Taiwan prosecutors detained a Nvidia employee as part of a probe into alleged illegal exports of Super Micro ‌AI servers to China, Taiwan's local media reported. The Keelung District Prosecutors Office said ‌in a statement on Tuesday that a suspect, surnamed Chang, was questioned after authorities searched his home ​and workplace on July 24. It did not say where he was employed. Chang was later detained after prosecutors argued there was a risk he could flee, destroy evidence or collude with accomplices or witnesses, the prosecutors said. The servers were equipped with Nvidia chips subject to ‌U.S. export controls, the prosecutors ⁠said. These curbs imposed by Washington since 2022 make it illegal for these semiconductors to be exported or sold in

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Anwar raises AI sovereignty concerns, naming the US CLOUD Act, at the launch of Malaysia’s institutionalised national AI agency. The government will stay vendor-neutral on the AI tools it funds for 100,000 youths, “whether from China, America or Germany.” AI sovereignty was the one question Malaysia’s most consequential AI launch was not meant to raise, […] The post The sovereignty question Anwar raised at his own AI launch appeared first on TechWire Asia .

By Marc Jones LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - The AI boom and the risk of a correction are emerging as major global credit risks, ratings agency Fitch has warned, adding to growing concerns that soaring tech valuations and ‌unprecedented AI spending may be running ahead of uncertain future returns. In its third-quarter Global Risk Outlook, Fitch said ‌the credit backdrop remains dominated by two short-term risks: mounting vulnerability to an AI-related market correction and continued uncertainty linked to the U.S.-Iran conflict. The ratings agency ​echoed recent warnings from global watchdogs that the AI boom has become increasingly intertwined with economic growth and with capital markets, particularly in the United States, raising the risks of any major selloff. "The scale of AI investment i

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By Anton Bridge and Mariko Katsumura TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) - A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some trapped and others presumed dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall. Speaking to reporters at her office in ‌Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said authorities were still assessing the full extent of the damage in the area, which was devastated by a ‌deadly quake a decade ago. "We have already been informed that people have been injured. Power outages and fires have occurred in some areas, and there has also been damage to roads and bridges and the ​collapse of buildings," Takaichi said. "I ask everyone to take action to protect themselves, including evac

AI systems are better at persuasion than real people, out-performing winners of an online persuasion tournament, professional canvassers and world championship debaters. Along with being more convincing on issues from immigration controls and the monarchy to physician-assisted suicide and the conflict in Ukraine, they make better charity fundraisers than real people, getting substantially more real-money donations than well-paid professional canvassers. In a series of [four experiments](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.16475) examining around 19,000 conversations with nearly 7,000 people, expert humans were allowed to choose their issues, research in advance and undergo hours of live, structured practice—and were even incentivized with £1,000 cash bonuses. Despite this, though, they still failed

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Standards can be called the "invisible infrastructure" – the guidelines and specifications that make our world, especially our technology world, tick. But can standards bodies keep up with the relentless week-by-week pace of change seen with artificial intelligence? That's the challenge for three of the world's leading technical standards bodies, comprised of the [International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC](https://iec.ch/homepage)), the [International Organization for Standardization (ISO)](https://www.iso.org/home.html), and the [International Telecommunication Union (ITU)](http://itu.int/). I recently sat down with the secretary general of the IEC, [Philippe Metzger](https://www.iec.ch/basecamp/philippe-metzger), who discussed his organization's efforts to develop standards for AI i

* Thinking Machines cofounder Lilian Weng resigned Tuesday, citing illness worsened by startup stress. * Leaders from Bezos to Huffington have long shared how they keep burnout at bay. * Their strategies range from protected Sundays to making it home for family dinner. Burnout stalks even the most accomplished operators. On Tuesday, Lilian Weng, a cofounder of Thinking Machines Lab and former OpenAI safety executive, [announced her resignation](https://www.businessinsider.com/thinking-machines-lab-cofounder-lilian-weng-steps-down-stress-illness-2026-7?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoocom&utm_medium=syndication&utm_source=yahoo) from her role. In a note to colleagues, later shared on X, she wrote that seven months of recurring illness, made worse by the relentless pace of startup life, h

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Amazon is scaling back most of its in-house Nova AI models, including Nova Premier, Omni, Reel, and Canvas. The models stay online for existing customers in "keep the lights on" mode but are no longer actively developed. Instead, Amazon is betting on a new Frontier Model Research group and a new foundation model set to debut at re:Invent this fall. The article Amazon reportedly scales back its Nova AI models and bets on a new Frontier research team appeared first on The Decoder .

The [National University of Singapore](https://www.nus.edu.sg/) (NUS) has announced AI Sense Maker (ASM), becoming the first university in Southeast Asia to deploy conversational AI to support academic research and learning. Developed jointly by NUS Libraries and NUS Information Technology, ASM is a web-based platform powered by [OpenAI](https://openai.com/)‘s large language model. Rather than requiring users to search databases with exact keywords, the platform lets students and researchers ask questions in everyday language — such as why some neighbourhoods in Singapore feel hotter than others — and uses semantic search to understand the intent behind a query. ## Faster, more intuitive research discovery AI Sense Maker generates a structured overview supported by numbered references, hel

* An Alabama animal shelter is suing to block a massive AI data center project in Birmingham. * The Greater Birmingham Humane Society alleges the city and developers bypassed zoning rules. * AI data centers have been drawing pushback from communities across the country. An Alabama animal shelter is barking back against a massive [AI data center](https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-data-center-near-me-location-tracker-2026-6?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoocom&utm_medium=syndication&utm_source=yahoo)that's under construction next to its planned veterinary hospital campus in Birmingham. The Greater Birmingham Humane Society filed a lawsuit earlier this month in a bid to block the project, alleging that the city of Birmingham, AL, and developers engaged in a "months-long scheme" to greenli

By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, July 28 (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under house arrest for plotting against democracy, but an AI-generated avatar allowed him to make a surprise appearance at the launch of his son Flavio's ‌presidential campaign on Saturday, raising questions about how artificial intelligence may reshape October's presidential race in Latin America's largest economy. "No prison ‌will silence the feeling of hope we have stirred," the avatar said, after telling the audience it had been made with artificial intelligence. "It's why I ask you to welcome with ​open arms the person I chose to replace me," it added. The stunt, promptly challenged in court by leftist parties, underscored a dilemma for Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is stepping up efforts to strengthen artificial intelligence (AI) governance, digital financial resilience and quantum-safe cybersecurity as part of its strategy to keep Singapore’s [financial sector competitive and secure amid rapid technological change](https://www.sgpc.gov.sg/detail?url=/media_releases/mas/speech/S-20260728-1&page=/detail&HomePage=home). Speaking at the MAS Annual Report Media Conference, Managing Director Chia Der Jiun said that while the global economy continues to face geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility, technology remains a key enabler of innovation, resilience and long-term growth for Singapore’s financial sector. He outlined how MAS is supporting financial institutions in adopting AI responsibly while reinforci

NEW YORK (AP) — A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker's ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex bots. The Salamanca City Central School District's board [approved the nearly $60,000 purchase](https://go.boarddocs.com/ny/sccsdny/Board.nsf/files/DUUR2T6BEC67/$file/Realbotix-WozEd%20agreement.pdf) from Realbotix with visions that "Sally," as the stationary robot with long brown hair has already been nicknamed, would enhance the education of high school students studying robotics and technology fields. "Having a difficult time programming an Arduino board? Don't even know what an Ardui

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July 28 (Reuters) - More than 1,100 employees from leading tech firms on Tuesday urged the U.S. government to support ‌an international effort to develop tools for managing the ‌pace of advanced AI development. The statement comes as AI companies pursue increasingly powerful ​systems, raising concerns that developments could outpace existing safety, governance and oversight mechanisms. Here are some more details: • The initiative, called Pacing the Frontier, includes employees from Meta Platforms, Anthropic, OpenAI and Alphabet's Google, with ‌support from nonprofits Guidelight ⁠AI Standards and Encode AI. • "We request that the U.S. government support an international effort to develop the ⁠technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development