Trump’s new executive order brings together Big Tech, academics and the government on AI research

The White House on Monday launched a new program to allow the Department of Energy’s national laboratories to collaborate with tech companies and academics on using AI to further scientific research.

Google Further Encroaches on Nvidia’s Turf With New AI Chip Push

Google is picking up the pace of its efforts to compete directly with Nvidia in the AI chip business. For years, the search giant has rented its own AI chips, known as tensor processing units, to cloud customers who use them in its Google Cloud data centers. Now, though, Google has begun ...

Trump signs executive order launching AI initiative being compared to the Manhattan Project

The order announced the “Genesis Mission” for AI, a new federal push to mobilize the federal government's research and data to create artificial intelligence models.

Trump signs executive order for AI project called Genesis Mission to boost scientific discoveries

The order directs the Department of Energy and national labs to build a digital platform to concentrate the nation’s scientific data in one place.

Anthropic introduces Opus 4.5, cuts API pricing, and enables much longer Claude chats

Longer chats address a long-standing criticism of Claude.

The White House just launched the Genesis Mission—a national effort to accelerate scientific discovery using AI. It’s a major step…

The White House just launched the Genesis Mission—a national effort to accelerate scientific discovery using AI. It’s a major step toward giving American scientists the data, compute, and tools they need to innovate faster. The Genesis Mission recognizes what we’ve seen firsthand in our partnerships with Argonne, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and others. When America’s world-class datasets, secure research infrastructure, and frontier AI come together, the U.S. can lead in energy, biotech, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, and critical materials. Read more about the Genesis Mission: https://lnkd.in/gZuaFP3H We’re already seeing early examples of AI accelerating science. With GPT-5, mathematicians, physicists,...

ChatGPT shopping research builds you a buyer’s guide using AI

ChatGPT’s a personal shopper now.

Google listing says Android PC OS, ‘Aluminium,’ will have ‘AI at the core’

As Google prepares to introduce its new Android experience for PCs next year, a new job listing is revealing some...

Millions of low-skilled jobs under threat from shifting UK labour market

Study finds demand for staff in sectors such as sales and customer service has fallen faster than expected, in part due to AI

AI could replace 3m low-skilled jobs by 2035, research finds

Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charity

Google teams up with Accel to hunt for India’s next AI breakouts

Google and Accel will jointly invest up to $2 million in each startup through their new partnership.

What to know about Trump’s new AI project ‘Genesis Mission’

China’s robotics twin stars join national committee to shape industry standards

Octopus Heat-pump Journey

Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat #defossilisation

Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra

Deserving to be king of Android tablets.  |  The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra is a hardware masterpiece defined by its massive, anti-reflective screen and razor-thin profile. While DeX remains the best desktop ...

The Three Disparate Ways That Policymakers And Lawmakers Are Regulating AI That Provides Mental Health Guidance

There are three major camps associated with devising policy and laws about AI for mental health. I walk you through these camps. An AI Insider scoop.

Plug And Play Launches New York City Presence To Advance AI And Deeptech Innovation

Plug and Play, one of the world’s largest innovation platforms and early-stage venture capital firms, has officially expanded into New York City with the launch of two major initiatives supported by the New York City Economic Development Corporation. The expansion includes the NYC AI Nexus and the International Landing Pad Network, both designed to strengthen the city’s position as a global destination for artificial intelligence, deeptech commercialization, and cross-border startup growth.

Windows Users Furious at Microsoft’s Plan to Turn It Into an “Agentic OS”

Microsoft is hellbent on transforming Windows 11 into a "canvas for AI," and users aren't left feeling impressed.

Gemini 3: The Good, The Bad, And The (Nano) Bananas

I’ve used Gemini 3 for a day now. I’m impressed. And yet, it feels like we’re reaching a point where the technology as it currently stands has begun a stage of refinement rather than transformation. It’s a fantastic model, but the differences

Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts

AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots

The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules – what can be done about it?

*** This post is an adapted version of one part of my #CrossChannelRail Project Final Report *** The two existing train types that operate long distance high speed services through the Channel Tunnel (TMST and Siemens Velaro 16 carriage version) are both single units, each train type just under 400m […] The post The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules – what can be done about it? appeared first on Jon Worth.

Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI

When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say

Detection Transformers: real-time object detection under an Apache 2.0 License

Real-time detection transformers as a superior alternative to YOLOs for object detection. Free to use and commercially adapt, powered by Datameister.

Brushing off new bubble warnings, Google’s AI comeback and Nvidia’s China threat

This week in AI, the bubble keeps inflating despite fresh warnings, Google stages an AI comeback, and Chinese AI threatens Nvidia. Though fears around irrational AI spending used to be confined to skeptics, now even industry insiders like Google’s Sundar Pichai and Demis Hassabis are voicing doubts. CNBC's Deirdre Bosa speaks to Josh Woodward, Alphabet’s VP of Google Labs, Dan Niles, founder of Niles Investment Management, and founder of GPU management company Hydra Host Aaron Ginn for more.